It was perhaps the lowest quality Six Nations to date, yet the Championship still mustered up a barnstorming finish with Wales ransacking any hopes of an English Grand Slam. The English will look back at a tournament of ‘could have beens’, with perhaps the most unnerving statistic being the fact they were out-scored over five matches by the possession starved Scots. [...]
Six Nations
Six Nations: Team of the Tournament
18 Mar 13 15:33 by (Sam Knibbs) | 3 Comments
Six Nations: Team of the Week Round Three
25 Feb 13 10:00 by (Sam Knibbs) | 4 Comments
Week three of the Six Nations saw wins for Wales, England and Scotland. Italy, missing Sergio Parisse, struggled to make an impact in Rome as the Welsh dominated from the off. Meanwhile in London, Chris Robshaw’s England defeated a resurgent French side, who only had themselves to blame for their second half deterioration. Ireland will be rueing missed opportunities after dominating large parts of their match, only to be denied by the ruthless Scots. Here is a look at the top performers from Round Three: [...]
Lions watch: Round 2 – The Forwards
14 Feb 13 12:30 by Andre Liebenberg (King Shark) | 4 Comments
With the second round of the Six Nations behind us, it is a good time to continue the speculating on the composition of the team that will take on the Aussies later this year. Again, I base my selection on this past weekend’s performance only, so bear that in mind before you start baying for my blood! [...]
Lions watch: Round 2 – The Backs
14 Feb 13 11:30 by Andre Liebenberg (King Shark) | 11 Comments
With the second round of the Six Nations behind us, it is a good time to continue the speculating on the composition of the team that will take on the Aussies later this year. Again, I base my selection on this past weekend’s performance only, so bear that in mind before you start baying for my blood! [...]
Another South African for France
12 Feb 13 08:30 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 3 Comments
Antonie Claassen, son of former Springbok Captain Wynand Claassen, has been called up to the French training squad, which will prepare to take on England in an all-important clash at Twickenham in two weeks’ time. [...]
Six Nations: Team of the Week Round Two
11 Feb 13 09:30 by (Sam Knibbs) | 7 Comments
The second weekend of the Six Nations saw both Scotland and Wales record their first victories of the tournament. Wales’ gritty win was especially impressive for the strength of character it showed given their previous poor run of eight straight defeats. The cool headed Leigh Halfpenny slotted eleven points to put his side’s title ambitions back on track. In Dublin, it was the cool head of Owen Farrell that left England with the only 100% record in the championship – his twelve points were enough to see off the Irish. Here is a look at the star performers from all the action: [...]
Fancy some boxing? (Updated)
8 Feb 13 09:28 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 50 Comments
We are two weeks away from full blown Super Rugby action, but nevertheless, we have some good rugby to watch this weekend, as well as some boxing this morning. Let’s have a look at where we can make some money. [...]
Lions watch: Round 1. The Backs.
5 Feb 13 14:07 by Andre Liebenberg (King Shark) | 19 Comments
With the first round of the Six Nations behind us, it is perhaps a good time to start speculating on the composition of the team that will take on the Aussies later this year. I base my selection on this past weekend’s performance only, so bear that in mind before you start baying for my blood! [...]
The weekend rugby wrap
4 Feb 13 08:29 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 6 Comments
The first real rugby weekend of the year came and went, with local teams battling each other to ready themselves for the Super Rugby season ahead, while up North the Six Nations got under way to some unexpected results. [...]
Marshalls on board for another year
21 Jan 13 11:36 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 2 Comments
If you are a regular reader of Sharksworld, you will note that our headline banner for the year has come on board, with Marshalls World of Sport joining us for another year of interesting sports odds, not only limited to the game of rugby. [...]
SuperBru reminder
21 Jan 13 11:22 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 13 Comments
Over on SuperBru, the sporting year is fast closing in on us, with the Lions Challenge series already started, and another three rugby tournaments starting in the next month or so, including the exciting Six Nations and our weekly Monday night viewing of Varsity Cup action kicking off. [...]
New Year, new SuperBru pools
7 Jan 13 09:38 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 7 Comments
It’s a new year and with it comes the promise of plenty of rugby. From my side, Happy New Year to all, I hope 2013 is a year filled with success and extreme happiness, with a side dish of brilliant rugby. [...]
Ireland without skipper for Boks
31 Oct 12 10:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 2 Comments
Ireland will go into the End of Year Tour match against South Africa without captain Brian O’Driscoll and hooker Rory Best after both players were ruled out of the entire series of Irish matches. [...]
No more Lawrence
25 Jul 12 09:16 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 9 Comments
According to a report this morning, Bryce Lawrence’s career as an international referee is over. [...]
Six Nations – Round three
25 Feb 12 12:00 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 165 Comments
The Six Nations is really starting to get interesting now, with Round Three of the action looming. This just adds to the already packed rugby we have had with the start of the Super Rugby season, with ten massive games for your viewing pleasure. [...]
