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RugbyBuck
Our church has no bells.
That's true, but I can watch the Six Nations like I watch college basketball. It's not the NBA, but it's not claiming to be.
Also, I can DVR the 6N and watch it later on my couch. Gotta find a pub showing the S14 and I'm not sure there are any in Atlanta now with the demise of Setanta.
I taped Scotland/England Saturday and am looking forward to watching it this week; 15/15 tie. Don't how good this one was, but I'm a fan of ties (at least when it comes to rugby). There are matches where both teams play their hearts out and at the end the score is tied. It's artificial and disrespectful of the game to then impose some sort of tiebreaker to declare a winner. [Jumps off of soapbox and twists ankle]
Also, I can DVR the 6N and watch it later on my couch. Gotta find a pub showing the S14 and I'm not sure there are any in Atlanta now with the demise of Setanta.
I taped Scotland/England Saturday and am looking forward to watching it this week; 15/15 tie. Don't how good this one was, but I'm a fan of ties (at least when it comes to rugby). There are matches where both teams play their hearts out and at the end the score is tied. It's artificial and disrespectful of the game to then impose some sort of tiebreaker to declare a winner. [Jumps off of soapbox and twists ankle]
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If you guys can get the Blue Bulls - Hurricanes game that just finished tonight, it's a real barnburner!
Flyhalf Morne Steyn kicked 14 points as Super 14 champions the Bulls rallied to beat the Wellington Hurricanes 19-18 on Friday.
It was the South African team's fifth straight win in the tournament and their 15th in a row at home dating back to April 2008 when the Hurricanes beat them 50-22.
Captain Victor Matfield also celebrated his 100th appearance in the competition but the Bulls, the leading try-scorers with 24 from the first four matches, were restricted to a single touchdown by a tenacious defence.
The visitors, semi-finalists in 2009, lost their third away match of the campaign but threatened to upset the champions until the closing stages.
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Flyhalf Morne Steyn kicked 14 points as Super 14 champions the Bulls rallied to beat the Wellington Hurricanes 19-18 on Friday.
It was the South African team's fifth straight win in the tournament and their 15th in a row at home dating back to April 2008 when the Hurricanes beat them 50-22.
Captain Victor Matfield also celebrated his 100th appearance in the competition but the Bulls, the leading try-scorers with 24 from the first four matches, were restricted to a single touchdown by a tenacious defence.
The visitors, semi-finalists in 2009, lost their third away match of the campaign but threatened to upset the champions until the closing stages.
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RugbyBuck
Our church has no bells.
Unfortunately, we're (at least in Atlanta) SOL for Super 14 as Setanta is no longer broadcasting here. I'd gotten really spoiled in the past few years pretty much getting to watch as much rugby as I wanted. Now it's almost back to the mid-1990's when we passed around bootleg VHS tapes of Six Nations (may've been Five back then) matches like they were gold.
Congrats to Scotland the Brave for winning at Ireland. Kind of like Purdue beating us last year. Pulled their 6N tournament out of the crapper.
I watched the England/France match on BBC/America yesterday. Pretty decent play by both sides. England actually produced some quick ball and France was disciplined playing, for the most part, a very Tressel-like game (kicked for territory and took the penalty points when they were there).
Congrats to Scotland the Brave for winning at Ireland. Kind of like Purdue beating us last year. Pulled their 6N tournament out of the crapper.
I watched the England/France match on BBC/America yesterday. Pretty decent play by both sides. England actually produced some quick ball and France was disciplined playing, for the most part, a very Tressel-like game (kicked for territory and took the penalty points when they were there).
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Recap of the big news in rugby this past weekend:
France claims their first Six Nations Grand Slam since 2004. The sealed things with a tough 12-10 win over England at Stade de France.
Welsh flyhalf Stephen Jones (63) was the leading scorer of the tournament, outpacing French scrumhalf Morgan Parra (61) and Scottish flyhalf Dan Parks (57). Parks' kicking was pivotal in Scotland's 23-20 win over Ireland that rugbybuck mentioned.
