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”
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Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why
This week we’ll be turning our attention to Club Rugby as our favourite competition the URC really gets into its stride, and take a look at who looks the best representative of the five participating countries Ireland, Italy, Scotland and South Africa and Wales so far. We also look ahead to the first International weekendContinue reading “Lineout Calls of the Week and What to Watch and Why”
Lineout Calls on What to Watch this Weekend and Why
We have four very big games this weekend to look forward to. In Super Rugby, the Qualifying Round for the Semis takes place, and its importance in terms of Australian rugby can not be overemphasized. Were the two Australian sides, the Reds and the Brumbies, lose this weekend and not make the Semi-Finals, it wouldContinue reading “Lineout Calls on What to Watch this Weekend and Why”
Lineout Calls of the Week
So much to talk about this week, but let’s get started straight away by paying tribute to Canada’s EXTRAORDINARY Women!!!! The past few weeks have been a glorious celebration of this remarkable team’s commitment, hard work, and downright skill. In short – WHAT A TEAM!!! By claiming this year’s Pacific Four series Championship title, theyContinue reading “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”
The Lineout Calls of the Week
This week we concern ourselves with the debacle that we sadly got to witness firsthand at York Lions Stadium here in Toronto last Saturday. We went to our first Arrows game of the season, their second, and sadly were bitterly disappointed by what happened on and off the pitch during the match. After the narrowContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”
The Lineout Calls of the Week
This week we primarily focus on events taking place in the United Rugby Championship. There was some thrilling action this past weekend but a couple of things stood out for us and caused some rather heated debate. Some poor tackling by Owen Farrell and Johnny Sexton gave rise to yet another debate as to howContinue reading “The Lineout Calls of the Week”
The URC, November 5th and beyond
Yes we can see the puzzled looks on faces with this headline, but all of a sudden the competition has come down to Ireland vs South Africa, and a foreshadow of this November’s Test between the two countries and their ultimate showdown in the pool stages of next year’s World Cup. The action that willContinue reading “The URC, November 5th and beyond”
North American World Cup woes and a competition that is really catching our attention!
The headline news for us here in Canada is that for the first time since its inception in 1987, Canada has failed to qualify for the Rugby World Cup. However, more to the point is the question concerning what has clearly gone so horribly wrong in the last six years. Remember that thrilling match againstContinue reading “North American World Cup woes and a competition that is really catching our attention!”
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