Well Done to Canada’s Women!!!

Although, our Resident Scribe is in the process of packing his bags and taking a leave of absence for the next 9 days for a family holiday, he like us felt that he simply couldn’t leave without a brief recognition of the remarkable achievement by Canada’s extraordinary Women in booking their place in next weekend’sContinue reading “Well Done to Canada’s Women!!!”

Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why

Well you guessed it, much of this week’s missive will be on the Women’s Rugby World Cup which produced some truly special moments last week, with the intensity and momentum of the Pool stages coming to a head this weekend. There are some huge matches this Saturday and Sunday and even if there hasn’t beenContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why”

Lineout Calls of Week and What to Watch and Why

The Women’s Rugby World Cup is finally underway and although there were a lot of one sided games and results this past weekend, it demonstrated that come the knockouts there are going to be some genuinely exciting and high skilled affairs on offer. The front runners this year, England, Canada, New Zealand and France allContinue reading “Lineout Calls of Week and What to Watch and Why”

Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why

Well, that was quite the weekend in terms of controversy, wasn’t it? In a second Lions Test, which saw the Tourists clinch the series, there were plenty of contentious points, and lots of people have asked us what we think. So we’ll throw caution to the wind, and after veritable hours of studying the lastContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why”

Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why

Well we have to say it last week wasn’t what we expected. For us, it was slightly disappointing on some fronts as a game we were eagerly anticipating ended up being one of the biggest anticlimaxes of the year as the Lions breezed by an invitational Aus/NZ XV. It highlighted to some extent the weaknessContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why”

Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why

What an exciting weekend we have ahead of us. On the Lions front there is plenty to talk about, as the Wallabies suffer a major injury setback with the loss of fly half Noah Lolesio to injury and the Lions gain an extra fly half in the shape of Owen Farrell. In the case ofContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why”

The Lineout Calls of the Week

We have to apologise for still playing catch-up after getting back from France, so unfortunately we’ve had to postpone our review of our outstanding Canadian Women’s performance in the recently concluded Tier 1 competition of the WXV in New Zealand. However, now that we finally get to sit down and mull over what was nothingContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”