Archive for October, 2007

Gloucester 07/08 Heineken Cup shirt

The Gloucester 2007/08 Heineken Cup shirts are available to purchase. The latest versions of the replica shirts for the Heineken Cup are available on-line now. Buy New Gloucester Shirts The Gloucester Heineken Cup shirt for the 07/08 campaign sees the red and white predominance reversed. Manufactured by Rugbytech it features the Jewson name on the [...]

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Free State win Currie Cup

The Vodacom Free State Cheetahs won through in a nail biting finish to the Absa Currie Cup 20-18. The first half of this match was a dour affair as both sides resorted to the boot and position, thus half time was 6-3 to the Cheetahs. The second half however came to light as the Lions [...]

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20 October – Basingstoke V Bishops Stortford

Following their week off, hope was high for Basingstoke to take this game and secure a win. They started the game at pace and won a penalty on 1 minute 30 seconds which was converted by Nick Cooper. But this lead was short lived as the visitors scored a 7 pointer on 5 minutes. Stoke [...]

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Guinness Premiership results week 6

We got most of the predictions correct this week, but had one surprise, Gloucester losing to Irish.  Looked a bit like Irish got off at the breakdown, still you play the ref which they did and won. Sale Sharks 34-30 Saracens Harlequins 26-25 London Wasps Leicester Tigers 28-20 Worcester Warriors Newcastle Falcons 20-33 Bath Bristol [...]

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Canterbury Essentials Cold BaseLayer Black Long Sleeve Review

As the weather is changing we would like to review the BaseLayer Cold body hugging long sleeved clothing. It is designed to keep players warm and dry in the coldest temperatures. Produced originally for professional players the product is available to the general public in several guises. Cold Long Sleeve Crew top from Base Layer [...]

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Auckland Finish Unbeaten & Win Title

Auckland win the Air New Zealand Cup to join the Ranfurly Shield as they cap their unbeaten season in yet more poring rain. It was not so easy this week as Wellington contested all the way. Probably the major plus was playing into the wind in the first half Auckland dominated territory and possession and [...]

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Predator Absolute XTRX SG Rugby Boot Review

adidas’s Predator Absolute XTRX SG Rugby Boots have been designed with rugby in mind having a wider fit. Although they are an expensive product they have been built to last and are worn by professional rugby players such as: England’s Jonny Wilkinson, New Zealand’s Dan Carter as well as Bryan Habana, Steven Jones & Ronan [...]

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Currie Cup Final will be battle of the Big Cats

The Absa Currie Cup final will be staged at Vodacom Park on Saturday 27 October and features Free State Cheetahs versus the Golden Lions. The match has two exciting crowd warm -up games with the Finals in both the Absa Under-21 (A-section) and Absa Under-19 (A-section) being staged at the same venue as curtain raisers [...]

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Magners League results week 6, fixtures and predictions week 7

12/10 Scarlets 32 – 8 Ulster 12/10 Blues 30 – 16 Connacht 12/10 Edinburgh 13 – 19 Dragons 12/10 Warriors 21 – 17 Leinster 14/10 Ospreys 16 – 3 Munster Well a couple of surprises this week, we got our predictions spot on, on the first three games, but had misplaced faith in the Irish [...]

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Guinness Premiership results week 5, fixtures and predictions week 6

Leeds Carnegie 26-21 Worcester Warriors Bath 25-10 Harlequins Gloucester 31-12 Sale Sharks Bristol 23-16 Newcastle Falcons London Wasps 28-14 London Irish Saracens 26-19 Leicester Tigers Week 5 produced some unexpected results, with Saracens beating the Tigers and Leeds beating Worcester, not what we predicted. We did get all the others correct though, so we are [...]

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