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Aisle be Back: The Rugby World Cup Final – the buildup

by clubrugby - October 27, 2023

By Kevin McCarthy This would be world cup X I think, if we were following Superbowl convention. So, how’s your buildup been? This is mine. X minus 7 – a very enjoyable England v Boks semi. I’m not taking the purist holier than thou stance that this was a disgrace. England

Aisle be Back: It’s semis time at the RWC and the NPC final

by clubrugby - October 20, 2023October 20, 2023

By Kevin McCarthy It’s quite a testimony to the fast looming legacy phase of Ian Foster’s All Blacks tenure that there’s extra reason to have a gnawing feeling in the stomach ahead of tomorrow’s rugby world semifinal against Argentina. We surely know by now that there is nothing given for any

Aisle be Back: The Quarter-Final

by clubrugby - October 13, 2023

By Kevin McCarthy It must have been about 2004, when I still went to parties. I was talking to an attractive Irish woman – somebody had to – and she was haranguing me about how shit New Zealand was. This being the country she was currently living in, it seemed

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Uruguay (the wash-up)

by clubrugby - October 6, 2023

By Kevin McCarthy My family used to live in the Falkland Islands, and politics being politics, if they needed better medical care, they’d take the slow boat to neighbouring Uruguay, rather than Argentina. The said ship, the Montevideo, was legendary for making people violently sick in the wild South Atlantic seas. I

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Italy

by clubrugby - September 29, 2023October 1, 2023

By Kevin McCarthy I’m very confident the All Blacks can win the world cup. The 2015 World Cup, unfortunately. After two weeks of doing nothing on an actual live rugby pitch, the 2023 iteration are thankfully finally back in the actual tournament. Not so much flying under the radar, as failing