The Heineken and Amlin Cups kicked off over the weekend of 10th to 13th October. The Amlin started first on Thursday night whilst the Heineken closed proceedings on Sunday. Here follows our comments on the Heineken games and then our predictions for round two next weekend. Friday night went much as planned with Connacht going down to Saracens 17-23. The first half was a … [Read more...]
JP Morgan 7’s Prelim Weekend Review
The JP Morgan 7's preliminary rounds produced some good and average rugby games, though more good than bad. Thursday night and proceedings opened at Gloucester Rugby Club's Kingsholm with Worcester Warriors and Gloucester coming out one and two in group 'A' and qualifying for the finals next Friday night at Baths Recreation Ground. Worcester went unbeaten on the night, a big … [Read more...]
JP Morgan 7’s Weekends = Premiership Warm-up
The JP Morgan 7's is back with us this weekend with the preliminary rounds on Thursday at Gloucester 19:15 start, Friday Northampton 19:15 start and Saturday Saracens 19:15 start. The finals are the following weekend on Friday 9 August at Bath with 19:15 start. The 7's are a great occasion to see some of the up and coming stars who will strut their stuff on the … [Read more...]
RWC Sevens Moscow 2013 – All Blacks Rule
The 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens were held in Moscow Russia over the weekend with the Men and Women's All Blacks winning. The weekend opened with match's on Friday and all went pretty much as expected. Day two and in the mens there were no real surprises, however in the women's England losing to Russia put them up against the New Zealand All Blacks in the quarter finals … [Read more...]
HSBC 7’s World Series Tokyo – Pools & Fixtures With Picks
This weekend we are in Tokyo for the Japan leg of the IRB HSBC Sevens World Series 2012/13. Here are the pools and day one fixtures. Our selections to progress to the quarter-finals of the main competition are, from pool A Fiji and South Africa, pool B Wales and Kenya, Pool C New Zealand and Canada whilst last but not least in pool D probably the toughest to call we … [Read more...]