The second game between England and France brought the 2012 Rugby League Autumn Internationals to a close. As expected England cruised to a simple win 48-4. This time France did turn up and at times competed and forced a few errors from England. Not least several penalties around the twenty minute mark ending right on the England line, that had it been Australia or New Zealand … [Read more...]
Autumn Int’s Wk1 – North/South Evens on Wins
So the first round of Autumn Internationals left it as even on wins between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. Though apart from France beating Australia the South will argue they won the harder fixtures. First up Fiji had a mountain to climb playing England at Twickenham in front of over 80,000. They did compete for the first twenty minutes and then it was pretty much … [Read more...]
RWC Sevens 2013 Asian Qualification – Who will go through?
The Asian qualifying round for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia 2013, is now down to the last four. Japan will play the Philippines and Hong Kong will play Korea in the semi-finals. Both winning teams will qualify and the losers will play off with the winner going through. Hong Kong, Korea and Japan came through day one unbeaten, whilst the Philippines lost to Hong … [Read more...]
Error Strewn England RL Still To Strong For Wales
Saturday evening and Wales full of hope hosted England at the Racecourse Ground in front of just over 4,000 expectant and hopeful fans. This contest however was always going to be David versus Goliath, given that the previous week France ran up a tidy win 20-6 against Wales. The conditions were ideal for running rugby and both sides set out their ambitions early on and both … [Read more...]
Supreme Sinfield & Rhinos Do It Again
The 2012 Stobart Super League Final was a classic and lived up to expectations. As Leeds claimed their sixth crown in the last nine years and second in a row where they have come from the lower edge of the playoffs to see off this years Challene Cup winners. Right from the first whistle we could see we had two sides who had high expectations and as soon as the fourth … [Read more...]