Sharing Sunday: An interesting look at the inequities of the Super Rugby draw. The expansion of the Super Rugby to include teams from Argentina and Japan is fascinating from both a football business perspective and for the importance of the growth of the game. In this post we… Source: The new-look Super Rugby – rebalancing... Continue Reading →
Aviva Premiership 2015-2016 Round 14 Predictions
The Aviva Premiership continues without rest and teams will be feeling the difference of not having LV=Cup breaks in the season by now. The depth of squads and coaches ability to rotate players will being showing by now. Here are my round 14 predictions. First here is a link to my review of the last... Continue Reading →
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6 Nations 2016 Round 3 Predictions
After a week's rest we are back to the grand old 6 Nations. This weekend it the halfway point and everybody is already saying there are only two teams going for the grand slam. In my mind the favourite to win the tournament isn't either of them and we need to focus on winning the... Continue Reading →
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Super Rugby 2016 Round 1 Predictions
The Super Rugby season is almost here, the post Rugby World Cup for the southern hemisphere is over. We have more teams in a new format but let's worry about that another day and enjoy the rugby. Here are my round 1 predictions. First here is a link to my season preview. Blues v Highlanders... Continue Reading →
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Pro12 2015-2016 Round 16 Predictions
We are about two-thirds of the way through the season now and coaches will soon be thinking of it as the run in to the playoffs. Can the top 4 firm up their advantage? Here are my predictions for this weekend. How did your Round 15 predictions go? 4 from 6, which is ok considering... Continue Reading →
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Weekend Rugby Review – 22 February
A quiet weekend between 6 Nations rounds? Not with all the domestic rugby action, here's my review of it all. Aviva Premiership Harlequins 25 - 19 Leicester Tigers Saracens 25 - 12 Gloucester Rugby Worcester Warriors 31 - 23 Sale Sharks Bath 18 - 24 Wasps London Irish 15 - 22 Exeter Chiefs Newcastle Falcons 26 - 25 Northampton Saints 4... Continue Reading →
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Super Rugby 2016 Season Preview
The Super Rugby season is almost upon us and it's more confusing than ever before with the introduction of 3 new teams and a convoluted system to choose the playoff teams. I'll leave that all for another time and just take a look at the teams and how I think they will go. After a... Continue Reading →
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I Hate The Six Nations
Heretic! Well no, what he is really talking about is a rejig of the season and whilst he doesn’t go on to say it, a global calendar. This is something I’ve been planning to write about and I’ll respond in my Rugby Thoughts piece tomorrow.
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Aviva Premiership 2015-2016 Round 13 Predictions
With the top 4 going into last weekend losing, the competition for playoff places has really tightened up. Teams across the table will be feeling the pressure to pick up points and a lot will depend on how they deal with than. Here are my round 13 predictions. First here is a link to my... Continue Reading →
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Pro12 2015-2016 Round 15 Predictions
With only 1 point separating the top 4 teams these next games during the 6 Nations can be critical for a team having a good or bad season. Here are my predictions for the Round 15 games. How did your predictions go last week? 4 from 6, I did say that Cardiff lose these type... Continue Reading →
