Samoan rugby manager Tuala Matthew Vaea is pleading for leniency after his village slapped him with a 100 pig fine for alleged bad behaviour during the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Samoan captain Mahonri Schwalger accused Vaea and other Samoan officials of treating the recent tournament like a “massive boozy holiday with mates” and sent a…
Read More Samoan rugby manager cops 100 pig fineNew Zealand’s police force stood armed and ready for another All Blacks choke in a World Cup semi-final, but thankfully it never came. The Public Apology can reveal that NZ Police Commissioner Peter Marshall had beefed up security to the tune of NZ$2 million during the World Cup in anticipation of New Zealand crashing out…
Read More NZ police braced for choke that never cameRussian winger Vladimir Ostroushko has been arrested and subsequently charged following the murder and consumption of Australian forward and makeshift winger Radike Samo. And the bizarre incident is likely to affect Samo’s chances of lining up in Sunday’s do-or-die quarter-final against South Africa, given he is slowly making his way through Ostroushko’s digestive system. Ostroushko…
Read More Russian winger lives up to promise, eats Radike SamoHi rugby lovers, I’m Brand O’Connor. I am one of the most exciting rugby players in the world. Some might know me as James, but that does lend itself to ‘Jim’ or ‘Jimmy’ and frankly I have moved on: ‘Brand’ it is and it’s here to stay. Call me Brandy for short – which I…
Read More Introducing Brand O’ConnorCoach Peter de Villiers may have initially denied it, but the word out of South Africa is that the Springboks’ “injured” stars have been training in a secret Rustenburg camp. However, instead of practicing their line-outs, rucks and mauls, reports from the camp suggest they’ve been honing their duck liver parfait, pork belly terrine and…
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