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Splasher turns Gnasher and a FIFA audition – Week 3 Review of the Aviva Premiership

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Sam Roberts

Click here to read my thoughts for The Rugby Pod Week three of the Aviva Premiership and the gifts just keep on coming. So much rugby, so many tries, red and yellow cards, and maybe even a citing. Pay attention … Continue reading →

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Hitting the target and not finding your bullets – Aviva Premiership Round 2 Review

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Sam Roberts

Click here to read my report on the Aviva Premiership and see my ‘Team of the Week’. No two weeks are the same in the Aviva Premiership. Ask Dan Mugford, or indeed Gloucester. Sale’s Mugford steered his last minute penalty villainously … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Sam Roberts

Selecting a team of the year from the Aviva Premiership 2015/16 Continue reading →

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We, not he…

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Sam Roberts

I shared a car journey with Junior Paramore last night. I was his chauffeur in a friend’s courtesy car, to and from an event celebrating the 10 year anniversary of when he and the Bedford Blues lifted the Powergen Shield … Continue reading →

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Nearly but not quite

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Sam Roberts

Sport, invented for the winning. To show people at their fastest, their highest, their strongest. We switch on and sit down to marvel at a best we didn’t think was possible. We watch to see what can be done, by … Continue reading →

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