Super 14

Six weeks into the 2010 Super 14 tournament, the NSW Waratahs are in the top four. But is this elevated position a case of flattering only to deceive?
The other three leading sides are there without any qualms about whether they’ve been promoted above the level of their abilities. Can we say the same about the [...]

Despite playing a role in bringing together a gathering of Roarers, to happen at the Waratahs-Brumbies blockbuster (ANZ Stadium, 24 April for those interested), I’ve only just organised my own tickets to the game in this week just gone. And didn’t I get a shock.
Since when have tickets to the Super 14 – and [...]

The constant shuffling of Australian backlines will result in our best young players never reaching their potential, falling victim to the ‘Peter Principle’.
The ‘Peter Principle’, penned (somewhat comically) by Dr. Laurence Peter in the 1960’s, is a common truth which you may well have heard of, or at the very least, been witness to.
It states: [...]

The farce that is English rugby continues its long downward spiral, a fall from grace unchecked since 2003. Yes, they played in the 2007 World Cup finals, but only an idiot would claim they were the second best team there.
They were hammered by SA in the group phases, snuck through against a bad Australian side [...]

Plenty has already been written about the Tahs and how lucky they where to get over the Force. The Tahs are definitely a team with some issues.
I watched the games the other night over a few bottles of Red and was far from impressed but happy with the Tahs’ defensive effort in the dying stages [...]

Longstanding plans to bolster the Australian sevens team with Wallabies at the Delhi Commonwealth Games may be scaled down or even shelved if the current crop keep progressing at a rapid rate.
Australia’s youthful squad has looked the part in Adelaide this week, so much so that Wallabies coach Robbie Deans is becoming increasingly conscious of [...]

Former England captain Lawrence Dallaglio has slammed Rob Andrew, the Rugby Football Union’s director of elite rugby, for creating a system which means England “no longer aim to be the best in the world.”
England wrapped up the 2010 Six Nations with a 12-10 loss to Grand Slam champions France in Paris on Saturday.
Although it was [...]

Rugby and Adelaide make unlikely bedfellows when the International Rugby Sevens series stops off in the City of Churches on its global tour this weekend at the Adelaide Oval.
The tournament has found a niche audience in Adelaide thanks to the support of the state government – who were instrumental in bringing the event to the [...]

The NSW Waratahs surged into the Super 14 top four with a hard-fought 14-10 triumph over Western Force in Perth on Saturday night.
The Waratahs trailed 10-8 at half-time but regained the lead courtesy of two penalties from five-eighth Daniel Halangahu, who took over the kicking duties from the wayward Berrick Barnes after the break.
The Force [...]

The Crusaders were made to work harder than expected to beat the hapless Lions 46-19 in their Super 14 clash in Christchurch on Saturday.
The win, their fifth from six outings, kept the seven-time champions on course to again make the playoffs while the Lions remain without a win.
But despite the 27-point margin the contest was [...]