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Aisle be Back: We have rugby!

by clubrugby - September 3, 2021

By Kevin McCarthy It feels slightly miraculous in these strange times that we actually have international test rugby going on. Strange too that its being played on the edge of the world, aka Perth. The good people of that far Western Australian outpost hopefully will be there in big numbers, so

Bond Banter 30 August (the week that wasn’t in rugby)

by clubrugby - August 30, 2021August 31, 2021

Above: Brother to brother. Julian Savea passes to Ardie Savea for the Hurricanes in their match against the Chiefs back in March this year. Ardie will captain the All Blacks this coming Sunday against the Wallabies in Perth. PHOTO: Mike Lewis Pictures. It came swiftly and stopped a busy post-club rugby

Aisle be Back: Bledisloe 2 (and other stuff)

by clubrugby - August 13, 2021

By Kevin McCarthy By the time you read this, we may have heard something from the Hurricanes board about the Direction Of Travel for Troy Bowker. Mr Bowker, a director, has caused quite the fuss after posting on Linked-In (social media for business types) in let us paraphrase, a robust and

Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Australia Bledlisloe One

by clubrugby - August 6, 2021August 6, 2021

By Kevin McCarthy Excited about the Bledisloe? No, I didn’t think so. Of course, it’s starting in the shadow of the Olympics, and it’s been struggling as a competitive match-up for well, nigh on a decade. Put the covid-19 conniptions in the mix and the deflating taking away of Wellington’s test, and

Aisle be Back: The upcoming Bledisloe Cup and the SA-Lions series

by clubrugby - July 30, 2021

By Kevin McCarthy Thank heavens things are back to normal. In the old old days, the single TV channel was not allowed to reveal whether it was going to televise an All Black test match ahead of time. Of course, you could then go to your TV listings for the coming