For better or worse?
By Scott MacLean The Rugby World Cup starts this weekend (if you weren’t already aware…) and the All Blacks quest for a fourth title and third consecutive one faces its[…]
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RWC 2019 Previews: Pool A
By Aiden McLaughlin Ireland (World Ranking 1) They may be the top ranked team in the world at the moment, but Ireland are certainly not the favourites for this tournament.[…]
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The True Essence of the ABs- Taking It to the Kids
By The Spotter There they were on the network news a few days back. Interacting with hordes of starstruck kids at various venues across the country- the All Blacks, that is.[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 31 August
Social media innovators can struggle at times. But the South African rugby squad announcement was really quite something. During the week Ben Stokes apparently played the Greatest Test Innings EverTM,[…]
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More than you can have
By Scott MacLean Predictably, yesterday’s announcement of the All Black squad for the Rugby World Cup brought out the armchair selection critic in many – “why is he there?”, “why[…]
Statistics and Stories – 1987 Rugby World Cup
Keith Quinn has a new book out. In this book you will find: Full details of every match played in New Zealand and Australia during the 1987 Rugby World Cup,[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 19 May
What is it with Danny Morrison and his fingers? Earlier in the week he was going on about the weather in Mumbai being fingers. Then this. The other two are[…]
How 2015 ranks with the greatest finals
The Rugby World Cup of 2015 has been widely acclaimed as one of the best editions of the tournament – if not the best. The statistics certainly read favourably for[…]
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 6 November
The week when New Zealand won the Rugby World Cup. And a couple of New Zealand midfield backs got to sleep with it. But not before military hero got to[…]
The Brilliant Blacks of 2015
By The Spotter This 2015 All Blacks side will go down in lore. Not just for their achievement in securing first-ever back to back Rugby World Cups, but for being damn good[…]
