Sad News for Brumbies Young Gun

After week off in Honkers for the 7s, I have gone another week with next to no rugby.
 A sad week for rugby, I have just read the shocking news that Shawn Mackay has died in a Durban hospital after fighting for his life all week in a coma.  He was hit by an armed response vehicle in [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Carelessly Trampling

Has it just been stuck in the northen hemisphere that has me well impressed with the calibre of the Super 14 games this weekend.  Maybe by week three I’ll be back to jaded and yelling at the tv:  ”This isn’t godamn Murryfield!”, but for now I remain impressed.   The Canes and Tahs besides.   [...]

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 Rugby 2009!!

Another season of Super rugby is nearly upon us, people.  It’s time to fish out the team jerseys from the attic, give them a stretch (it’s bound to have shrunk a little), wash off last year’s blood stains and staple it back to your chest for the next 4 months.
I have updated the site a [...]

100k on Crusaders

NZD 172,000 got lost on just 2 bets in NZ last weekend, according to Rugbyheaven.co.nz, when the Crusaders lost against the Highlanders.
One was on the crusaders at odds of 1.08 and another was on the double, Stormers\Crusaders.
TAB recorded their most profitable match since 1996.
http://rugbyheaven.co.nz/4552579a25923.html
 

Super 14 – Semi one

Crusaders get their home semi against the hurricanes.  Both are coming off losses from the previous week and will have something to prove.  Crusaders have been getting worse and worse but frankly, it wouldn’t surprise me if the conspiracy theorists were right and they’ve been underplaying.  One, it will give the canes a false sense [...]

Super 14 – Round 14 – Part 2

Crusaders take on kiwi bottom of the table team.  Everyone’s predicting a drumming, but against reasonable teams, the Crusaders have been relatively quiet.  Reckon they’ll be nervous about injuries again and will be playing conservatively, whereas the Dunedin crew has nothing to loose.  On that basis the 3.40-1, odds on Crusaders by less than 12.5 [...]

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 [...]