If pictures painted words….
Almost time for the weekend…. And with this new platform, I’m bored as hell… My picks for the weekend: The Hurricanes are playing for survival and come off a bye. Usually a bit rusty off byes, but they...
View ArticleSuper Rugby 2012 a success?
So we were left with the last round of the 2012 Super Rugby season to see who the Top 6 would be! The top 2 were basically already established, with the Crusaders also confirmed as finalists, but the...
View ArticleMore tries and less penalties in 2012 SR!
It seems some of the tweaks the SANZAR made to the officiating of the Super Rugby matches are helping to make the game more attractive. Still, the major issue remains that the sheer quantum of Rugby...
View ArticleRugby: Not for dummies anymore
You know the stereotype. Rugby players are dumb. They are the fat overweight props that won’t amount to anything in life, and then the fast 100m athletes who become wings, but cannot catch a ball,...
View ArticleSpringbok Flyhalve: A 3 Horse race!
Well well! What a weekend of Super Rugby! Apart from the dull encounter up North in Bulls country and the snooze inducing encounter down under in Brisbane, this weekend’s “kick off” of the Super Rugby...
View ArticleThe battle for number 8 is on!
With Pierre Spies’ performance this past weekend against the Blues, Heyneke Meyer will have taken note and may even be having a wry grin on his face. Spies’ performances over the past few years were...
View ArticleNo clear favorites, as Super 15 takes its toll
By this time in the competition last year, the top 6 were pretty much set with about 8 teams still in the running for the top 6 spots. More or less the same could be said of prior years, with the top...
View ArticleStormers should not try so hard!
It’s always seen as a bit of an injustice when a team loses a Rugby match despite having played the best Rugby all game long. That was the case again this morning when the Stormers, despite winning...
View ArticleDoes the punishment fit the crime?
Long has it been known in Rugby circles that Referee’s are the holy cows. The Untouchables. If there were Gupta’s in Rugby, it would be the Referee’s. They can do as they please and you have hell to...
View ArticleStormers to get Red Faced…
My weekend predictions: Chiefs vs Crusaders, Hamilton, Friday, 9:35 Chiefs: 15 Robbie Robinson, 14 Patrick Osborne, 13 Charlie Ngatai, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Asaeli Tikoirotuma, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Tawera...
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