Traditionally, rugby and Shakespeare don’t make for good bedfellows. While I am absolutely in no way insinuating that Earl Rose doesn’t know his way around an iambic pentameter or that Pedrie Wannenberg wouldn’t be able to quote The Tempest, I just think that Will’s notion of pushing from the rear might differ slightly to that […]

For all the fiddling with the rules that goes on it would be nice if sometimes the Powers That Be would come up with rules that have some sort of value.  The ELVs are almost a complete waste of time - i say almost because the rule to prevent teams passing into the 22 before […]

Hello. Hoesit. Kia Ora. G’day. The firm grasp of UCT PGDA and the ineptitude of my internet provider has kept me at more than arms length from my computer for too long. But I’m back in the blogmosphere and 100% of the people polled in my bedroom are mildly excited by this.
Week 4 sees the […]

Peter Bills, in his column for the Independent (UK) looks at the referral system coming to rugby.
Shock, horror! Rugby Union is embracing cricket’s third official referral system and there’s already a logjam of cases piling up.
New Zealander Colin Meads is challenging the long held assumption that the broken jaw of Welsh hooker Jeff Young […]