All posts tagged "England"

Congratulations go to Jimbo, winner of the Winter tours tipping comp. Jimbo appeared to take the view that a slow, well timed rise to the summit was the way to do it (shadowing the Wallabies???), moving from 34th after the first round, he hit his straps going to 6th, then 3rd before...

All the talk in the lead up to this test was about whether the Wallabies front row have learnt anything and parity, or better, would be achieved or would we be in for more of the same? Well, the stage was set, 5 minutes in and we have the first scrum set....

The comp has opened up a little with 4 games to tip last week. Drewboy had a corker, picking all 4 results and tipping the margin for the Wallabies v England game as well as getting margin points in the Argentina v Scotland game. #1 Tah relinquished the lead by only dropping...

Is there anyone who can really work out all of the secrets of a scrum?  There probably are a few around, but we don’t profess to have all the answers.  Perhaps collectively we can act as the Wallabies scrum doctor and decipher what went wrong on Saturday and what to do about...

A nice soft start to this short tipping comp, with only two games to worry about. The only way to get yourself into an early lead with this one, was margins. Cheezel did the job with the Wallabies vs Fiji, picking the 46 point margin, and #1 Tah cleaned up the Saffa...

In order to make use of the time between the end of the Super 14 and the tri-nations go a little more smoothly, we will be running a tipping comp for the inbound winter test season. Here’s how to join: 1 – go to Superbru 2 – register / login 3 –...

Three weeks into the November tours and Southern Hemisphere strength is proving all too strong for the...

. Wales 9 – All Blacks 29 Full marks to Wales for doing the best stare down of the Haka (especially this new choreographed production) I’ve seen. They refused to move and made the ABs turn first. Nice. This aggression carried on into the first half where Wales played some great rugby...

Not great highlights, but worth it for the hit by Cliffy on Cipriani at the end.

Here are my thoughts on the Australia player ratings from the momentous test at Twickenham on Saturday. Tally with what you saw? Rating scale at bottom. 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper Everything was OK, except for the kicking. Still not a fullback. 4 14 Peter Hynes - Not seeing the gas or sparkle a...

England 14 – Australia 28 There is only one test match I’ve been to that felt better...

Here are the England and Australia teams to face each other this weekend. AustraliaAdam Ashley-Cooper; Peter Hynes, Ryan Cross, Stirling Mortlock (C), Drew Mitchell; Matt Giteau, Luke Burgess; Richard Brown, George Smith, Hugh McMeniman, Nathan Sharpe, Mark Chisholm, Al Baxter, Stephen Moore, Benn Robinson. Reserves: Tatafu Polota-Nau, Matt Dunning, Dean Mumm, Wycliff...

Poms vs Wallabies – crunch day approaches. What does the run out England had against the Pacific Islanders last Saturday tell us about it though? The bad news (or good news if you’re a pom)It was a 5 try to 1 win for the men wearing soccer players kit. So any hopes...

One roll of the dice too many South Africa 15 England 6 This was a tough old...

SEE FINAL RESULT AND REVIEW HERE Let’s start with who I want to win. I can’t declare any love of the Boks. But when it comes to this Saturday, as an Australian living in England through the last World Cup and Ashes glitch, under no circumstances do I want the Poms win....

Frogs 9Poms 14 Was it ugly? Definitely.Does that matter? No. Last night we had another reminder in the laws of world cup rugby. Laws that it seems are impossible to remember for 4 years. Last weeks law: games are won and lost up front. This weeks law: semis and finals are ugly....

It’s all about momentum Article by Sportsfreak, G&GR comments in green The Southern Hemisphere’s Triumphant Weekend. The...

Dear Santa…. The perceived wisdom (from both sides) for Saturday’s first quarter final seems to be this:...

England 36Tonga 20 For the first 30 minutes of this test it looked like Tonga’s fairy tale might go all the way, but in the end England just had too much nous. The forwards in white were able to strangle the game when needed forcing the Tongans to make mistakes that Sackey...

SEE TONGA VS ENGLAND SCORE AND REVIEW HERE Knowing as we now do that everyone hates England,...