The Aviva Premiership Rugby 2013/14 Season Round Seven was played in mixed conditions with mixed results. Friday night and we had two games as first Bath won away at win less Worcester Warriors 6-21. The half-time score here was 3-16 and Bath were contained a bit more in the second period but still did enough to take the spoils. The other game saw Sale Sharks go down … [Read more...]
Premiership Rugby 2013/14 Rd6 – Wasps Hang-on to Down Tigers
The Aviva Premiership Rugby 2013/14 Season Round Six. Bath Gloucester opened up the return of the Premiership on Friday night with a close fought encounter. Bath eventually taking the spoils 15-13 from 9-3 at half-time. The match was totally one for the number 19's with George Ford kicking five penalties to Freddie Burns try, conversion and two … [Read more...]
Top 14 France Rd10-Toulon Let A Dozen Go
France Top 14 2013/14 season Round Ten. So we are back following two weeks of European Rugby and we have a few mixed results and full on games. Having said that we got two calls wrong with Perpignan going down at Bayonne and Toulon at Toulouse. The full round-up of the weekend started with the Bayonne v Montpellier game which they won 24-19. Having been as close at 18-13 at … [Read more...]
ITM Cup Finals- Canterbury Half-Dozen
The 2013 ITM Cup in New Zealand came to its conclusion over the weekend with to excellent games of rugby. First up on Friday evening local time Tasman had a narrow victory over Hawke's Bay 26-25. The game was a close affair throughout with the Tasman Makos holding out against a concerted Hawe's Bay series of attacks over the closing minutes. This win is the Makos … [Read more...]
Ireland squad nothing new
Joe Schmidt has not gone for whoelsale change in his Irish squad which has just been named. The major inhibitor to players has been injury for instance to players such as Donnacha Ryan and Iain Henderson. The 34 man squad does include three uncapped players in David Kearney, James Coughlan and Jack McGrath. Whilst Ulster prop Tom Court is included having been excluded back … [Read more...]