Author: Keith

Another early morning report from your Tasweigian correspondent. I get all the plum jobs. Hardly a surprise but it’s all change for the SDs with the majority of the A team rested in anticipation of a much tougher encounter next weekend against Samoa. Owen ‘de milo’ Farrell comes back in at 10 and leads the team while Marcus Smith takes over at FB to, in the words of that famous running SH and erstwhile attack coach Wiggles, give us more attack options. There’s a laugh. Chances that the England leopard will change its shorts and run the ball Buckley’s and…

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Taking one for the team and working the graveyard shift, a report from your Tasweigian correspondent. Good news. This game does not involve the goddamn awful Soap Dodgers so I’m able to offer a totally neutral and unbiased view. Preview On paper at least, this looks like a decent match up. Both teams have played a game each with varying success. The Italians had a comfortable win against Namibia and look pretty sharp. They have some dangerous runners in their backs and a solid pack of forwards. The French may have made wholesale changes to their team but Uruguay caused…

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This from resident Tasweigan guest writer & long suffering SD fan, Mr Keith Butler, take it away KB: Well that was an interesting Round 1 but where does it leave our protagonists. The Soap Dodgers rose like a phoenix from the ashes to keep their World Cup hopes alive, defeating the mighty FISMs, in a game for the purists. Japan on the other hand played some entertaining rugby putting one over on the Chileans. What do we expect from the SDs, much the same but hopefully keeping 15 blokes on the field this time. From Japan, forget about the last…

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