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Recent Articles – take a look
- The heartbreakingly simple truth
- Villainy so virtuoso
- Everybody thinks I am
- Not what we want
- A thing with feathers
- Nothing like it
- More important than rugby
- You just can’t beat them
- Team of the Season – Gallagher Premiership 2018/19
- Getting stronger the more you hate them
- From Twickenham, with love
- Alacritous England end Ireland’s reign
- 53-52
- The debt we owe
- Anatomy of a feint No.3
Tag Archives: Autumn Internationals
The debt we owe
Well done Ireland. Beautiful, clever, uncompromising Ireland. Many of us were with you. Vicariously pitting ourselves against something big and black. Yours was the improbable reach, the formidable feat; rugby’s Everest. This was one of the world’s most enjoyable wins, … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn Internationals, england rugby, ireland rugby, Japan Rugby, new zealand rugby, northampton saints, Rugby union
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Old Eddie and the Sea
It was a test match of which Ernest Hemingway would have approved. A trial of colossal strength, of titanic willpower. The American loved his bloodsports, loved to see men arm-wrestle for hours on end, and Saturday afternoon had two heavyweights … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn Internationals, eddie jones, england, england rugby, owen farrell, rugby, South African Rugby, twickenham
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