Chiefs vs Force

William the Waiter enjoys a night out at the rugby in Pukekohe, not the South Pacific of the Mediterranean, or even the South Korea of the Mediterranean, more like just a wet bumcrack gone dark.

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Club Footy

He didn't write it as far as I'm aware the clubs were asked to,provide info - whats printed from Mid Northern is the exact copy that was given to Brad aat NRU so there's no writing involved there


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"Do not go gentle into that good night"...

Or the rise and fall and rise and fall of the Crusaders (for a bonus point, name that programme)...
So three rounds completed, some superb footy played if you are a Chiefs and a Blues fan, and not much to show for effort for the Crusaders and the Hurricanes.

Sure, the Crusaders have only had one game, and were playing against a team that had already had a hit out in the Blues.  But.

But, it was only one game, and both sides have had plenty of warm up fixtures.  It was also not just a loss, it was a shafting.  Five, FIVE tries to zero, zip, nadda, nothing.  The Crusaders could not score a five pointer in 80 minutes of endeavour.  I think the old attack coach, Mr Gibson now in Sydney would be quietly chuckling into his Tooheys.  Mr Mauger and Mr Matson however, won't be.  Another but to add into this though, we don't know just how good this Blues defence is as yet.  The Hurricanes managed a penalty try last week, a dubious one at that, so the blues have not conceded an earned try yet this season in 160 minutes of rugby.  However, good or bad, as it stands, the Crusaders won't be happy with 80 minutes and no five pointers.

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Reds v Tahs - 130 years and counting...

First things first: QLD is getting hammered at the moment with wind, rain, and big tides. The water down at the Gold Coast is up to the lifeguard towers, and its only predicted to get worse. The forecast has possible thunderstorms, maximums in the low 30s all along the coast for Saturday. Conditions will suit the forwards by the looks of things, and the blouses might just have to use the maximum strength hair gel (some kind of fudge I'm led to believe) and hold hands with each other while...

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Bart's Chiefs preview 2013

Who'd have thunk, just 12 short months ag, the Super 15 was kicking off the 2012 season, and the Chiefs, with a new coach for the first time since Adam was in nappies, were serious underdogs.  Well, they've always been serious underdogs, so that wasn't so strange.  But this time out, new coach Renie had also done a bit of a spring clean.  That in itself wasn't so unusual, the main talking point was all the players that he pulled into the set up.  Gone were the fringe Bay of Plenty players (and a lot of the the fans), gone were even some of the fringe Waikato players.  Rennie owed nothing to these boys.  But in place of these locals came a bunch of Manawatu and Hawke's Bay players.

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The Double Cheeseburger and Mum's Sunday ro...

There has been and always will be a lot of conjecture, discussion, even vehemence surrounding cricket and the different formats available as "products" to people with an affinity towards the great sport. Recently, whilst walking the dogs, I pondered the merits of T20 cricket and test cricket with a particular mind to the art of bowling and fielding. If you delve deep into the objectives of these two games which reside in the same sport, it becomes apparent that there are unique diff...

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