Archive for May, 2010

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Put up or shut up !

                Winston Peter’s, had a little trouble with his signs !                      Andy Hayden, had better put up the evidence or shut up ! You cant call some one a racist without the evidence ! Or maybe he has been in one too many scrums !

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

A League Back vs Union Back

            Zac Guilford Whats the difference between a rugby league back and and rugby union back? One Name : Zac ‘Zig Zag’ Guilford. A rugby union back must LOOK for work, he must read the game and find the gaps, more so than a league back. For the simple reason there is less room on a […]

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Sonny Bill will be a DUD !

Source : Sonny Bill Gets rugby contract offer. ref: Sonny Bill doesn’t have rugby mojo. NZRU dont waste your money, here is why… 1) If he is gonna be in the backs, can he catch, just ask Joe Rokocoko how important that skill is ? 2) Big game experience: Sure he looks great when he’s […]

Monday, May 17th, 2010

ABs RWC Plan weak point !

Source: Lack Of Quality rocks All Blacks Marc Hinton has just restated why we lost in the quarter finals vs France (RWC 2007). Every RWC opponent knows this, and this is why a bet at the TAB for an ABs win at RWC 2011 is a long shot ! Extract.. …”Someone needs to say something, […]

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

IRB Rule Change Aholics.

Source: All Blacks get rules head start Extract.. …”A secret meeting has handed the All Blacks and their southern hemisphere neighbours a big on-field advantage before the Rugby World Cup is staged in New Zealand next year. All Blacks assistant coach Steve Hansen and coaches from rugby’s nine other top-tier nations met behind closed doors […]

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Justin Marshall Retires: Review

Source: Justin Marshall Retires Justin was one of the mentally toughest halfbacks the ABs have ever seen. I have been watching rugby for 40 plus years, and I would say in the wet there was no better. He was characterised as a halfback come loose forward and did play that role well. However this is […]

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

NZ RWC 2011 Profiteering: Go for it !

Source: Rugby profiteering will hurt NZ Extracts.. ..” Either the seller meets the buyer or the buyer will go elsewhere or not come at all.”.. COMMENTS: No matter what you charge, give the buyer a fair service for the RWC period. But make sure you do profit and well at that, after all the NZRU and […]

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

Rugby Joke

In 1983 3 kids were playing in the street in Sydney when they were hit by a train. They all go to heaven and God says to them, “You weren’t supposed to die, you were all supposed to live out your lives. This was not your time. To make it up to you, I’ll let […]

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

Super 14 2010 : Monkeys

Coaching  jobs on the line …

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Ever wonder how Henry got noticed

Source: Top school’s coach barred Extract.. ..”A rugby coach at an exclusive Auckland high school has been suspended for poaching a player from a poorer South Auckland school. The suspension is part of a move by sport bosses to act on long-running concerns about the practice among secondary schools. St Kentigern College 1st XV coach […]

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Super Rugby: No 9 are kings

Source:  Selectors HalfBacks are Kings NOW ! Extract.. ..”The All Blacks selection panel appear poised to spring a surprise on us with confirmation coming yesterday from assistant coach Wayne Smith that he and head coach Graham Henry believe rugby has a new kingmaker: the halfback. The reign and control once exerted by first-fives is now […]