How to win rugby games?
7-0 vs the All Blacks.
Hmmmm.
Well I can say that if a team is losing to another team on consecutive meetings then the issue are:
1) 70% of the fault lies with players numbered 1 to 8: Winning structured plays (scrums, lineouts, kick offs, mauls) is critical to supply the main [...]
The ‘Mile High’ Stadium : Capacity 80,000, home to the AFL Denver Broncos.
Is this where the ABs will stave off recession concerns, [Note: the fact that the NZUSD is now $0.51 @ 20090205 so that the Adidas payments are twice as large]. But we must also consider the ARFU and they are in deep financial poo, [...]
Wayne Barnes Ref All Blacks vs France RWC Quarter finals – France won. Soon to ref the ABs vs Scotland this Saturday.
Dear Mr Barnes,
Are you aware that the All Black coach ’Mr Henry’ displayed 35 minutes of your referring performance to the NZRU coach appointment committee, allowing him the ultimate excuse for his failed RWC 2007 campaign. A campaign [...]
The New Zealand time of 7.30 pm Saturday (test match kick off), is:
- Dublin – Sat 8.30 am
- London – Sat 8.30 am
- Paris – Sat 9.30 am
- Moscow – Sat 11.30 am
So why cant the NZRU and the broadcasters re schedule the kick off to New Zealand time 4.30 pm (or 5.30pm). This will [...]
Source: Where to next ? – Jim Kayes
Extracts..
For a long time one solution had seemed simple.
Create a longer Super competition with the Air New Zealand Cup played at the same time as a feeder competition, leaving plenty of time afterwards for test matches and a decent break over summer.
There you go – problem solved.
It could [...]