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Worcester Warriors 21 Harlequins 29

This was a significant victory for Quins given the absence of Marcus Smith, Luke North, Joe Marler, Alex Dombrandt and Joe Marchant. Danny Care continues to play out of his skin, Tom Lawday was made man of the match but my stand-out player was second row forward Hugh Tizzard. At at 6 feet 5 inches [...]

February 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

Saracens 19 Harlequins 10

In appalling conditions of high wind, sleeting rain and cold Harlequins slipped to their third consecutive defeat. It would be wrong to blame this on their England absentees for two reasons. Quins were let down by their established  players like Andre Esterhuizen who has lost his dynamism and [...]

February 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

English cricket – the winners & losers

After the report into the Ashes debacle the winners and losers have emerged. The clearest winner is skipper Joe Root. There seems no viable alternative. He is by some distance our most effective batter and is popular in the group. So he stays with if anything his position strengthened. His weakness [...]

February 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins lose (again)

Harlequins lost comprehensively to Sale Sharks (14-36). They now have two more tricky games without their England stars against Saracens next Sunday – which I’m going to – and Wasps. At least yesterday they had Luke Northmore back from England duty, but they are paying the price for [...]

February 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

Eddie Jones in the dock

The fall-out ramifications from England’s loss to Scotland in the Calcutta Cup match on Saturday evening continue to dominate the sporting media and – justifiably, many fans and pundits believe – Eddie Jones continues to cop most of the flak for England’s spectacular slide from [...]

February 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the Six Nations

I sent an email to a rugby enthusiast with my prediction that Ireland would win the Six Nations but was not confident of England’s chances. Aside from the injuries, a back row that did not inspire and Joe Marchant on the wing, I have serious doubts about Eddie Jones’ game management. My friend [...]

February 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

Scotland hold on for a famous victory

Writing as a Scot now residing in the English home counties, yesterday’s 20-17 rugby union victory over England at Murrayfield comfortably qualified as a welcome not to say exhilarating opening to the annual Six Nations campaign. Statistically, it is very rare that a team losing its opening game [...]

February 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

Bath 21 Harlequins 17

The come-back kings did not come back but were bested on a cold windy night by a superior dogged Bath side. Derek Williams sat with us and warned in advance that, whilst Bath may only have just the one win to date (v Worcester Warriors), they would fancy another against the London toffs. Because of [...]

January 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 36 Castres 33

The performance of Harlequins is getting so predictable that it’s almost becoming dull. I say ‘almost’ as dull and Harlequins are a contradiction in terms, an oxymoron. Castres took the inevitable lead but Quins fought back. Referee Mike Adamson was definitely whistle-happy and broke up the [...]

January 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

Rugby matters

One quote from Eddie Jones, after selecting his squad for the Six Nations, surprised me – namely, the reference that Marcus Smith needs Owen Farrell as the latter has ‘the big picture’ and can effectively play in the style of the All Black second 5/8th. In fact it’s Marcus Smith who has [...]

January 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

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