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Last rah-rah game for the year for me

09 Sunday Jun 2013

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Tonight the Queensland Reds hosted the British and Irish Lions at Suncorp Stadium. The Lions are put together from the best of the 5 nations and they haven’t toured here for 12 years. It’s a special occasion that tens of thousands make an effort to come watch. Tonight the stadium was a sell out.

There was also a lot to prove for the Reds players with a great chance to impress for Wallabies selection – assuming the kiwi coach of the Wallabies likes you of course.

Unfortunately, the weather closed down the opportunity for consistent running rugby – with constant drizzle, the tactics sent the ball up and under more often than not and the handling mistakes increased from both sides.

Although the Reds scored 2 tries to one, we lost 22-12 with missed kicks and penalties. The atmosphere was fabulous though. The Lions fans are here to party and my God can they drink! 🙂

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Bledisloe washup

21 Sunday Oct 2012

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Well well well.  A draw – which is just like kissing your brother a la Angelina Jolie.  Can’t believe the Wallabies got out of that one without a loss…or a win…or something. Well done!

But what a torrid and horrible affair.  It was stinking hot and humid. DUMB time of year to play a game in the subtropics. Stupid ARU – but that’s hopefully the last half-arsed decision John O’Neill gets to make.  An 8pm kickoff, which means it was 9pm for the Mexicans on daylight savings and 3 hours later (instead of 2) for our friends across the ditch.

The HAKA – the cut throat one, not the original

I wrote yesterday that you have to go far to find a Kiwi supporter that sticks the boot in for no reason. Not that far, as it turns out, section 730 is the distance.  There was a whole row of them, in fact. I don’t mind excitable commentary, the history lessons, the constant attempts to troll back inside their minds for a name that alludes them entirely (for the record, it was Frank Bunce you were trying to remember, you dipsticks), but I do mind being covered in your stinking beer before the anthems are sung and the affected accents that seemed to get stronger as the game progressed.  Oh, and if you could mind your effing language when you’re in a section with kids, that’d also be awesome!

As for the game – I have NEVER seen the All Blacks show their frustration like that before.  They were seriously pissed off. The Wallabies were up in their faces (with knees, foreheads and hands a-groping) and the Ref took care of the rest.  The number of errors and subsequent penalties took your attention away from the defence! defence! approach of the Aussies. Solid effort in scrambling tackles and the numbers at the ruck was the best in ages. But the stop/start of it all was farcical. I hope the Aussies take some heart from the effort, but for mine, I’d have loved an attacking game of running rugby – even if we lost it.

DEFENCE

 

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All Blacks

19 Friday Oct 2012

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We had the chance to race out of the office to catch the All Blacks signing session in the Queen St mall this morning. Tomorrow night is the third Bledisloe Cup match (Australia vs New Zealand in rugby union) – a tournament within a tournament (the Four Nations ‘Rugby Championship’) and it’s meant to be the best of its kind.

Bledisloe games should be the best running rugby around but I’m sad to say that I don’t reckon the Aussies are up to the contest. The forwards don’t get going forward, the backs can’t cover, the play makers are swamped and the number of players out with injury is ridiculous. And don’t get me started on the coach! The All Blacks are gonna steamroll us and then some.

I’ll always hope Australia wins (or at least plays good rugby), but there’s something impressive about the way the NZ team go about their sport. Even the fans are experts on the game – no really – you have to go a fair way to find a deadset arsehole who rips into Australian fans for no reason.

Unfortunately, there’s a heap of reasons for Kiwi fans to crow at the moment, so tomorrow night is not gonna be a comfortable one.
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ruuuuuggbbyyyyyyy

22 Sunday Apr 2012

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When two tribes go to war… it was not our night.  Oh woe.  There’s always next week, fellas.

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red army

09 Monday Apr 2012

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Reds, rugby, stadium, support, team

It was nice to finally make it to a game!  I missed the first two, being out of town. My boys have done it bought on the road, losing by huge margins, so with still more injuries to carry, the coach is calling on the depth in the pack to beat the Brumbies from the ACT.  If there’s one thing I can say to compliment this night – the stadium felt like Ballymore.  Awesome.

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I am red

05 Sunday Feb 2012

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photo, Queensland, Reds, rugby, sport, union

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