Articles by Granite Grant Logan

About Granite Grant Logan

‘Granite’ Grant Logan is covering the Rugby World Cup in Japan 2019 for us. Grant was a no holds barred lock for Hawkes Bay who took no quarter and expected none. Unfortunately his appearances in the All Black jersey were limited by the pre-eminence of Frank Oliver and Andy Haden. After hanging up his size 14 boots he became a highly respected coach and analyst. More Posts

Turning up the volume

Make no mistake, thanks to the choice of host nation and the party atmosphere generated by the fans, this is already a great Rugby World Cup despite the on-pitch controversies over new high tackle rules and the ‘slippery ball’ handling errors caused by the temperatures, humidity and dew. At the [...]

October 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Reviewing the situation.

As Fagin said and sung in Oliver! I am reviewing the situation as we approach the business end of the competition. Unless there are some extraordinary surprises like Fiji beating Wales and Canada the Boks , the final eight look like Japan, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, England, France, Wales [...]

October 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

Doing it right

It is an inalienable fact of life that every sport known to man comes with a series of principles that define its culture and to an extent attracts participants that respond to them on one level or another. There are also inherent differences between those which one might describe as individual [...]

October 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Changing times – or maybe not?

The UK may think that it is currently immersed in the mother and father of mess-ups over politics, Brexit and where the hell it is going, but you can take comfort in the knowledge you’re not alone. Those at the top table of rugby administration – not least World Rugby itself – are making a [...]

September 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

Nihon e yo-koso! [translation: “Welcome to Japan!”]

To begin my first piece for the National Rust on the 2019 World Cup – the greatest ‘shop window’ for what I think we can all agree is the finest sport ever to grace the Earth – I wish to pay my respects to the host nation and particular one of rugby’s greatest sons Shiggy Konno. I make no [...]

September 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

My story/ Granite Grant Logan

I thought I would begin by explaining how it was that I came to write for the Rust. Your wine correspondent Algy Belville came to North Island NZ, what 2 year ago, and met up with a great mate John Buck whose family own Te Mata Estate, the best winery in our country. John chaired Hawkes Bay Rugby [...]

September 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

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