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HARLEQUINS 24 NORTHAMPTON SAINTS 19

Quins are quite often given the Friday evening slot as a televised apéritif for the weekend’s rugby and this match proved an excellent taster even though both teams were bereft of key players called up for international duty. Quins have depth – whether it is the evergreen Danny Care, the [...]

January 25, 2025 // 0 Comments

Smith or Smith

I followed the Radio London commentary of the Harlequins 24 Glasgow Warriors 7 match, being unwilling to lay out £25 monthly for broadcaster Premium Sports. So I cannot give a total report but – with the Six Nations looming – I thought I might offer my ha’porth on Fin Smith [...]

January 20, 2025 // 0 Comments

My Sporting Weekend

The Border-Gavaskar trophy between Australia and India has done much to enhance and elevate the status of Test cricket. India won the First Test in Perth – Australia levelled the series in Adelaide – and the Third Test in Brisbane was a washout draw. Australia won the Fourth Test in [...]

January 5, 2025 // 0 Comments

(Big Game 16): Harlequins 34 Leicester Tigers 34

It was business as usual for the Big Game before 82,000 at a sold-out Twickenham Alliance. Marcus Smith was back to his jinking running game and Caden Murley’s pace and power created 2 tries. However, with Quins leading by 7 points, in the dying embers Dan Cole went over for Leicester and [...]

December 29, 2024 // 0 Comments

Gloucester Rugby 14 Harlequins 0 (Rugby Premiership)

This was one of the most inept performances I have seen from Quins. Their big players – Marcus Smith, Fin Baxter, Chandler Cunningham South and Caden Murkey – failed to perform. In the first half they were comprehensively overwhelmed by the physicality of  the Cherry Reds. We expected [...]

December 21, 2024 // 0 Comments

London 2014/2124

Ten years ago I made my momentous decision to leave London for the South Coast. I was born in London and regarded myself as a Londoner. My closest friend- alas now passed – opined that I would be back in 2 years if I could afford the housing prices. I can see the attraction and attractions of [...]

November 12, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Rugby weekend

Harlequins have always operated a productive academy and one of the greatest supporter’s joys in any sport is the emergence of youth talent. Thus on Friday night I watched with utmost interest the game on the Premiership Cup – yet another competition – between Quins and Ealing [...]

November 10, 2024 // 0 Comments

Rugby union’s medical crisis

In the context of moves in both the northern and Southern Hemispheres towards a global rugby union season – and a slew of potential (increasingly radical) changes in the laws of the game apparently being floated that might make it more spectator/viewer-friendly and thereby more profitable [...]

October 22, 2024 // 0 Comments

Premiership rugby v Premiership Football

Yesterday I watched Leicester Tigers v Gloucester Rugby (26-24) and Liverpool v Chelsea (2-1). Before the latter game Pargie called to say that the odds were favourable to back against Liverpool and a wager enlivens the game. I decided to watch from a different perspective, namely which offered the [...]

October 21, 2024 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 24 Bath Rugby 26

Quins lost this thrilling encounter in the dying embers of the game. Whilst this is not the formidable Bath side of Gary Chilcott and  Jeremy Guscott they are still an excellent team with the likes of Sam Underhill, Finn Russell and Ollie Lawrence well coached by South African Johan van Graan. [...]

October 20, 2024 // 0 Comments

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