Play enough rugby in Wellington and the weather will be front and centre on your game radar.It can have a profound effect on matches as the forecasters are predicting for Saturday night and as any number of All Blacks will tell…
Month: June 2017
Justin Marshall: Lions pack need to be more mobile
It’s crunch time for the Lions this weekend. The All Blacks caused them big problems in the first test at Eden Park so I was very interested in the make-up of Warren Gatland’s side for the second test.The All Blacks, clearly, have…
Rugby: Warren Gatland goes for pace to catch All Blacks on hop
A roll of the dice or a controlled gamble? That was the first question put to Warren Gatland by the media after he named his British and Irish Lions side to play the All Blacks in the second test.His answer – “Isn’t that the same…
Plan to reform Japanese college sports greeted with mixture of hope, skepticism
Discussions over the introduction of a “Japanese version of the NCAA” to oversee this country’s collegiate sports have prompted positive and negative reactions since they …