HAIL PELICUS! HP Classic Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has shut down rugby around the world there doesn’t seem to be anything for Hail Pelicus to talk about so, in line with other sporting networks and publications, we are reprinting “classic” articles and match reports. Enjoy! ************** First Printed April 2014, when...
Apr
2020
HAIL PELICUS! What To Do On Saturdays? Well to start I have to say that we here at Hail Pelicus are doing our part in this crisis. In an abundance of caution this week’s HP is being written in an empty room without a live studio audience. All non-essential writers...
Mar
2020
HAIL PELICUS! Pachydermus Proximus This was supposed to be a Hail Pelicus that focused on the North American legs of the World Sevens Series, and yes we will get to that below, but I would be remiss if I did not talk about the elephant in the room. The coronavirus...
Mar
2020
HAIL PELICUS! (Published February 27, 2020) LA Fitness With the coronavirus (aka COVID-19) moving the Hong Kong and Singapore legs of the World Sevens Series to October the remaining Series stops become much more important for Olympic preparation. As always in 7s, fitness will be a major factor...
Mar
2020
HAIL PELICUS! (Published February 20, 2020) Migration Patterns Yes, here we are in mid-February and not only is the Greatest Referee Society On Earth stretched by the number of games being played but the schedule makers decided to throw an extra little twist in: this week the schedule has 4 games...
Mar
2020