Well, the Greatest Rivalry Tour is done and dusted, and to be honest, we have to say that despite our initial reservations when it was originally dreamed up, we did rather enjoy the proceedings, even the controversial 4th Test in Baltimore, if for nothing other than the sight of the “Braai Army” taking over MKTContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why”
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Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why
Sorry it’s been a while, everyone, but we’re not quite sure what happened this summer, and as a result, we’re halfway through the Greatest Rivalry Tour without really registering it. Admittedly, we had our reservations about the whole thing from the outset, and many of them haven’t gone away. Nevertheless, there is no denying theContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why”
Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why
Well, the Football World Cup draws to a conclusion this weekend, and without being sidelined anymore by our children’s interests in matters related to the round ball game, we can once again turn our attention to the much more important business of the oval ball. We have had to do a crash course in videoContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why”
Lineout Calls of the Week – 2026 The BIG Questions!
First up, Happy New Year, everyone, and apologies that, apart from the TV page, December was relatively quiet, to say the least. Incredibly hectic end-of-year work schedules and all the regular holiday chaos meant there was little or no time for rugby chinwags. Also, although plenty of rugby was played, we find December slightly lessContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week – 2026 The BIG Questions!”
Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why
This week, we mourn the passing of the Rugby Championship as we know it, as we’re sadly not all that excited about its replacement next year by a self-indulgent exposition of what is supposedly Rugby’s greatest rivalry. We also look at the hottest debate in rugby right now as to who really is the fairestContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why”
Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why
Our resident scribe has returned from a much needed break in Portugal and we’ve managed to get up to speed on all the rugby of the last few weeks, and as a result get a brief summary down on paper so we can return to our regular missives. First up, a huge shout out toContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why”
Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why
Well, folks, it’s probably the biggest weekend in Canadian Rugby history for a very long time. Our outstanding Canadian Women are through to the Women’s Rugby World Cup Semi-Finals against New Zealand this Friday in Bristol. If you do anything this weekend make sure that at 1400 (Eastern) you are firmly ensconced in front ofContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why”
Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why
Well, that was quite the weekend, wasn’t it? A really interesting final round of Women’s Rugby World Cup Pool action set the stage for the Quarter Finals, and although there were very few if any surprises in the results, there was plenty for us to learn about the teams now at the business end ofContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why”
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”