George Smith's run of 59 consecutive starts will come to an end this Friday as he is being helf out of the Brumbries match against the Cheifs. What is even more interesting is who will start in his place at openside flanker: 18-year old Michael Hooper of Brumbies Academy. The Brumbries dropped a 34-30 decision to the Blues this past weekend thanks to two tries by Blues' wing Joe Rokocoko. In other Super 14 Week 6 action, the Bulls came from behind to remain unbeaten with a 19-18 win over the Hurricanes. It was the 100th Super Rugby match for Bulls captain Victor Matfield. The rest of the match reports can be found here:
Super 14 Rugby,Super Rugby,Super 15 News,Fixtures and Results
The US finished in second place at the Adelaide Sevens, losing 38-10 in the final to the torrid Samoans. This is the second straight win for the Samoans, who have cut New Zealand's lead to just two points heaind into Hong Kong next weekend. Fiji remains in third and Australia is fourth. The 20 points the US earned in Adelaide moved them up to ninth place, tied with Wales. The US finished 2-1 during pool play with the aforementioned upset of England combined with 29-7 win over Niue and 36-0 drubbing at the hands of hosts Australia. The US scored a 12-10 win over Wales in the Cup quarterfinals and a 28-12 win over Argentina in the Cup semifinals before dropping the final match to Samoa.
Updating my favorite club sides:
Ulster and Cardiff Blues will play this weekend with an interesting side note...it will be Blues #8 Xavier Rush's 100th test for the Blues against the very side he will be suiting up for next year. Ulster already has commitments for next season from Rush and Johann Muller who plays lock for the Sharks of the Super 14. Ulster remains in 7th place in the Magners League table at 5-6-1 after this past weekend's games against Ospreys was postponed and will be played on Tuesday, April 13th at Ravenhill.
Northampton will be at home at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday to take on London Wasps. The home team is sitting in second place in the Guiness Premiership, while the Long Wasps sit in fourth after dropping a shocker to Sale on Friday. That snaps an eight-match losing streak for Sale, who were on top of the Guiness Premiership back in 2006. There was bad blood at the end of the game as the Sale supporters booed the Wasps off the field because the Wasps "had refused to play the original fixture in November and walked away from the ground just minutes before kick-off because they felt a section of the pitch was unsafe."
France claims their first Six Nations Grand Slam since 2004. The sealed things with a tough 12-10 win over England at Stade de France.
Welsh flyhalf Stephen Jones (63) was the leading scorer of the tournament, outpacing French scrumhalf Morgan Parra (61) and Scottish flyhalf Dan Parks (57). Parks' kicking was pivotal in Scotland's 23-20 win over Ireland that rugbybuck mentioned.
George Smith's run of 59 consecutive starts will come to an end this Friday as he is being helf out of the Brumbries match against the Cheifs. What is even more interesting is who will start in his place at openside flanker: 18-year old Michael Hooper of Brumbies Academy. The Brumbries dropped a 34-30 decision to the Blues this past weekend thanks to two tries by Blues' wing Joe Rokocoko. In other Super 14 Week 6 action, the Bulls came from behind to remain unbeaten with a 19-18 win over the Hurricanes. It was the 100th Super Rugby match for Bulls captain Victor Matfield. The rest of the match reports can be found here:
Super 14 Rugby,Super Rugby,Super 15 News,Fixtures and Results
The US finished in second place at the Adelaide Sevens, losing 38-10 in the final to the torrid Samoans. This is the second straight win for the Samoans, who have cut New Zealand's lead to just two points heaind into Hong Kong next weekend. Fiji remains in third and Australia is fourth. The 20 points the US earned in Adelaide moved them up to ninth place, tied with Wales. The US finished 2-1 during pool play with the aforementioned upset of England combined with 29-7 win over Niue and 36-0 drubbing at the hands of hosts Australia. The US scored a 12-10 win over Wales in the Cup quarterfinals and a 28-12 win over Argentina in the Cup semifinals before dropping the final match to Samoa.
Updating my favorite club sides:
Ulster and Cardiff Blues will play this weekend with an interesting side note...it will be Blues #8 Xavier Rush's 100th test for the Blues against the very side he will be suiting up for next year. Ulster already has commitments for next season from Rush and Johann Muller who plays lock for the Sharks of the Super 14. Ulster remains in 7th place in the Magners League table at 5-6-1 after this past weekend's games against Ospreys was postponed and will be played on Tuesday, April 13th at Ravenhill.
