Rugby Ireland under 20's get close and the Sharks make a right bo***cks of reaching the last six

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What rugby drought? Seems to be more than ever on! I watched most of the second half of the England/Ireland jnr World Champs, which from and Irish point of view was the best one to watch. England looked they were going to run away with this one, but Ireland made it really difficult fro them, chipped away and kept in the game. With a bit of luck they could even have won it. Fantastic turn around from the last time they met in the Six Nations. The two Irish players who caught my eye were hooker Niall Annett who was all over the park, and Craig Gilroy, who has future full international written all over him. The English player who caught my eye was Mako Vunipola, all 25 stone of him, tackling him was like tackling a runaway steamroller.


Shark Bite

Sometimes you really have to wonder what you’re doing supporting a team. Take the Sharks for instance. Let’s face it, I could push splinters under my fingernails or whip myself on the back with a cane and get about the same satisfaction as spending two hours watching the Sharks blunder all over the field. For a start, whosever’s in charge of getting the players to the match on time frankly needs to be fired. The team didn’t show up at all until the last 20 minutes, and then in typical fashion they scored 3 tries. This was the easy match before they met the Bulls next weekend, well, they made a right bollocks of that didn’t they? At least they got the draw I suppose. The one highlight for me was seeing the rise and rise of Patrick Lambie, with the nous and poise of seasoned international. Elsewhere, the Bulls and Crusaders prospered, in two pretty cagey matches, not anything like the feast of running rugby that is supposed to be the hallmark of Super Rugby. The Bulls still look like they are the only SA side that could go all the way.

Man of the match for creative beard wearing has to go to Lion Josh Strauss

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Junior World Championships

Argentina 8-34 Wales

Australia 54-7 Tonga

England 33-25 Ireland

Italy 7-64 New Zealand

South Africa 33-0 Scotland

France 24-12 Fiji

Super Rugby

Saturday , June 11

Crusaders 23 - 16 Blues

Waratahs 33 - 7 Highlanders

Lions 30 - 30 Sharks

Stormers 16 - 19 Bulls

Western Force 21 - 24 Reds

Friday , June 10

Chiefs 18 - 18 Hurricanes

Brumbies 32 - 17 Melbourne Rebels