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When the British and Irish Lions promised ‘Rugby Chaos’ as a way of combatting the All Blacks on this 2017 tour of New Zealand, no one thought it would manifest itself in fans searching the internet frantically for the playing … Continue reading →

I have some questions for you. Would that Lions side that lost yesterday be able to beat Saracens? The Saracens that dispatched so expertly of Munster and then Leinster on their way to back to back European titles? With all … Continue reading →

“I’m sorry.” Those are the words with which Ian Tempest showed the red card to Richard Barrington, the Saracens prop forward sent from the field in their game against Exeter this afternoon. Two little words but they can mean a … Continue reading →

Click here to read my Round 5 Review of the Aviva Premiership for Yahoo/The Rugby Pod Week five of the Aviva Premiership and the hits just keep on coming. Some of the games became ‘purist’ affairs, with defences elbowing their … Continue reading →

Click here for Week 4 Aviva Premiership Review plus a team of the week There are few certainties in sport. Fewer still in the Aviva Premiership. As we rounded our fourth lap of a twenty two week campaign, previous givens … Continue reading →

Please click on the link below Me for the new and rather excellent Rugby Pod website Oh how we’ve missed her. The Aviva Premiership sashayed back into our lives this weekend. Some new lipstick and a different hairdo but basically the … Continue reading →

For the first time ever, this Aviva Premiership season is being broadcast in the United States of America. Wonderful news, especially if you’re American. What with everything else you are having to sort out, being able to watch the best … Continue reading →

So how long is golf going to let Andrew Johnston get away with this? He of the beard and North London cackle. Wandering up fairways in a fun filled haze; reaching each green with the look of man entering his … Continue reading →

“There was this one player at Rotherham, an awful man, who shall remain nameless,” Phil Boulton begins. His 6’2” and 18st prop-forward frame is stood in my kitchen, the sideboard creaking ever so slightly under the strain. We are talking … Continue reading →