Amlin Semi Finals 2013 did not disappoint. First up a real scrap in France as Perpigan fell short against Stade Francais down in the Basque Country. Then a trashing for Biarritz in Ireland. Friday night and the European Cup weekend kicked off in the Stade Aime Giral in front of 12,000 plus fans. This one went against our prediction as Stade Francais Paris won 22-25. It was … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
Tetley’s Challenge Cup – Saints Crash With Red
Tetley's Challenge Cup Fourth Round news round-up. St Helens fought hard but after losing Francis Meli to a red card in the first period Hull Kingston Rovers had to much in the tank knocking them out. Apart form this error, we got just one other result wrong as Whitehaven lost to Workington 12-16. This was tied up at 6-6 at the break, but the visitors edged the second … [Read more...]
Premiership 2012/13 Rd21 -Tigers and Sarries Slip-up
Round Twenty One of the Aviva Premiership and both Saracens and Leicester Tigers slipped up. Neither caused any lasting problem as both are already in the play-offs and likely to have home games given the upcoming fixtures. So the penultimate weekend opened with Tigers travelling to Bath and going down 27-26 in a rip roaring match that saw the scores see saw with the … [Read more...]
Top 14 France Rd25-Clermont Go Top
Round Twenty-Five of the Top 14 Amazing weekend, as Clermont go top and Toulon lose away at Grenoble. With all the surprises, we only called three games correctly but in our defence they were games even away that you would not expect them to lose. Perpignan away to Agen, Biarritz away to Bordeaux and Montpellier away to Bayonne. Saturday and the weekend opened with … [Read more...]
RaboDirect Pro12 wk21 – Munster Lose before Cup Clash
RaboDirect Pro12 Week Twenty One. Munster prpared for their visit to France with a 30-24 loss in Wales. The Irish Province have no chance in this years Pro 12 and so they rested players ready for the big push in France against Clermont who are in the opposite position as they won over the weekend and now head the Top 14 as well as having home advantage in the Heineken … [Read more...]