Roar Video! A review of the week in rugby

 
Andrew Logan Columnist

By , 24 Jun 2008 Andrew Logan is a Roar Expert

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I know what it’s like. You log onto The Roar, settle down to soak up a good skinful of rugby-related chat, fact and bluster, and just as you get into it, the phone rings, or the boss calls in, or your wife lays dinner on the table.

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Or the bins need to go out, or the dog needs to go to the vet. Whatever the reason, the outcome is the same – you miss the stuff you need to know.

Stillmissit’s comment on the U20 World Champs? Sorry, didn’t catch that one. Spiro’s stats? Nah must have been at kids soccer that day. Sheek’s ideas on Robbie Deans? They’ll have to wait.

So, we’ve put together a snapshot of the rugby week in our new Roar Rugby Review program, which you can watch in 10 minutes or so, right from the site – the idea being that regardless of whether you just want to top off your Roar experience, or whether you just need to grab a quick snapshot of all that’s going on in rugby, you can get it here.

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Who’s on it? Well, you’ve probably seen me on the Roar as a columnist. Mat Collett is a rugby-nut mate of mine who reckoned he’d love to have a go at being on TV talking about rugby, so I said “I’ve got just the thing”.

We’re just like you. People with an interest in the game who reckon we know more than the bloke next to us. We were talking over a beer a few months back, and thought that this would be just the thing for the Roar – another way for you guys to get your opinions aired to those who matter – other rugby fans.

So one thing led to another, and here we are, in full living colour, right in your loungeroom, or office, or internet café.

In doing this though, we didn’t want you to have to sit through a sort of Inside-Rugby-lite or a try-hard Fox Sports News. What we’re trying to do is to give the Roar contributors (that’s you) another avenue to air their thoughts – and we’ve alluded to a couple of your comments on this weeks episode.

We’ll expand on the show in coming weeks to include some special guests, some interviews with people mentioned on the Roar and as much as possible, the comments made by you on various articles. What that means is that the more you contribute the better chance you have of having your ideas aired to thousands of rugby fans across the globe.

There’s space for you to comment below the video, just like you would with an article – so don’t hold back. We’re not precious.

Let us know what you’d like to see us do differently, things we might have got wrong, or right, and most importantly, people you’d like to see us talk to. We’ll do our best to go out there, find them, talk to them, and ask them your questions – all you need to do is shoot your requests in on the comments form.

Also, now that our fillum editors know what we want and how the end product should look, they’ll be turning the show round in a day or so – so future editions will be right up to date with all the latest rugby views, opinions and guests that you’ve asked for.

All the episodes will be archived on The Roar.

We’ll look forward to seeing you each week.

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