Thursday, March 24, 2011

Grand Slam Fail

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The Greatest Cup Never Run

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Innerestin' "virtual" promotion commemorating the 150th edition of the world's greatest horse race. Here's the "r...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

It's a clean sweep

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IRB.com New Zealand captain Richie McCaw has been named the International Rugby Board Player of the Year 2010 in association with Emirates...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Bernard-Henri Lévy with the All Blacks

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French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy attends the All Blacks vs. Ireland test match last Saturday, and reports. An excerpt: The c...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

Train Kept A Rollin'

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The Irish Times reports from Dublin: New Zealand remain a class apart with a hard-nosed focus that is occasionally camouflaged by the sheer...
Saturday, November 13, 2010

Cold eyed and clinical

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Brendan Gallagher watches The Sonny Bill Show at Murrayfield: "New Zealand played rugby from another planet ... sensational ... extrao...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

No Logo

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Pinch me. Thank you to the Board, and thank-you to the taxpayers of Auckland. You did the right thing. NZ Herald: Board passes up name bid E...
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So You Think

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Magnificent! Back-to-back Cox Plate championships for the Kiwibred son of High Chaparral. As only a 4yo. In only his 10th race. Freak. May h...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

Sandy Barbour: Ignorant wanker, or simply an asshole?

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25 NCAA Championships. Let's type that again: TWENTY-FIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS!! And a program that pays for itself. That's a pro...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Red Terror set to make triumphant return!

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This blog has been dormant for, welll, quite a while. But it never intended to expire, nor has it! A pile of art exhibits and film documenta...
Friday, October 02, 2009

Quarantine the rot, before it's too late...

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It's been ages since my last rugby update, but travel and work deadlines have meant rugby viewing has been tight, and mostly too tight...
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

John Peel in Dallas

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John Peel died five years ago, much too young. He would have been 70 years old on August 30th. I've been away a couple weeks hiking in ...
Saturday, August 22, 2009

State of the Union

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I've been ridiculously busy with assignments & deadlines the past few months, far too many commitments and not enough time to sleep,...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

Advantage: NZ

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Tri Nations news . . . All Blacks come from behind to beat the Wallabies 22-16 and keep one hand on the Bledisloe.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

IRB unveils new Americas tournament; October final in Toronto

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[Updated below.] IRB unveils new Americas tournament 15th July 2009 The ARC is a key component of the IRB's Strategic Investment Program...

2009 Tri-Nations Championship countdown . . .

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This year's Tri-Nations tournament kicks off Saturday (wee hours of the morning up here) at Eden Park, where the upstart Australia Walla...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

Canada into All Blacks pool RWC 2011

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Last Saturday, July 4th Independence Day, Canada fell to USA in World Cup qualifying, played in 100 degree heat in the welter of a humid S...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

The Lone Gunman

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It defies belief, but the FFR is washing their hands and passing the buck on l'Affaire Bastareud with an obvious cover-up to protect con...
Friday, July 03, 2009

Bloodhound Bénézech tracks the conspirators

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Ex-France international test prop Laurent Bénézech continues his superlative sleuthing , and advises the young Mathieu Basteaud to come cl...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Tragique Bastareaud jumped in a river

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The Times (UK) reports : A France rugby international who sparked a diplomatic incident when he falsely claimed that he had been assaulted b...

French PM writes letter of apology

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Telegraph (UK) reports : 01 Jul 2009 Mathieu Bastareaud lie over assault prompts French Prime Minister to apologise French Prime Minister Fr...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Green Revolution

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Did you know they play rugby in Iran? Womens rugby, too! It's an Iranian Fact .
Monday, June 29, 2009

Suicide watch?

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Did Mathieu Bastareaud try to commit suicide?? I haven't seen any confirmed news reports, and most of the English-language wire reports ...

Institutionalized

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Add another sad wrinkle to the on-going saga of Inglourious Bastareaud, Pulp Fiction (see thread & updates below). French Rugby Club re...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Le Parisien says Mathieu Bastareaud 'punched by teammate'

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L'affair Bastareaud keeps getting better - the gift that keeps on giving. See earlier background post "Inglourious Bastareaud, Pulp...
Saturday, June 27, 2009

Stephen Jones, ignorant weasel / timorous chickenshit

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Apologies to the British & Irish Lions namesake playing test match rugby against the Springboks today. That guy is perfectly o-kay. Rath...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Inglourious Bastareaud, Pulp Fiction

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Oops! I lied. [Updated below - Update II - Update III - Update IV - Update V - Update VI - Update VII - Update VIII - Update IX - Update X -...