World Cup

Black Magic

From the French National rugby team’s response to the All Black Haka, last night’s Rugby Union World Cup final surpassed all expectations. Most finals are like a woman in labour for eighty minutes, a lot of huffing and puffing, but

It All Worked Out In The End

A fantastic win by the Wallabies at the weekend, to claim the Tri Nations and an important victory over the All Blacks leading up to the World Cup. Before the game in the pre-match coverage assistant coach David Nucifora was

From Bad to Worse

The poor old Springboks just can’t seem to miss a trick these days as they stumble their way to New Zealand to defend their World Crown. At the team announcement, there were no missing players like Australia, but they had

Cannavaro’s Crystal Ball?

After much speculation Football West proudly announced on Friday that Italy’s World Cup Winning Captain Fabio Cannavaro would be at the Donate Blood Cup final to present the trophy to the winners. This meant that an array of stars were

Springboks’ Grip Slipping

Why is it that in International Rugby no team has been able to defend their World Cup Title, yet in other sports this has been achieved? Looking at the last two Rugby World Cup winners, England in 2003 and South