Well, it’s Six Nations time once more and some very tasty and indeed intriguing fixtures on the table this weekend. Wales look like no slackers despite their youth and relative inexperience, but can they really take on the Irish juggernaut on their home soil at the Aviva? Then, in one of our favorite fixtures ofContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week”
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Lineout Calls of the Week
With the Six Nations almost upon us, obviously, our attention is starting its seismic shift towards one of our favorite times of the year. However, despite our focus being almost completely centered on International Rugby’s oldest and perhaps most colorful and cherished tournament, the rest of the Rugby World does not act in isolation overContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week”
The Lineout Calls of the Week
The last weekend of European Champions Cup playoffs is the perfect appetizer for the Six Nations in just over two weeks’ time. While a few of the teams have already qualified for the knockout stages, for the majority of teams, places and pecking orders are still up for grabs. Even for those lucky few whoContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”
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”
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”
The Lineout Calls of the Week
As the Six Nations draws to a thundering close – let’s be honest is there anything else to really talk about? Well actually yes there is. A bunch of lads from Fiji turned the form book upside down last weekend in Lautoka and made history in one of the most enjoyable and infectiously joyous rugbyContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”
The Lineout Calls of the Week
We apologise that last week’s Calls of the Week which was a mid-term review of the Six Nations got lost in a myriad of technical problems with this site. Fortunately that seems to have been resolved as we look forward to possibly THE most intriguing Round 4 of the Six Nations in a VERY longContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”
The Lineout Calls of the Week
Probably the first question is have you all caught your breath yet? What a weekend that was as Round 2’s Six Nations action gave us an extraordinary game between the number 1 and 2 sides in the world, France and Ireland, and completely lived up to the hype surrounding it in the process. Meanwhile inContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”
The Lineout Calls of the Week
It’s that most WONDERFUL time of the year again – as the song goes. Yes it’s the Rugby version of Christmas with, as our good friend Squidge Rugby likes to say, Friday being Sixmas Eve. Sure we love the Rugby Championship and the World Cup is something we all eagerly build up to over fourContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”