Who, pray tell, are the top stakeholders in he game of Rugby Football Union? The nations? The clubs? The sponsors? No. I would say the major stakeholders of the game - any game - are the players and the fans. If one boils the facts down to brass monkeys, the fans are who pay for … Continue reading What was that for, ref?
"It appears I haven't actually seen any rugby" In December, well known Kiwi-baiter, Stephen Jones penned his all-time World XV. It is as follows: STEPHEN JONES' BEST XV: 15: Chris Latham (Australia), 14 Gerald Davies (Wales), 13 Jeremy Guscott (England), 12 Frank Bunce (New Zealand), 11 David Campese (Australia), 10 Juan Martin Hernandez, 9 Gareth Edwards, 8 Sergio Parisse (Italy), 7 Sam Warburton … Continue reading The Best, The GOATs and Stephen Jones?
I read the news this morning. I even watched that nauseating pair on channel one. The sports news had a rugby story leading on everything I watched/read. No surprises you say! You'd be right - however, the Southern Hemisphere's premier club competition has its semi finals this weekend in what could be some great battles … Continue reading Pooper Rugby
I should think opinion would have two sides, well maybe 3. One side who agree, one side who doesn't and maybe those who simply couldn't give a shit. When it comes to matters-sport, this is certainly the case. When it comes to NZ rugby there is almost no fence sitting and most have an opinion … Continue reading Opinion agreeing with opinion
A classic test. Punch and counter punch. I am a purist when it comes to my game and last night's test was exactly that....a test. A test of will. A test of character. A test of mettle. The All Blacks came out on top of a contest that for a large part of the 80 … Continue reading All Blacks V South Africa…Number 1 V Number 2
Waikato, Wellington, Auckland, Bay of Plenty. All Premiership teams in the ITM Cup. For those international bods reading this, the ITM Cup is New Zealand's provincial rugby championship, and the very pride of provincial types like me. The teams listed above are all teams that have, to date, sucked something awful. Wellington lost two games … Continue reading WTF happened to the NPC?
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