The weekend ahead
So what's on for the weekend ahead. Not much from a football perspective. No game for Cambridge United but there is a midweek international that sees England face Uruguay, which I will preview on Tuesday.
In the world of Rugby Union there is a lot on. Making an early bid for team of the week are the Wellington Hurricanes who have just beaten the Cats by 13 points at the Cake Tin in Wellington. This now sees them top the Super 14 table with a maximum 15 points (Match Report here). The Hurricanes trailed behind approaching half-time but managed to score a crucial try before the halftime whistle to take them in with the lead and they never looked back. This is the best ever start from them since I started to follow them and will definitely have a lot of teams paying them closer attention. The big hurdle for them to overcome will be how they perform on their travels. They are off to South Africa next week and will need to pick up victories over there to ensure their push for a top four finish. Special mentions need to go to Lome Fa'atau for scoring a fine brace of tries and to David Holwell who has now moved to fifth on the all time scorers list
Sticking with Rugby Union the Six Nations returns with England taking on Scotland. Nothing to talk about here England will win this quite convincingly they are just too good for the Scots. England to win 13+
The bigger game from my perspective will be the Northampton Saints taking on London Irish. The Saints will be without their International players as well as the influential Bruce Reihana in one of two crucial games over the next three weeks. London Irish are just ahead of them in the table and a four or five point victory for the Saints would see them start to bridge the gap to the top four teams. It will be a great clash between two Kiwis hoping to show off their considerable skills. I'm going to take "King" Carlos Spencer to win the battle over Riki Flutey and bring the Saints home by 1-12 points
Moving on to the world of Rugby League the Warrington Wolves have a massive game this weekend at home to Hull. At this point of the season we should not be talking about must win games, but this is a must win game. After two defeats in the opening rounds of the Super League another defeat could condemn them to also rans after only three rounds. They simply must win this to have a realistic chance of a top four finish, or possibly even to qualify for the end of season play offs. Samoan Danny Lima thinks that getting back to basics and completing their sets is the answer. It will help.They must keep the ball and wear out the Hull defence. The playmakers need to start to create the opportunities for the wingers and the forwards will need to make the hard yards. Lets hope the appearance of the Sky Sports cameras will inspire them to their first victory of the season. Optimistically I'll take the Wolves by 1-12 points.
And finally we go to basketball. The Golden State Warriors are on the road for two games this weekend, firstly at Houston and then at San Antonio. If they are to have a realistic chance of making the play offs they must win at Houston. It's hard to see them winning on the road at San Antonio so they must beat Houston to keep their slim hopes alive. Jack McCallum writes on Yahoo sports that Golden State should start to look to next year now. I'm going to stay on the optimistic side and say that they still have a chance, though they will need to win at least 4 of their 6 games this coming week. There is not much substance behind this article and he thinks that Sacramento will finish above them. This is all based on his opinion, lets hopes he's wrong.I'lll take the Warriors to win one and lose one this weekend.
In the world of Rugby Union there is a lot on. Making an early bid for team of the week are the Wellington Hurricanes who have just beaten the Cats by 13 points at the Cake Tin in Wellington. This now sees them top the Super 14 table with a maximum 15 points (Match Report here). The Hurricanes trailed behind approaching half-time but managed to score a crucial try before the halftime whistle to take them in with the lead and they never looked back. This is the best ever start from them since I started to follow them and will definitely have a lot of teams paying them closer attention. The big hurdle for them to overcome will be how they perform on their travels. They are off to South Africa next week and will need to pick up victories over there to ensure their push for a top four finish. Special mentions need to go to Lome Fa'atau for scoring a fine brace of tries and to David Holwell who has now moved to fifth on the all time scorers list
Sticking with Rugby Union the Six Nations returns with England taking on Scotland. Nothing to talk about here England will win this quite convincingly they are just too good for the Scots. England to win 13+
The bigger game from my perspective will be the Northampton Saints taking on London Irish. The Saints will be without their International players as well as the influential Bruce Reihana in one of two crucial games over the next three weeks. London Irish are just ahead of them in the table and a four or five point victory for the Saints would see them start to bridge the gap to the top four teams. It will be a great clash between two Kiwis hoping to show off their considerable skills. I'm going to take "King" Carlos Spencer to win the battle over Riki Flutey and bring the Saints home by 1-12 points
Moving on to the world of Rugby League the Warrington Wolves have a massive game this weekend at home to Hull. At this point of the season we should not be talking about must win games, but this is a must win game. After two defeats in the opening rounds of the Super League another defeat could condemn them to also rans after only three rounds. They simply must win this to have a realistic chance of a top four finish, or possibly even to qualify for the end of season play offs. Samoan Danny Lima thinks that getting back to basics and completing their sets is the answer. It will help.They must keep the ball and wear out the Hull defence. The playmakers need to start to create the opportunities for the wingers and the forwards will need to make the hard yards. Lets hope the appearance of the Sky Sports cameras will inspire them to their first victory of the season. Optimistically I'll take the Wolves by 1-12 points.
And finally we go to basketball. The Golden State Warriors are on the road for two games this weekend, firstly at Houston and then at San Antonio. If they are to have a realistic chance of making the play offs they must win at Houston. It's hard to see them winning on the road at San Antonio so they must beat Houston to keep their slim hopes alive. Jack McCallum writes on Yahoo sports that Golden State should start to look to next year now. I'm going to stay on the optimistic side and say that they still have a chance, though they will need to win at least 4 of their 6 games this coming week. There is not much substance behind this article and he thinks that Sacramento will finish above them. This is all based on his opinion, lets hopes he's wrong.I'lll take the Warriors to win one and lose one this weekend.
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