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Recent Articles – take a look
- Not what we want
- A thing with feathers
- Nothing like it
- More important than rugby
- You just can’t beat them
- Team of the Season – Gallagher Premiership 2018/19
- Getting stronger the more you hate them
- From Twickenham, with love
- Alacritous England end Ireland’s reign
- 53-52
- The debt we owe
- Anatomy of a feint No.3
- Old Eddie and the Sea
- It’s a mad world…
- Worth a celebration
Tag Archives: Rugby union
More important than rugby
Amongst the thrashings of a penultimate week of Super Rugby, an old favourite is limbering up. If Saracens are unbeatable in Northern Hemisphere club rugby, their equal and opposite are the Canterbury Crusaders. Many have wondered who would win if … Continue reading
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Tagged Brive, Canterbury Crusaders, ireland rugby, london irish, new zealand, Paddy Jackson, rugby, Rugby union, Sevu Reece, Stuart Olding
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You just can’t beat them
The word being used was boring. Saracens and Exeter were both called it. Curious, if you’ve ever really watched them play. Watched them do their stuff without the pull of club loyalty shutting one of your eyes. For boring, you … Continue reading
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Tagged england rugby, exeter chiefs, Gallagher Premiership, rugby, Rugby union, Saracens
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Getting stronger the more you hate them
The meek shall inherit the earth. But $4 million is a lot of money, isn’t it? You can be meek and rich, right? It is a case set to run further than any of Folau’s incisive breaks, so I thought … Continue reading
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Tagged billy vunipola, christianity, european champions cup, god, israel folau, munster, rugby australia, Rugby union, Saracens
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Alacritous England end Ireland’s reign
“If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well it were done quickly…” Macbeth, Act I, Scene VII. Alacrity is a lovely word. And few better sum up the way England set about Ireland in the opening round of … Continue reading
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Tagged eddie jones, england rugby, ireland rugby, rugby, Rugby union, six nations
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53-52
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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Tagged bedford blues, coventry rugby, greene king ipa championship, premiership rugby, rfu championship, ringfencing, rugby, Rugby union
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The debt we owe
Well done Ireland. Beautiful, clever, uncompromising Ireland. Many of us were with you. Vicariously pitting ourselves against something big and black. Yours was the improbable reach, the formidable feat; rugby’s Everest. This was one of the world’s most enjoyable wins, … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn Internationals, england rugby, ireland rugby, Japan Rugby, new zealand rugby, northampton saints, Rugby union
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Anatomy of a feint No.3
Sam Underhill’s running style is distinct. Indeed, it isn’t really a run, it’s a scamper. His shoulders are hunched, his body compact, perhaps from all of those lung puncturing tackles he makes. As he gallops, his head is pushed slightly … Continue reading
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Tagged All Blacks, eddie jones, england, england rugby, new zealand rugby, rugby, Rugby union, Sam Underhill
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