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		<title>Leicester &#8211; Plumbing New Lows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is hard to believe anyone can respect Leicester these days.  Oh they are still a decent team, and with a long proud history.  Their fans are right out of the top draw, no question, the set up is quality and they have a coach who seems to be doing the right things.  So what am I talking about?
Their sour grapes at losing, or more accurately their Director&#8217;s continued sour grapes.  I am finding it hard to get my head around but the Director of Leicester, ...


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<li><a href='http://welshrugbyblog.co.uk/2009/newport-dragons-in-the-last-ever-playoff/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Newport Dragons in the Last Ever Magners League Playoff for Heineken Cup Rugby'>Newport Dragons in the Last Ever Magners League Playoff for Heineken Cup Rugby</a> <small>Newport Gwent Dragons have the unfortunate distinction of being the...</small></li>
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		<title>Welsh Team vs Ireland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Welsh rugby team to take on Ireland in this year&#8217;s 6 Nations has been announced, and it has a few surprises.  Delve has, as many predicted, gone straight from not being in the training squad to starting, with Ryan jones out injured.  Hopefully this will help him make up his mind to join Cardiff rather than head down under.
His ball carrying should be useful, as will Bradley Davies&#8217;, still in the team after his superb game last time out against france.  Charteris gets yet another chance ...


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<li><a href='http://welshrugbyblog.co.uk/2009/welsh-team-vs-new-zealand/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Welsh Team vs New Zealand'>Welsh Team vs New Zealand</a> <small>WALES vs NEW ZEALAND 15 James HOOK (OSPREYS &#8211; Cap...</small></li>
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		<title>Gavin Henson is Going to be a Star</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not a Welsh rugby star but a reality TV star that is.  &#8216;Hunky&#8217; (not my words) Gavin Henson is, according to the Sun, going to be starring in one of those God awful reality TV shows, and has already started filming.  That rules him out of playing this season then.  And likely at all&#8230; as the type of show it is explains why there have been rumours that he has been training again.
The next in crap reality shows will be called 71 Degrees North and will feature ...


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<li><a href='http://welshrugbyblog.co.uk/2009/a-gavin-henson-challenge/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: A Gavin Henson Challenge'>A Gavin Henson Challenge</a> <small>Having a debate about Gavin Henson on Twitter and it...</small></li>
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		<title>Going to Ireland for the Game?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are this may interest you.  Had a PR company get in touch with me about it &#8211; but that doesn&#8217;t mean it is a bad idea.  The full &#8216;press release&#8217; is below &#8211; but the long and short of it is that if you are in Dublin for the match you can go along to The Arlington Hotel in Dublin (I am told it is not far from Temple Bar &#8211; the main pub area of dublin) and question a few &#8216;greats&#8217; of the game before ...


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<li><a href='http://welshrugbyblog.co.uk/2009/lets-play-kick-welsh-rugby/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Let&#8217;s Play Kick Welsh Rugby'>Let&#8217;s Play Kick Welsh Rugby</a> <small>Anyone got a nice pair of heavy size 12's? If...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://welshrugbyblog.co.uk/2009/dont-forget-walk-4-matt/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Don&#8217;t Forget Walk 4 Matt!'>Don&#8217;t Forget Walk 4 Matt!</a> <small>In all the excitement of a new site up and...</small></li>
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		<title>What Will Leicester Try Next?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is the question on many Ospreys&#8217; fans lips (and Welsh rugby fans&#8217;, maybe) – just what will Leicester try next to get themselves into the quarter finals?
After failing to get in through their rugby ability – coming third in the group in which the Ospreys qualified in 2nd they turned their attention to other matters.  First was the official complaint by the Tigers board about the Lee Byrne, 16th man disaster&#8230; it was fairly obvious form the comments being made by the board they hoped to get the ...


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		<title>Wales vs France – the Aftermath</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing is certain – being a Welsh rugby fan is not good for your blood pressure.  After yet another attempted late comeback us Wales fans were yet again disappointed.  The word again is starting to take on special significance here, because it is the same thing every time.
Friends are making jokes about it.  Because that is what this has become, a joke.  On the one hand we have shown we have the talent to dominate periods of matches, to take the game to them.  ...


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		<title>Alun Wyn Jones Out of the 6 Nations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well here&#8217;s a big blow.  Just as we were coming to terms with the Andy Powell golf buggy incident (by coming to terms I of course mean stopping laughing), and his subsequent dropping from the 6 Nations squad we now find ourselves another forward down &#8211; this time in the shape of lock Alun Wyn Jones.
The elbow injury he sustained vs Scotland has ruled him out of the 6 Nations, with a likely lay off time of 12 weeks (disappointingly also missing the Osreys&#8217; Heineken Cup quarter final in ...


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		<title>A Question of Balance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So we did it, heaven knows how.  After being behind almost all game we managed to come back and beat Scotland with the last touch of the ball.  Helped by them being down to 13 players.  But helped by Gatland actually learning how to use his substitues.
What do I mean by this?  Gatland has traditionally made substitutions almost by numbers &#8211; always making the same substitutions at the same point in the game, with little effect in general.  However vs Scotland he realised things needed ...


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		<title>Warren Gatland &#8211; Spot on the Money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want you to think back to before the Autumn Internationals.  To a time when our optimism hadn&#8217;t been dented by some poor performances and naive coaching decisions.  To a time when we were still full of hope, whimsy and joy.  Or something like that.
Are you thinking back?  Remember the pain of knowing we would be without Adam Jones?  There was a big debate over who would fill his sizeable boots &#8211; and the smart money seemed to be on Eiffon Roberts to step up ...


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		<title>Ospreys and the 16th Man</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forgive a bit of a rant on this one &#8211; as will become rather obvious I am sure I am somewhat of an Ospreys fan.
But to me this is getting silly now.  Whilst there is obviously precedent in it happening with England in the 2003 World Cup there has to be levels of accountability &#8211; and surely the first stop has to be with the officials?  Now I missed what Alan Lewis apparently ranted to the 4th official (I am told it was disgraceful but I was at ...


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