Jonny Wilkinson Retires
The great Jonny Wilkinson has retired from international rugby. Continue reading
Wilkinson Retires From International Rugby
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Le Jonny Tells It Like It Is
... and the ball goes over the bar. That's how it works with this chap.
With any other kicker, you’d put it down to escaping blame; with le Jonny, the Mole accepts it as an absolute fact. Continue reading
Report Card: St Boshingtons First XV [England]
It's just hijinks, sir
While there’s no doubt that ill-discipline and off-field shenanigans were the defining features of England’s RWC11, an awful lot of ink has been spent documenting these misdeeds and scolding the bold boys of St Boshingtons First XV. Continue reading
Le Grand Bomp: England vs France
Our survey says: ER-ERRRRRR
History
Le Crunch is the game traditionally considered as the top draw of the Six Nations, despite the fact hat over much of the last decade, it has not been the case. Similarly, despite England’s recent woes in that tournament (this year being their first Championship win since their 2003 team preceded their World Cup victory with a Grand Slam) England have a very decent record against France of late, losing only one of the last five head-to-heads. Continue reading
Match Preview: England v Scotland
Scotland face into their final pool game with only the slimmest of hopes of eliminating England from the tournament and progressing to the quarter-final themselves. To do they will have to beat England and score more bonus points than them or simply win by more than 41 points, so unless Chris Paterson can find his Monsieur Cent Pour Cent form from the 2007 World Cup and England are penalised off the park, you would think that one would preclude the other. Continue reading
It’s a Knockout
Excuse me, can you tell me the way to final please? Oh no, it's OK, I remember now.
Scotland v Argentina marked the beginning of cup match rugby is this year’s World Cup. The laws and the balls are still the same but the game changes from here on in. The stakes are higher and the drops are steeper. Games become less attractive from a try scoring point of view but far more compelling. Continue reading
Match Preview: Argentina vs England No. 2
By providing the Rugby World Cup with undoubtedly the worst finalists in the tournament’s history in 2007, England proved that they know more than a thing or two about thriving in cup match rugby. A big scrum and an incredibly reliable place-kicker maintaining both physical and scoreboard pressure can get you an awful long way. Continue reading
Match Preview: England vs Argentina No. 1
Maradona heads one in against Angleterre in a typically unemotional sporting encounter between the two countries
England don’t have many options but to pick a huge pack, and they haven’t veered very far from the form book. Continue reading
Digging Like a Demented Mole 