Well Folks it’s almost upon us and the excitement is building by the day. Sure the draw is a bit lopsided to say the least, but as a result it could set up the most fascinating permutations we’ve ever seen in a World Cup. Sure there are the favourites, but then there are also theContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week”
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The Lineout Calls of the Week
So it’s only 14 days away and we are starting to feel the mounting excitement. Sure it’s a lopsided draw, but the flip side to it is that it could end up providing one of the most interesting World Cups in history. But that’s a discussion for much later. In the meantime there continues toContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”
The Lineout Calls of the Week
Well there has been drama aplenty this week, but yes sadly it’s officiating and governance that unfortunately take centre stage once more. England Captain Owen Farrell’s time at “tackle school” cleary had no effect and the serial high tackle offender once again found himself in hot water, only to get away scot free in theContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”
Lineout Calls of the Week
While we’re asking where on earth has the summer gone, you could rightly ask where we’ve disappeared to? A thousand apologies but July was an absolutely insane month for all of us and we didn’t get together once to have our usual banter, and sadly only got to catch much of the rugby well afterContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week”
In the last weekend before everyone heads to Japan, Ireland play host to Wales and seek some answers as the clock starts to tick
It’s actually a fairly busy weekend in Test Rugby terms, as there are a plethora of “friendlies” taking place in both Hemispheres. Sadly it will be quite a challenge for us to get easy access to any of them here in Canada, the only exception to that being the Canada/USA game in Vancouver on Saturday.Continue reading “In the last weekend before everyone heads to Japan, Ireland play host to Wales and seek some answers as the clock starts to tick”
After the horror show that was Twickenham, Ireland make their way to Cardiff desperate to find some semblance of order and shape!
If you’re were an English supporter last weekend, you would have been dancing in the aisles, but for Irish supporters, players and management alike it will be a day they will want to forget as soon as possible. That was an impressive English performance that put a hapless Irish side to the sword at TwickenhamContinue reading “After the horror show that was Twickenham, Ireland make their way to Cardiff desperate to find some semblance of order and shape!”
England and Ireland resume their age old rivalry while Scotland host France and hope to get their World Cup preparations onto some solid ground!
Ireland travel to Twickenham this weekend in their first of a gruelling round of three back to back World Cup warmup games which sees them up against England and then two encounters against the Welsh. England have one more match after this before Japan, so after coming unstuck against Wales last weekend will clearly wantContinue reading “England and Ireland resume their age old rivalry while Scotland host France and hope to get their World Cup preparations onto some solid ground!”
Some unfinished business gets taken care of in the Southern Hemisphere and England’s World Cup squad gets a test of their big game temperament in Cardiff
Yes we know, Scotland also travel to Toulon to get their World Cup preparations underway but we won’t be covering it as we are unable to watch it here in Canada (though we will be able to get the return fixture at Murrayfield next weekend and thus will cover that). However, there is plenty toContinue reading “Some unfinished business gets taken care of in the Southern Hemisphere and England’s World Cup squad gets a test of their big game temperament in Cardiff”
In the last of this weekend’s World Cup warmups England take an experimental approach while Wales for the most part go with a tried and trusted formula
It may be a World Cup warmup match, but an encounter between Wales and England is always something special and an occasion to be savoured. This weekend is no exception, as these two great rivals meet at Twickenham and with it all the atmosphere that such matches bring. For Wales the goal will be toContinue reading “In the last of this weekend’s World Cup warmups England take an experimental approach while Wales for the most part go with a tried and trusted formula”
Continuing with a look ahead to the weekend, we focus on the Rugby Championship clash in Perth and the first of the European World Cup warmups between Ireland and Italy
We’re continuing with looking at this weekend’s action and with the teamsheets still to be announced for the England/Wales game, we’ll be covering the first of the Rugby Championship matches this weekend between Australia and New Zealand along with the first of the European World Cup warmups between Ireland and Italy. We’ll put out ourContinue reading “Continuing with a look ahead to the weekend, we focus on the Rugby Championship clash in Perth and the first of the European World Cup warmups between Ireland and Italy”
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