The 2013/14 HSBC Sevens Series Day One 12 October has completed and as expected the usual big names are to the fore. The only one that could be termed as a surprise is Australia winning pool 'D' as the can normally be expected to be slow out of the blocks. So from all the pool games the leaders in the pack are: Pool 'A' New Zealand and Kenya, Pool 'B' South Africa … [Read more...]
Top 14 France Rd9- Capital Crash As Metro & Paris Go Down
France Top 14 2013/14 season Round Nine and a couple of unexpected results. Grenoble beating Racing Metro and in Paris as well. Stade Francais Paris being away was no surprise though So how did the weekend pan out? First we had Biarritz hosting Perpignan on Friday night and suffering their ninth loss, it was a tight affair which Perpignan won 12-16. Coming from 6-6 … [Read more...]
England Rugby Shirts 2013/14 – Released
Canterbury and England have launched the new Rugby Strip for the upcoming 2013/14 season. The new shirt will be blooded against Australia on 2 November at 14:30 in the Twickenham Stadium in the first of the QBE Autumn Internationals. They will carry on into the Six Nations 2014. Test version Pointers The shirt is said to combine the heritage and traditions of … [Read more...]
European Rugby Cups 2013/14- Preview
The Heineken and Amlin Cups kick off over the weekend of 10th to 13th October. The Amlin starting first on Thursday night and the Heineken following on Friday. The Amlin games complete on Saturday whilst the Heineken on Sunday. We will start with our preview of the Heineken with twelve games over the weekend. Things kick-off at Connacht's ground the Sportsground on … [Read more...]
HSBC Sevens 2013/14 – Preview Gold Coast 12/13 Oct
The 2013/14 HSBC Sevens Series opens on the Gold Coast in Australia over the weekend of 12/13 October. The new series sees loads of new faces in coaching set-ups as well as teams. As we have done in the past we will try and keep you up to date with what is happening. First England have a new coach in one of the all time greats of the small game Simon Amor … [Read more...]