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Saracens use hovercraft to clear the Vicarage Road snow before their Ospreys clash…

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article.
It probably says a lot about me, but my favourite moment of the Heineken Cup weekend was a man dressed as a camel riding a hovercraft to clear some snow. Brilliantly the camel driven hovercraft cleared the snow in a jiffy, but I have so many questions about the whole […]

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Tags: Domestic Rugby · Good Week, Bad Week · Match Reports · General Rugby · Wind-ups · news · Rugby on TV · ScrumBag News · England

Guinness Premiership to ban any future Shaun Edwards type people…

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. He’s bald, he comes from rugby league, he’s not Welsh, he’s got a billion jobs, and he’s not that popular amongst certain people. Ladies and gents… Mr Shaun Edwards!
Wasps and Wales fans should soak up the Edwards lovliness, as a beast like him will never be allowed to be […]

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Tags: Player News · The Coaches Speak · Magners League · General Rugby · Six Nations · Wales · news · ScrumBag News · England

Six Nations shit lookalikes: Naughty Danny Cipriani and a thatched cottage

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Never mind all that stuff he’s been up to in night clubs, what’s going on with his hair? Such a bouffant barnet is usrley excuse enough to boot him out of the Six Nations? What ever happened to rugby players having either a number one or (if they’re feeling […]

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Tags: General Rugby · Match Previews · Player News · Six Nations · Wind-ups · Scotland · news · ScrumBag News · England

Wilkinson Vs Cipriani - at last we get to see who is better…

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. After what seems like centuries of bickering about who should play for England - Wilko or Cipriani - at last they genuinely go head to head tonight.
Under the floodlights, the Guinness Premiership clash between Newcastle Falcons and London Wasps at Kingston Park is going to be fantastic. All eyes […]

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Tags: Match Previews · Player News · General Rugby · Injury News · news · England

Is there too much rugby on the BBC?

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. A big fat 124 old ladies phoned the BBC on Saturday to moan about the three Six Nations matches shown on BBC1 at the weekend. Oddly I think they have a point. With nearly twelve hours of continuous sport shown on the channel, surely it’d be better placed on […]

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Tags: ScrumBag News · Rugby on TV · Six Nations · General Rugby · Soapbox · news · Scotland · England · France · Italy · Wales · Ireland

10 cliches spouted by Jonny Wilkinson before the France game… translated into “human”

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. Dear Jonny’s been talking in cliches again. Why can’t the man converse like a rugby player rather than a politician? Here’s what he’s had to say today…
1) Jonny says: “I consider myself to be one of those players who needs a big game, and have done so for the last […]

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Tags: General Rugby · Soapbox · Six Nations · ScrumBag News · France · news · England

Why does Jonny Wilkinson insist on talking like a politician?

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Dear Jonny’s been talking in cliches again. Why can’t the man converse like a rugby player rather than a politician? Here’s what he’s had to say today…
1) Jonny says: “I consider myself to be one of those players who needs a big game, and have done so for the […]

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Tags: General Rugby · Soapbox · Six Nations · ScrumBag News · France · news · England

What was the greatest ever Six Nations try?

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. John Inverdale wants to know - and who am I to deny such a cold looking fella from finding out…
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Tags: Six Nations · ScrumBag News · General Rugby · Television · YouTube Rugby · Videos · Rugby on TV · news · France · England · Italy · Wales · Scotland · Ireland

Can anyone take American rugby seriously when everyone appears to be stoned?

February 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article. Our star spangled cousins over in the US of A are always harping on about how far the game of rugby has come in America. Bit embarrassing then that seven players of the highly rated Arizona State Rugby Team will be in court on Wednesday, to answer charges […]

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Tags: General Rugby · news

Had to sell your car to buy tickets on eBay? Get the bus to the Six Nations…

January 24th, 2008 · No Comments

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz wrote this article. Thanks to our suitcase stuffing buddies at the brilliant “Blokes On Tour” travel site Lost Weekend for pointing this out to us… it might just save you a headache or two. If you’re lucky enough to have a Six Nations ticket in your mitts, you’ll have probably noticed that the […]

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Tags: Six Nations · Ticket News · General Rugby · ScrumBag News · news · France · Scotland · England