Tag Archives: Brad Thorn

Guest Post: The All Blacks – A Mid-Term Report

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Guest Post

DeadBall’s regular guest rugby reporter Jeremy Taylor gives us a mid-term report on the ABs, in his words “a bit like what Marc Hinton has done in [yesterday's] Sunday Star Times, but I actually started last week, so, fuck him, … Continue reading →

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DeadCast: Balls 024 / The Bledisloe’s back (Alright), Warriors Revert to Type and the return of the DeadBall liveblog

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Duncan

Aaron and Duncan spoke on Radio One in Dunedin, live-to-air with no preparation about the week in sport. This included talk about the revival of the Bledisloe Cup after a period of dormancy, whether the Warriors’ weekend hiccup might actually … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Thinking Outside the Boks

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Duncan

There was always going to be the faint whiff of anticlimax about the All Blacks beating the Springboks in Wellington this week, after the heady high of their crushing win in Auckland the previous week; what Richie McCaw’s men essentially … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Worth a Crack, Nigel

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Guest Post

Worth a crack, Nigel… For a town as infamously dull as Hamiltron, this was a thrilling game of football. Needing to win and prevent the Boks from scoring a bonus point to keep the Tri Nations alive, and preferably gain … Continue reading →

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Guest post: None Step Up – Two Steps Back

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Guest Post

From bad to worse, the All Blacks contrived to concede two out of two to South Africa at home, with the chief culprits being a lack of discipline, poor execution of basic skills, and poor option taking under pressure from … Continue reading →

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Tr-Nations 2009: Only McCaw Can Save Us Now

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Guest Post

The Iveco series came and went with much gnashing of teeth from the Great New Zealand Rugby Public. Stephen Donald was hung, drawn and quartered for the grievous sin of not being Dan Carter (one wonders how his Mum might … Continue reading →

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