Lee Coan wrote this article.
The first day of a New Year and hope springs eternal. Players and supporters alike look forward to days of triumph and the hope that this will finally be THE year…..so will it or won’t it?
I’ve dusted off the Ouija Board, studied the entrails of a slaughtered goat and […]
Entries from December 2010
2011 Super Rugby Horoscope
December 31st, 2010 · No Comments
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Huge hopes of winning Rugby World Cup again
December 31st, 2010 · No Comments
admin wrote this article. Will we never learn? More than 70 per cent of New Zealanders think the All Blacks will win the Rugby World Cup in October, despite 24 years of failure on the game’s biggest stage.A Herald -DigiPoll survey has revealed that just…
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Editorial: The year of the World Cup is here
December 31st, 2010 · No Comments
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. New Zealand is not quite the rustic, rugby-mad place the Rugby Union slogan ’stadium of four million’ seems to suggest it is.The digits 2011 have been inscribed in New Zealand’s consciousness by preparations for a certain sporting…
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The road to Rugby World Cup 2011
December 31st, 2010 · No Comments
Planet Rugby | Rugby Union News wrote this article. We take a look back over the 184-match qualifying process, involving 80 nations across 30 months, for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.
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Video: Wallaby 2010 Mashup
December 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
Here are some of the best bits from the Wallabies in 2010. No surprise that they’re a little heavy on the backs – hopefully that will balance out more next year.
Click here to view the embedded video.
The music is a track called Tenderoni by Kele Okereke. Apart from it […]
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FIRE UP FANS!
December 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
So this is Christmas. And what have you done. Another year over. And a new one just begun. So sang John Lennon in the song “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)” as he goaded us into asking ourselves, are we being all that we can be?
Well, I am here to ask you the […]
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Rugby: Deal threat to Wilkinson’s test future
December 28th, 2010 · No Comments
admin wrote this article. TOULON - England first five-eighths Jonny Wilkinson has signed a contract extension with French Top 14 club Toulon for a further season with an option for a second - a move which could spell the end of his international career.The…
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Editorial: Great sporting year, but 2011 could be better
December 26th, 2010 · No Comments
admin wrote this article. A little thing called the 2011 Rugby World Cup cast a giant shadow over New Zealand sport this year. So much so that it caused many people to lose sight of an outstanding 12 months. Not often can New Zealand claim to have finished…
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Dwyer’s View: The Thinking Fans Guide to Watching Rugby
December 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
This seems like an appropriate time to have a discussion about the components of my appreciation of the game of rugby – as a spectator. These are the key factors of my assessment of quality performance.
Set plays.
I won’t talk much about the detail of set plays. Suffice to say […]
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Rugby: Ten stars of the Cup
December 25th, 2010 · No Comments
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. Every Rugby World Cup throws up players who take the tournament by storm. Gregor Paul runs his magnifying glass over the top 10 contenders for September. 1 Sonny Bill Williams (NZ) He’s not quite a secret weapon, as the world…
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Big year still to come
December 25th, 2010 · No Comments
admin wrote this article. The Rugby World Cup is looming but All Blacks coach Graham Henry is putting it out of his mind - for now. Henry says the players and management are all taking time off to enjoy the festive season and will focus on the cup when…
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$210k bet placed on ABs to win World Cup
December 25th, 2010 · No Comments
admin wrote this article. A confident punter has wagered nearly a quarter of a million dollars on the All Blacks taking out the Rugby World Cup next year.The New Zealand team may have a history of choking when it counts in the tournament, but the cashed-up…
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Hup, two, three, four hundred $thousand GI Blues
December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
'A Little Ray of Sunshine'
The case against Greg Inglis coming over to rugby? That’s easy, and I can prosecute it in just one word: ‘mungo’.
Enough? Convinced? Guilty as charged your worship in the court of public opinion, or was that the Sunshine Magistrate’s Court?
Here we friggin’ go again. Izzy Mark II? Despite it […]
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Greg Inglis to rugby: the case FOR
December 22nd, 2010 · No Comments
Lee Coan wrote this article.
This is the first in a two part series of the FOR and AGAINST Greg Inglis coming to rugby.
At the ripe age of 23, Greg Inglis’ has achieved it all in Rugby League, including the golden boot award for the world’s best mungo. He has done […]
RTÉ Sport awarded Irish free-to-air rights
December 21st, 2010 · No Comments
Planet Rugby | Rugby Union News wrote this article. Rugby World Cup Limited appoints RTÉ Sport as Ireland’s free-to-air television broadcast rights holders for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.
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