Tag Archives: Springboks
Guest Post: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
After a week in which a massive earthquake slammed the Canterbury region, causing massive damage to Christchurch’s brick and stone buildings (including the home of All Blacks’ assistant coach Steve Hansen), and aftershocks continued to jangle the nerves, nobody will … Continue reading
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Tri Nations Guest Post: I Don't Want to Spoil The Party…
Poor old John Smit. After 77 minutes of brutal, bludgeoning Tri-Nations rugby, in his hundredth test match, his under-the-cosh side were sitting five points clear of their 2010 tormentors, the All Blacks, with the score at 22-17. Finally something was … Continue reading
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Guest Post: The All Blacks – A Mid-Term Report
DeadBall’s regular guest rugby reporter Jeremy Taylor gives us a mid-term report on the ABs, in his words “a bit like what Marc Hinton has done in [yesterday's] Sunday Star Times, but I actually started last week, so, fuck him, … Continue reading
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Guest Post: The All Blacks Have Decided To Be Amazing Again
Saturday evening saw one of the great All Black performances of recent years, with the team claiming an impressive, important 32-12, bonus point victory over the much fancied Springboks at Eden Park. As far as victories go, this one is right up … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Worth a Crack, Nigel
Worth a crack, Nigel… For a town as infamously dull as Hamiltron, this was a thrilling game of football. Needing to win and prevent the Boks from scoring a bonus point to keep the Tri Nations alive, and preferably gain … Continue reading
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Guest Post: The Cavalry Arrives (Too Late?)
It was a win born of necessity, rather than of the All Blacks’ tactical and physical supremacy, but in the context of this year’s Tri-Nations, it will just about do, and the obvious glee with which Graham Henry greeted the … Continue reading
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Guest post: None Step Up – Two Steps Back
From bad to worse, the All Blacks contrived to concede two out of two to South Africa at home, with the chief culprits being a lack of discipline, poor execution of basic skills, and poor option taking under pressure from … Continue reading
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The Force Is Gathering
Grant Nisbett intoned that headline ominously as another wave of Springbok attackers crashed the beleaguered All Black defenses, with the only certainty being a penalty conceded and the eager boot of Morne Steyn. The scoreline might have been similar, but … Continue reading
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