Author: Brisneyland Local

Well, it’s another Monday dudes and dudettes, and Super Rugby Pacific has delivered yet another belter. I don’t know about you peeps, but this year’s Super season excites me more than it has in longer than I can remember; it’s shaping up to be a humdinger of a season. To quote Big Kev “I’m Excited!”There was soooooo much rugby on the weekend, and I could only watch the five SRP men’s games and write them up. If I’d watched any more, Mrs BL would be filing for divorce. So I’m leaving the rest of the games of this weekend to…

Happy Monday everyone. And bugger me with a fish fork, wasn’t that a cracking opening round of Super Rugby Pacific for 2025? Five fantastic games, absolutely pinging. And for us tipping peeps, that was harder to pick than a broken nose with results nowhere near what was expected. A serious round of upsets.Of the five games the biggest winning margin was 11 points, between last year’s finalists. The other winning margins were 8, 1, 4 and 1. These games all had multiple lead changes and two with the winning score after the siren, one of them four minutes into extra…

Happy Monday everyone. And isn’t it great to be back on G&GR? All the boys and girls have returned as we propel ourselves into a huge rugby year. What a big week and weekend it’s been. We’ll look at Round 2 of the Six Nations (excluding the Scotland v Ireland game which hadn’t been played at the time of publishing). Then we’ll dive into the other SRP Australian trial games and have a look there.So set up your computer at work, put your lunch in the office fridge, grab a big cup of that beautiful brown stuff ☕ and let’s…

Happy Monday and welcome back to the G&GR faithful and those who may be new to this wonderful rugby site: created by fans of rugby, for fans of rugby. We have a new look and feel, but the same crew is delivering the weekly news (unfortunately for you guys on Mondays). RAWF (Reds and Wallabies Fan) will be back on Tuesdays, Yowie and our resident Kiwi KARL on Wednesdays, the Happyman on Thursdays, and the Big Novocastrian Hoss on Fridays! And let’s not forget the podcasts from the guys Talking Teams and the Dropped Kick-Off. As well as special articles…

The November International Test Window has come to a close. Wow! What a test window it’s been. They were fantastic games. There’s nothing better than test match rugby. And particularly for Wallabies fans, we see more than just green shoots, we see real progress, we see hope. But, as Wallabies fans, it’s the hope that kills you. So let’s have a look at the Ireland v Wallabies game and the Wallabies year so far.Firstly, congrats to the permanently drunken and disgraceful Oirish, who henceforth will be referred to as the Irish. The was a genuine test match. And I don’t…

And the November International Test Window just keeps giving. As Big Daryl Eastlake used to say “By Gee’s, By Jingo, By Crikey! We have Rugby coming out of our assholes! We have five games to look at this morning.So let’s have a little bo-peep at the games that have finished prior to writing Monday’s news. * Note this news is published at 0100 on Monday morning, so it won’t include the Scotland V Wallabies and the England V Japan games. So strap in, grab a big cup of that vital elixir ☕, and let’s do it.France 37 defeated Argentina 23The…

Man, I love the November International Test Window. There is so much rugby that you just can’t watch it all live. Thank god I’m jumping on a plane and flying to America early Monday. I’ve downloaded so many games onto my iPad from Stan that the whole trip is just going to be a total rugby festival of the boot.So let’s have a little bo-peep at the games that have finished prior to writing Monday’s news. * Note this news is published at 0100 on Monday morning, so it won’t include the Wales v Wallabies game. So strap in, grab…

Well, bugger me with a fish fork, G&GRs, who saw that one coming? Not me. The first victory over England since 2015, and, to do it at Twickenham in extra time. Wow! But that wasn’t the only game that was great to watch. There were masses of rugby this weekend. For the record, this is published early Monday morning so the Scotland v South Africa and Italy v Georgia games won’t be covered. I am sure RAWF will pick that up on Tuesday.So let’s review these games and pick apart our thoughts on them. Especially lots for the Australian and…

Well, Happy Monday my G&GR boys and girls. Don’t you just love it? International test rugby is back in full swing and my cup floweth over. And a cracking couple of game to get us started this weekend.So let’s have a bit of ‘looky-loo’ at those games and dissect our thoughts on those ones. Pretend we are working, get comfortable, grab a big cup of the elixir of life ☕, and let’s get it on.New Zealand 24 defeated England 22Wow and what a cracking start to the Northern Tour matches. For a full review, check out our resident Tasweigan Soap…

Well, Happy Monday my G&GR homies. Bits and pieces of rugby on over the weekend, and some other rugby news here and there. Let’s take a look at a few of the games and other goings on. So log on, sit down at your desk, get comfortable, grab a big cup of you know what ☕, and let’s get it on.New Zealand 61 defeated Japan 19As covered here at rugby.com.au, the Nearlies have given Dr. Evil’s Japan a bit of a touch-up in a 64-19 defeat in Yokohama on Saturday. The Kiwis scored 10 tries in what ended up looking…

