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Recent Articles – take a look
- Quins refound
- The individual versus the collective – Ryder Cup
- The Ultimate Care Package
- On their side – Fred Tuilagi
- Rory, the master
- Turning displeasure into pleasure. Quins v Saracens
- New – The Whiteboard Rugby Podcast
- The Eulogy of Gareth Davies
- Extraordinary Saints douse a familiar Saracens flame
- Bristol vanquish Quins for an unwanted 5th place in the Prem
- The Rugby Inheritance Podcast – All The Episodes
- The Really Hard Rugby Quiz – Week 2
- Rugby Quiz Show Podcast Pilot
- Accepting and moving on
- As good as it gets
Author Archives: Sam Roberts
Inbetween the talking
Good riddance is an odd phrase. With its positive negativity. Something a doting parent would say to a heartbroken child. Protective, vicariously angry at the rejection, trying to instill a belief that things will be better off without ‘them’. When we … Continue reading
Remember, Remember…
Dates and times: history is full of them. Some traverse the ages, others drift into obscurity. How people will document this year’s bonfire night from a rugby perspective is likely to be nothing more than a footnote on a rewritten … Continue reading
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Tagged bath rugby, england, mike ford, rfu, rwc 2015, RWC'15, Sam Burgess
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“The wheel has come full circle” – Rugby World Cup 2015
King Lear is my favourite Shakespeare play. It is epic. In truth, it is two separate plays entwined together. Love, rejection, honesty, guilt, senility, cruelty and hope: all mashed up with some of the best lines the Bard ever bashed … Continue reading
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Tagged All Blacks, australia rugby, burgess, england rugby, ireland rugby, Japan Rugby, Richie McCaw, rwc 2015, RWC'15, Stuart Lancaster
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Third time’s a charm
This article was picked up by Rugby World – click here It has been decided. Despite all our best intentions, crossing of fingers and I do hope nots, we have a final between the two best sides in the competition. This … Continue reading
Posted in golf, Sport
Tagged All Blacks, australia rugby, Dan Carter, David Pocock, michael Chieka, new zealand, Richie McCaw, rugby world cup final, rwc 2015, RWC'15, Steve Hansen
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You can’t handle the truth
Craig Joubert was an accident waiting to happen. The way this Rugby World Cup has wrapped itself up in Television Match Official cable, it was always going to asphyxiate someone. And Joubert, a referee not unused to RWC controversy, slipped … Continue reading
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New Kids on the Block
As the Rugby World Cup enters the knockout stages, the Aviva Premiership wakes from its enforced slumber, kicking off this Friday (16th) with three games. There have been a number of ‘transfers’ and detailed below are some that caught my … Continue reading
In days like these…
“You know what hope is? Hope is bastard, hope is a liar, a cheat and a tease; hope comes near you, kick its backside, got no place in days like these…” Ben Folds and Nick Hornby, Picture Window So there … Continue reading
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Tagged australia rugby, england, england rugby, rfu, rwc 2015, RWC'15, Stuart Lancaster
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More than just science
Art, science and England Rugby’s Stuart Lancaster Continue reading
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Tagged england rugby, rwc 2015, science, sonny bill williams, Stuart Lancaster
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Extraordinary
Extraordinary. The Rugby World Cup. I don’t know how this all started, or where it will all finish. Do I have to write something? Maybe I shouldn’t. Just close down the computer and walk away. Let someone else try and … Continue reading
“Yes sir….”
Imagine if we had a talking to from Nigel Owens ahead of the big match this Saturday… I did. “Right then, I don’t know who you’ve been listening to, but I’m in charge ok? You listen to me. I’ll tell … Continue reading
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Tagged england rugby, nigel owens, referees, rwc 2015, RWC'15, wales rugby
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