After all that last games of the pool match stress stuff over the weekend, here’s something to lighten the mood. Everybody’s favourite Australian (and in fact, the only nice Australian in the world ever, apart from maybe Kylie, and Olivia Newton John, and maybe Hugh Jackman, ok, there’s a few nice ones, but no rugby … Read more
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Quarter Final qualification complete – where are we now?
Our final game in Pool C was against Tonga and as follows every game we’ve played so far in this tournament was a very difficult watch. While there’s no doubt that the teams outside the top 10 have improved hugely since the previous word cup, that doesn’t explain the highly elevated amount unforced errors. We … Read more
NZ 42 – Georgia 10 – Catch the bloody ball chaps.
For most of this game it was 22-10. Despite not looking like scoring at all, Georgia hung tough, played hard, tackled their lives out and generally upset our rhythm and balance. 18 handling errors says it all, after we threw hospital pass after hospital pass through the backs and the forwards couldn’t catch a cold. … Read more
The best moments of the first two weeks of the Rugby World Cup
Rather than just post a bunch of WorldRugby’s highlights videos, I’ve been on a trawl through the cyberweb to find a few fan videos of the matches. So, here’s the crowds point of view and reactions at home from those great moments. First up, the greatest upset in Rugby history ever. Japan beat South Africa … Read more
Did it actually happen?
Samoa have just been spanked 46-6. By South Africa…. The same South Africa that lost 34-32 to Japan… The same Japan that lost to Scotland 45-10… So did Japan actually beat South Africa or did we imagine it? Or are Scotland the best side in the world? So many questions. Just weeks to go to find out. … Read more
Cupsets – Love em!
How good was Japan’s victory over the old enemy South Africa? Thank goodness that didn’t happen to us. Here’s the last minute or so captured at a fan zone in Cardiff (I think). Epic celebrations.
NZ vs Argentina LIVE
1 min – early pressure from Argies as they kick to Savea’s corner.2 min – holding in the ruck allows us to clear our lines. Dan smashes it upfield. All good.3 min – peno from Wayne Barnes. Dan should be able to slot this. But I’ve seen him miss from in front before, so we’ll … Read more
How to be Fijian
It’s here! Four years since our mighty team once again took OUR trophy back and today it starts all over again. The first game kicks off tonight with hosts England taking on Fiji. I’m expecting this to be the closest World Cup of all time and can’t really pick apart the major teams, England, Ireland, … Read more
The Ultimate Guide to the Rugby World Cup – part two
Here’s the second part of the Ultimate Guide to the Rugby World Cup. Read and enjoy. Pool C OUR POOL – plus some other blokes. New Zealand– Talent all round the field of course and decent results (42 of 47 tests won) in the intervening years between world cups. The hiccup against the Aussies in Sydney … Read more
The Ultimate Guide to the Rugby World Cup – part one
Here’s the first part of the guide to the Rugby World Cup. With just days to go, you would have thought this would have been completed a month ago, but well you know, stuff to do and things. First up, let’s do a run-down of the teams in Pools A and B and how The … Read more