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It’s been a while since I last posted on La Viola. Given the two injuries to forwards Rossi and Bernardeschi and only the recent return of another Mario Gomez, it’s been a satisfactory season going into the winter break. We are top of our group in the Europa League though we [...]

December 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

Away with an excuse

This doesn’t sound entirely rational but, having just returned from a two-man 24-hour trip to Dublin for the European Rugby Champions Cup group stage clash between Leinster and Harlequins, last night I sat down and watched my long-form recording of the BT Sport coverage in order to gain a better [...]

December 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

I did not get to Elland Road for our victory over Leeds so here is a report from Chris. He is a high-flier financier from the States who has taken Fulham to his heart. Like many sporting Americans he adopts a statistical approach to his analysis (some of you may be familiar with the Moneyball [...]

December 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

Brighton 0 Millwall 1

To apply an old cliché: there was more happening off the pitch than on it. At the away end Millwall fans were ripping up seats and trying to attack a small group of Brighton  fans in the next section. Hyppia was subject to abuse and, by the end, resounding cries to go. One fan was ejected for [...]

December 13, 2014 // 1 Comment

Choosing the right club

The 2015 European Tour has now started in 2014 in South Africa with their flagship Nedbank event at Sun City. Luke Donald came right back to form but it was the Sheffield Slugger Danny Willett that just shaved the trophy. The Steve Palmer pick Jamie Donaldson retired with a migraine after one [...]

December 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

The saga continues

We at the National Rust make no apology for our continuing interest in the use of performing-enhancing drugs in sport. At this moment in time there are hard-hitting stories brewing about cycling [Wow! Quelle surprise!] and two recent German television documentaries alleging that a household-name [...]

December 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

A warning to heed?

Nobody who has any knowledge or experience of modern elite sport would deny that the near-constant commercial and other pressures place enormous strain upon athletes and (where appropriate) their teams and coaching staff. There are some sports in which over-playing, tiredness and [...]

December 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

A welcome victory

Now here’s a funny thing – in a re-run of the infamous ‘Bloodgate’ match of 2009, yesterday the Harlequins hosted the mighty Dublin-based Leinster province at the Stoop and not only beat them 24-18 in a full-bloodied contest that either side could have won, but thereby laid a number of [...]

December 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

Steeplechasing v flat

With the Albion away at Derby it was an opportunity on a cold but clear Sussex day to watch the steeplechasing on channel 4. I have always preferred that to the flat: the jumps provide an extra dimension; the bravery of the riders in one of the most dangerous particapating sports is something to [...]

December 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

A memorable day

Earlier this year my father, who still ranks ‘Eric & Ernie’ alongside Laurel and Hardy as the two greatest comedy partnerships of all-time, took delight in reminding us that Eric Morecambe died exactly thirty years ago. Since I was working in ITV – to where Eric and Ernie had latterly [...]

December 6, 2014 // 0 Comments

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