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Aspects of the RWC quarters

For all the prowess of England, the All Blacks and South Africa – or maybe better because of it – the only really competitive game yesterday was Wales’ narrow and undeserved victory over France. Manchester United v Liverpool did not live up to hype. My strategy was to follow the build [...]

October 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

England v New Zealand: bring it on

Watching both quarter finals yesterday I asked the question which no doubt will attract as much coverage in your press as where Boris goes from here, namely “Can England win?” Of course they can – anyone can win a one-off match given the vagaries of form, the referee and luck but I [...]

October 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

A worthy read

Britain has a proud tradition of developing outstanding sports journalists and one of the current crop that I usually find worth reading is Jonathan Liew, currently plying his trade on The Independent. Accordingly I offer a link to his latest piece – on the subject of ‘specially [...]

October 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

Rugby World Cup – Saturday quarter-finals preview

And so to tomorrow morning’s [UK time] two Rugby World Cup quarter-final matches – England v Australia and Ireland against New Zealand. We asked our experts to provide their predictions:   SANDRA McDONNELL: Eddie Jones is a world-class coach and a particularly driven one who takes no [...]

October 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

The influence of testosterone upon sporting performance

As regular readers will be aware – and to the frustration of some including our marketing department – one of the features of the Rust is its deliberate lack of a particular political or other stance on any subject including the pursuit of popularity or commercial success. It is what it is [...]

October 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

Now for the crunch

Now to the serious business. A month into this momentous Rugby World Cup we now know the line-up for the next weekend’s Quarter-Finals: just for the record, England v Australia in Oita and New Zealand v Ireland in Tokyo on Saturday; Wales v France in Oita and Japan v South Africa in Tokyo on [...]

October 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

Then and now … and then some

For those of generations after mine – and indeed my own to the extent that memories may be fading – one of Britain’s light-entertainment stars of yester-year was proud Yorkshireman Wilfred Pickles (1904-1978). Pickles’ signature radio programme Have A Go graced the BBC airwaves from 1947 to [...]

October 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

Torn away

Following Tom Hollingworth’s comments on the typhoon blowing the World Cup off its previous assured, well organised, chartered course, I would like add my happ’orth. As usual in modern sport there is little concern or consideration for the paying fan. There are 10,000 Scottish fans in Tokyo [...]

October 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

Thoughts coming into this sporting weekend

RUGBY WORLD CUP As Japan braces itself for super-typhoon Hagabis and sympathy undoubtedly ought to be extended to everyone affected by its arrival including those fans who have travelled half way around the world and booked hotels and tickets for matches which now will not take place, plus those [...]

October 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

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