Jeremy Guscott was known for his razor-sharp incisiveness and inventive lines of running. He brings those attributes to his career in rugby punditry: Continue reading
Nostradamus Guscott Tells It Like It Was, Is Now, And Forever Shall Be
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Category Archives: RWC 2011
Ireland vs Australia Reaction: Have You Ever Been To India?*
The Mole has been pretty surprised by the attitude of quite a few Aussie fans: Continue reading
The Team That Never Travelled: Part Four, The Halfbacks
In this installment of The Team That Never Travelled, we look at the scrum-halves and out-halves who could have made all the difference. Continue reading
The Team That Never Travelled: Part Three, The Backrow
In the words of New York Jets coach Rex Ryan: “Oh. OH.” This morning’s underperformance by Zoolander Spies and Ben McCalman make Part 3 of The Team That Never Travelled particularly relevant. Continue reading
Blue Bullshit: Zoolander Spies
Kill the Malaysian Prime Minister and then do some box jumps, you big showpony.
For the second match in a row, Zoolander has disappeared. It’s like that part of the film where he goes down into the mine with his family, blacks up and then jumps out to startle one of the miners. Except the Spies version never even jumps out. Continue reading
Ireland 15 – 6 Australia
Ireland 15 - 6 Australia
Match Preview: Wales vs Samoa
"This guy thinks he's going to win ... oh."
This game is huge, particularly for Wales. After running South Africa so close last week with a daring performance, a loss here would probably see them out of the World Cup at the same stage as Namibia. Continue reading
Match Preview: South Africa vs Fiji
The corresponding fixture in the last World Cup was a belter of a game, played on a sunny Marseille afternoon. South Africa won 37-20 en route to their second World Cup but with the scores tied at 20-20 after an hour, every neutral was willing the islanders to an unlikely victory and wishing that Caucau was playing. Continue reading
Match Preview: Australia vs Ireland
Matty Burke, The Voice Of Reason
When you're right, you're right
“I’m surprised you guys haven’t settled on Reddan and Sexton. They had a great pace to them against England and I was thinking that these guys could be a real handful for us.” Continue reading
Digging Like a Demented Mole 