Red Faced Steyn

What a weekend of rugby, but started off on the worst foot.
The Cheetahs shouldn’t even be in this competition.  Watching them against the Blues was painful and embarrassing.  The Blues should hang their heads that they only won by 34 points.
At least the Cheetahs can win at one thing, and that’s taking the mantle off [...]

Reeg’s Rant – “Man Perm”

Well another weekend I still haven’t seen much ruggers.  Only caught the glimpses of the Tah’s match and was pretty pissed by the time I saw the Force match, so cant really add much light on that game.  It was all a blur of Cameron Shepherd and Nick “Man-Perm” Cummings.
The weekend started with an upset, [...]

Save the Cheerleader, Save the world – Stormers

Stomers are odds on favorites to  take on Blues.  The Blues are having a shocking start to their season, having not won a game yet.    This week they have a couple of  old faces being in the form of Rokocoko and Kaino but its unlikely to be enough as the Stormers seem to building some [...]

Reeg’s Rant

Well, what can you say other than WOW!
What a start to the season.
Highlanders went crazy against the Brumbies in the first 20 mins leading 19-0 with only 28% territory.  Then their only All Black (Cowan) left the field with a sore finger (but mullet still intact) and they were lost in the wilderness for the [...]

Save the Cheerleadeer, Save the world – Blues

Blues beat a pretty unimpressive Force squad this weekend, securing maximum points and a coupla injuries.

Super 14 – Week Negative 1

Well I know I can get excited about the game, but thought I would start early with a quick review of week negative 1.
The missus is o/s on secondment in Hong Kong, which means I can dedicate more of my time to the game. You have to feel sorry for our new puppy though, the [...]

Super 14 – Round 14 – Part 1

The Jaffas host the Canes in Fridays crucial match.  Both teams have the possibility of making the semi’s.  Both have been in form for the last couple of matches against relatively weaker teams (Blues have beaten the Reds and the Highlanders and the Canes have rolled over the Lions, Cheetahs and Force).  Blues have scored [...]

Super 14 – Round 13 – Part 2

The Blues have the slimmest of chances of making the semi’s and this weekend will be crucial for them.  Blues have an awful track record at House of pain, having only won there once before.  Blues scraped through a great game last weekend against the reds, which won’t exactly fill them with joy.  Highlanders have [...]

Super 14 Week 12 – Part 1

Our first up match is the big grudge match of the weekend, certainly in our household. Baba has a shark’s outfit plus Crusaders hoody and booties. Oh dear.
Although it rips my heart out to say, I can’t see the Sharks pulling a fast one over the Knights-of-the-odd-shaped ball this weekend unless the last 2 weeks [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]