Interesting story about the support Wallaby Quade Cooper is getting from his New Zealand "nana" Willie (scroll down to "Quade's nana from Heaven"). She lives in northern part of the North Island in an agricultural town called Kaikohe, an area I know has some of the most gorgeous scenery on the planet from pictures my partner took near there recently. Cooper's connections there include a close cousin Sean Maitland who also plays rugby union, for New Zealand's Crusaders, and who has also been chosen "Cleo Bachelor of the Year".

Sean seems to score more than trys


And he's hard to catch...


...hold...


...or tackle.

Will Genia- The Wallabies little scrum-half from Papua New Guinea


Big enough to handle the ball


Looks good in red


Gets the best endorsement a Wallaby could have - hug from David Pocock


James Slipper joins them to attach GPS's (speed checking)


But then David is an all-around helpful kinda guy

Wale-spotting

I hope that isn't what it looks like Leigh Halfpenny


Balls get you into less trouble


Or just stay home and chill


Course chilling with buddy Jamie is nice to..specially with your assets


Irish coach getting a peek too, eh?


Samoan player wants to service the winners

Wales's Mike Phillips, who scored the only try in a losing effort against France in the semis, humors teammate Jonathan Davies


Needless to say, my favorite pic


Though he can look dapper when he wants to, he looks better (on the right) stripped and tanned promoting the fight against skin cancer


I'll have the big bobblehead doll with the hairy arms, please

Huw Bennett of Wales:


Leigh Halfpenny (worth quite a few quid!!!! ):


Fine form of Morgan Parra:


A Hooker with Two Props:


A Lock, A Prop, and A hooker


I Got You, Babe...Sonny and Dagg:


Three Amigos:

Bam Bam:


Adam Ashley-Cooper:


A Squared Coop and Bam Bam:


Quade Cooper:

We interrupt this Wallaby "Bam Bam" lovefest for a tasty gingersnack.

Hugo Ellis of Newport Gwent Dragons during the LV Cup match at Rodney Parade on October 15, 2011 in Newport, Wales


More tongue please


Playing hard-to-catch


As a U-19 dancing queen


Bringing up a rear


Back to our regularly scheduled eats.

What are they putting in the water for the All Blacks?

Sonny Bill Williams and Israel Dagg...Precious and few are the moments we two can share; Quiet and Blue like the sky I'm hung over you!


Meanwhile, Sam Whitelock gets a hold on Tony Woodcock:

You may ask yourself:

How do I work this?

Here's to Sportinlife's new Muse, Cory Jane:


Even my Muse, David Pocock, wants a piece of Cory Jane!

He might be my muse but I think I would have to have a a head of long read hair, bigger tits and a more feminine ass to be his.

But he'd be a helluva great guy to have as a friend and drinking buddy.

Aussies and Kiwis have been battling it out for Rugby Union supremacy for quite a while it seems. Some past encounters on the web:

The throw-in was a little high on this line-out, but both squads' teamwork and skill is on full display


Richie McCaw tackling Mark Chisholm from a 2009 match


All-Black's Brad Thorn successfully coralled this throw-in


Doug Hewitt takes in a highball. Could that be DP doing the tackling?


Sonny Bill Williams and Stirling Mortlock show sportsmanlike respect


Two smoking hot ruggers from downunder get to know each other


And two who would rather not. Richie McCaw and Quade Cooper in an ongoing on-and-off-field fracas


A Wallaby disturbed from nesting on its egg by two All-Blacks in Hong Kong

The French recover from delivering an Austerlitz to the Welsh!

It's better than any calendar!!!!

Skipper Thierry Dusautoir:


with William Servat:


Nicholas Mas:


Lionel Nallet:


Dmitri Yachvili:


Vincent Clerc:

To hell with Dieux du Stade!
This is getting better better all the time:

David Pocock and various teammates wading in the surf off Takapuna Beach near Auckland:


Bam Bam and Clark Kent, aka Luke Burgess:


With Burgess and Tatafu Polota-Nau:


With fellow Western Force player, Nathan Sharpe:


More to come...

The Parade Continues...

Where's James O'Connor's "Budgy Smuggler?"


Skipper James Horwill with Luke Burgess and Tatafu Polota-Nau:


Mets' fan Ben Alexander with Burgess and Adam Ashley Cooper:


Nathan Sharpe and Bam Bam share a moment alone:


Adam Ashley-Cooper (with Nick Phipps):

Damn, what a humongous butt...

And what a monument of a man.



Mmmm, yes (that's Burgess on the right according to the caption).

One word: Jeepers!

This one's for you, noumenon!


