13 SEPTEMBER
14 September 2011
12 September 2011
ONE OF THE BEST AUSSIE ANTHEMS I'VE HEARD IN A LONG TIME
That was one of the best renditions of Advance Australia Fair that have been done in recent memory..
THE WORLD CUP WALLABIES PROMO
CHECK OUT THIS BRILLIANT COMPILATION .. ONE THAT YOU WILL WANT TO KEEP IN YOUR MEMORIES LIBRARY!
...RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM THE FIRST WEEKEND OF RWC
Some random observations which are neither here nor there!
Australia gave everyone something to think about
Ireland manager can't be serious when he says that Ireland can beat the Wallabies!
Hook's penalty kick looked pretty good to me!!
The English were rubbish and so are their insulting black jerseys .. can't even keep the numbers on .. maybe a ploy by the players to get rid of them .. how embarrassing!
Ioane's absence will not be that bad .. Mitchell should replace him and we won't miss a beat ...and I'll bet USA and Russia breathed a huge sigh of relief! (Did they see how Mitchell played against Canada for the Baa-Baa's though?
Still wish Gits was there!
Springboks showed glimpses!!
Good on the minnows!!
Australia gave everyone something to think about
Ireland manager can't be serious when he says that Ireland can beat the Wallabies!
Hook's penalty kick looked pretty good to me!!
The English were rubbish and so are their insulting black jerseys .. can't even keep the numbers on .. maybe a ploy by the players to get rid of them .. how embarrassing!
Ioane's absence will not be that bad .. Mitchell should replace him and we won't miss a beat ...and I'll bet USA and Russia breathed a huge sigh of relief! (Did they see how Mitchell played against Canada for the Baa-Baa's though?
Still wish Gits was there!
Springboks showed glimpses!!
Good on the minnows!!
3 August 2011
....AS HENRY FORD SAID, YOU CAN HAVE ANY COLOUR, AS LONG AS IT'S BLACK
Remember that bloke Roy G. Biv?
The acronym for kids to learn the colours of the spectrum ...Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet and every colour in between .....black isn't there, because it is not even a colour ...just an absence of light and shade ...and in the case of the RFU an absence of good sense, good taste, good judgment and good humour!!
I mean the English colours are red, white and blue, so why can't their alternative playing strip be red or blue??
What an insult!! What a humourless pack of bastards!!
What a useless wind up? No doubt some smarmy poms had a good snigger - are you over it yet, lads??
I hope you are boo'ed off the park in NZ, lads!! You want to hope that the marketing guys haven't saddled you with a ploy that's going to backfire on you.
Best of British, non-whites!!
The acronym for kids to learn the colours of the spectrum ...Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet and every colour in between .....black isn't there, because it is not even a colour ...just an absence of light and shade ...and in the case of the RFU an absence of good sense, good taste, good judgment and good humour!!
I mean the English colours are red, white and blue, so why can't their alternative playing strip be red or blue??
What an insult!! What a humourless pack of bastards!!
What a useless wind up? No doubt some smarmy poms had a good snigger - are you over it yet, lads??
I hope you are boo'ed off the park in NZ, lads!! You want to hope that the marketing guys haven't saddled you with a ploy that's going to backfire on you.
Best of British, non-whites!!
AUSSIES OVERSEAS AND WELSHMEN HERE!!
Congratulations to Gareth Delve for making the Wales squad out of the Super XV, and what a great surprise to see Adam Byrnes playing for Russia !! I'll bet his nickname will be either Boris or Comrade at the Rebels next year!!
....then again, maybe "Rasputin.."??
....then again, maybe "Rasputin.."??
TV COVERAGE OF RUGBY IN AUSTRALIA
For those of you overseas, we have these rules called "anti-siphoning" which means that nationally important programming, including sports, must be shown on free-to-air TV. I'm sure lots of other places in the world do the same.
Anyway, we have a new Rugby franchise, the Melbourne Rebels, trying to make its way in the fanatical heartland of AFL (Aussie Rules, or "aerial ping pong" or "cross country ballet").
So one of the national broadcasters gets the rights to show Rugby in Melbourne, and promptly shows it at some ridiculous hour in the wee smalls .... bastards!!
So the boys at the Rebel Army, bless their hair shirts, go on a campaign and get the TV stations to show the Rugby live, after all, albeit on one of their satellite stations. A victory!!
...but did they know that for about twenty bucks, you can get a subscription to an internet channel that shows just about any Rugby game in the world, on streaming video?
Anyone interested go to http://www.watchliverugbyworldcup.com
Been using it for about four weeks, on my laptop and it has never let me down!!
