With the Northern Hemisphere season now done and dusted till September, we hand out our verdict on the Six Nations Competitors and what we feel they got out of their year on a score out of ten. We’ll be the first to admit it’s completely subjective based on what we saw and where in our humbleContinue reading “The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2018 – Part 6 – Ireland”
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The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2018 – Part 5 – Wales
With the Northern Hemisphere season now done and dusted till September, we hand out our verdict on the Six Nations Competitors and what we feel they got out of their year on a score out of ten. We’ll be the first to admit it’s completely subjective based on what we saw and where in our humbleContinue reading “The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2018 – Part 5 – Wales”
The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2018 – Part 4 – England
With the Northern Hemisphere season now done and dusted till September, we hand out our verdict on the Six Nations Competitors and what we feel they got out of their year on a score out of ten. We’ll be the first to admit it’s completely subjective based on what we saw and where in ourContinue reading “The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2018 – Part 4 – England”
The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2018 – Part 3 – Scotland
With the Northern Hemisphere season now done and dusted till September, we hand out our verdict on the Six Nations Competitors and what we feel they got out of their year on a score out of ten. We’ll be the first to admit it’s completely subjective based on what we saw and where in our […]
Super Rugby wraps up for the year with South Africa’s Lions attempting the impossible in New Zealand against the seemingly unstoppable Crusaders!
Super Rugby comes to a close, as we eagerly await the start of the Rugby Championship in just over two weeks. New Zealand teams, and the Crusaders in particular, have once again dominated the competition, but its latter stages also showed that this year’s Rugby Championship should be a much more open contest than inContinue reading “Super Rugby wraps up for the year with South Africa’s Lions attempting the impossible in New Zealand against the seemingly unstoppable Crusaders!”
Crunch time this weekend as four teams make a bid for a spot in the Super Rugby Final!
Last weekend’s Super Rugby quarter-finals certainly did not disappoint in terms of thrills and spills. The Hurricanes were lucky to hang on to a narrow one point victory against the Chiefs, with the latter setting the final three minutes of the match alight and giving Hurricanes supporters serious blood pressure problems. There were few ifContinue reading “Crunch time this weekend as four teams make a bid for a spot in the Super Rugby Final!”
It’s crunch time in Super Rugby this weekend as some fascinating quarter-finals line up!
Yes we apologise to our Southern Hemisphere friends. We haven’t forgotten you and are VERY much aware that there has been a rather exciting tournament going on over the last six months, despite our focus on the Six Nations and the June Internationals. The new slimmer Super Rugby format with just fifteen teams as opposedContinue reading “It’s crunch time in Super Rugby this weekend as some fascinating quarter-finals line up!”
The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2018 – Part 2 – France
With the Northern Hemisphere season now done and dusted till September, we hand out our verdict on the Six Nations Competitors and what we feel they got out of their year on a score out of ten. We’ll be the first to admit it’s completely subjective based on what we saw and where in ourContinue reading “The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2018 – Part 2 – France”
The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2018 – Part 1 – Italy
With the Northern Hemisphere season now done and dusted till September, we hand out our verdict on the Six Nations Competitors and what we feel they got out of their year on a score out of ten. We’ll be the first to admit it’s completely subjective based on what we saw and where in ourContinue reading “The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2018 – Part 1 – Italy”
A slight break, and then we’ll be back!
This is just a quick update as to what we plan to do, as you may have noticed we’ve been a bit quiet since the end of the June Test window. Yes there’s still lots to mull over from last month’s action which we have every intention of doing. However, our resident scribe is trappedContinue reading “A slight break, and then we’ll be back!”
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