The Lineout Calls of the Week

So this week we’ll be concerning ourselves with what the final Round of the Women’s Six Nations told us about the Women’s game in the Northern Hemisphere. England and France remain in a league of their own, but despite the challenges facing rugby in Wales the Women’s game in the Principality looks in remarkably goodContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”

The Lineout Calls of the Week

First of all especially as it’s not one of our Calls of the Week this week, we want to give a HUGE shout out to Canada’s Women, who opened their Pacific Four series campaign earlier this month in Spain by thumping the USA 50-17. The tournament featuring Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA resumesContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”

The Lineout Calls of the Week

Well, what a week or more accurately 10 days it has been!!!! First there was the bombshell that Wallabies Coach Dave Rennie had been sacked and replaced by former England Coach Eddie Jones after his own summary execution by the RFU last month. Then there were the announcements of the Six Nations squads as theContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”

A new look Wallabies add some spice to Bledisloe 2, a long awaited Champions Cup final sees England and France’s best do battle and the Rugby Championship loses a key participant!

Test Rugby is finally back after far too long and what a treat we were given as Australia and New Zealand provided us with a thrilling albeit rain soaked encounter in Wellington’s “cake tin”. After being less than slightly inspired by Super Rugby Australia, we were riveted by a Wallaby team that turned up inContinue reading “A new look Wallabies add some spice to Bledisloe 2, a long awaited Champions Cup final sees England and France’s best do battle and the Rugby Championship loses a key participant!”

Not too many surprises in the Heineken Cup and completed squads for the Six Nations

This week saw the Heineken Cup playoffs finalized with the weekend providing some epic contests, but ultimately not too many surprises in the final draw for those eight spots in the knockout stages. Meanwhile England completed the Six Nations jigsaw puzzle by naming their squad, and lastly the Toronto Arrows had a rousing preseason openerContinue reading “Not too many surprises in the Heineken Cup and completed squads for the Six Nations”