Super 14 -Round 11 – Part 1

Week 11 of Super 14 and semi-finals places are getting a little bottlenecked. Certainly making the Case for a rejigged and extended Grand-final comp where the top 6 get through. So many teams have a chance at the top 4 and its just your luck if you get, say, the Crusaders in your [...]

Round 10 – Rugboracle Picks – Part 2

God, what a distasterous start.   Crusaders smashed by the Chiefs and now the Reds on fire to beat the spent force.
Brumbies get out the silver service for the Sharks at Canberra Stadium tomorrow and by all accounts it bound to be a close affair.  Sharks have seemingly limped across the line each week and soon [...]

Round 10 Rugbyoracle Picks – Part 1

So tomorrow, Reds meet the Force in another Aussie Derby. Force have traditionally thrashed the Reds. Pretty much all Rugbyoracle indicators are going for the Force. Obviously Giteau is out, which is a huge thing for them but even still I’m struggling to find any logic in backing the Reds. They may have had a [...]

Julian Huxley

An interesting article from Foxsports on Julian Huxley and his battle with a brain tumour.  Nice guitar, too.
“Throughout the operation at North Shore Private Hospital, Huxley was sedated but conscious so he could give his doctor feedback.
As the surgeon worked to remove the tumour, Huxley did strength tests by pushing and squeezing the anaesthetist. [...]

The Great Fanzone Wallpaper massacre – Part 2

Continuing my theme of looking at Super 14 team wallpapers:
 Hurricanes have managed to find themselves stranded in the middle of a vortex.  It must be quite difficult conveying ‘a bit windy’ in a photo but they haven’t done too badly.  Nice that they’ve not prejudiced and have included EVERY bloke from Wellington in the photo, [...]

The Great Fanzone Wallpaper massacre – Part 1

Been poking my nose into super 14 sites and checking out their fanzone Wallpapers. These are some of my fav’s from the Saffer sites. Kiwi-zone tomorrow.
First off the sharks desktop which is possibly some attempt at a premonition of them playing the final at Jade (or whatever its called now) stadium, nuclear smog included. JP [...]

Round 9 – Rugbyoracle picks

Sharks just won by a mullet.  A small mullet though, just a couple of tufts at the end that could just as easily be rolled up into a Phil Collins ponytail.   Its difficulty to follow a game via website text on your mobile phone on a packed commuter train, so I’m not sure if I [...]

S14 Cheerleaders

Rugbyheaven.co.nz has kindly put together an excellent editorial on the Super 14 cheereleaders and some of the great work they’ve done. Bravo.

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Stock Standard

Round 8 – take 2

Waratahs go into Saturdays games with underdog status and with most of the Oracle’s indicators behind them.  Both sides scraped through unconvincing wins last week but you have to go back to 2003 before you the Blues beat the Tahs on Sydney soil.  Reckon they’ll be embarrassed by all this weeks’ unwanted attention on the [...]

Round 8 – take 1

Depending on your outlook it’ either a great weekend for getting good odds or a terrible one, where any side could win. 
I’ve just added 2 new indicators to the Oracle , points for and against and that has taken its projections outside of the favorites for half the games.
Friday we have Highlanders v Lions [...]

League v Union