Bam Bam and friends:


Quade Cooper centering himself:


Lionel Nallet, France's Lock:


Vincent Clerc and Dmitri Yachvili:

Had to look up Berrick Barnes, in blue, with fellow "budgy smugglers" Drew Mitchell, Luke Burgess, Dean Mumm, Adam Linforth


Apparently he's tall, blonde and full of...himself


Not the best training technique


And spends most of his time partying

Looks like a great lay to me.

LES BLEUS PREPARE FOR THE ALL-BLACKS

Dimitri Yachvili does arm stretches and a pit check


Morgan Parra gets the hair on his chest permed...twice


David Skrela does butt-tighteners. Good job there bud.


Not sure what Vincent LeClerc is exercising


But veteran Clement Poitrenaud seems to think his nipples need tweeking


Alexis Palisson obviously expects to spend a lot of time on the bottom of a scrum


If it rains Cédric Heymans time at the beach will have him well prepared to get wet


Sleeping with your personal footy is Dimitri Szarzewski way to insure good luck


They're gonna need it.

Edit to Add: And I'm not the only one who thinks so. Even French journalists thank their lucky star that Les Bleus got this far.

Aussie Luke Burgess who will soon join the Rugby Union team Toulouse prepares for the French

No need to bring your own ball


No more crashing hugs from David Pocock and Co.


No more recovery in the pool with your arms crossed


You may have to fight harder to get the ball for those trys


I don't know about budgies, but it looks like you're smuggling a Black Cockatoo in the bum of those fancy trunks. You may want to declare that at customs.

With that butt, you might be in for a bit more of this


And a lot more of this


And if this is really you on the right smacking one onto former rugger Ben Ross, then playing horsey for David Pocock...


...then it will be more than the ladies admiring your...packages


So once he catches his breath, maybe Ben can give you some pointers on posing nude

Stephen Moore and Pat McCabe:


David Pocock and Quade Cooper:


Pocock and Anthony Fainga'a:


Digby Ioane:

Wallabies Captain's Run:

David Pocock:


Kurtley Beale:


Ben McCalman:


Luke Burgess shows the love to David Pocock, and Tatafu Polota-Nau may be jealous!!!


Meanwhile, William Servat and Jean Baptiste Poux practice rucking for the glory of France:

I think Tatafu is just suggesting, in unsubtle fashion, that those two just go get a room and do it proper.

Rob Horn and James Slipper during the Captain's Run before the match with Wales:


A wounded David Pocock shaking hands with Shane Williams:


Bronze Medalists Adam Ashley-Cooper, Ben McCalman, and David Pocock:

Still think that sign on Bam Bam's butt has it all wrong. They may be smuggling budgys in the front but the backs of those trunks have to be toting some massive Black Cockatoos. And in Clark Kent's case, they are not very well hidden at all. That butt could seriously get him arrested.

I'm really wanting to see more of that tattoo and what it's tatted on

Many have attempted to discover just that, and Bam Bam has had to beat them off!!!!

All Blacks celebrate bringing home the Webb Ellis Cup after 24 years!!!

Cory Jane:


Kieran Read:


Adam Thomson and Victor Vito:

Eyecatcher: Les Bleus's No. 8 Louis Picamoles



Chasing All Blacks Sam Whitelock...


...and Richie McCaw


Hands-on archery training for Luc Dulcalcon during a World Cup Break in NZ


Second from bottom next to Morgan Parra

All Blacks are Alright

No. 8 Flanker Kieran Read wants to ring your bell


Ginger blonde All Black Flanker Adam Thompson


Scrum half Jimmy Cowan caught in the act


The Rock - Wing Hosea Gear


Bonus: Hosea gets Piri Weepu in a compromising position

Richard Kahui:


Cory Jane and Israel Dagg share a moment:


Morgan Parra consoles Aurelien Rougerie:

Fashion plate


Standalone


Joking with Morgan Parra


Spreading the gospel of rugby to Southeast Asia


The Kid


Posing with a cute fan for the fan's blog


Showing off some nice hardware


Definite husband material


Only Frenchmen can wear pink and look this hot


Fly-half François Trinh-Duc, France's first big rugby star of Vietnamese decent.

The celebrations continue in Auckland for the All Blacks:
Victor Vito:


Richie McCaw:


A smokin' Ali Williams:


Stephen Donald:


...with Richard Kahui:


...with a Clark Kentish Cory Jane:

The Vodacom Bulls, or Blue Bull, got ready for spring and summer in South Africa a week or so ago! From the looks of these players, one might get a case of blue...!!!

Flip van der Merwe:


Gerhard van den Heever:


Stephan Dippenaar:


Juandre Kruger:


Wynand Olivier:


Francois Brummer:

Over in League play, the Kangaroos are in England for the Four Nations Tournament.

Billy Slater got his locks shorn:


Darren Lockyer:

England massacred the Welsh in the Four Nations tournament in League play!