Northampton will be at home at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday to take on London Wasps. The home team is sitting in second place in the Guiness Premiership, while the Long Wasps sit in fourth after dropping a shocker to Sale on Friday. That snaps an eight-match losing streak for Sale, who were on top of the Guiness Premiership back in 2006. There was bad blood at the end of the game as the Sale supporters booed the Wasps off the field because the Wasps "had refused to play the original fixture in November and walked away from the ground just minutes before kick-off because they felt a section of the pitch was unsafe."
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The US is 1-0 after narrowly defeating Portugal 17-10 in pool play at the Hong Kong Sevens.
Northampton takes on London Wasps at Franklin's Gardens tomorrow in what is definitely the top game in the GP this weekend. The Wasps welcome back flanker and captain Tom Rees from a shoulder injury to the starting lineup as well as scrumhalf Joe Simpson who also returns from a shoulder injury.
Also in the GP, Bob Casey will make his 200th start for the London Irish on Sunday when they take on Sale. Sunday's fixture is the club's annual St Patrick's party match and an attendance of over 20,000 is expected at Madejski Stadium in Reading.
In the Magners League, Ulster and Cardiff are tied 3-3 27 minutes into their game at Cardiff City Stadium. Niall O'Connor and Ben Blaire are both 1/2 on penalty kicks so far.
Northampton takes on London Wasps at Franklin's Gardens tomorrow in what is definitely the top game in the GP this weekend. The Wasps welcome back flanker and captain Tom Rees from a shoulder injury to the starting lineup as well as scrumhalf Joe Simpson who also returns from a shoulder injury.
Also in the GP, Bob Casey will make his 200th start for the London Irish on Sunday when they take on Sale. Sunday's fixture is the club's annual St Patrick's party match and an attendance of over 20,000 is expected at Madejski Stadium in Reading.
In the Magners League, Ulster and Cardiff are tied 3-3 27 minutes into their game at Cardiff City Stadium. Niall O'Connor and Ben Blaire are both 1/2 on penalty kicks so far.
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In the Magners League, Ulster dropped their game against Cardiff, 19-9. Edinburgh is still in second after a 24-20 win over Scarlets and Leinster retains the top spot in the Magners League after a last minute drop goal by flyhalf Jonathan Sexton gave Leinster a 17-14 win. Leinster squares off in an Irish derby of sorts at Munster this Friday. Brian O'Driscoll will miss the game for Leinster due to "medial ligament damage" in his right knee. Munster welcomes back hooker Jerry Flannery from suspension.
A sold out Franklin's Gardens saw the Saints rally for a 14-9 win over the London Wasps in Northampton. The Wasps took an early 6-3 lead thanks to some shaky kicking flyhalf Danny Cipriani, who was 2-4 on penalty kicks in the first half. But a beautiful try by #8 Roger Wilson made it 8-6 at the half. Northampton would add a drop goal and another penalty off the foot of replacement flyhalf Stephen Myler.
Leicester remain just two points ahead of Northampton in the Guiness table. Leicester announced the retirement of All Black center Aaron Mauger this week.
The IRB Sevens World Series takes a break until May...the next rounds are at Twickenham in London on May 22-23 and then at Murrayfield in Edinburgh on May 29-30.
A sold out Franklin's Gardens saw the Saints rally for a 14-9 win over the London Wasps in Northampton. The Wasps took an early 6-3 lead thanks to some shaky kicking flyhalf Danny Cipriani, who was 2-4 on penalty kicks in the first half. But a beautiful try by #8 Roger Wilson made it 8-6 at the half. Northampton would add a drop goal and another penalty off the foot of replacement flyhalf Stephen Myler.
Leicester remain just two points ahead of Northampton in the Guiness table. Leicester announced the retirement of All Black center Aaron Mauger this week.
The IRB Sevens World Series takes a break until May...the next rounds are at Twickenham in London on May 22-23 and then at Murrayfield in Edinburgh on May 29-30.
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If you guys get a chance to watch a replay of the Crusaders - Waratahs game today, it's a really fun defensive game.
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