[13 Oct 2009 | One Comment | ]
John Hayes Ban Reduced By One Week

If you’re love rugby, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A complete joke in my opinion. The John Hayes ban has been reduced form 6 weeks to 5 weeks by the Irish appeal committee.
Now the good news is that the time period covered, November 7th – 14th, has no games for Munster or Ireland that he is missing. the bad news is that it should already be more, not reduced.
Good Behaviour
Now I understand that John Hayes has had a wonderful disciplinary record until …

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[13 Oct 2009 | One Comment | ]
John Hayes Ban Reduced By One Week

A complete joke in my opinion. The John Hayes ban has been reduced form 6 weeks to 5 weeks by the Irish appeal committee.
Now the good news is that the time period covered, November 7th – 14th, has no games for Munster or Ireland that he is missing. the bad news is that it should already be more, not reduced.
Good Behaviour
Now I understand that John Hayes has had a wonderful disciplinary record until now… and that’s great. But when you intentionally stamp on someones face I think …

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[15 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]

Unlikely to be an ongoing series but I thought I would bring you some shock news – rugby is bad for you!
Ok, own up, who didn’t know that?
But this time the news is a little more unusual. Seems you could contract a skin condition known as the dermatitis of muddy wrestling. Sounds exciting doesn’t it? In my experience though mud wrestling is only of interest when done by scantily clad women wearing not very much.
But it could also be a worry for us rugby players.
Find out what …

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[15 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]
South Africa make only one change for Tri-Nations squad

It comes as no surprise to learn that Peter De Villiers has named the same rugby squad that beat the British Lions 2 – 1 in the recent test series to take on the best of the Southern hemisphere in the up-coming trinations series.
The only change is Prop Jannie du Plessis, the one player in the squad who didnt play against the British and Irish Lions this summer.
Of course the flanker, Shalck Burger, will not make an appearence as he is still serving out his 8 week ban for ‘making …

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[10 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]
Who Will Hernandez Be Playing For – Natal Sharks or Toulon?

It seems there is a lot of competition and confusion over where Argentina’s rugby superstar Juan Hernandez will be playing his rugby next season.


Toulon claimed to have signed him Monday, but Scrum.com are saying that sources have told them he will be playing for Natal Sharks in the upcoming Currie Cup


Either way it looks certain he will be playing his rugby away from Stade Francais next season.

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[9 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]
Graham Henry Stays on as New Zealand Coach

Graham Henry has had his contract with the New Zealand Rugby Union renewed, meaning he will be head rugby coach until after the 2011 world cup.


This comes despite numerous media rumours that he was going to be replaced – rumours he hit out at, blaming the media for a concerted effort to get him out.