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Being careful what you wish for

This week England head coach Stuart Lancaster paid a visit to Toulon in order to assure brothers Steffon and Delon Armitage that the ‘door was not wholly closed’ as regards them playing for England at some point in the future – by which he presumably meant between now and the end of the  [...]

April 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Hurricane bows out

The boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter has died aged 76. He was primarily famous for two things – in the 1960s, when I was an impressionable schoolboy who followed the Noble Art largely through the pages of Ring magazine, he was a mini-hero of mine as a sometime contender for the world [...]

April 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

RBC Heritage at Hilton Head

Luke Donald finished runner-up to Matt Kuchar in the RSA Heritage. Donald started the final day with a two shot lead, but double bogeyed on the 6 whilst Kuchar made a charge. Kuchar has a reputation for choking. At the Royal Melbourne, he double bogeyed the last hole to present the Australian Open [...]

April 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

See what happens when you look under a cricketing stone

Yesterday, without much pleasure in the act, I registered my disquiet at the impending re-appointment of Peter Moores as England cricket head coach – primarily based upon my conviction that, generally-speaking, there’s little to be gained from ‘going backwards’. I’m fond of the word [...]

April 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

Given that we had four key absentees – Reither, Richardson, Diarra and Holtby – and that two superb saves were required by Lloris, the performance was not as disastrous as the result, or indeed the other results. It was a performance such as we have often seen, where we matched the [...]

April 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

English cricket – the concerns remain

Peter Moores will be named as England’s head coach for the second time this morning. I’m not denying his credentials – he recently steered Lancashire to the their first county title in nearly eighty years – but in my view this is a hugely negative step for England cricket, whose [...]

April 19, 2014 // 0 Comments

Quins-watch (21) – the pressure builds

[As ever, for a detailed report on last night’s Premiership clash between Harlequins and Leicester Tigers – televised ‘live’ on BT Sport – National Rust readers should turn to their favourite newspaper rather than rely upon my heavily-personal angle upon proceedings.] I am not a fan [...]

April 19, 2014 // 0 Comments

Arsenal 3 West Ham 1

Last night I was at the Emirates to assess Arsenal’s chances of obtaining a Champions League berth and a West Ham side that has comfortably survived but  whose manager  Sam Alladyce is derided by their fans. In a scrappy first half West Ham took the lead only for the Gunners to equalise [...]

April 16, 2014 // 0 Comments

Remembering another tragedy

Next year will be the 30th anniversary of Heysel where 39 fans lost their lives when Liverpool fans stampeded. It will be interesting to se how Liverpool and the the football world remembers this. Here is an excellent piece on the subject by Oliver Kay – THE ANFIELD WRAP   [...]

April 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

Worthy winner

Having recommended Bubba Watson as one of my picks and backed him at a juicy  25-1, I was delighted and he was a worthy winner. With his left-to-right fade, prodigious hitting and ability to conjure shots, he had all the elements in his bag to win. He is more Seve than Tiger and will prove a [...]

April 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

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