Recent content by Bob

I found an interesting interview with Louis Rees-Zammit on a podcast with one of his former Wales rugby teammates, Dan Biggar. (link here) In the interview he talks about the transition from rugby training to football training, and how he ended up signing with Kansas City. He said it was most...

I think that was Alistair Crossdale - an English player who plays the same position (wing) as Rees-Zammit. I don't know much about him as I only really watch European rugby at the International level, but it looks like he has been on the fringes of the England squad in the past couple of years...

Rees-Zammit is definitely the most high-profile rugby player to try and make the switch to the NFL. There have been a few try it out over the past decade, but tended to be guys who weren't quite at the top level or who were at a crossroads in their careers. This guy is unusual because he is...

The second quarter-final between New Zealand and Ireland was one of the most skillful and intense matches I have ever seen (and I've been watching rugby basically all my life). It was a shame they had to play each other so early due to a lop-sided draw - as the match was worthy of a final and...

Big game coming up shortly with England v Argentina. England have historically over-performed at World Cups, but have been through a woeful period of form during the last 12 months - firing their coach and struggling to find any kind of momentum leading into the World Cup. Argentina on the...

You would hope at some level McCaffrey's ability and production would change people's perspectives. I think what makes it even more absurd is that McCaffrey is not just a serviceable running back, but a true generational talent. While he is an excellent athlete, he isn't a "freak" (relative to...

Of all the places McCaffery could have ended up - San Francisco is potentially the best place to maximise his skill set. He might not quite get the volume of carries he got in Carolina, but given the way the Panthers coaching staff ran him into the ground - that might not be a bad thing. In...

While the South African rugby team has a far fairer ratio of black and white players compared to the NFL, over the past two decades it has shifted significantly from an essentially all-white team when they returned to international competition in the mid-90s (post-Apartheid). At the 1995 Rugby...

For most of their history Australia's cricket team has been the best in the world, but as a New Zealander it's always hard to appreciate the Aussies objectively given the rivalry between the two countries! Aside from the fact we don't beat them very often, Australia's "win at all costs"...

I'm a very sporadic poster - I should post more and would like to - but then again I am not very active on any of the forums I follow. Following on from what jacknyc said, often times I feel like a lot of what I would add to a thread would be redundant, as someone else has already articulated...

Looking at some of the fan reaction online - I've seen very little personal criticism of Hopkins. Just a whole lot of rationalising about how athletes have a short shelf-life and use PEDs to help recover from injuries as quick as they can. I think there is some truth to that, but I recall when...

Looking through the Alec Pierce highlight video, I lost count of the amount of times he got behind the corner and then had to make an adjustment because the quarterback underthrew the ball by about 5-10 yards. As Chris Simms mentioned in his analysis, a lot of the acrobatic contested catches...

I think the main reason Adams went to Las Vegas was because of Derek Carr - they were college teammates at Fresno State in 2013 and put up pretty huge numbers together.

Looks like the Canadian convoy has provided a spark for similar action around the world. In my country (New Zealand) truckers and other protestors have converged today on the capital in Wellington, having driven in two groups from the top of the North Island and the bottom of the South Island...

It's funny how despite the league getting more "athletic" every year, a 37-year-old white guy can come out of retirement after two years of playing pick-up basketball and look like he never left - in one of the more athletically demanding positions. That and a 44-year-old white guy leading the...