Whither the Wallabies
If South Africa can be characterized as the Bulls (strong setpiece, brutal physicality, hoof the ball into orbit) and NZ as the Crusaders (brilliant in pretty much every facet of the game), then...
View ArticleSweet Sixteen
The Ospreys were given 400 tickets by Munster for the ML semi-final, and shifted …. 16 (Videprinter: SIXTEEN). The number itself doesn’t need any comment, but the reasons behind it do. Is this what...
View ArticleMoments of the Season Part 1
In keeping with the end of season theme, we’re going to take a look at our favourite moments of the season. First, Egg Chaser takes us through his, tomorrow Palla Ovale follows suit. Chris Ashton’s...
View ArticleSuper Duper Rugby
This weekend is the last weekend of the Super Rugby season, and the last two play-off places are still to be decided, as is which team gets a bye to the semi-finals, along with the Reds. Currently, the...
View ArticleSuper Rugby … showtime
After a ludicrously-conference-based season (4 bonus points for having a week off?) with an NFL style random fixture computer, SANZAR got what they wanted: 2 teams from each country in the play-offs,...
View ArticleQuade Cooper: Rugby Genius
Did you see it? Did you see Quade Cooper’s two ridiculous line-breaks and offloads for the Queensland Reds in Saturday’s Super Rugby semi-final against the Auckland Blues? The first, a hand-off...
View ArticleSuper Rugby – WoC Fantasy Contest
Our homework this spring is to know more about Super Rugby. It might be skillful and entertaining without much boshing, aimless kicking or inept gameplans, but that doesn’t mean that we in the Northern...
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