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Aisle be Back: The RWC starting – let’s go

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Above: The All Blacks in training in Japan. PHOTO credit: NZRU media release/Getty Images. By Kevin McCarthy Can someone please just kick off.Like me you’ve probably had enough of watching the build-up to the Rugby World Cup. It’s only then we will begin to sketch in a few realities and answer a

Aisle be Back: Rugby World Cup predictions

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By Kevin McCarthy Time to make predictions! Utterly useless predictions most likely, but everyone does it and it wouldn’t seem fair not to join in the fun. Are they pointless? Well no obviously not, but you can guarantee that while some assumptions will prevail, others will be ruthlessly overturned by the

Aisle be Back: Remembering past Rugby World Cups

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By Kevin McCarthy Anyone else out there remember parts of their life by what or where they were when a rugby world cup happened? There’s been eight so far. Since honestly nothing much is happening, while we wait for the last pre-cup hit outs, and for SBW to be injury hit

Short Passes 2 September

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On Saturday the Upper Hutt Rams J8s won the last club rugby title of the year up for grabs, the Reserve Grade Division 2 Alan Seerup Cup. PHOTO: Peter McDonald. More photos of this game and season photos archive at https://clubrugby.smugmug.com/2019  Welcome to a new week in rugby. A focus for