Sporting pictures of the Week :- 25 August
Tour of Spain lag starting in a supermarket. And they are heading for the exit. Over to Germany for the annual Mud Olympics. Chelea v Manchester City in one sentence.[…]
Category: Rugby
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 18 August
Farewell to the Paris Olympics. And we never got to understand how the omnium works. We will miss the boulder climbing. We will also miss the swimming in the Seine.[…]
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Bouncebackability
By Aiden McLaughlin A response was badly needed and a response certainly came at a wet and wild night at Eden Park as the All Blacks blew Argentina away by[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 28 July
The City of Light knew how to put on a show. What’s not to love about surfing in Tahiti being part of the Olympics? They said he couldn’t do it. […]
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Full Circle
By Aiden McLaughlin Results are what matter most but as so often, they don’t tell the full story. The Scott Robertson era has started with a 2-0 sweep against an[…]
The Bolter
By Scott MacLean In the age of professional rugby, the term “bolter” – meaning a wholly unforeseen “bolt from the blue” selection suffers from misuse; we’re usually accustomed to seeing[…]
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2024 Super Rugby Pacific – Final Preview
By James Rodbourn Last week I provided roughly 1000 stats that showed the prevalence of home playoff wins in Super Rugby. So naturally at least one of the home teams[…]
Gone far too young
By Scott MacLean Mid-morning Tuesday came devastating news; 25 year old professional rugby player Connor Garden-Bachop had died suddenly with it later reported he’d suffered a “medical event” the night[…]
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2024 Super Rugby Pacific – Semi Final 2 Preview
By James Rodburn Semi-Final 2 – Hurricanes (1st) vs Chiefs (4th) When: Saturday, 15th June. 4:35pm NZ time. Where: Sky Stadium, Wellington TAB odds: Hurricanes 1.60 (-3.5), Chiefs 2.25 (+3.5).[…]
2024 Super Rugby Pacific – Semi Final 1 Preview
By James Rodburn Despite our collective optimism, the first week of the Super Rugby Pacific playoffs failed to produce anything really resembling an upset or even a close finish. A[…]
