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Matches @ The Rugby Man Back On!

Stu Andrews — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:58:00 +0000

I spent a bit of time this week scurrying about the pipes of the interweb, figuring out how hard it would be to do some real-time audio commentary on the Test Match tonight (Wallabies vs Poms).

Seems it would be a few hours work at least.

So in the wonderful tradition of lazy blighters everywhere, I remembered something I’d tried last year, a simple blog interface that allows for twitter-like posting.

Matches @ The Rugby Man is firing up the engines for another go around!

A Lot Has Happened ..

Stu Andrews — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:49:31 +0000

.. Since my last post.

A great deal of sadness has passed through the Australian Rugby community with the death of Shawn Mackay.

The end of the Super 14 season is drawing close, and there is no longer hope of some teams making the finals.

And one of my “Match Report” videos was pulled from YouTube (profile here) for “Copyright Infringement”, care of IMG Media. Fun stuff. Wind. Sails. Taken. I’ve got some ideas for a different kind of match report, but we’ll see.

Am watching the Brumbies/Bulls match tomorrow night at a friend’s place. Hoping it’ll be a right royal smash up derby.

Reason Why A Drinking “Ban” Won’t Work

Stu Andrews — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:34:33 +0000

It’s going in the next Episode, but thought I’d spring this text-wise upon you now.

There’s been a fair amount of news here (separate links) in Aus over the weekend with regards to alcohol misdemeaners by sporting profiles.

Instituting a ban won’t fix anything. That completely misses the point.

You want to start solving the problem? Institute real penalties. Dock Pay. Take players out of the weekend match. STOP THEM PLAYING.

Show some gumption and make them penalised in the best way available. These guys love, or most of them do, to play footy. Stop them playing.

The problem is, and here is the rub, that the Management DON’T REALLY SEE IT AS WRONG.

So until the Coaches, Club Management, State and National bureaucracy actually think it’s a bad thing, this will continue un-abated. Yup, I’m calling out whatever moral code you think is holding together our society.

I’m certain there are Coaches who do work hard at putting procedures into place, and who do have a problem with this. It’s not everyone, but the statement still holds.

It’s time to start thinking about the future. Meshing together the very fabric of who we are as a people. Sporting stars are a big part of that in our world today.

Time to think a little in the opposite way.

What’s Happening

Stu Andrews — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:22:22 +0000

Still pumped from the match last night. There was good and bad, however the crowd around where we sat changed my mind about things. Will speak about it in the next Episode.

Also, have some fantastic stuff in mind for the Match Report :)

Adding Episodes to YouTube

Stu Andrews — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:30:33 +0000

I’ve begun adding Episodes (and Match Reports, well, the 1 Match Report) to YouTube.

You can find the main site here, The Rugby Man on YouTube.

Episode #2 Is Almost Here

Stu Andrews — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:48:22 +0000

In the latest episode of The Rugby Man I wax lyrical about ELVs, talk about Will’s black skivvy, and have a big enough head to think that people want to listen to what I’ve got to talk about.

Hope you enjoy! Or have a good sleep.

Start Spreading The News

Stu Andrews — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:46:54 +0000

G’day!

Rugby is an awesome game. Not just “an”, but in my self-important opinion, “the”.

So what can a bloke do?

Well, he can get inspired by Will Carling and in a night record the first video, install and setup WordPress, start spreading the news and write this post!

There is such possibility for promoting rugby in our world today. Blogs. Videos. Podcasts. Yet there seems to be a lethargy, a non-interest for the main part.

Let’s get serious about this most excellent of sports.

Saddle up!