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The Class of 2013 – England’s Junior World Cup Winners

England won the junior world cup in 2013 for the first time. The best players of their age group. How are they coping now they are not competing just against those their own age but against players...

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November Internationals 2014 Round 2 Review

An exciting weekend of rugby with some surprises and a milestone reached. So how did the predictions go? First up here’s a link to my predictions. 5 out of 10 is nothing to write home about. The six...

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Rugby thoughts – Ekatahuna and Stuart Lancaster

This week a mix of thoughts and what’s turned into a bad 90s comedy road movie of a  trip, to see a preseason game. Ekatahuna or bust What was going to be a simple trip has turned into a madcap journey...

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Hell to scalpers

Originally posted on in-the-back-of-the.net:#485486079 / gettyimages.com Ok, ok, I know I’m over a week late to this particular party but there’s a good reason – I’ve been giving it some thought!...

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Dream come true

Originally posted on Amii @ UCB:I’ve written before about the voluntary work I’m involved with for this year’s Rugby World Cup but we’re now just 53 days away from the start of the tournament and my...

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August Internationals 2015 Round 1 prediction

The phony pre-Rugby World Cup war will kick up a notch this coming weekend as the European sides start their final perorations. Here is my prediction for the first game. The SANZAR teams have been...

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August Internationals 2015 Round 2 Predictions 

After a weekend of upsets down south there are some scores to settle and the european sides join in the Rugby World Cup warmup games. Here are my predictions. First here is a link to my review of the...

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The Phony War – Getting to 80 Words

I took up the Harpin’ On Rugby 80 word challenge. I thought that the Phony War that is going on pre-Rugby World Cup, would make a fun topic. So here is the piece and the process I went through....

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Weekend Rugby Review – 17 August

A big weekend of rugby as the All Blacks and Boks bounced back and more of the European sides started their Rugby World Cup warm ups. Here’s my review off all the action. August Internationals New...

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August Internationals 2015 Round 3 Predictions

The Rugby World Cup warm up games keep on coming, as the Rugby Championship sides bow out we have some interesting tier 2 games coming up. Here are my predictions. First here is a link to my review of...

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The Twitter World Cup

During the Rugby World Cup there will be several battles going on in addition to the one on the pitch. There will be the fans singing in the stands and banter in the bars before and afterwards. The...

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Sharing Sunday – Down periscope

Sharing Sunday: I’ve been trying Periscope but I don’t have the fun and games Jonny May got.  Down periscope.

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Weekend Rugby Review – 24 August

The Rugby World Cup is getting closer but are some teams getting more questions than answers? Here’s my review of the weekends action. August Internationals Japan 30 – 8 Uruguay Italy 12 – 16 Scotland...

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August Internationals 2015 Round 4 Predictions

This is the last round of games before Rugby World Cup squad announcement deadline. The last chances for coaches to get confused about their selections. Anyway here are my predictions for these games....

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Kitted Out – Pool A

Originally posted on The Fight for Billy:Another World Cup, another batch of kits. Twenty, in fact, from an array of manufacturers. Kit aficionado Jack Fitzgerald is here to give you a low down on this...

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Weekend Rugby Review – 31 August

We have had another weekend of packed action as we build towards the Rugby World Cup. Here’s my round-up of the action. August Internationals Japan 40 – 0 Uruguay Ireland 10 – 16 Wales Scotland 48 – 7...

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Behind the Scenes – The Cameraman

In these “Behind the Scenes” series of posts I’m going to shine the light on the people that make it possible for us to watch and enjoy rugby. In this first piece I got to chat with Eiddon Paul who …...

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August Internationals 2015 Round 5 Predictions

We are into the last few warmup games before the Rugby World Cup, all the squads have been chosen and it’s nearly the lull before the storm. But before we get there here are my predictions. First a...

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Rugby Imports

During the Asian 5 Nations the Korean coach said that he would like to play Japan without their foreign players. This got me thinking about the the stereo types that we have in rugby and I thought I’d...

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Weekend Rugby Review – 7 September

The last big weekend of international rugby before the Rugby World Cup, here i.e. my review of the action. August Internationals Georgia 15 – 16 Canada England 21 – 13 Ireland Georgia 10 – 13 Japan...

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