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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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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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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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