The Rugby World Cup 2007

Lee Coan wrote this article.
A Burger on the side - a familiar sight.
Two Yellow Cards, and two players cited, within the space of a week leads us to ask the question. Are the Springboks the biggest cheats in World Rugby? Coach Peter de Villiers seemingly believes that his team doesn’t cheat enough, […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Congratulations go to Jimbo, winner of the Winter tours tipping comp. Jimbo appeared to take the view that a slow, well timed rise to the summit was the way to do it (shadowing the Wallabies???), moving from 34th after the first round, he hit his straps going to 6th, […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Congratulations go to Jimbo, winner of the Winter tours tipping comp. Jimbo appeared to take the view that a slow, well timed rise to the summit was the way to do it (shadowing the Wallabies???), moving from 34th after the first round, he hit his straps going to 6th, […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Drewboy. Quite the tipper.
The comp has opened up a little with 4 games to tip last week. Drewboy had a corker, picking all 4 results and tipping the margin for the Wallabies v England game as well as getting margin points in the Argentina v Scotland game. #1 […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Now this. Is how you tip
A nice soft start to this short tipping comp, with only two games to worry about. The only way to get yourself into an early lead with this one, was margins. Cheezel did the job with the Wallabies vs Fiji, picking the 46 […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
I'll have Fiji by 17 in the first
In order to make use of the time between the end of the Super 14 and the tri-nations go a little more smoothly, we will be running a tipping comp for the inbound winter test season.
Here’s how to join:
1 – go […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
'No more experimentation Gareth'
There are not many occasions where I’d agree with Stephen Jones, The Times doyen of rugby writers, but this is one of them.
The ELV ’short arm’ sanctions were not adopted by the IRB this season after a vociferous campaign by the northern unions and journo fellow […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Ahhh memories.
I am a bit of a believer in the Recency Factor when it comes to many things, but particularly when it comes to sporting memories. The Recency Factor is basically that you (or is it just I?) tend to overlook events or players that have happened more recently […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
He was Samo player!
The Blind Side Flanker position has been an interesting one for Australia, not only over the last decade, but in the last few decades. Whereas we’ve usually gone for out and out poachers at Open Side; Strong running Number 8s; Ball playing inside centres, and big […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article.
Pocock - the future or the now?
Wow. Only five players have worn the Number 7 Wallaby jersey in the last 123 tests.  That’s quite a record.  It is the same sort of record as scrum half and in both scenarios the position is dominated by a test centurion.
The list […]

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newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article.
The Six Nations is well and truly underway, the Tri-Nations will be smashing its way into our rugby lives this summer, and even Asia has set up its very own competition.  Meanwhile, Argentina sit alone in their bedroom with no-one to talk to, sending hopeful emails via Facebook and the […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article. Poor Argentina, with Six Nations, Tri Nations and now an Asian Five Nations, the Argies remain stuck without a tournament.
The brand spanking new Asian Five Nations series kicks off in April, and will feature five 15-a-side Asian teams including top-ranked Japan, the Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong, South Korea and […]

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Lee Coan wrote this article. I have no idea what’s going on here (my Spanish only stretches to “paella”) but this rugby team in Argentina have developed a pre-match ritual that might actually be more petrifying than New Zealand’s Haka. It’s half haka / half “the bumps”, but completely odd…
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Lee Coan wrote this article. This is a tricky one. Part of me loved the five nations, when it was just that five nations. Have Italy really brought much to the mix? What is the benefit of adding another side to an already busy international schedule.
However, on the other hand, the pumas are a […]

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Pip Smith wrote this article. French dicked
Argentina 34
France 10
For those of us who thought this game would be a damp squibb - wrong. Both sides turned up ready to rumble, as evidenced by the constant niggle and sniping throughout. But […]

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