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On the tee with John Pargiter

Our Japanese Rusters have been dominating the posts but quietly Pargie has been restoring his betting confidence and war chest thanks mainly to that ace analyst Jeremy Chapman. Two weeks ago he picked out Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele for the HSBC Shanghai Masters. Both finished winner and [...]

November 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report/Birmingham 0 Fulham 1

We window cleaners dislike more than anything else heavy rain. As often as not the client will cancel and if he/she does not cleaning the exterior when soaked is not much fun. Heavy rain descended on the Midlands all day yesterday and must have dampened the spirit of crowd and players at [...]

November 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

2 1/2 sporting documentaries

Whilst grateful to Neil Rosen for his in-flight recommendation of Lost in Translation I was drawn to that section of movies on the plane titled “sports documentaries” and watched two and a half of those. The first was The Edge – the story behind the Revival of England cricket in 2007 [...]

November 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

“Lets have some beers”

The reaction of Eddie Jones to England’s abject performance in the final was 2 days boozing and the group set off to Shinjuku the partying quarter of Tokyo. I don’t get this. They are athletes , alcohol is a depressant , the reality of failure will only be delayed, mental issues dominate [...]

November 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

The morning after the night before – and the future

As the Rust‘s delegation returns from the Rugby World Cup – one of those expeditions that shall remain long in the memory – the world of rugby union is just beginning to wrestle with the aftermath of a brilliantly-staged tournament and the attendant issues that face the sport, [...]

November 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Summing up

We asked our Rusters on their last day to sum up their thoughts on the Rugby World Cup and otherwise. Granite Grant Logan: It was a brave decision to give the World Cup to Japan and one that paid off. Time was – and it was not so long ago – that the All Blacks and Wallabies were putting [...]

November 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Reflections on a bad night

As the only Ruster to predict a South African victory, I was given the gig of the match report. You have seen the game on TV, read reports in the media – social or conventional press – so there is not match more to add. I will therefore give my impressions on being there and my theory [...]

November 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

Japanese disaster – viewed from the sofa

So that’s it, then. Another World Cup – rugby’s this time – and “our boys” fall at the Final hurdle again. Global supremacy and immortality oh so near and yet also so far. But that’s how it should be, isn’t it? Wonder, vindication, elation and glory for one finalist – [...]

November 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

Prediction time

Both my heart and head say England but I have worries over fitness of Jonny May and Owen Farrell. If the Boks play a kicking game May and Watson can cope. If George Ford is targeted Tom Curry and Sam Underhill will protect him and the English pack won’t be overwhelmed. England 5-20 points [...]

November 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

The 1964 Tokyo Olympiad

With the Olympics in Tokyo next year, there was much discussion in the party on the 1964 Olympiad there. We Brits produced 4 gold winners (Lynn “The Leap” Davies, Ken Matthews the marathon walker, Ann Packer in the 800m and Mary Rand in athletics and long jump. I argued the case that Mary Rand [...]

November 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

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