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The Drawing Board (13/4/11)

April 13, 2011 1 comment

Welcome back to another instalment of The Drawing Board. It’s been a great week of rugby action, with the Heineken Cup moving to the semi final stage and Super Rugby chugging along quite nicely at this stage. These competitions may not have the glitz and the glam of the IPL, but it’s not needed. Its all (well in the southern hemisphere anyway) substance here; with no show ponying or football (soccer) style antics allowed. Read more…

Podcast- Series 3 Episode 1

EPL Gameweek 32/NRL Round 5/AFL Round 3/Super Rugby Round 8 Megatips

Megatips time again, and time for you to get the expert’s opinions before putting your tips in. All four codes are in play again this week, with the EPL starting to hot up, the AFL kicking goals with an extra team, the NRL reliving the past in its Heritage Round, and Super Rugby starting to weed out the pretenders from the contenders. The same is happening with the WPW expert tips, as you can see below, with front-runners starting to create a gap. This week’s Matches of the Round include Liverpool vs Man City, St George Illawarra Dragons vs Canterbury Bulldogs, St Kilda vs Essendon and Stormers vs Reds.

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The Drawing Board (7/4/11)

Welcome back to another instalment of The Drawing Board. Unlike at WrestleMania on Monday, the hits during round 7 of Super Rugby were real and not put on.  Another great weekend of rugby was seen, with action happening in all corners of the globe. Read more…

EPL Gameweek 31/NRL Round 4/AFL Round 2/Super Rugby Round 7 Megatips

Megatips is back for another week, and the for the first time we have a true MEGATIP weekend, with all four codes in play. The EPL is back after the international break, the NRL keeps kicking on, the AFL sees the debut of the Gold Coast Suns, whilst Super Rugby hits the mid-season. This week’s Matches of the Round include Man City vs Sunderland, Sydney Roosters vs Wests Tigers, Gold Coast vs Carlton and Sharks vs Stormers. With our expert tipsters starting to make their move, will this week be a key one for WPW tips? Check out the results and games below, and make up your mind! 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…

The Monday Wrap – 28/3/11

March 28, 2011 Leave a comment

Following in Adrian’s footsteps, I’d like to introduce my first The Final Word – Monday Wrap (or just The Monday Wrap for short), taking a look at the week that was in all sports and covering a fair few issues in a short amount of time, so ENJOY! Read more…

NRL Round 3/AFL Round 1/Super Rugby Round 6 Megatips

Megatips returns again, and we’ve got a stack of fantastic matches to get through. The AFL season kicks off, while the EPL has a week off for the International window. This week we’re taking a closer look at the Bulldogs v Roosters, Geelong v St Kilda and Brumbies v Waratahs.  Some mixed results (below) last week, with a tie for 1st at the top of each code… Will someone finally step up and take top spot for their own in anything? The only way you’ll find out is if you get into some MEGATIPS right now!

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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…

The Drawing Board

with David Shipton


Welcome to The Drawing Board, Who’s Playing Who’s new blog covering all things rugby. To kick things off, all our thoughts and are with those who are suffering in Japan and Christchurch. Disasters like these put sport into context, that at the end of the day it is just a game.  However, sports like rugby can have an amazing power to unite and uplift a group of people. This leads nicely onto our first bit of news. Read more…