Tag Archives: rugby

The Ultimate Care Package

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Sam Roberts

Rugby doesn’t do sympathy. In many ways, it is a sport as cutthroat as any. The physical load carried by bodies on a week-by-week basis means that if you’re still standing at the end of each season, you’ve probably earned … Continue reading →

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On their side – Fred Tuilagi

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Sam Roberts

Before you read this article, please do me a favour and click the following link on the RUGBY PASS website. https://www.rugbypass.com/news/fred-tuilagi-i-fell-out-with-rugby-after-what-happened-to-me-at-leicester/ Fred Tuilagi wears the expression of a man who has learnt a few things. We talk one evening, via … Continue reading →

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New – The Whiteboard Rugby Podcast

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Sam Roberts

I’m delighted to tell you that I’ve begun a new rugby podcast series with Sam Larner. Sam Larner is a brilliant analyst and student of the game and teaming up with him, we are determined to create a podcast that … Continue reading →

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The Eulogy of Gareth Davies

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Sam Roberts

Delivered on Thursday 15th August 2024, at Bunyan Meeting Church in Bedford, in front of packed out service. We are all, I feel, like dry stone walls. (Not something you thought you’d be called today, I bet.) The sort of … Continue reading →

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The Rugby Inheritance Podcast – All The Episodes

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Sam Roberts

This is where you will find all the episodes to the Rugby Inheritance Podcast. This is a project I did alongside Ed Slater and one of which I am incredibly proud. This collection of interviews is a must-listen. It manages … Continue reading →

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Recovery from despair

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Sam Roberts

“Respair” means fresh hope; a recovery from despair. The Oxford English Dictionary has two words against Respair’s inclusion: rare and obsolete. It was last used in the 14th and 15th centuries and then it was let go: unneeded. It reappeared … Continue reading →

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The Bluffer’s Guide to Rugby World Cup 2023

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Sam Roberts

Is conversation in your social circles starting to turn oval shaped? Does that make things tricky? Are you a little worried that you might not be able to hold your own around the office when discussion turns to the Rugby … Continue reading →

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Why we’re here…

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Sam Roberts

Saturday evening, on one of Britain’s unusual back channels. TV these days is so prevailing that it often feels like there are more people on it than watching. GBTV, I think this channel is called. Or GBNews? Something like that. … Continue reading →

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The Rugby Inheritance Podcast

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Sam Roberts

I’m really pleased to tell you about a new podcast that I’ve been working on; it is downloadable from all good podcast providers. Ed Slater and I worked together for a few years on the Official Gloucester Rugby Podcast, while … Continue reading →

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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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