About four or five months ago, The Mole became interested in finding a way to analyse and attribute value to the work done by each player at ruck and breakdown. Continue reading
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Tag Archives: Sam Warburton
Attempted Burglary Thwarted
Leigh Halfpenny had a very, very long kick at the end of the game to snatch the match for the Lions. If he’d managed to get it, the Lions would have got away with robbery.
The Lions had a last minute kick to win the second test that, had it gone over, would have stolen the match from an Australian team that played all the rugby. Continue reading
You Don’t Notice the Good Ones
Who’s Nicola Alesbrook? She’s the IRB’s RWC Tournament Manager.
Red Cards
Answers question, eats microphone
Kobus Wiese, ex-Springbok man-mountain, commentator and World Cup-winner, had an interesting take on Sam Warburton’s red card in the Welsh loss to France. Continue reading
Match Reaction: France 9 – 8 Wales
Now I'm just a simple country lawyer, but ...
Funnily enough, the Mole sat through that entire game without thinking, “Awh gee whuz Smuddy, Awh-lund wud beat this Fraahnce team.” That came later. Continue reading
Gareth and JPR would have been proud
Glory days are here again?
Mole woke up this morning with an excitement only felt at Christmas time as a nipper. Wales had looked good against South Africa but hadn’t won and didn’t have a rake of Heineken Cups in the locker back home. Surely they’d run out of puff at some stage and make some stupid decisions running laterally and offloading in the ‘Welsh Way’. Continue reading
Match Review: Wales vs Samoa
No photoshop required
Wales came through their match against bogey side Samoa, but they didn’t come through unscathed. Continue reading
Digging Like a Demented Mole 