No wonder that Georgian lad tried to break his arm at the end of it
The Mole was in Bordeaux four years ago when the French neutrals got behind a Georgian team threatening to upset Ireland in the group stages. All you could hear in the velodrome that night was “Georgie! Georgie! Georgie!” Continue reading
Superstar, coming through
Mole got up with a pot of coffee to watch SA v Fiji on Saturday morning with memories of a glorious summer’s day in Marseille in his head. That game had been one of the highlights of the 2007 World Cup. The prospect of a repeat performance was quite enticing, if a little unexpected, given South Africa’s tepid display against Wales in the opener. Continue reading
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Wales came through their match against bogey side Samoa, but they didn’t come through unscathed. Continue reading
Stirling Mortlock and George Smith Catch Up
A lot of Australian fans are hell-bent on blaming Robbie Deans on absolutely everything that goes wrong for the Wallabies: he’s the head-coach, and a Kiwi head coach at that. The Mole just doesn’t subscribe to that. Deans is a good coach. However, he does have some blind spots. Continue reading
The phrase ‘men against boys’ carries with it certain connotations, and not all of them were borne out by performances of the Irish and Australian teams. Continue reading
Ireland 15 - 6 Australia
Canada turned in a cracker of a performance to upset the odds and break the hearts of a Tongan team who failed to take advantage of a strong second-half wind. Continue reading
Stoosh ahoy!
The Scots rolled the Georgians in an arm-wrestle of a game, taking it five kicks to two. Continue reading
Five Italians in his wake, hot-tempered larrikin James O'Connor gets over for a try. Bonzer.
Australia filleted the Italians with a second-half display of accuracy and precision that’d impress surgeons and intimidate future opponents. Continue reading
Given the performance of all the other under-dogs – and the conditions – Ireland’s first half performance was reasonable enough bar missed goalkicks. Continue reading
Digging Like a Demented Mole 