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- February 2011
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- Hong Kong
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- The Dragons
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Latest Articles
American football provides a rugby fix
8 Nov 2011Although southern hemisphere rugby is over for 2011, rugby and league fans can still get their fix by watching American football, where the standard of athleticism and football is outstanding. Take a look at the incredible attacking game of the Oregon Ducks in these highlights from their recent game against Washington State: Thankfully rugby never [...]
French were a rabble from go to whoa
31 Oct 2011After six weeks and 48 matches, the winner of the Rugby World Cup was decided by a single point. Despite holding the number one ranking and home ground advantage, the All Blacks only just scraped home by the slimmest of margins, in a tournament dominated by defense. Antagonism between French coach Lievremont and his players [...]
After another failure, it's time for Deans to go
18 Oct 2011The best teams play consistently well. Other teams can lift their games occasionally to match better rivals, but the effort takes its toll, resulting in inconsistency from week to week. The Wallabies lifted to beat the Boks, but looked tired when asked to repeat it in the semi-final. Ireland played above themselves to beat Australia, [...]
Irish forwards highlight Wallabies' selection blunders
18 Sep 2011The Irish outplayed the Wallabies. They won at the breakdown, they destroyed the Wallaby scrum, they won the line-outs, and they were better defensively. Irish defensive coach, ex-Australian rugby league international Les Kiss, was prominent in the coaching box and post-match celebrations, and clearly played an important role in the win. Its impossible to see [...]
Old habits die hard for NSW Waratahs
26 Jun 2011The ability to control the momentum of a game is a feature of great teams. Once it changes, so do the fortunes of the participants. In the first twenty minutes of the Blues-Waratahs quarter final, there was only one team in it. The Tahs controlled the ball superbly, mounting raid after raid, with the Blues [...]
Winning games away should be worth more
2 Jun 2011Last weekend’s Reds vs Crusaders game lived up to the pre-game hype. It had test match intensity from start to finish dominated by ferocious defense, hand-to-hand combat between the forwards, touches of brilliance from Quade Cooper, and hard running from both teams. Unlike some referees who seem to be under the impression that they are [...]
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