Difference between rugby and soccer?
Hickey ran off the pitch, demanded stitches, a bandage, new shorts, jersey and headgear, all within the 10 minute time window so he could come back on and continue the rest of the game. Beckham wanted a hug.
Archive for February, 2007
The Superbowl in perspective
This is one for the Americans out there… after Wales vs Ireland in the Six Nations in Cardiff on Sunday, here’s the front and back pages of the local paper‘s sport supplement:
Ireland escape Wales unbeaten
Somehow we made it out relatively unscathed. After 75 minutes of sitting on the edge of my seat, convinced our defense would eventually give in to one of many Welsh probes, I could finally let out a sigh of relief and belt out the Fields of Athenry with the rest of the Irish crowd. I [...]
England for the Grand Slam!
Wonder Wilko took over from [tag]Jonny[/tag] Bandages to score 27 points yesterday, including “being awarded” a bonus “welcome back, Jonny” 5 pointer from the TMO during [tag]England[/tag]‘s demolition of a hapless [tag]Scotland[/tag] at Twickenham. I’m delighted to see [tag]Wilkinson[/tag] back – he’s a tremendous, if slightly overrated, talent and showed great form despite his lack [...]
Weekend score predictions – 6N and Superbowl
Let’s see how wrong I am with these… Six Nations: Predicted: Italy 7 – 45 France Actual: Italy 3 – 39 France Predicted: England 15 – 19 Scotland Actual: England 42 – 20 Scotland Predicted: Wales 15 – 27 Ireland Actual: Wales 9 – 19 Ireland Superbowl XLI: Predicted: Colts 38 – 20 Bears Actual: [...]
Who would you add to the Ireland team?
As an [tag]Irish[/tag] [tag]rugby[/tag] fan I’m doing my best to remain quietly confident through the massive hype with the [tag]Six Nations[/tag] starting in a only few short hours. We’ve never worn the favourites tag very well and like a lot of my peers I’m concerned by talk about [tag]Grand Slams[/tag] and [tag]Championships[/tag] – look where [...]