Rugby

You could have knocked me down with a feather

Today I shall be venturing a little beyond my remit for my first post of the New Year. Perhaps due to the blizzard of family activities, the McDonnell household has been full of chaos in recent times and – with not least my own catering duties to the fore – I have necessarily been distracted [...]

January 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Nothing to write home about

1st January 2017: Aviva Premiership: Worcester Warriors v Harlequins at Sixways: Result – Worcester Warriors 24 Harlequins 17. This season I made a commitment (on a personal level not as regards my editors on the Rust) to report on every Harlequins game. The truth is that I did not follow this [...]

January 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

Same old, same old (with sleigh bells on)

Tuesday 27th December: Aviva Premiership: Harlequins v Gloucester Rugby (Big Game 9) at Twickenham Stadium, kick-off 4.00pm (attendance 77,000); Result – Harlequins 28 Gloucester Rugby 24. Regular Rust readers will be aware that I gave up attending matches at Twickenham Stadium some eight years [...]

December 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Pub talk

After the Mickey Mouse mismatch-farces of the Timisoara Saracens European Challenge Cup matches over the past fortnight, we Harlequins fans are now preparing for the festive season and what in 2016 will be the supposed extravaganza of Big Game 9 at Twickenham Stadium next Tuesday, the day after [...]

December 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

One last trip to the Stoop before the New Year

Saturday 17th December: European Challenge Cup pool stage: Harlequins v Timisoara Saracens at the Stoop: Result – Harlequins 75 Timisoara Saracens 3. Quins tries: Wallace, Visser, Roberts 3, Brown 2, Yarde 2, Clifford, Swiel. Quins conversions: Jackson 5, Swiel 5. Having won the away leg 42-3 [...]

December 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Hardly worth the bother

European Challenge Cup Pool 5 (group stage): Timisoara Saracens v Harlequins at the Dan Paltinisanu Stadium, kick-off 1300 hours UK time: Result – Timisoara Saracens 3 Harlequins 42. Half-time score 3-21. Bonus point secured for Harlequins one minute into the second half. Tries for Quins by Ward, [...]

December 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

A worrying place to be?

These days – with the internet being a law unto itself and social media spreading truths, half-truths and wild speculation like wildfire – it is easy to become (or seem to become) a Jeremiah crying ‘Wolf!’ at the slightest issue or problem. Nevertheless, taken as a whole, developments [...]

December 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

Same old, same old …

Sunday 4th December 2016: Aviva Premiership Round 10: Newcastle Falcons v Harlequins at Kingston Park, kick-off 1500 hours: Result – Newcastle Falcons 38 Harlequins 32: Newcastle Falcons 5 league points – Harlequins 2 league points. In sixty-something years I have visited the city of Newcastle [...]

December 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

Not there yet

Yesterday the family ate lunch together and then arranged ourselves around our sitting-room sofas to watch Sky Sport’s live coverage of England’s 37-21 (four try) rugby union victory over Australia that brought this years’ set of autumn internationals to a close. This may count as a statement [...]

December 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

Phew! Another close call …

Aviva Premiership Round 9: Sunday 27th November 2106: Harlequins v Bath Rugby at the Stoop, kick-off 3.15pm: Result – Harlequins 21 Bath Rugby 20: League points – Harlequins 3 Bath Rugby 1: (New league positions – Bath Rugby third in the table on 31 points, Harlequins 6th on 21 points, five [...]

November 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

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ITV COVERAGE OF CHELTENHAM

March 14, 2026 // 0 Comments

I am in the camp of watching on tv rather than attending for the 3 Cs: cost , convenience and comfort. With the cost of travelling and attending Cheltenham and last [...]
Max Schmelling/ The Good German

March 4, 2026 // 0 Comments

In the unlikely event that I would be asked to nominate a Great Life on Matthew Parris ‘ show my choice would be the Black Uhlan Max Schmelling. In the 1930s thee [...]
The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 spurs 1

March 3, 2026 // 0 Comments

Prior to Fulham ‘s comfortable win over Spurs (2-1) I watched the big match Revisited featuring Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2 i guess in the early 70s It would be foolish to [...]
The Six Nations

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

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 [...]
Brentford 0 Brighton 2

February 23, 2026 // 0 Comments

The heat is off Fabian Hürzeler with Brighton ‘s 1st win in 13 games. Club owner Tony Bloom was not at the G Tech stadium due to a long planned family engagement but had [...]