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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Fantastic video created by Jarod Brendon of the immediate moments of crowd euphoria and singing after the win. It’s on stupid facebook which doesn’t have linking in to it so have had to post it here so you can see it. Get ready to cry all over again, while you’re singing that is.
A week on and I really should post some thoughts down on the GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME (though it wasn’t really, was it?). As the only person in the world who thought it would be a tight game and that we would have to play big to win, I feel pretty damn good. With … Read more
Oh God, the Relief…. Congratulations All Blacks. Champions of the World.
1. Take our kicks We better have practised kicking all week. Piri and Mr Cruden are going to need to be in 100% form. Wales forgot to bring a kicker and now they are 4th and therefore nowhere. Kicking is likely to win this. Let’s kick our opportunities and WIN. 2. Remove hope Hope is … Read more
Well, there was no time to do a post before the game. We all know what I thought would happen anyway. France would get smashed by the dynamic, exciting, daring-do of the wannabe South-Sea Islanders of Wales and then go on to meet the mighty ABs in a titanic clash of the hemispheres with a … Read more
After yesterday’s pulsating games, today’s promise to be slightly easier to predict. South Africa vs AustraliaBefore the tournament you would probably have said that the dazzling Australian backline had too much for South Africa. Quade Cooper (or the messiah as Australia had got to calling him) was looking amazing and controlling everything. Now though, his … Read more
So we all know where I think the final will end up, a Wales v ABs ball-flung-round excitement special. Up to then though, we’ve got to get through the Quarters this weekend and they promise to be the most epic set of encounters in world rugby ever. First up, Wales v Ireland. Ireland have been … Read more