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Ryder Cup coverage

I virtually followed every moment of the Ryder Cup first day and, as you all know the state of play, I thought I might comment on the coverage. For the build-up on Thursday evening I listened to radio 5. This dumbed down the event by having a duet of musicians who composed or adapted songs about [...]

September 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

Ryder Cup preview

The paradox of the Ryder Cup is its main attraction, namely that golf -the ultimate one-to-one contest- becomes an absorbing match between two sides. It does not have the traditions of the Ashes as the old formula of USA v UK became too one-sided, though ironically not now, but in recent years it [...]

September 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

When a manager leaves, inevitably stories emerge like cockroaches coming from the woodwork. They should be, not to mix up too many metaphors, treated with a large dose of salt. However Magath has not denied that he advised Brede Hangeland to treat an injury with alcohol soaked cheese. He ignored [...]

September 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

Another bad day at the office

I am in favour of Premiership Rugby’s ‘A’ League – broadly speaking, a competition with eligibility limited to non-regular-starting 1st XV players. From a fan’s point of view, it provides the opportunity to assess those players who are who (1) are returning from injury; (2) otherwise [...]

September 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

Brighton beached

It was the same old same old Brighton with little cutting edge. Only one league goal has come from a striker all season and Colunga and Baldock struggled up front. Colunga had an excellent chance in the first minute but scuffed his shot.  Blackpool were happy to let the seagulls come to them and [...]

September 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

The decision to sack Magath and replace him with Kit Symoms as temporary manager must have been received with 100% approval. However whether it restores our fortunes is open to question. Kit is an extremely likeable bloke, I have done his windows for years and he is a pleasant a footballer as [...]

September 19, 2014 // 0 Comments

A worthy rugby read (if you have time)

Despite the seniority of many National Rust staffers and readers, let nobody deny that we are always alive to innovation, creativity and new ideas wherever we may find them. In that context, I commend to our readership the following blog by a 23 year-old Harlequins fan. It’s an excellent [...]

September 19, 2014 // 0 Comments

Football update

ALAN TANNER With Fulham lying bottom below Blackpool, a team that going into the season had only 6 registered players, the description shambles is the one most fans apply. I would like to know the answer to these questions: 1) Why did Shahid Khan buy the club? 2) Why, when he knew so little about [...]

September 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

Quins 0 Saracens 39 – the scoreline says it all

FACT: The Stoop has a reputation as something of a fortress and a forbidding place for opposition teams to visit. The Harlequins fans pride themselves on the length of the gaps between home losses and, until last night, the current period had been twelve months and counting. REALITY: As regular [...]

September 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

It was forever thus

In the morning papers prior to the Swiss Euro qualifier we read that Roy Hodgson’s job was on the line. There were numerous references to his outburst using industrial language with a little dig that he was supposed to be a man of letters. One article commented  that he would lecture Ashley [...]

September 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

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