Paul Cully
Six Nations kicks off with questions to be answered
Paul Cully IT IS apt in this year, a Lions year, that the Six Nations kicks off this weekend with a famous Lions voice ringing in many ears.
Six Nations delivers strong message
Paul Cully There a couple of ways of looking at the opening weekend of the Six Nations.
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Gatland opts for slabs of red meat
Paul Cully There will be no real surprise in the Wallabies camp to this 37-man British and Irish Lions squad. Not even in the selection of Sean Maitland, the New Zealand winger given his debut at the Crusaders...
Rugby
Lions captain already picked, says Gatland
Paul Cully British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has revealed he has picked his captain and the brains of Sir Graham Henry, but there are still up to 13 places undecided for the series against the...
Rugby
Bulk squared: Lions' simple equation
Paul Cully Believers in small but symbolic battles that punctuate games of the intensity of the Wales v England encounter at the weekend did not have to wait long for their moment.
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Roar of Lions: Gatland wary of Wallabies with X-factor
Paul Cully Warren Gatland does not come across as a man who lacks respect for opponents .
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Streetwise Warburton stakes his claim
Paul Cully The role played by two hands stuck in the head after watching Wales grind out a 28-18 win against Scotland at Murrayfield at the weekend.
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Manu mountain: Tuilagi is trouble for Wallabies
Paul Cully There are 112 kilograms of trouble coming the Wallabies' way in the unmistakeable form of Manu Tuilagi.
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Farrell evokes Johns in Irish stew
Paul Cully After the openness of the first round of Six Nations, came something more familiar. Ireland and England, adventurous just a week ago, succumbed to a force greater than either of them: Dublin's grey...
Expansive England send message
Paul Cully There are a couple of ways of looking at the opening weekend of the Six Nations.
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Australia can't afford to give Azzurri a sniff
Paul Cully The origins of the All Blacks' five-pointers against Italy in Rome last weekend were as follows: lineout, lineout, lineout, scrum and counter-attack.
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Tourists face English side that dares to be different
Paul Cully In the 33rd minute of last week's 54-12 win against Fiji, England's loose-head prop, Joe Marler, popped up as a link in England's attacking chain with a try begging and tossed the ball into touch.
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Tests will shed light on Lions' pivotal man
Paul Cully It's a sign of the age that on the eve of an influential tour of Europe a Quade Cooper tweet about a computer game has been occupying rugby minds.
ABs are knocking on the door of greatness
Paul Cully Only the cheeriest rugby optimist would volunteer that the game is without its challenges. Dig into the numbers and they reveal the amount of time spent on resetting scrums was almost identical to...
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European campaign a useful audition for Lions tour
Paul Cully If some members of the Wallabies squad to tour Europe announced yesterday are yet to fully comprehend the scale of the British and Irish Lions tour next year, they can be forgiven.
Wales' Kiwi coach to lead Lions to Australia
Paul Cully NEW ZEALANDER Warren Gatland has confirmed he will coach the British and Irish Lions against the Wallabies next year, and has expressed his surprise at Australia's "disappointing" performance against...
Scotland to unleash chaos theory on Pocock and Genia
Paul Cully It is somewhat apt that, after years of jabbing digits into northern hemisphere chests for sending below-par squads, the Wallabies have announced a less-than-full-strength team just as Scotland and...
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Percentage boosters: Welsh hopes rest on winning battle for territory and possession, the points will follow
Paul Cully After the humiliation comes the hard part. Imposing inside-centre Jamie Roberts aside, the Welsh side that will face the Wallabies in Brisbane tomorrow night is the one that first won admirers at the...
Mistake-riddled Welsh performance not likely to be repeated, but the Wallabies have their measure for now
Paul Cully It did not take long after last Saturday's Wallabies victory for a familiar lament to be heard. In a London television studio, former Welsh No.
