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Me for The Rugby Blog So there we are. The Six Nations are done for another year. And just when we’d started to get going. After several weekends of wading through treacle, the Northern Hemisphere began to find its mojo. … Continue reading →

It’s difficult to ignore. I’ve tried to; rugby has got itself into an awful mess of late. The fallout from the England Wales game has certainly marred an England team gearing itself up for an impressive Grand Slam. No wonder … Continue reading →

http://www.therugbyblog.com/the-alternative-six-nations-the-shexy-nations Look at us, like some old timers sat around pining after the girlfriends of our youth. It’s Tuesday and we’re still smiling. Finally the Six Nations has delivered and we’re all satisfied nods, post coital cigarettes and “I told … Continue reading →

Me for The Rugby Blog Before I start this week’s diatribe, I’d like to pass on my condolences. French rugby is dead. And I am very sorry because, like you, I loved it. I can remember running hand in hand … Continue reading →

So, another week; more fun and games from Eddie Jones’ circus. Much like a consummate showman, few opportunities go by without the Tasmanian pulling out a few tricks. He is so much what Lancaster wasn’t. If Lancaster spoke in prose, … Continue reading →

Me for The Rugby Blog again Oh, you again? I thought you’d come back. Your sort always does. Wanted to see what me and my poison pen nib made of this weekend’s Six Nations? Come on then, let’s have a … Continue reading →

I wrote a review on the opening weekend of the Six Nations for The Rugby Blog; all a little daft but quite good fun. The Rugby Blog had gotten in touch. It had been a while; we hadn’t spoken since … Continue reading →

Vulpeculated v. to be stolen by a fox, as in ‘my footballing heart is being vulpeculated’ I don’t tend to write about football. Not because I don’t like it, I do. But it’s a crowded market place and you’ve got to … Continue reading →

The sporting comeback. How glorious. The dip and rise of conquest. From impossible to possible; from broken to fixed; lost to found; we all love a good sporting comeback. Well, I say all of us. There are those whom it … Continue reading →

So, Dylan Hartley, despite a poor disciplinary record, despite not being able to hold down a starting position in his own club side, despite many other (more aligned) options being available, has been given the England captain’s armband. It is, at … Continue reading →