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Be careful what you wish for

And so we learn that Birmingham has been awarded the right to stage the 2022 Commonwealth Games against (it must be admitted) not many other bidders, most of whom seemed to pull out of the competition anyway before the decision was made. I have long been in favour of doing away with our world [...]

December 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

The end is nigh …

For my last post of 2017 – now in the midst of festive season planning and last minute shopping – I thought I would offer a brief review of where English rugby union has reached after another heady but hectic past twelve months. On the negative front, the Aviva Premiership continues down its [...]

December 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

The scourge of modern life

Yesterday afternoon I arrived to stay overnight on the south coast with my 92 year old father in advance of accompanying him on a visit to a consultant at a local hospital today. He seemed on pretty good form despite not being particularly clear in our conversation about who might have visited him [...]

December 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Up yours, you son of a gun! (geddit?)

[I’m rather proud of my headline today – for the slow off the mark, it’s a clever (I think) oblique reference to the rapid-firing Gatling gun – a forerunner of the machine gun – patented by US inventor Richard Gatling on 4th November 1862.] William Boyd as Hopalong [...]

December 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

BBC Sports Personality Of The Year 2017

For my sins, last night I watched the 2017 edition of the BBC’s Sports Personality Of The Year which was broadcast live from the Echo Arena in Liverpool between 6.45pm and 9.00pm on BBC1. I do this every year even though I’m fully aware and accept that it’s no more than a straightforward [...]

December 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Feck them all

Loathe as I am to add yet more Brexit angst, pain, boredom and what I’d term “Huh? So bloody what?” to Rust readers’ lives, let along my own, I’m afraid the desire to do so overtook me in the wee hours of this morning when – by habit I’m afraid – I went to the website of The [...]

December 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

Unhappy times

From where I sit in my master control suite surveying the goings on in the world of sport I sometimes reflect upon the debilitating and gradual disengaging effect of creeping age upon a sports fan’s mind. I might have once have called it ‘creeping maturity’ but I’m sufficiently ancient [...]

December 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

Over and out – and back to the day job

Friday 15th December 2017: European Champions Cup Rugby Pool 1, Round 4: Ulster v Harlequins at the Kingspan Stadium; Result – Ulster 52 Harlequins 24: Pool standings – Ulster 2nd on 13 points, Harlequins 4th and bottom on 2 points. Almost certain to progress into the knock-out stage La [...]

December 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

Just another disaster to add to the list

It’s the sort of thing which only happens to old people who are out of touch – I accept that – but here’s my latest example of how the modern world and its technology have a constant ability to annoy the hell out of me. In my home I have my television service, land line and broadband all [...]

December 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

A Christmas glow (maybe)

It’s funny how sometimes you spot things on television or on screens of one type or another that seem totally out of synch and place … and/or totally inappropriate in the circumstances of the moment. And – to be blunt – it is most often upon television. Despite all the [...]

December 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

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