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Northampton Saints 33 Harlequins 29

Although there were tries aplenty in this clash last night between the reigning Premiership champions and the always entertaining Quins I was underwhelmed. Quins had a massive injury list (Tyrone Green, Caden Murley, Alex Dombrandt, Luke Northmore and Cassius Gleaves) causing Marcus Smith to play [...]

October 5, 2024 // 0 Comments

The state of Rugby Union in England

It is a well-known fact that the sport of Rugby Union across the board is in plenty of financial and other trouble at the moment. There is talk of making it a “summer sport” in the UK – and even the floating of the idea of it trying to create a merger with Rugby League in order to [...]

September 26, 2024 // 0 Comments

Tempus Fugit, as we always knew it did …

From time to time on this organ – or indeed sometimes (in real life) quite by chance, perhaps when either undertaking some trivial domestic task or reading a newspaper – one has occasion to reflect upon the passing of time. I had experienced one of the latter on Monday when glancing at [...]

September 11, 2024 // 0 Comments

Saturday TV sport

My aspiration of a whole day as a couch potato sipping a Desperado lager was destroyed by the six-hour disappearance of our cat Maisie. As I was the last to see her when I slipped out to buy the papers I was held responsible by daughter Carla and wife Emma. Maisie is our fourth cat and each one [...]

September 8, 2024 // 0 Comments

My sporting Saturday

Although there was no breakfast match , the Southern Hemisphere game between South Africa and New Zealand, which ended 31-27, was worth waiting for. I have already said the All Blacks are a work in progress under new Head Coach Scott Robertson – with no Brodie Retallack or Aaron Smith – [...]

September 1, 2024 // 0 Comments

Sporting Saturday

With the Premiership back on a typically sunny hot day, there was always going to be loads of football to savour. However,  my sports watch began at 8/05 with a rugby match between the All Blacks and the Pumas from Argentina.  There is no more dangerous side in any sport than the avenging All [...]

August 18, 2024 // 0 Comments

Saturday sports watch

I decided that today my post would centre more on sports coverage than the sports themselves. TMS with ball-by-ball commentary on the third day at Edgbaston was on my radio all day. It threw up such statistical gems as that a Warwickshire player had never scored a century at their own ground [...]

July 28, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Paris Olympics

Suddenly the Olympics are here. With the Rugby World Cup and the Euros we have not been deprived top notch international sporting competition this year. However, the array of summer sports in Britain have been spoiled by the appalling weather. Paris and France are appropriate stages. Baron de [...]

July 25, 2024 // 0 Comments

A sporting Saturday on the sofa

Saturday was my normal sports-fest watching two marvellous rugby internationals and the highlights of the Tour de France. First up was the second Test match at Eden Park, Auckland where the All Blacks are undefeated for 30 years. Though England ran up a small lead their young side never looked [...]

July 14, 2024 // 0 Comments

The weekend sport (so far)

On Friday I watched the first of the Euro quarter finals. Spain v Germany matched the recent champions against the hosts in which the former came on top. It was a vibrant, full-blooded game which tipped into nasty when Tony Kroos put Pedri out for the rest of the tournament. I thought Spain [...]

July 7, 2024 // 0 Comments

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