Not so super 14
We went and watched the Canterbury Crusaders v Queensland Reds on Saturday - met a nice guy called Chris who was a work colleague of Pies' who had got us free tickets. The actual game was a bit of a let down - loads of missed tackles which only backs up what is occassionally said about super 14 - that it's non-contact. But then some of the Saracens games I've seen at Vicarage Road have been far worse...
Even with no All Blacks playing the Crusaders still won, which was more about how bad the Reds were than how good the Crusaders were. The press have been going on about Brett - the Crusaders number 10 in Dan Carter's absence as "the new Dan Carter" - clearly they are as prone to hype and exaggeration as in the UK.
posted by Ed at 5:53 am
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Are those horses on the rugby pitch? What sacrilege!
At least in the sporting world we English can hold our heads up high for a few days, with winning the first two games in the Six Nations (although the performance against Italy was far from convincing) and winning the One-Day cricket tournament. I still don't hold out too much hope for the World Cups in either cricket or rugby: we don't have enough world-class players in either sport.
At least it feels like we might do ourselves justice in them both now...
If Vaughan, Pietersen, Collingwood, Flintoff and Panesar are at their best we can beat anyone in a one-off game so you never know if we get our fair share of luck...
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