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10-31-15 The Greatest Team’s Final Haka
It was the day of the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final and rugby’s biggest rivalry would be played out on its biggest stage. The All...
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10-30-15 Springboks Get to 3rd Base with their Sister
The train ride through the daily dash of millions of London commuters to a drizzly Twickenham station was oddly calming. The silent swishing of newspapers...
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10-29-15 Why the Rugby World Cup Ref System Has to Change
I’ve seen enough movies to know that rich and powerful people can have insidious ways to accomplish their wishes. Let’s take the hypothetical plot where...
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Mike Tolkin: Mediocre Coach with Integrity or Spiteful Dolt
Mike Tolkin coached the USA side to its arguably worst World Cup performance ever. They went winless and had the largest losing point differential in...
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Higgins Ashes to be Spread on Favorite Pitches
Expanded Old Boy Division Expected at Nov. 7-8 Battleship Tourney Organizers are expecting a larger contingent of Old Boy teams at the Nov. 7-8 Battleship...
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10-25-15 A Kiss of Bad Luck, Australia vs Argentina
A bright blue sky gave way to a few high hazy clouds, planes cruised into Heathrow, and nearby forty-six rugby players woke up and went...
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10-24-15 Springboks to Kiss Their Sisters
On a drizzly afternoon on the outskirts of London the All Blacks and Springboks brought their rivalry that stretches back to 1921 to Twickenham. In...
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10-23-15 New Zealand vs Argentina Final – 3 in a Row
It’s Friday noon, and one day before the 2015 Rugby World Cup semi-final between New Zealand and South Africa. I’m on the pitch in Twickenham...
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10-22-15 A Week to Wander & Wonder
I’ve sent in the request for semi-final press tickets and I have booked a room for Saturday night in Hounslow close to Twickenham. With fingers...
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New Orleans Masters Rugby Tournament switches from spring to fall in 2016
In an effort to provide the best experience possible, the New Orleans Rugby Football Club has made the decision to change the dates of its...
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10-21-15 Todd Clever Reveals the Full Monty
On July 19, 2015, the USA Rugby organization issued an online announcement that Todd Clever had “been released from the Eagles’ Pacific Nations Cup squad...
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Even if ref didn’t blow it, Aussies had time left to beat The Scots
Even if ref didn’t blow it, Aussies had time left to beat The Scots By Fran Thompson The chief executive of World Rugby joked that...
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10-18-15 Close the Barnes Door after the Springboks Have Bolted
I sat in the crowded Cardiff Blues club bar in the shadow of Millennium Stadium surrounded by red shirts with a pint of Brains in...
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10-17-15 Hemispheres Collide
The 2015 World Cup seemed to shift to slow motion last week. After 40 matches in 3 weeks, it stalled to 8 matches in 3...
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10-14-15 Rugby, Friendship, Performance, & Revenge
This morning I left Monk Haven Manor B&B owned by Jan & Rob Mathias on the western tip of Wales. It is an idyllic spot...
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10-11-15 Two Good Halves
Thirty minutes before kick-off the teams were on the pitch warming-up. The announcer went through the USA’s record in this World Cup. He explored the...
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10-11-15 British Rail Get Me to the Match on Time
As I sat calmly finishing a flat white and pondering how a Kiwi name for a coffee with milk had managed to make its way...
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10-11-15 The Last Sprinkling of Pool Play Titillation
It is Sunday morning and soon I will board a train from London to Gloucester for the last pool match, Japan vs USA. For parts...
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10-9-15 Waning Days Wading through the Pools
With 8 matches left before the knock-out round, the pools are about to dry up. Canada, Fiji, and Georgia can already go home. South Africa...
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10-7-15 Eagles Hold Springboks to 14 – for a half
Thirty-five years ago I laced up my boots and entered Estadio Atahualpa, the Olympic stadium in Quito. Ecuador was playing Peru. In a couple of...
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10-6-15 Dramatic Finish to Forgotten Match
With knees bandaged and cane tapping along with my steps to the train, I left sunny Stockport for drizzle and Canada vs Romania in Leicester....
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10-5-15 The Pool D Wooden Spoon
This time next week the pool matches will be over. Twelve teams will have already gone home or will be leaving soon. The very last...
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10-3-15 A Day of Promise, Joy, Despair, & a Comforting Embrace
This is a 700 word epic about one day in a tournament that will last six weeks. The hopes of a nation were nourished. The...
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10-3-15 The Law According to McCaw & Day of Destiny
Am I missing something or is Richie McCaw offside in every opposition’s scrum? Granted the laws are vague. 20.3 (f) Binding by all other players…...
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10-2-15 The English Working Class & the Meaning of Life
I strolled down a sunny litter strewn Stockport Road looking for a pub. The smells of curry and kebabs swirled about as cars, white vans,...