Samoa won the Cup Fianl in Dubai and blew away the All Blacks in the process 26-15. Earlier the New Zealand Women thrashed South Africa to take the World Series crown 26-15. In the other finals England were to strong for Spain, Argentina out powered a tiring South Africa. Wales were fleeter of mind and more physical than Canada. In the third place game Kenya did for … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s – Dubai 2012 – Cup – France & Kenya out-muscled by big boys
The Semi Finals in Dubai under gathering black clouds, showed the difference between the top teams and the pretenders. France competed with Samoa in the first half but could not build and in the second period Samoa took a grip on the game with France forcing the last play in gifting Samoa the final try to go down 5-12. The New Zealand Kenya was all together more one sided as … [Read more...]
IRB 7’s – Dubai 2012 – Minnows exel – Canada & Portugal into Cup Quarters
The pool games are over for day one in the Dubai leg of the World Series and we had a few surprises. We expected England to lose to South Africa and so they did, but they beat Samoa only to lose to Portugal and fail to reach the Cup. teams through were Fiji and Kenya as we expected. Canada a real surprise beating France and drawing with Australia who also dropped out of the … [Read more...]
Day One Gold Coast 7’s – Boks Supreme As Others Stutter
Day One of the Gold Coast Seven's leg of the IRB World Series showed that this season should be a tight affair and any team not playing at the top of their game will be punished. Only South Africa in pool 'A', Australia in pool 'B' and Samoa in pool 'C' ended the day unbeaten. With England failing even to make the cup as they drew with Mike Friday's much improved Kenya and … [Read more...]
JWC 2012 Baby Boks Down Junior Blacks & Win Final
The Junior World Championship in South Africa has been a huge success, not least because the Home team won the final beating the Junior All Blacks 22-16. The weather was a great leveller but still both teams played rugby to make for an exciting final and first defeat in a final for the Kiwis. The final between South Africa and new Zealand was a tight affair throughout … [Read more...]