As always we start the New Year looking back over the past twelve months and handing out our verdict on the top ten teams, as well as Canada, USA and Georgia, and what they got out of the year on a score out of ten. We start off in the Americas looking at our ownContinue reading “The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2017 – Part 3 – USA”
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The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2017 – Part 2 – Canada
As always we start the New Year looking back over the past twelve months and handing out our verdict on the top ten teams, as well as Canada, USA and Georgia, and what they got out of the year on a score out of ten. We start off in the Americas looking at our ownContinue reading “The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2017 – Part 2 – Canada”
The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2017 – Part 1 – Argentina
As always we start the New Year looking back over the past twelve months and handing out our verdict on the top ten teams and what they got out of the year on a score out of ten. We start off in the Americas looking at our own backyard, then move South of the EquatorContinue reading “The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2017 – Part 1 – Argentina”
The November Test Series wraps up this weekend with one last hurrah for Wales and South Africa – as an interesting contest between two sides seemingly adrift in terms of consistency looms!
It’s been a fascinating month of Test Rugby which has been highly informative in terms of what it has told us about depth, especially in terms of the Northern Hemisphere teams, with perhaps Scotland being the biggest surprise package of the month. We’ll be doing our Annual Report Cards on all the big teams startingContinue reading “The November Test Series wraps up this weekend with one last hurrah for Wales and South Africa – as an interesting contest between two sides seemingly adrift in terms of consistency looms!”
The last weekend of the November Test series sees continued experimentation from all sides, with perhaps the Scotland/Australia fixture being the most eagerly anticipated matchup after their heroics against New Zealand!
The November Test window effectively draws to a close this weekend, even though there is one match in the first weekend of December when Wales hosts South Africa. However, for all intents and purposes, once the final whistle blows this Saturday in Dublin we’ll have a got a pretty good idea of the level ofContinue reading “The last weekend of the November Test series sees continued experimentation from all sides, with perhaps the Scotland/Australia fixture being the most eagerly anticipated matchup after their heroics against New Zealand!”
Week 2 of the November Internationals sees one of the month’s most anticipated fixtures between England and Australia, while a continued emphasis on building depth continues for everyone else and South Africa seek salvation at the Stade de France!
We had mixed feelings about the November Internationals when they were announced as we would have liked to have seen the two leading Northern Hemisphere rivals England and Ireland have a crack at more than just one of the Southern Hemisphere’s big three, despite them both getting a chance to play Argentina. Instead it wouldContinue reading “Week 2 of the November Internationals sees one of the month’s most anticipated fixtures between England and Australia, while a continued emphasis on building depth continues for everyone else and South Africa seek salvation at the Stade de France!”
The November Internationals kick off this weekend and it’s all about finding depth for all the teams involved as they start to look towards the World Cup!
The November Test window opens in earnest this weekend, with some interesting fixtures in prospect, though for most the highlight of the weekend is likely to be the clash between Ireland and a resurgent South Africa. England take on Argentina and seek to give some new caps their first taste of the International stage. MeanwhileContinue reading “The November Internationals kick off this weekend and it’s all about finding depth for all the teams involved as they start to look towards the World Cup!”
As New Zealand once more remain the undisputed winners of the Rugby Championship, we use the last round to reflect on the lessons learnt for all the teams.
The final round of the Rugby Championship saw New Zealand emerge once more as the dominant force in this tournament by a country mile, but the last weekend did produce one of the most epic Tests of the year as the All Blacks and Springboks went to battle in Cape Town. It was a TestContinue reading “As New Zealand once more remain the undisputed winners of the Rugby Championship, we use the last round to reflect on the lessons learnt for all the teams.”
The Final Round of the Rugby Championship sees Australia and South Africa fight over second place, as New Zealand sits comfortably at the top of the table and Argentina tries to find some redemption!
Just a quick round of our musings this week, as we seem to have been swept by a particularly nasty version of the fall cold that is sweeping through our kids’ schools – end result not much time or energy to talk about matters pertaining to the oval ball. So it will be a quickContinue reading “The Final Round of the Rugby Championship sees Australia and South Africa fight over second place, as New Zealand sits comfortably at the top of the table and Argentina tries to find some redemption!”
Round 5 sees the Rugby Championship seemingly sewn up as New Zealand continue to experiment against Argentina and South Africa and Australia have it all to play for!
New Zealand have once again comprehensively got the Rugby Championship squared away in their favor this year, barring a miracle in Buenos Aires this weekend. Even if that were to happen, given the schooling they gave the Springboks a fortnight ago, it would still take a monumental effort in Cape Town next week from SouthContinue reading “Round 5 sees the Rugby Championship seemingly sewn up as New Zealand continue to experiment against Argentina and South Africa and Australia have it all to play for!”
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