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
Dan, missing lady action at home, has frigged himself into such a frenzy that he has broken his nether regions. This is bad. Well, as predicted Dan Carter will not have to be relied on to win us the World Cup. Dan the most outrageously gifted first five we’ve ever had will again not be … Read more
On the morrow our destiny arrives, for France await to break our spirit or fill our hearts with glee. I can count the number of really bad days I’ve had on two hands. Days where I’ve wanted the world to open up and swallow me, so I didn’t have to deal with the reality unfolding … Read more
Today’s the day. 24 years on from the year our cup was won and it’s back home again. Some (me) would argue that the intervening years have been a fairly terrible time for NZ rugby. The birth of the tri-nations, emergence of super rugby, the abolishment of the NPC, the removal of tours, yearly trips … Read more
Well, there we go, our glorious semi-final defeat rolled around again. The good things though are that we actually made this into a real game – a poor collapse of the previously always reliable kiwi tail meant the last 6 wickets fell for just 25 runs. Normally the tail in a kiwi lineup provides the … Read more