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[31 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

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Rugby is a winter sport. Here in the UK we know that better than anyone, playing and training in howling winds, frozen pitches and ice cold rain. Which is why rugby gloves are becoming so popular.

I remember when I first saw rugby gloves, I mocked and laughed at the wearer along with the …

Featured, Headline, Heineken Cup, Llanelli Scarlets, Magners league, Rants »

[27 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Where now for the Scarlets?

After losing to the Ospreys it is starting to look like the Llanelli Scarlets’ season is already close to over.  The last gasp bonus point thanks to a Jonathon Edwards try meant they got to come away with something, but only the poor form of the Cardiff Blues has allowed them to keep in touch with any of the Welsh regions.  I haven’t checked the stats but I think that now makes it one win in 8 for the Welsh Wales region.
I have heard the excuses, most notably current injuries …

Featured, Headline, Magners league, Rants, Regions, Western Mail Watch »

[17 Dec 2009 | One Comment | ]
Western Mail in Rubbish ‘Investigation’ Shocker

The Western Mail has again managed to outdo itself in poor journalism, this time with its efforts to cast light on poor attendances at the regions. Now don’t get me wrong, I do think things need to improve on that front, and in some cases rather drastically, but yet again the levels of investigation and consideration of all the facts leave a lot to be desired.
This is the artice that I am talking about.
Firstly let us look at what has to be the best line of the whole article…
A …

Cardiff Blues, Featured, Headline, Heineken Cup »

[13 Dec 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Where are the Cardiff Crowds?

This could be written about almost any of our regions, but with recent changes I think that the Cardiff Blues highlight this the most…
Did you know that over 20,000 turned up to watch the Ospreys yesterday?  The problem?  It was in Italy, not Wales.  That’s right, the Italians get (a reported) 20,543 to watch Viadana vs the Ospreys.  Even at £5 a ticket do you think the Ospreys will get close to that?
But more worrying is what is going on down at the rubbishly named Cardiff City Stadium.  There was …

Featured, Heineken Cup, Magners league, Ospreys, Rants »

[9 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Do the Ospreys care about the Magners League?

I was just reading that I could go to watch the Ospreys vs Viadana for a fiver.  Good piece of marketing that.  But in the same article something struck me as being a bit off.  Namely Ryan Jones’ comment.
For those that missed the fairly innocuous looking line it says
The match against Viadana is probably the biggest game of the season so far for the Ospreys.
Fair enough… or not. Well firstly I have my doubts. Of the season so far surely Leicester or Clermont Auvergne were more important, and bigger, …

Featured, Headline, International, Rants »

[9 Dec 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Warren Gatland HAS to Learn From His Mistakes

I am not calling for his head but I have to say Warren Gatland, and the rest of the Welsh Rugby coaching staff, is really starting to worry me.  Yes they have brought an intensity to the Welsh team that we haven’t seen for years.  They have brought us a Grand Slam (thank you so, so much) and a belief we should win games.  But they are making a lot of mistakes as well.
More worringly than them making mistakes, they don’t seem to be learning from them.
Mistakes

In my precition for …

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