Alastair Baxter
5 Things We Learnt from the 1st Argentinian Test
The Argentinian Pumas fully deserve to be in this competition. For a team that has never been involved in an annual tier one rugby tournament and that has to travel half way around the world for every away game they have been extraordinarily impressive. New Zealand, Australia and South Africa are ranked 1, 2 and [...]
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5 Things We Learnt from the 2nd Bledisloe Cup Test in Auckland.
August 27th, 2012
1. The All Blacks showed why they are the number 1 team in the world with daylight second. They played superbly with speed and accuracy at the breakdown, an almost faultless kicking performance from Carter and Dagg, a brilliant offload and support game from their back row and centres, brutally effective defense across the park and a rock solid set piece. They played the kind of rugby every team aspires to play.
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5 Things learnt from the 3rd Welsh game (and the Castrol Edge Series)
June 26th, 2012
1. The Australians generally played a good game. Good discipline, lots of possession, good defense and a solid kicking game resulting in a close but deserved win. It was not without its slight blemishes though, namely tonight in the set piece (missed lineout throws and scrum infringements).
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5 Things we learnt about the 2nd Welsh Test Tonight.
June 16th, 2012
- The Welsh weren’t just talking themselves up during the week when they said that were going for a fast start. Blistering pace and strong pressure to start both halves resulted in two early tries (also who said the Welsh can’t play soccer with beautiful ball control by Davies leading to his 2nd half try).
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