Sam Tomkins:


Rangi Chase:


Kevin Sinfield:


Kirk Yeaman...the man possesses the most beautiful butt in rugby League:

Leeds Rhinos' Kallum Watkins didn't realize his new snow bonnet would be so popular


Australia's Billy Slater wasn't sure what New Zealand's Simon Mannering meant by "Going deep". Now he is.


Is French rugger Maxime Mermoz advertising what he wants on that t-shirt?


Morgan Parra in recovery. Me too.


Newsflash: French Rugby Team Looks Good with Clothes on!


Sam Warburton was Wales youngest captain in the tournament. That does not bode well for future opponents of Wales.


Finally, back to Morgan. Get your filthy Irish hands off my man Donncha O'Callaghan!

USA Eagles at the Pan Am Games:

Prop Mark Bokhoven


Wing Zach Test:

Dangerous job, putting yourself between the powerful thighs of Canada's Phil Mackenzie, but Jebb Sinclair knows somebody's gotta do it.


Get yourself into this tub immediately, Mr. Pocock, so I can wash off that nasty green stuff


I see I have my work cut out for me


Queensland Reds do it in threes


But Dom Shipperley needs a little one-on-one action


And Chiefs Stephen Donald is giving it to him


England's bad boy Danny Cipriani gets pulled aside by Paul Sackey for some unseen spanking


Wynand Olivier offers Will Chambers a kiss with his tackle


Ref, he blindsided me with that psychodelic uni

Dom Shipperley must think he's cute, running dangerously with his tongue exposed


Damned if he isn't right. But he may want to save that tongue for better uses

Phillips

Just seen this accolade for Mike :

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/around-the-cup/n...jectid=10752956

He deserves it I guess. See his comments in this interview a couple of days later:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunio...-spotlight.html

I'd be interested in pics of the other contenders, for purely comparative reference, of course...

Not the list I would necessarily have made but you decide...

Richie McCaw


Gonzalo Canale


Max Evans


Ben Foden


Kahn Fotuali'i


Ed Fairhurst


Sonny Bill Williams


Richard Kahui


Thierry Dusautoir


Mike Phillips


...I'd take Phillips if I had to choose just one.

I wouldn't mind Canale, but you're right, Phillips is Number One.
Odd that Wilko wasn't a contender for this Top Ten. Too concerned with loftier ideals to worry about it perhaps.

The London Broncos are trying to boost interest in League play by rechristening the team!

Here are Liam Colbon, Chris Melling, Tony Clubb, Jamie O'Callaghan and Dan Sarginson:

Big promotion for the race for the Heineken Cup!

The captains of the various teams participating:

(L to R:Stuart Hooper of Bath, Chris Robshaw of Harlequins, Dylan Hartley of Northampton Saints, Steve Borthwick of Saracens, Clarke Dermody of London Irish, Geordan Murphy of Leicester Tigers and Luke Narraway of Gloucester)

There's something about flankers! first, David Pocock, now Chris Robshaw!

From the other day:


From last season:


Winning the amlin cup:


With the Director of the Harlequins, Connor O'Shea with the Heineken and Amlin Cups:

Memories of the World Cup...James O'Connor and Rocky Elsom on Pierre Spies.

Lucky Guys!

Andrea Masi, who plays center and fullback for Aironi Rugby:

USA have Miles to go in rugby - two Miles to be precise

Miles Craigwell never looked this hot in gridiron garb


He leads from behind as well


Miles Pulu's thighs thundering


Bonus shot: Sean Duke of Canada brought down by Jisi Unufe of the USA

Omigod, sportinlife! Miles Craigwell is beautiful!
Thank you!

Gerhard Vosloo of Clermont:


John Smit (Springboks' Captain) now playing in England for the Saracens:


Muddy Rugby God, Chris Robshaw:


Blaine Scully (I posted his beautifully upturned cheeks here a month ago):


For sportinlife, Miles Craigwell

Miles and Colin Hawley team up to bring down Japan's Aisea Havea


Hawley in the bottom of a ruck


Blaine Scully bends over for Wallabies Adam Ashley-Cooper and Anthony Fainga'a


Rocky Elson and Anthony Fainga'a celebrate yet another victory over the Eagles


Pat McCabe scores a try as Colin Hawley (left) is too late to try to stop him


Blaine Scully and Adam Ashley-Cooper seem to always be able to find each other


Anthony Fainga'a joins him in this tackle


Mr. "Clark Kent" Luke Burgess can never hide that butt no matter what he wears...thank god!

Somebody gets well and truly spanked


This Irishman gets split like a lucky wishbone


Dragons vs Eels: that's Dragon on the bottom

How to get a good hold on Colin Hawley