Well, Happy Monday my G&GR hombres. Limited rugby, plenty of things going on in the world of rugby union.So let’s take a look at the Wallaroos game and other goings on. So log on, sit down at your desk, get comfortable, grab a big cup of you know what ☕, and let’s get it on.Wallaroos get the job doneAs covered at the Shouty site here, the Wallaroos have nailed the games in the women’s WXV2 tournament in Cape Town with talisman (taliswoman?) Ash Marsters snagging a meat pie that sealed the winner-takes-all triumph over Scotland. Marsters became the most capped…

Yep, surprise surprise! It isn’t the local yokel from the Hunter, it is instead his erudite and erstwhile Queensland third cousin, Brisneyland Local. Hoss is away getting his chakras and feng shui lined up at a Byron Bay yoga and wellness retreat run by the famous guru, Bussell Rand.Hoss texted me an update: “I can still fit into my Lorna Janes, although the spandex is stretched pretty thin now. One of the yoga women said I look like the fat dad in The Incredibles. My activewear isn’t even red f*ckhead! But yeah it’s mainly women here as you might expect.…

Well, Happy Monday my G&GR compadres. Another huge weekend of rugby, Rugby Championship, the Wallaroos playing. Everywhere you look, rugby, rugby, rugby. Just the way it should be.So let’s take a gander at the games, and crown the champions. So log on, sit down at your desk, get comfortable, grab a big cup of you know what ☕, and let’s get it on.The Rugby Championship – ChampionsAnd so it is the South African Springboks who have been crowned the 2024 Rugby Championship champions. A big well done to them, and it was well deserved. The 2023 World Champions, to 2024…

Well, Happy Monday my G&GR Homies. What a huge weekend of rugby. So much to talk about. The Rugby Championship, the Pacific Nations Cup. Wall-to-wall high quality rugby.Let’s take a look at the games, and then the Rugby Championship ladder. So log onto your ‘puter, get comfortable, grab a big cup of you know what ☕, and let’s get it on.New Zealand 31 defeated Australia 28If you haven’t already done so, make sure you read Hoss’s post-match review/live feed of the game here. And vote on the Wallaby players.Another game of two distinctly and diametrically opposed halves for both teams.…

Well, that was so not worth getting up for. I even got up before the Wallabies game to watch the Saffas v Kiwis, that’s a few hours of sleep I’ll never get back, Bloody disappointed. At least this weekend I can’t whinge about the refereeing as it was quite good.So let’s look at the two games, and then the Rugby Championship ladder. So log onto your puter, get comfortable, grab a big cup of you know what ☕, and let’s get it on.South Africa 18 defeated New Zealand 12If you haven’t already read KARL’s excellent game review, head here.In what…

And a good morning to you G&GRs. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there for yesterday. And boy what a Father’s Day it was with Test rugby back on the agenda, two cracking games of rugby to watch.So let’s look at the two games, say farewell to one of the legends of the game, and then have a bit of an ‘Old Man Shouting at Clouds’ moment. So pretend you’re working hard, grab a big cup of you know what ☕, and let’s get it on.South Africa 31 defeated New Zealand 27If you haven’t already read Yowie’s excellent…

Well, Holy 💩 Wallabies fans, that was close. Some might say it was undeserved. But the Wallabies have managed to scrape through to a hard-fought victory in terrible conditions at Estadio Uno Estudiantes de La Plata in Buenos Aires to break their 8-game losing streak in The Rugby Championships.So let’s dive in and look at the game, its highlights and lowlights as we pick apart the Wallaby performance. Make sure you vote for the Wallabies players so that they can appear in RAWF’s Tuesday news.Let’s get into it!First HalfThe pre-match coverage clearly showed the conditions were terrible and that it…

Happy Monday to you G&GRs. A weekend with no test rugby means jobs around the house and Mrs. BL’s ‘things to do list’. And I must admit as many things got done this weekend and crossed off the list. The list didn’t appear to get any shorter, in fact, I think it got longer. But I digress.So let’s look at the rugby news around the place, and then have a bit of an ‘Old Man Shouting at Clouds’ moment. So sit down at your desk, log on to the work machine, grab a big cup of you know what ☕,…

Good morning to you G&GRs. Another painful round for us Wallabies fans, but a slice of heaven (did you see that little Dave Dobbyn pun there) for our Kiwi supporters with both games being played in sub-optimal conditions.So let’s look at the weekend’s games, a review of the TRC ladder (hint no surprises there) and then have a bit of an ‘Old Man Shouting at Clouds’ moment. So strap yourself in, grab a big cup of you know what ☕, and let’s get it on.The Rugby Championsip Round 2New Zealand 42 defeated Argentina 10If you did’tn get the chance, have…

The Nearlies got their ‘Mojo’ back in emphatic style, spanking the Argies in a 42-10 victory at Eden Park in pouring rain on Saturday evening. This was certainly a marked improvement over the previous weeks effrot. With the AB’s coming out from the start in full afterburner and really not easing off, dominating all aspects of the game, with the Argentinians appearing to show a post victory hangover from the week before.First HalfAs mentioned previously, the game started at a break neck pace and the Kiwi’s were in full afterburner from moment one, trying to set a marker make their…