The Aviva Premiership Semi Finals lived up to all the hype. Leicester Tigers put on a master-class as they blew away Harlequins the 2012/13 Champions at Welford Road in front of a full house. In a game full of power, pace and not a little skill. Star men for the Tigers Tom Croft with a great run to score from yet another skill full play by Matthew Tait. … [Read more...]
Top 14 France Play-Offs – Toulouse back to winning ways!
Top 14 Play-offs and we called one right and one wrong. Toulouse did for racing 33-19 and Castres Montpellier 25-12. So Toulouse and Castres progress to the semi-finals and with Toulon and Clermont fighting out for the Heineken Cup next week both teams must fancy their chances getting a rest to be at full strength. First up in the barrage was Toulouse v Racing and … [Read more...]
RaboDirect Pro12 Semis -Leinster Scrape Home
RaboDirect Pro12 Semi-Finals week and both home teams win through. Friday night and Ulster beat Scarlets 28-17 making it more of a contest than we thought it would be in In front of 10,700 fans at Ravenhill. The first half and the home side looked to have all under control as they ran out to 18-3. But although they scored ten points in the second period the visitors … [Read more...]
HSBC 7’s Twickenham 2013 – Teams Looking Exhausted As They Go To Finals
The HSBC World Series Sevens at Twickenham day two is hotting up as we get a few calls wrong in the semis. First we had the women and Australia made light work of USA, whilst England were a bit lucky that Canada forgot the clock and kicked possession to touch to end the game with England hanging on to win. So Australia England final we will go with England … [Read more...]
HSBC 7’s Twickenham 2013 -Early Start To Day Two Quarters
The HSBC World Series Sevens at Twickenham gave no lye in for the Qualifiers today Sunday. The games kicked off at 09:00 and first up Portugal saw of Georgia, before Spain did for Hong Kong so Portugal versus Spain was play-off one. Then Russia proved way to strong for Zimbabwe our wrong call and Scotland for Tonga so Russia Scotland is the other game. In the main … [Read more...]