Anyway, we have a new Rugby franchise, the Melbourne Rebels, trying to make its way in the fanatical heartland of AFL (Aussie Rules, or "aerial ping pong" or "cross country ballet").
So one of the national broadcasters gets the rights to show Rugby in Melbourne, and promptly shows it at some ridiculous hour in the wee smalls .... bastards!!
So the boys at the Rebel Army, bless their hair shirts, go on a campaign and get the TV stations to show the Rugby live, after all, albeit on one of their satellite stations. A victory!!
...but did they know that for about twenty bucks, you can get a subscription to an internet channel that shows just about any Rugby game in the world, on streaming video?
Anyone interested go to http://www.watchliverugbyworldcup.com
Been using it for about four weeks, on my laptop and it has never let me down!!
RUGBY BUSINESS NETWORK IN WALES
Now that I have made all these nice new friends on Linked In, let's flog their wares...
Angela Lewis has asked me to push her Rugby event in Llanelli, and most happy to do so..good luck with the event, Angela.
Angela Lewis • Hi John can you mention my event on your blog please? see link!http://rugbybusinessnetworkllanelli.eventbrite.com/ I am hoping to have a speaker from Aus and we are going to link via webinar! I don't have full details yet but will let you know
Angela Lewis has asked me to push her Rugby event in Llanelli, and most happy to do so..good luck with the event, Angela.
Angela Lewis • Hi John can you mention my event on your blog please? see link!http://rugbybusinessnetworkllanelli.eventbrite.com/ I am hoping to have a speaker from Aus and we are going to link via webinar! I don't have full details yet but will let you know
31 July 2011
20 June 2011
WHY I'M NOT A GAMBLING MAN!
The reason that I don’t gamble for a living is that I would starve. Here is what I wrote on my blog in mid-January: The Rebels will be a force to be reckoned with and won’t finish in the red. The Brumbies will come home in a canter and the Waratahs will whither on the vine, as usual!
The Reds will play vintage rugby, but not at full bottle; the force will be with someone else and, again, the Brumbies will chase every hurdle!
I couldn’t have got it more wrong.
What a topsy-turvy season it has been; I was sure Rod MacQueen would pull a rabbit out of a hat and I was sure that the Brumbies would finally earn their “Real Madrid” tag. Instead, they became a friendless society.
The Force showed only glimpses and the Reds surpassed all expectations, showing what a canny coach Ewen Mackenzie really is.
I hope that Robbie stays a bit longer with the Wallabies, Link hangs around at the Reds and all will be well with Aussie Rugby.
As for the Wallabies, watch this space for more.
Actually, every RWC, my theme is usually “we’ll slip into Camp quietly, let all the other teams hype it up, and bight the big boys on the bum!!..”
I do think that we can still do that – technically, if you gave the Super 15 teams points for where they finished (eg 15 for 1st place and 1 for last) , despite the Reds and Waratahs finishing strongly, we (the Aussie conference) still came third, I think. But I think that that belies the depth of the Wallaby squad and the fact that Robbie has blooded young guys.
I’d love to be a fly on the wall at the first Wallaby camp, because I reckon the enthusiasm will be infectious.
Whether or not that translates to lasting the distance is another story – because in the RWC, just about every game is a final!!
…so don’t take my word for it, on past experience!!
However, if you want me to put the mockers on someone, I’d say “Go the AB’s”!!
The Reds will play vintage rugby, but not at full bottle; the force will be with someone else and, again, the Brumbies will chase every hurdle!
I couldn’t have got it more wrong.
What a topsy-turvy season it has been; I was sure Rod MacQueen would pull a rabbit out of a hat and I was sure that the Brumbies would finally earn their “Real Madrid” tag. Instead, they became a friendless society.
The Force showed only glimpses and the Reds surpassed all expectations, showing what a canny coach Ewen Mackenzie really is.
I hope that Robbie stays a bit longer with the Wallabies, Link hangs around at the Reds and all will be well with Aussie Rugby.
As for the Wallabies, watch this space for more.
Actually, every RWC, my theme is usually “we’ll slip into Camp quietly, let all the other teams hype it up, and bight the big boys on the bum!!..”
I do think that we can still do that – technically, if you gave the Super 15 teams points for where they finished (eg 15 for 1st place and 1 for last) , despite the Reds and Waratahs finishing strongly, we (the Aussie conference) still came third, I think. But I think that that belies the depth of the Wallaby squad and the fact that Robbie has blooded young guys.
I’d love to be a fly on the wall at the first Wallaby camp, because I reckon the enthusiasm will be infectious.
Whether or not that translates to lasting the distance is another story – because in the RWC, just about every game is a final!!
…so don’t take my word for it, on past experience!!
However, if you want me to put the mockers on someone, I’d say “Go the AB’s”!!
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