The rugby cHampionsHip
It all starts today!
Aussies vs All Blacks at lunchtime then The Boks vs The Pumas this afternoon, yes I do mean Argentina.
The Tri-nations (SA,Oz and NZ) has expanded this year to include Argentina and the name for the new competition The Rugby Championship
I love the name, simply The Championship, after all it is the best teams in the world competing!
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Good morning, Soutie.
I don’t know about this ‘best teams in the world competing’ claim. After all, Scotland beat two of the teams involved the last time we played them. And we only lost by a point to Argentina last year. And I was there at Murrayfield when we drew 0-0 against New Zealand in 1964.
So, the whole thing sounds a Mickey Mouse sort of event to me, given Caledonia’s internationally-famed inability to be any good at rugby.
Added to which, I think that you are placing too much emphasis on world-ranking positions in defining best. I personally feel that it really does not matter at all whether a team is ranked 1 or 2 in the world at any particular sport, to take a purely hypothetical example.
Joshing over, it promises to be a superb Championship. Good luck to the mighty Bokke. I hope that you crush the Argies as that will have the bonus of nudging them down towards us in the battle for places 7 and 8 in the afore-mentioned rankings.
I am recording the two games (and Griquas v Western Province) as I will. of course, be watching the England cricket team retaining their Number 1 status in the world by finally managing to play to their true potential.
Great news about the Southern Kings.
That of course is a blog all by itself
At last night’s game, it was Super pass, Super try, Super defence etc.
We are of course now drinking, eating and living in Super Territory life couldn’t be better
Although the Pumas (they wanted to be called the Jaguars) got a bit of a walloping, it is good to see they are now able to compete in a major championship. It can only Improve their game.
BTW, I am with Mr. M on the relative merits of various Southern Hemisphere teams