Author: patrick

For the first few minutes of the Rebels–Hurricanes game on Friday night, I thought the Rebels were looking quite good: more composed than in past weeks, holding onto the ball, cleaning out well, scrumming strongly.  I could overlook the first Hurricanes try because it just seemed like a double dose of bad luck for the Rebels (almost a triple dose, if you count the convenient placement of the Hurricanes players). However, by the 13th minute when Vito crossed I was starting to think more about the bar. I quickly moved on to resenting the ref (although apart from the scrum…

G&GR is proud to bring you the Aussie Stevie view of the player’s performance over the TriNations. Thanks to magic Stevie powers, we can do this in advance, actual viewing not required. A quick intro for those who have not yet had the privilege of reading the insights of Aussie Stevie’s dad, Stephen Jones. He is a Welsh git based in his upper colon who writes about rugby. He is famous for things like hating the Southern Hemisphere and hating the ELVs and being a complete twat. Also for not picking Brian O’Driscoll in his preferred Lions team. Most famously…

By Patrick Here are my thoughts on the Australia (& Wales!) player ratings from the test in Cardiff on Saturday. Probably not what you saw since I am being purely subjective but love to know where we differ! Rating scale at bottom.