RWC

While we were on holiday I was fortunate enough to be in that part of the world where the Rugby World Cup was taking place.  This was a bonus for me, not that I was able to attend any of the matches, but that I was able to watch the games at a reasonable hour…

Too many choices!

Last night I had such a dilemma as there were too many choices of sport on television!  I was interested in: the rugby, All Blacks versus Argentina Tour de France- Stage 13 Test 2 The Ashes – Fortunately the rugby was on earlier than either the cycling or the cricket so I was able to…

Sport aplenty in the month of July

July promises to be a wonderful month for watching sport. The sport has already started with the beginning of Wimbledon.  Although I generally don’t watch the tennis there are a few Australians I will be following, in particular Samantha Stosur.  It was sad to see Lleyton Hewitt exit Wimbledon so quickly in this his final…

Into the Lions’ Den. . . British and Irish Lions that is.

Tomorrow we head off to Melbourne to watch a tour game of the British and Irish Lions. They will be playing against my team The Melbourne Rebels.  I am really looking forward to the game as I have watched all of the tour games on television. It will be interesting to see what sort of…

Final RWC update

Bill “Bill” or the William Webb Ellis Trophy now belongs to New Zealand for the next four years.  We were treated to a nail-biting match for the final of the World Cup Tournament.  France certainly brought the right team along for the final and at one stage I thought Les Bleus were going to cause…

RWC update

The Wallabies were soundly beaten by the All Blacks so will not be in the final of the Rugby World Cup.  It is disappointing, but that is sport. You have a winner and a loser.  I have to admit I was disappointed in the way the crowd treated Quade Cooper.  I am no fan of…