Tag Archives: Sam Burgess

The future starts this weekend

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Sam Roberts

I wrote this for The Rugby Blog – please click here to view It hasn’t been long but we are back into the furnace of ‘international’ rugby this weekend. Countries, in the form of European club sides, take each other on … Continue reading →

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Inbetween the talking

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Sam Roberts

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 →

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Remember, Remember…

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Sam Roberts

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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Brad’s Magic

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Sam Roberts

This article appeared on EatSleepRugby.co.uk – http://ow.ly/2buTkR So, there we have it. England have named their 31 man squad and the media have reacted. To include the likes of Slade and Burgess is, according to Lancaster in press conference, “not … Continue reading →

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