I’m drafting this post on the train from Swansea back to London, reflecting (seething, actually) about some of the performances of this weekend’s Rugby World Cup games. (more…)
I’m drafting this post on the train from Swansea back to London, reflecting (seething, actually) about some of the performances of this weekend’s Rugby World Cup games. (more…)
Tags: argentina, australia, canada, england, france, gareth thomas, ireland, italy, james hook, japan, london, namibia, new zealand, portugal, rugby, rugby world cup, samoa, scotland, south africa, stephen jones, swansea, USA, wales
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I was astounded this afternoon by a brutal-looking spear tackle by the USA’s Paul Emerick on England’s Olly Barkley. For the uninitiated, a spear tackle is a dangerous tackle in rugby where a player is picked up by an opposing tackler, then turned so that they are upside down. And plonked on their head. (more…)
Tags: australia, brumbies, butch james, chabal, george gregan, highlanders, jacques botes, lote tuqiri, masoe, morte steyn, new zealand, olly barkley, ouch paul emerick, richie mccaw, rugby, sebastien chabal, spear tackles, tackles
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