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Live Rugby League In 3D
They said that all this 3D TV stuff would never last (OK I’m not really sure who they are but somebody must have said it!) but they are going to be wrong! As I type this now Sky Sports are showing Gods own game in 3D for the very first time.
Rugby Union
| Date | Game (KO time) | Time | Channel | Competition |
| Fri 2 | Western Force v Stormers (11.05am) | 11.00am | SkySports 3 & HD 3 | Super 14 |
| Fri 2 | Sale v Worcester (7.45pm) | 7.30pm | SkySports 2 & HD 2 | Guinness Premiership |
| Sat 3 | Chiefs v Highlanders (7.35am) | 7.30am | SkySports 2 & HD 2 | Super 14 |
| Sat 3 | Waratahs v Cheetahs (9.40am) | 9.30am | SkySports 2 & HD 2 | Super 14 |
| Sat 3 | Gloucester v Saracens (5.30pm) | 5.00pm | SkySports 3 & HD 3 | Guinness Premiership |
| Sun 4 | Wasps v London Irish (TBC) | 1.00pm | SkySports 1 & HD 1 | Guinness Premiership |
Rugby League
| Date | Game (KO time) | Time | Channel | Competition |
| Thu 1 | Whitehaven v Barrow (6.00pm) | 6.00pm | SkySports 1 & HD 1 | Championship |
| Thu 1 | Leeds v Bradford (8.00pm) | 8.00pm | SkySports 1 & HD 1 | Super League |
| Fri 2 | Hull KR v Hull (TBC) | 12.30pm | SkySports 1 & HD 1 | Super League |
| Fri 2 | St Helens v Wigan (TBC) | 2.45pm | SkySports 1 & HD 1 | Super League |
| Mon 5 | Catalans v Leeds (5.30pm) | 5.15pm | SkySports 1 & HD 1 | Super League |
Director of elite rugby Rob Andrew is going No-Where
Rob Andrew has stated that he will not be resigning from his £400,000 a year job. There’s a shocker!
Saracens: the possibilities
Saracens have announced the signing England’s David Strettle from Harlequins. The 26-year-old, capped six times by his country, will move to Vicarage Road for the start of the 2010/11 season.
He follows in the footsteps of Richard Wigglesworth and Matt Stevens, Scotland flanker Kelly Brown and Tongan prop Soane Tonga’uiha, all of whom on their day (and Tonga’uiha rarely if ever has a bad day) are all world class players.
On paper if you add these to the current Saracens top players’ it looks to be a very strong team indeed. However as Saracens have shown many times in the past throwing money at star names doesn’t mean success at all. With Brendan Venter in charge it can go two ways. He tends to play to win one game at a time, with tactics to overcome an opposition style of play, rather than form a “playing style”.
It might be worth if you are a betting man to put a couple of quid on them!
LV= Cup final: Northampton vs. Gloucester
Northampton held on to beat Gloucester in what was a thrilling match on Sunday and a great advert for Rugby. It was a cracker of a match. Both sides played with a huge amount of effort and skill. It really made you appreciate the fitness levels of these players to maintain that intensity over 80 minutes.
The highlight for me was Northampton’s Tonga’uiha (who hits the scales at a tad under 20 stone) intercepting the ball on his own 22 and sprinting 60 yards up field. He was like a huge over fed whippet! He had a huge big grin on his face, it was brilliant. I think even the Gloucester fans were cheering him on!
After some end to end tries, and try saving tackles Myler, who finished with a 100% goal-kicking record and 15 points, and Robinson, who slotted 14 points, exchanged further penalties as the clock ticked down.
But the six-point deficit ultimately proved too much for Gloucester and Northampton held out to clinch a contender for game of the season.