False Start Sinks Blues
There were some sensational individual moments during the match, but in terms of team tactics both sides looked to be still in pre-season mode.
There were some sensational individual moments during the match, but in terms of team tactics both sides looked to be still in pre-season mode.
England turned the Six Nations on its head with a stirring victory at Twickenham in undoubtedly the best match of the tournament thus far.
Just when it looked like the Wooden Spoon was theirs, Scotland pulled off a miracle victory thanks to a last minute drop goal by Duncan Weir.
Warren Gatland’s threats appear to have worked as Wales rebounded to smash a hapless French side at the Millennium Stadium on Friday night.
The Cheetahs scored a historic first ever victory over the Bulls in Bloemfontein, and did so by beating them at their own game.
A pulsating game between the defending champion Chiefs and their fiercest rivals, the Crusaders, got New Zealand’s Super Rugby season off to a cracking start.
It was a heavyweight tilt in game two of opening day, as the mighty Bulls faced off against Jake White’s latest project at the Shark Tank in Durban.
Super Rugby made its return today, with a local derby between rivals Cheetahs and the Lions kicking things off in a match that was much closer than expected.
In a match closer than the scoreline suggested, France leapt above their 2013 points total and solidified their status as title contenders over a competent but outmatched Italian side.
What was forecast to be a battle of attrition between two of the tournament favorites was instead a steamrolling by the emerald giants.