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Cricket blue print

The one day final was too one-sided to be any sort of contest. Most ODIs coming after the test series are an unwelcome bore yet, after England’s poor performance, it looks like our traditional system will be overhauled. Tom Hollingworth wrote an excellent article stating that England across [...]

March 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

Somebody’s got to do it

This has been a hard, gruelling season for Harlequins – I’m talking for the fans, never mind the players – and there’s still no end to the nightmare. Yesterday I strapped myself in for the ordeal of watching live on BT Sport as we racked up our twelfth consecutive Premiership loss to [...]

March 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sponsor’s dinner Brighton

Last night as the sponsor of goalkeeping coach Antii Niemi I was invited to the sponsor’s dinner. The idea is you sit at the table with your charge and are photoed with him. The only problem – but it’s quite a significant one – is that he was not there. The reason for this [...]

March 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

Thanks for everything, big man!

  Today I wish to offer a small salute to Ugo Monye who has just announced that he would be retiring from rugby at the end of the season after thirteen years as a one-club Harlequins man. Let’s get the stats out of the way first. He has his 32nd birthday coming up on 13th April. Having made [...]

March 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

The boys done well (or did they?)

  In prospect I viewed the contrived denouement of the final round of the 2015 Six Nations on Saturday afternoon with mix of trepidation and nostalgia for the old days, i.e. when men were men and the Northern Hemisphere’s premier national tournament was what it was and not a rugby vehicle [...]

March 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner report: Sean Davis

Yesterday at a Fulham gathering I had the privilege of meeting Sean Davis. The word legend is over used but appropriate for Sean. He played 155 games for Fulham but the crucial feature of these was that they were in all 4 divisions, a rare feat.  The one we recall the best took place almost 15 [...]

March 21, 2015 // 1 Comment

Roma 0 Fiorentina 3

Fiorentina won convincingly in the Olimpico to go through to the quarter finals of the Europa League. We are advancing on all fronts as we beat Roma there in the Coppa and defend a 2-0 lead over Juventus  in the return leg in Florence on April 7th and should reach the final. All this is impressive [...]

March 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

Champions League: you’re having an laugh.

My title above is a frequent chant of derision directed at teams in the premier seeking their place at the Euro top table. Arsenal have been dining there for 20 years albeit only tasting the final course once. They went out last night and if Manchester City do so too tonight then there is no [...]

March 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sporting memorabilia

I never much like receiving the red card from the postman of non-delivery of signed-for items. It involves a journey to the sorting office for bad news. So yesterday when I queued up in the cold I was less than happy. Little did I know. Readers will know that many of our sports Rusters love sports [...]

March 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

Nearly, but not quite

Yesterday I strapped myself in for a five hour orgy of Six Nations rugby (as you do). This year’s tournament cannot but be viewed against the background of the Rugby World Cup that begins in September. First up we had a pulsating Wales victory over Ireland from the Millennium Stadium, a [...]

March 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

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