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Category Archives: Rugby Union

Your one-stop All Blacks Rugby World Cup victory thread

Well done New Zealand. The country’s greatest national achievement since it threw the One Ring into the fires of Mordor.

Tri Nations Game-in-a-Box: All Blacks put the wobble back into the Wallabies

The All Blacks were the better side by a good margin and have put a bit of a wobble into the Wallabies World Cup campaign and sent a message to the rest of the world.

Tri Nations Game-in-a-Box: Wallabies fail to put second string Boks to the sword

The All Blacks know how to put a side to the sword and the Wallabies failed to do that to this under strength Springboks team …. but they should have.

Love is blind when it comes to sport

The fans of every code can point to their game and say it was thrilling and the best. And they are all right. For them.

Pat’s super Super 14 selections: the Grand Final and the season in review

The two best teams have ended up in the Super 14 final and yes, they are both South African.

State of unOriginal

by Noddy at GreenAndGoldRugby.com Ok ok. It’s that time of the year when the talk turns to Origin again. Nah, I don’t mean the Slater, Inglis, Lockyer, Hayne, Kimmorley and co. Sure that State of Origin series is on, but it just happens to coincide with the call for a State of Origin in Rugby [...]

Pat’s super Super 14 selections: Semi-Finals

Whatever happens in this weeks two Super 14 Semi-Finals they should be two cracking games.

Pat’s super Super 14 selections: week 14

If you’ve got friends who think that rugby is a stupid, boring game them sit them down in front of the first half of the Bulls vs. Crusaders game from last week

Pat’s super Super 14 selections: week 13

A great week for the yellow teams and a terrible one for the red teams (sounds a bit like British politics, eh?).

Pat’s super Super 14 selections: week 12

Patrick Baume look ahead to the weekend in Super 14s.