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A damp squib at Twickenham

And so rugby union’s Northern Hemisphere annual autumn international season has begun with the ‘old’ Five Nations teams all in a state of transition ahead of the 2019 Rugby World Cup rapidly coming into view over the horizon. Here’s my snapshot. Wales are currently trying to blood new [...]

November 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

Against all odds – but that’s sport I suppose

Sunday 5th November: Anglo-Welsh Cup 2017/2018: Pool 2 (Exeter Chiefs, Harlequins, Sale Sharks, Dragons); Round 1: Saracens v Harlequins at Allianz Park, kick-off 3.00pm: Result – Saracens 29, Harlequins 30. Harlequins now second in Pool 2, behind Exeter Chiefs, on 5 points (4 for a win and 1 [...]

November 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sounds like I was well out of it

English Rugby Premiership, Round 7. Harlequins v Worcester Warriors @ the Stoop, Saturday 28th October, kick off 3.00pm. Result: Harlequins 41 Worcester Warriors 35. League points: Harlequins 5 (win plus 1 four-try bonus point), Worcester Warriors 2 (losing bonus point plus four-try bonus point). [...]

October 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

It looks like Brexit for Quins

Sunday 22nd October 2017: European Rugby Champions Cup 2017/2018: Pool 1 (Ulster, La Rochelle, Wasps, Harlequins): Round 2 match – Wasps v Harlequins at the Ricoh Stadium, kick off 5.30pm: Result – Wasps 41 Harlequins 10. During the week I met up with some long-suffering Quins pals and others [...]

October 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

A chip off the old block

Nature or nurture? It’s an issue that arises whenever fans discuss the physical and mental attributes that go to make an elite sporting superstar. Almost certainly the answer is somewhere along the spectrum of ‘a bit of both’, as witness the ’10,000 hours’ rule that Matthew Syed, [...]

October 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

Quins enter Europe and possibly leave it as well

Saturday 14th October 2017: European Rugby Champions Cup 2017/2018: Pool1 (Ulster, La Rochelle, Wasps, Harlequins): Round 1 match – Harlequins v La Rochelle at the Stoop, kick off 5.30pm: Result – Harlequins 27 La Rochelle 34. I watched this game from the sanctuary of my flat live on [...]

October 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

Rugby union up against it

Rugby union is a strange world sport in many respects. For the majority of those that ‘get’ it, the passion, traditions, ethos and excitement that its raw physicality, camaraderie and perceived elementary proof that that ‘there is no ‘I’ in team’ generate have no match in any [...]

October 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

Five points – not to be sniffed at

Friday 6th October 2017, kick off 7.45pm: Premiership Rugby Round 6: Harlequins v Sale Sharks at the Stoop: Harlequins 42 Sale Sharks 26: Harlequins 5 league points (4 for a win, bonus point for 4 tries) – Sale Sharks 1 (for 4 tries). League positions: Harlequins 5th on 15 points, Sale Sharks 8th [...]

October 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

A family catch up (and a Quins match)

Saturday 30th September 2017 – Rugby Premiership Round 5: Northampton Saints v Harlequins at Franklin’s Gardens: Result – Northampton Saints 30 Harlequins 22: League table latest positions: Northampton Saints top on 19 points; Harlequins 9th on 10 points. Regular readers will know [...]

October 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

A close run but wonderful thing

Sunday 17th September: English Premiership rugby, Round 3: Wasps v Harlequins at the Ricoh Stadium, Coventry: Wasps 21, Harlequins 24: League position after 3 rounds – Wasps 2nd on 10 points, 1 behind leaders Exeter Chiefs (whom they play next weekend); Harlequins 5th equal with 9 points. I’m [...]

September 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

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