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The Drawing Board- Super Rugby Season Review (13/7/11)
Welcome to the Drawing Board, Who’s Playing Who?’s one stop rugby shop. A special edition this week, I will bring you my review of this season’s Super Rugby season, with a look at how each team performed. Firstly though, congratulations to the Reds team who took out the Super Rugby title, becoming only the second Australian team (and the 5th team overall) to win a Super Rugby final in the professional era. Credit must also be given to the Crusaders, who played their part in what turned out to be an epic final, the best in a couple of years. Here is some news. Read more…
The Drawing Board (6/7/11)
Welcome to the Drawing Board, Who’s Playing Who?’s one stop rugby shop. It is championship time in Super Rugby. This is where the men are separated from the boys. The pressure will be at its peak for both teams throughout this week. Expectations will be high this week as the best side in super history comes up against the side that has made a super turn around in the last few years. Firstly, here is the news. Read more…
The Drawing Board – 29/6/11
Welcome to the Drawing Board, Who’s Playing Who?’s one stop rugby shop. Playoff time is well and truly upon us now in the Super Rugby season, with the two semi final playoff matches being played over the weekend. The Junior Rugby Championship was also in action last week, with New Zealand defeating England to take out the trophy. More on that later, but firstly, here is the news. Read more…
The Drawing Board (22/6/11)
Welcome to the Drawing Board, Who’s Playing Who?’s one stop rugby shop. In an exciting end to the Super Rugby regular season, we now know who will be playing who in the playoffs. To make things more intriguing, we will now be able to crown a new champion as the Bulls were knocked out at their fortress. Firstly though, let’s start with the news. Read more…
Super 15 Top 6 Preview
As the season draws to a close, I thought it would be a good idea to have a look at the potential makeup of the top 6. As we know from the results of the weekend, the Reds cannot be overtaken on top of the Australian conference and therefore are the only team qualified. For the other teams though, all is still up for grabs with another two rounds left. Read more…
The Drawing Board (8/6/11)
Welcome to another installment of The Drawing Board, Who’s Playing Who?’s one stop rugby shop. The focus in now almost exclusively on Super Rugby as the European domestic scene has finished with the Top 14 final. Heading into the final two rounds of competition, there are still realistically 8 teams in line for the top 6 spots, with only the Reds having secured themselves a spot. More on that later, but to start here is the news. Read more…
The Drawing Board (25/3/11)
with David Shipton
Welcome back to the Drawing Board for this week. Well, wasn’t that a great week of rugby action? The Super Rugby season is in full swing and it seems like the conference system is working. Elsewhere the 6 Nations gave us another drama filled weekend. Let’s start with the week’s news. Read more…




