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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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“The wheel has come full circle” – Rugby World Cup 2015
King Lear is my favourite Shakespeare play. It is epic. In truth, it is two separate plays entwined together. Love, rejection, honesty, guilt, senility, cruelty and hope: all mashed up with some of the best lines the Bard ever bashed … Continue reading
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Tagged All Blacks, australia rugby, burgess, england rugby, ireland rugby, Japan Rugby, Richie McCaw, rwc 2015, RWC'15, Stuart Lancaster
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Third time’s a charm
This article was picked up by Rugby World – click here It has been decided. Despite all our best intentions, crossing of fingers and I do hope nots, we have a final between the two best sides in the competition. This … Continue reading
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Tagged All Blacks, australia rugby, Dan Carter, David Pocock, michael Chieka, new zealand, Richie McCaw, rugby world cup final, rwc 2015, RWC'15, Steve Hansen
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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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More than just science
Art, science and England Rugby’s Stuart Lancaster Continue reading
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Tagged england rugby, rwc 2015, science, sonny bill williams, Stuart Lancaster
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Extraordinary
Extraordinary. The Rugby World Cup. I don’t know how this all started, or where it will all finish. Do I have to write something? Maybe I shouldn’t. Just close down the computer and walk away. Let someone else try and … Continue reading
“Yes sir….”
Imagine if we had a talking to from Nigel Owens ahead of the big match this Saturday… I did. “Right then, I don’t know who you’ve been listening to, but I’m in charge ok? You listen to me. I’ll tell … Continue reading
Posted in rugby, Sport
Tagged england rugby, nigel owens, referees, rwc 2015, RWC'15, wales rugby
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The fun in the first 48 hours
This article appeared on the Rugby Blog – feel free to read it there So there you go, the opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup. It crackled, it fizzed, it kinda meandered slowly and then came to a complete … Continue reading
Posted in rugby, Sport
Tagged All Blacks, england rugby, fiji, georgia rugby, humour, jaco peyper, Japan Rugby, new zealand rugby, prince harry, rwc 2015, RWC'15, tmo, uruguay rugby
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The Rising Sun
Trying to write about what happened at the Brighton Community Stadium on the first Saturday of the Rugby World Cup is tricky. For the uninitiated, our sport finds it difficult to serve up upsets. The scoring processes are multiple and … Continue reading
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Tagged Brighton, Cherry Blossoms, england rugby, fiji, Japan Rugby, Rugby union, rugby world cup 2015, rwc 2015, RWC'15, South African Rugby, Springboks
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Play on…
And so we begin the Rugby World Cup. Alongside us, hope, that most dangerous of drinking partners. In front of us, the undecided. Minutes into quarters into halves into wholes, match upon match of rugby potential. That lot versus us. … Continue reading
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Tagged All Blacks, argentina rugby, australia rugby, england rugby, france, ireland rugby, rwc 2015, RWC'15, wales rugby
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