November Internationals We look at the last two internationals of a thrilling November, as England and Australia took part in an epic battle at Twickenham, while Wales finally managed to claim a Southern Hemisphere scalp in Cardiff as a badly misfiring South Africa cracked under Wales’ physical pressure. England vs Australia Final Score – EngContinue reading “England find redemption through their forwards while Wales do enough to salvage some pride!”
Author Archives: Neil Olsen
Canada’s European Tour ends with some positives but plenty of homework to do!
Canada’s end of year European Tour Having already looked at one of Canada’s three Internationals in Europe this November against Namibia, we’ll take a quick look at their last two matches against Samoa and Romania, the latter being of particular interest as Romania will be our pool opponents in next year’s Rugby World Cup. CanadaContinue reading “Canada’s European Tour ends with some positives but plenty of homework to do!”
Last stand for England and Wales while Australia and South Africa seek redemption
November Internationals – Europe This weekend sees the end of an exciting month of International Test Rugby with England, South Africa, Wales and Australia having everything to play for: We also look back on last weekend’s action and three outstanding matches in Dublin, Cardiff and Paris, in which New Zealand as always calmly asserted theirContinue reading “Last stand for England and Wales while Australia and South Africa seek redemption”
All eyes are on Dublin this weekend!
November Internationals – Europe It’s another exciting weekend ahead for Test Rugby as the November Internationals continue and we look at three upcoming fixtures: France vs Argentina – Paris Wales vs New Zealand – Cardiff Ireland vs Australia – Twickenham It will be a bit of brief post this week as yours truly is onContinue reading “All eyes are on Dublin this weekend!”
A good showing against Namibia while a big challenge awaits in the form of Samoa
Canada’s November Internationals In the hype surrounding the big November Internationals it is easy to overlook the fact that Canada this November has three Internationals of note against Namibia, Samoa and Romania. All three matches are being played in Europe and this past weekend saw Canada in action against Namibia in Wales at ColwynContinue reading “A good showing against Namibia while a big challenge awaits in the form of Samoa”
The openining matches in November’s Internationals see heartbreak for Wales and England while Irish and Scottish eyes are smiling!
November Internationals – Europe It’s another exciting weekend ahead for Test Rugby as the November Internationals continue and we look at four upcoming fixtures: Italy vs Argentina – Genoa England vs South Africa – Twickenham Scotland vs New Zealand – Edinburgh France vs Australia – Paris First up we’ll review the previous weekend’s action byContinue reading “The openining matches in November’s Internationals see heartbreak for Wales and England while Irish and Scottish eyes are smiling!”
The Northern Hemisphere prepares for their annual wake up call from the Southern Hemisphere!
November Internationals – Europe It’s an exciting weekend ahead for Test Rugby as the November Internationals get into full swing with four great encounters to get us started this Saturday: Wales vs Australia – Cardiff England vs New Zealand – Twickenham Ireland vs South Africa – Dublin Scotland vs Argentina – Edinburgh Expect full throttleContinue reading “The Northern Hemisphere prepares for their annual wake up call from the Southern Hemisphere!”
Plenty of French Flair but how much of it is homebrew?
European Champions Cup As mentioned last week, this week we will be looking at the top three French sides performances in the second round of the European Champions Cup and see how this might have a bearing on the French squad selection for the forthcoming November series of Tests against the Southern Hemisphere nations. Looking atContinue reading “Plenty of French Flair but how much of it is homebrew?”
England where art thou?
European Champions Cup As mentioned last week, this week we will be looking at the top three English sides performances in the opening round of the European Champions Cup and see how this might have a bearing on the England squad selection for the forthcoming November series of Tests against the Southern Hemisphere nations. BasedContinue reading “England where art thou?”
Wallabies have another hard lesson at the All Blacks Finishing School
Bledisloe Cup 3 Australia vs New Zealand Final Score – NZ 29/Aus 28 Brisbane One thing this match was not was a dead rubber match. Despite the media circus surrounding the Wallaby camp, Australia came into this game guns blazing. For three quarters of the game they outplayed a competitive but slightly under par AllContinue reading “Wallabies have another hard lesson at the All Blacks Finishing School”
The Lineout 