Tag Archives: bedford blues

Where you want to go

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Sam Roberts

This is an extract. The full interview appears in this month’s (March 2023) issue of the Rugby Journal – get your hands on a copy by ordering it at http://www.therugbyjournal.com Back in 2011, Mark Atkinson was sat in a changing … Continue reading →

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Caldy’s kids and the RFU

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Sam Roberts

Me writing for Rugby Pass. Please click the following link to read about the governing body’s most important decision in 2023. https://t.co/W9mDVzZPYG

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One Game at a Time – Episode 10

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Sam Roberts
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53-52

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Sam Roberts

I took a friend to Goldington Road this weekend. “Is it always like this?” he asked, as we headed into the marquee: the large, white hospitality tent positioned on the north side of the famous sloping pitch. We weaved our … Continue reading →

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Paul Tupai, in perpetuity

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Sam Roberts

The Scrum Bar at Goldington Road in Bedford, a place where the past alights. The walls are adorned with photographs of XVs stretching back generations. Sons and fathers; grandfathers before them. Hundreds of men, facing the camera with the same … Continue reading →

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The man you want on your side

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Sam Roberts

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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