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What it really means to follow the All Blacks
Just watched this documentary by Sky on the ABs winning the 2011 RWC. It follows what happened after the Quarter Final loss in 2007 and the years leading up to the tournament in NZ. Then through the tournament in NZ and to the final. Loads of pieces to camera from the key men, Richie McCaw,…
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How to have a terrible day out: England 38 – All Blacks 21
Just following up on the breaking news story from last week. Unfortunately, its taken me a week to calm down and compose some notes on the game at Twickenham between England and our mighty heroes the All Blacks. Heading to the ground As venues go, there is probably no better stadium than Twickenham to see…
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Breaking News – The AB Enquirer is off to Twickenham
Lookout, the AB Enquirer is off to cheer on the boys. Yes! Time to dust off the vocal chords and practise singing the mighty All Blacks song. All Blacks, All Blacks (repeat ad infinitum)
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Wales 10 – All Blacks 33 : The RWC final that never was
The game that was denied us all. The RWC final that should have been. The best of the North vs the best of the South. Hore hides in the ruck after ‘dealing’ to lazy running Bradley Davies. Not good. I was looking forward to this game massively. Sure Wales have been poor in their previous…
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Journalism 101 – The All Blacks Northern Hemisphere Tour and how not to antagonise your hosts
The boys are back in the UK for the now traditional splash and cash of rugby against the Poms, Jocks and Welsh. There’s a game in Rome too. Nice for the sightseeing. The lucky Irish have avoided their pounding at home this year by virtue of touring us next year. They seem to be one…
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The Olympics rule
Yep, it’s a pretty poor title to sum up the greatest sporting occasion on earth. The last two weeks have easily been the most magnificent spectacle the world has ever seen. Eclipsing the awesomeness of last year’s amazing Rugby World Cup and the almost as good Sydney Olympics. Leading up to the event, most of…
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Six Nations summary 2012
Northern hemisphere test rugby ends for another season with Wales deservedly winning the championship and earning another Grand Slam. Mores the pity that they couldn’t have made the RWC final and played us. Would’ve been a much greater spectacle than we had to play out against the doggedly dull current France team. Anyway, on to…
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Darkest before the Dawn
Whisper it quietly but we may, just may, have a half decent New Zealand cricket team on our hands. Back in 2010/2011 we had lost to just about everyone imaginable. Defeats against Bangladesh, India and Pakistan in test series and in one day series were followed up later by a huge loss to Zimbabwe in…
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Round-up of the Week’s best rugby writing
So with the 6 nations booting off last weekend and my inertia still settled in, we’re relying on others to talk about the Rugby. Here’s some of the best articles from the net: A love letter to the Scotland rugby teamWhy Rugby is much better than football – bloody funny10 Things we’ll see at the 2012…