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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
Category Archives: rugby
Worth a look
A new website has launched today http://www.thecrookedfeed.com I’d be delighted if you had a look – some lovely, funny content available from them
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The Crooked Feed – LIONS WARNING FOR FANS
Your rugby news – just not as you know it Lions XV output is now reaching dangerous levels say experts. New studies from the institute who specialise in this sort of stuff say that people are currently assembling ‘what they think … Continue reading
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Tagged British and Irish Lions, humour, lions, new zealand, new zealand rugby, rugby, Rugby union, satire
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Expect the unexpected
This weekend, more than any other, provided proof that should you ever feel you know what is going to happen in the sport of Rugby Union, you don’t. We have become heady with this Eddie Jones England Squad. Perhaps rightfully so. … Continue reading
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Tagged bristol rugby, eddie jones, england rugby, gavin henson, humour, italy, ruckgate
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Times they are a changin’
I think there needs to be a change. Whilst I fully understand why he was used, and indeed how it was successful, I think Dylan Hartley should not be the starting hooker for England against Wales. And starting him against … Continue reading
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Tagged dylan hartley, eddie jones, england, england rugby, six nations
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Finding my joy
Me for Sport 500 about how the Six Nations is the saviour for pretty much everything Sam Roberts © 2017. (Text only). All Rights Reserved
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Tagged england rugby, france, ireland rugby, italy, rugby, Rugby union, scotland rugby, six nations, Wales
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Barry Jon Welsh
There are some wonderful nicknames handed out by our rugby playing brethren across training paddocks week in, week out. You will have your personal favourite. But if ‘Barry Jon Welsh’ wasn’t uttered by someone in the Newcastle squad on Monday … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Watson, bath rugby, Jon Welsh, newcastle falcons
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The man you want on your side
As Tom Varndell crossed for his third and decisive try on Boxing Day in front of a particularly festive Ashton Gate crowd, one Bristol back row forward pumped his fist a little harder than most. Nick Fenton-Wells, the boy who … Continue reading
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Tagged aviva premiership, bedford blues, bristol rugby, Nick Fenton-Wells, rugby, Rugby union, Stormers, Western Province, worcester warriors
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Up in the air
As George North hit the deck on early Saturday evening and laid there motionless, many questions were being asked. Most it seemed centred around the Welsh winger’s cognitive health. Understandably so; he looked unconscious, for not the first time in his … Continue reading
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Tagged adam thompstone, aviva premiership, elliot daly, england, england rugby, George North, leicester tigers, northampton saints, red card, yellow card
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Humphreys, Harlequins and Henson – a review of Aviva Premiership Round 7
Click here for my review of round seven on the Aviva Premiership of the Rugby Pod
Eddie Jones’ Diary – 26th October 2016
26th October 2016 I’m back in my hotel room, another press conference done. I find all that smiling exhausting. Managed to get in the clown reference though. Cheika will have loved that. Must text him later. Is there a clown … Continue reading
Double Dummy Scissors 