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The Six Nations

The Six Nations continues to throw up surprises. England could not bounce back against Ireland , a resurgent Wales gave Scotland à close game with the Millennium  Stadium in full song Excuses can be made for the poor showing by England at Murrayfield last week  ( losing Arundel for 40 minutes, [...]

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

Rugby weekend tv

My rugby weekend fest began on Friday night with Harleqiins v Northsmpton Saints (24-40) in the Premiership Cup.  Both sides had necessarily to field weakened teams because of the Six Nations. Northampton ‘s absentees were the more telling ( Coles, Poloick, Freeman, Fraser , Mitchell , Smith ) [...]

February 15, 2026 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the Six Nations

It was no surprise- ar least not to me-that France best Ireland 36-14 as ‘les blues’ have so many world class players ( Bielle Barrey, Dupont , Ramos ) and the men in green are past their sell by date. England yesterday put 48  points past a feckless,  ill disciplined Welsh team – [...]

February 8, 2026 // 0 Comments

Sale Sharks 43 Harlequins 17

Quins were once the second half comeback Kings and the supreme enrertainers but no longer after successive maulings by Bristol Bears and Sale Sharks. So what’s happened? The obvious explanation is that key players like Andre Esterhuizen , Joe Marler and Danny Care have gone and not been replaced. [...]

December 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

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 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

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

the Autumn Internationals

Time was when the autumn internationals were a winter break from the Premiership and an appetiser between the Rugby Championship and the Six Nations but now it’s fully fledged well sponsored month long tourney between the Southern Hemisphere and Northern. It kicked off which a resounding win of [...]

November 2, 2025 // 0 Comments

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