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Peter Bills

Ulster left to count cost of their mistakes

There will seem few crumbs of comfort left for Ulster’s shattered rugby men this morning. To lose any final is heart wrenching but to lose it by a margin of five tries to one, represents something close to humiliation.

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Inside Peter Bills

Peter Bills: All-Blacks streets ahead but other teams lacked quality

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

New Zealand has had enough earthquakes in the last 18 months.
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Peter Bills' World Cup blog: Cueto dead wrong on England

Friday, 21 October 2011

I woke up this morning here in Auckland and couldn’t believe what I was reading on the internet. No, I don’t mean that the Libyan tyrant was dead – he had it coming to him. I wonder if his ‘friend’, Tony ‘Phoney’ Blair will be attending the funeral. Well, they’d become quite chummy, hadn’t they?
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Peter Bills' World Cup blog: ‘Can they do it’?

Thursday, 20 October 2011

This nation is gripped by the throat in the build-up to Sunday’s Rugby World Cup final.
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Peter Bills' World Cup blog: 3rd place play-off unfair on players

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

I shared a panel on TV here in Auckland the other night with former All Blacks coach John Hart and that great No. 8 of yesteryear Murray Mexted.
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Peter Bills' World Cup blog: All Blacks look unstoppable

Monday, 17 October 2011

A hectic weekend of rugby, full of drama, passion and commitment.
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Peter Bills' World Cup blog: Upsets add spice to predictable tournament

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

One of the best things about this Rugby World Cup was the element of unpredictability last weekend.
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Peter Bills' Rugby World Cup blog: The language barrier

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

It has been an interesting experience living out here in New Zealand for the last 5 or 6 weeks.
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Peter Bills' World Cup blog: Fascinating week in prospect

Monday, 10 October 2011

Coffee time, mid-Monday morning in Wellington and a time to reflect on the weekend’s hectic activities at the World Cup quarter finals.
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Peter Bills: Same old story for Ireland

Monday, 10 October 2011

Ireland failed once again in the quarter-finals of a Rugby World Cup.
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Peter Bills' World Cup blog: Batten down the hatches for a long day

Friday, 7 October 2011

Prepare for a short night and a hell of a long day!
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Peter Bills' World Cup blog: IRB have questions to answer

Thursday, 6 October 2011

The blundering IRB have been getting themselves caught up in some shocking stick down here the last few weeks.
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Peter Bills' World Cup blog: O'Brien has been star man

Wednesday, 5 October 2011

There’s a case to be made for saying that one man already stands out head and shoulders above all others in Ireland’s squad at this Rugby World Cup.
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Peter Bills' World Cup blog: Arrogant England only have themselves to blame

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

So, England wing Mark Cueto berates the media for continuing to criticise his team mates for their appalling off-the-field behaviour during this Rugby World Cup.
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Ruthless Ireland march on

Monday, 3 October 2011

So who said the Celtic Tiger had lost its roar? Ireland and Wales set up the mother of all Celtic clashes in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals in Wellington next Saturday morning with supreme performances in their final pool games.
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Peter Bills World Cup blog: Whineray, in the presence of greatness

Friday, 30 September 2011

There are great players of rugby, some of them renowned figures. Then come the legends and the man I went to see yesterday is certainly in the latter category.
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Peter Bill's World Cup Blog: Stakes are getting higher

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

So now we know for sure. It’s Italy v Ireland this Sunday to sort out a place in the quarter final in Wellington the following weekend. The stakes are getting higher at this Rugby World Cup.
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Rugby World Cup lets Kiwis warm nature shine bright

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

The day after the weekend………..for me, life is the opposite of most people’s working lives.
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Ireland rout just couldn't compete with Pumas for drama

Monday, 26 September 2011

I don’t know about you, but maybe it’s my northern hemisphere background. Whatever the reason, I confess here and now – the dogfight that was Argentina v Scotland in the World Cup this weekend was so much more interesting to me than the Ireland v Russia romp, even if 11 tries were scored in the latter and just one in the former.
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Peter Bills' World Cup blog: No lessons from Springboks romp

Friday, 23 September 2011

Time will tell whether the 87-0 romp the Springboks enjoyed over poor Namibia here last night did them any good. It certainly didn’t do much for the Rugby World Cup.
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