All Posts tagged rugby

Moneyball & the Oval Ball

March 26, 2012, 1:47 p.m.

Morgan Whitlock

Billy Beane was a natural athlete. As a teenager he was tall, good looking, fit and strong. Every game came easily to him, and when he played baseball at school he set records and won trophies. Scouts who came to watch Billy Beane play were convinced he was a superstar in the making.

Guide me oh thou great redeemer?

Oct. 28, 2011, 10:53 p.m.

Ben Scanlan

So in the week after the world cup was won, the RFU have said they didn’t actually put a deadline on Martin Johnson and Graham Henry has declared his interest in coming back to Britain.