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Bristol Bears 40 Harlequins 14

This game was much hyped by the talkative Craig Doyle and a light show at the Allianz Stadium once Twickenham. We Quins fans hoped for the second half comeback of 2022 but it was never going to be. It was a strange Quins side that started: Cassius Cleave came in for Isgro Sam Carr for Will Evans [...]

December 21, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Burnley 2 Fulham 3

You would have to be a Fulham fan aged over 90 to be present the last time that Fulham won at Burnley at Turf Moor which happened in the early 1950s, 75 years ago. Fulham broke the hoodoo last night but there were many paradoxes. Fulham’s Harry Wilson is on hot form with 4 goals in our last 7 [...]

December 14, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Spurs 1 Fulham 2

To be two up after 6 minutes against Spurs at Spurs Stadium – how good is that? It moved my friend and Fulham nutter David to verse: “Vicario likes to go à-wandering Outside his Tottenham box But when the ball drops to ‘Arry Boy (Harry Wilson) Opportunity knocked.“ It’s [...]

November 30, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Quilter series

Of the Northern Hemisphere sides, England were the winners of this series though – as “THE RUST” had predicted – Argentina gave them a close call and, when the excellent Santi Carreras burst through in injury time, they might actually have won. England will surely be [...]

November 24, 2025 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the 1st Test

One issue neglected by the wise-acres in the media is what do you want: a successful team or an entertaining one? “Bazball” may be too expansive but would you prefer a ‘nurdler’ doing it in singles , working the gaps, or someone taking risks by hitting the deep boundaries of the new [...]

November 23, 2025 // 0 Comments

The weekend sport

International week can be dreary for sports lovers but there was rugby and some international football games to enjoy. Granite Grant has already covered the England victory over the All Blacks. The big winners were George Ford who has surely staked his fly half claim with 2 drop goals and a [...]

November 17, 2025 // 0 Comments

England 33 New Zealand 19

Although England won comfortably I was not sure about their team but I’m here to talk about the All Blacks who are in transition. the so called experts say thete had never been a better time to play us and certainly we are now behind the Boks in the world order . I’m looking forward to the 4 [...]

November 16, 2025 // 0 Comments

Quilter autumn internationals

À friend of mine something of a rugby aficionado sent me a Guardian article forecasting this England side might provide expansive rugby. I had my doubts as over the years I have watched England i have found them plodding and in a formulaic era when coaches sit behind their computers I could see no [...]

November 9, 2025 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina sack Pioli

With Fiorentina bottom of Serie a, it came as no surprise that head coach Stefano Pioli was sacked yesterday. Results have been terrible and last Saturday we lost 0-1 at home to Lecce. It’s so sad to see La Viola in such a demise when you think this is the club where di Sisti, Giancarlo [...]

November 5, 2025 // 0 Comments

Annabelle Croft

The highlight of my sporting weekend was not the ATP tennis, not the sports on offer, but Annabelle Croft’s appearance on Michael Berkeley’s Radio 3 programme “Private Passions” I have long been a huge fan of her. She was a tennis prodigy who abandoned her fledgling tennis career to [...]

November 2, 2025 // 0 Comments

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