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The Drawing Board (24/8/11)
Welcome to the Drawing Board, Who’s Playing Who?’s one stop rugby shop. By the time you are reading this, all the World Cup squads would have been announced and we will be digesting just who has been picked and dropped, who is lucky and who is not and who should or shouldn’t be there. There are certainly some interesting selections, some have shocked most pundits and others that you could have bet your bottom dollar on. Let’s kick things off with some news. Read more…
The Drawing Board (18/5/11)
Welcome to another instalment of the Drawing Board, Who’s Playing Who?’s one stop rugby shop. It’s been quite a weekend of upsets in super rugby this week with the Lions, Cheetahs and Chiefs surprising most pundits. It’s been an exciting week over in Europe with the semis taking place in the Aviva Premiership and Magners League and the semi final qualifiers in the Top 14. Injuries continue to be of concern with this being a World Cup year, with all team anxious to get their stars through the season OK.
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The Drawing Board (20/4/11)
Welcome to another instalment of your favourite rugby blog, The Drawing Board. Hopefully you have your Easter plans sorted. I would love to say that I will be in for a few days of watching rugby but I have to go on a camp, so that has ruled me out for the weekend. However, I still will be keeping a keen eye on the matches whenever possible. Enough of that, let’s get going on this week’s proceedings. After a couple of weeks of slightly less tries, this week contained (yes I was surprised too) 49 tries across 7 games (at an average of 7 a game, it’s kind of entertaining) Read more…
The Drawing Board (1/4/11)
with David Shipton
Welcome to another instalment of The Drawing Board. Well, I hope you enjoyed the last week of rugby as much as I did. I have to give a big shout out to those who had the idea of conferences in Super Rugby. All the games have been meaningful and interesting to watch. This has been a breath of fresh air that was badly needed in this competition. Before we analyse the matches, here is some news to keen you up to date. Read more…





