https://www.alojapan.com/1276961/steelers-storm-their-way-into-japan-rugby-semi-finals/ Steelers storm their way into Japan Rugby semi-finals #DaveRennie #FutoYamaguchi #Japan #JapanNews #JapanRugbyLeagueOne #KobeSteelers #news #SamGreene #ShizuokaBlueRevs #ValynceTeWhare The Kobe Steelers, coached by former Wallabies mentor Dave Rennie, are through to the semi-finals in Japan Rugby League One after upsetting Aussie Sam Greene’s in-form Shizuoka Blue Revs. On a damp Saturday afternoon in Osaka,  former Chiefs flyhalf Bryn Gatlan…
Steelers storm their way into Japan Rugby semi-finals

The Kobe Steelers, coached by former Wallabies mentor Dave Rennie, are through to the semi-finals in Japan Rugby League One after upsetting Aussie Sam Greene's in-form Shizuoka Blue Revs.On a damp Saturday afternoon in Osaka,  former Chiefs flyhalf Bryn Gatland starred for Kobe, creating two of his side's four tries in the 35-20 quarter-final victory.This included the game's defining score in the 73rd minute when a perfectly placed cross-kick found winger Inoke Burua, who steamrolled over luckless Shizuoka fullback Futo Yamaguchi, who is 26kg lighter than the Kobe man, to push the Steelers ahead 29-20.Two late penalty goals from the

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18 March 2023: Turning points, plus texts and tunes

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via @giocomai :

"In the latest issue of his newsletter - always a recommended read - #SamGreene has some thoughts on the long-term political usefulness of perennially unsatisfied #irredentism, taking clues from #Serbia."

#Russia #Ukraine #Kherson
#Serbia #Kosovo

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19 November 2022: All together now, plus texts and tunes

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