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Lies, damned lies, and statistics… An Aviva Premiership Team of the Year

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Sam Roberts

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The future starts this weekend

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Sam Roberts

I wrote this for The Rugby Blog – please click here to view It hasn’t been long but we are back into the furnace of ‘international’ rugby this weekend. Countries, in the form of European club sides, take each other on … Continue reading →

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Inbetween the talking

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Sam Roberts

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 →

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Remember, Remember…

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Sam Roberts

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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Out of the reckoning

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Sam Roberts

In the final few weeks before Rugby World Cup 2015, we are already walking across battlefields. International squads are being trimmed; 45 becomes 38, and will eventually become 31. Discarded bodies lie strewn about our path, they tried to make … Continue reading →

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Stuck in neutral

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Sam Roberts

And then there were four. The playoff semi finals. Of the twelve that started last September, full of expectation, two thirds have had their hopes dashed. Lots of supporters in the Premiership don’t have any supporting left to do. Without … Continue reading →

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Joué Nicholas, joué…

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Sam Roberts

Caught up I was; all of a tizz. Clermont knocked the stuffing out of the English Champions with a performance of rugby brilliance. It was top drawer, first rate, Michelin starred. The stadium was rocking, the tries were rolling in … Continue reading →

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