Talking Points: 2020 Super Rugby Squads
By Richard Gordon Blues Five first fives? While I could imagine having four as Beauden Barrett will miss half the season, five is too much. It appears that either Leon[…]
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Doing it with Class (and a Bit of Arse)
By Paul Montague If there’s ever been a humbler group of winners at a final whistle than the South Africans at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, then I’d love to have come[…]
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The Mitre 10 Cup Team of 2019
By Ryan Nixon (and Scott MacLean) It’s become an annual tradition for myself and Scott MacLean to pick over the bones of the Mitre 10 Cup season and come up[…]
The Future of our Rugby is a Bit More Important
By Paul Montague There has been a bordering-on hysterical reaction from a section of the social media wolf pack towards Steve Hansen’s response to THAT question after the semi-final. Really, it’s a pretty accurate reflection of[…]
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Read’s Irish Master-Class Evokes Memories of Other Great Performances
By Paul Montague In the pantheon of great performances in a lead role by an All Black loose forward, the one by Kieran Read against Ireland at Rugby World Cup 2019 deserves to rank[…]
If it’s Tight, Standing Still Is Obviously a No-No
By Paul Montague You would have to think the Irish will not be happy to note the return of ‘Guzzler’ Retallick to the first XV of NZ’s ranks for tonight’s quarter-final[…]
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Never Let Me Down Again
By Aiden McLaughlin Eleven months has proved to be a long time for the All Blacks and Ireland. Predicting Damian McKenzie, Liam Squire, Karl Tu’inukuafe and Owen Franks would have[…]
Rugby, Alcohol, Typhoons and Water Buffalo
By The Spotter “Japan vaaary good, and win from Ireland. Bikkuri-shita!” (meaning: I’m so surprised). My father-in-law is an avid Japanese rugby follower. In the past it was more so as an unabashed[…]
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The Stunner in Shizuoka
By Aiden McLaughlin ‘We’ve been thinking about this game for quite a long time, obviously Ireland have only been sort of thinking about it for the last six or seven[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 28 September
Rugby World Cup Corner. On Japanese TV rugby positions are explained via easy to understand animal imagery. Steve Hansen getting on with the locals; in this case Beppu’s police chief.[…]
