While in our previous post we raved on about France’s TOP 14 as probably the premier rugby club competition on the planet, we now turn our attention to our favorite club competition and how players from its various countries are likely to influence the eagerly anticipated Autumn Nations Series. As you know, if you followContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week – International Duty Calls for the URC”
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Lineout Calls of the Week – A remarkable July with plenty of reasons to be cheerful
Canada’s REMARKABLE women once again do us proud by taking the silver medal in the Women’s Sevens at the Paris Olympics this week in an absolute thriller against New Zealand in the Stade de France. A huge shout out to an extraordinary team that once again demonstrates that the Women’s game when it comes toContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week – A remarkable July with plenty of reasons to be cheerful”
Lineout Calls of the Week
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”
The Lineout Calls of the Week – The Things We’re Looking Forward to the Most in 2024
There are so many things to look forward to – where do we begin? In the past, the year following a World Cup has often tended to be a bit of a damp squib in rugby terms. However, we have a hunch that 2024 is definitely going to break that mold. We all have ourContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week – The Things We’re Looking Forward to the Most in 2024”
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
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”
The Lineout Calls of the Week
First up, huge apologies that it is over a month since we last sat down to write. Life’s been a bit crazy lately for us with work and family commitments and is likely to remain so for a wee while to come, but we are determined to get at least two missives a month outContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”
In a Rugby Championship that keeps ripping up the form book, this weekend’s games are do or die affairs for the original favorites – New Zealand and South Africa!
Put your hands up if this year’s Rugby Championship has caught you by surprise – we’d imagine that we’d be seeing a pretty consistent show of hands. What a glorious tournament it’s turning out to be for the traditional underdogs Australia and Argentina. If Argentina pull off the unthinkable this Saturday in Hamilton and beatContinue reading “In a Rugby Championship that keeps ripping up the form book, this weekend’s games are do or die affairs for the original favorites – New Zealand and South Africa!”
In a year that is providing us with some truly vintage Test Rugby, the Rugby Championship looks set to add its name to the honor roll!
This year we’ve been treated to an enthralling Six Nations, a memorable series of Summer Tours and now the Rugby Championship looks set to provide us with another four weekends of thrilling entertainment! The first two rounds of the Southern Hemisphere’s annual dustup, have given us plenty to talk about, turned the form book onContinue reading “In a year that is providing us with some truly vintage Test Rugby, the Rugby Championship looks set to add its name to the honor roll!”
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