Aside from hardly ever losing and absolutely destroying even good teams, the All Blacks have spun completely out of control with their image and mystique. That is the team has lost sight of what the game of rugby is about and have turned it into more of a them against the world conquest.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Rugby will never ever take off in this country and I’ll tell you why. Marketing. Pure and simple. You see in rugby there are no timeouts, commercial breaks or stoppages of play. The clock runs for 40 minutes, stops for 10 for a half time and then resumes for 40 more minutes until the match concludes. Promoters, marketers and TV networks have no opportunities to advertise because there are no commercials.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Always the underdog at the big show, Georgia (formerly of the USSR) is currently defending their reputation – earned at the 2003 Rugby World Cup – as a determined and spirited side. Despite almost missing the 2003 RWC (the IRB had to step in to finance Georgia’s RWC kit and traveling expenses), the Lelos played [...]
Saturday, September 8, 2007
RWC 2007 Predictions 4 – Pool C
There’s no arguing that New Zealand will do anything but crush every team in their Pool as warm-ups for their all-but-certain Quarter Final against Australia. Once we get past this though, there is an interesting match-up in Pool C: Italy vs. Scotland on Sep. 29th. Italy has made HUGE [...]
Saturday, September 8, 2007
RWC 2007 Predictions 3 – Pool B
Well, I should start by saying that a detailed analysis of Pool B is (i) totally unnecessary as Australia and Wales will undoubtedly advance to the quarter finals and (ii) I’m in Paris at the moment on Day 2 of RWC 2007 and simply don’t have time to write [...]
Friday, September 28, 2007
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