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Caldy’s kids and the RFU
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
Why not?
63 minutes and 47 seconds on the clock; Marcus Smith beats the floor with his fist. He has knocked the ball on attempting to keep a move alive. A move that had swept towards the All Blacks’ try line like … Continue reading
The spectral sceptre
Please click this link to read this piece on RugbyPass It was telling that two individual moments of brilliance were all that England could proffer in Paris. Against a defence fatigued by work already done, England’s Jonny May jinked forth … Continue reading
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Tagged eddie jones, england rugby, nigel owens, owen farrell, rfu, Rugby union, six nations, twickenham
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Catching Bath
Bath, the city: with its Bath stone buildings, creamy yellow in the September sun, rising up and around like the sides of a colosseum. It is a natural amphitheatre; all the roads seem to lead towards the centre. And under an … Continue reading
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Tagged aviva premiership, bath, bath rugby, england, george ford, leroy houston, Recreation Ground, rfu, rugby, Rugby union, todd blackadder
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Hitting the target and not finding your bullets – Aviva Premiership Round 2 Review
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
This is England
Me for the Rugby Blog Stripped to the waist, amidst the maelstrom that was Melbourne’s AAMI Park, Dan Cole stood oozing Englishness. Having been de-robed with comical ease whilst attending one of the many scraps that broke out in the … Continue reading
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Tagged australia rugby, dan cole, danny cipriani, england, england rugby, ireland rugby, leicester tigers, owen farrell, rfu, Rugby union, wales rugby
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What lies beneath (for Rugby World)
What will happen to London Irish if they get relegated At some point, in the next few weeks, London Irish will play a game in the Aviva Premiership that will see them relegated for the first time. On Sunday, up … Continue reading
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Tagged aviva premiership, greene king ipa championship, rfu, rugby
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Inbetween the talking
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
Remember, Remember…
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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Tagged bath rugby, england, mike ford, rfu, rwc 2015, RWC'15, Sam Burgess
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In days like these…
“You know what hope is? Hope is bastard, hope is a liar, a cheat and a tease; hope comes near you, kick its backside, got no place in days like these…” Ben Folds and Nick Hornby, Picture Window So there … Continue reading
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Tagged australia rugby, england, england rugby, rfu, rwc 2015, RWC'15, Stuart Lancaster
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Double Dummy Scissors 