Tag: rugby

  • What’s a sporting event around the Padang that’s better than F1?

    It’s held at and around the Padang, it lasts a weekend, it brings in teams from around the world, it’s got beer girls and after-parties, but it’s not the F1 GP. It’s a sporting event with a way longer history – 62 years – played at the Singapore Cricket Club’s grounds in front of city…

  • This is the life

    Kai has been going through a growth spurt, which is amazing given that he’s just come out of dengue and hospitalisation. He can’t fit into a lot of the baby clothes (that thankfully were hand me downs rather than bought) he was previously wearing, and he’s heavy enough to make my biceps ache after carrying…

  • Gladiatorial drama

    I don’t know what everyone else did on Saturday between 6 and 8pm, but we watched what was arguably the best rugby match since 2000. I’m usually loathe to blog about sport and sporting events, but, my word, this match… the drama… the collisions… the tries… and I don’t care if I’m writing like some…

  • Rugger buggered

    The reason why Jonny Wilkinson was dropped to the bench: