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Domingo, Febrero 21st Sunday is, in some circles, regarded as a day of rest and, having sorted my apartment in four days, I feel I’ve earned one. What to do? I have arranged to collect my first house guest from … Continue reading
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Sonny Bill Williams: New Zealand star gives Rugby World Cup medal to young boy and is presented with replacement at award ceremony This is the Independent’s on-line headline we awoke to on Sunday morning. I am deeply disconcerted by … Continue reading
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Sunday morning. Replacing the peel of church bells from England’s spires on a glorious ‘Indian summer’s morning was the clattering of chickens coming home to roost. England had crashed out of the World Cup. Humbled, disgraced and even humiliated, defeated … Continue reading
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By my reckoning, England are as good as out of the World Cup. It will take a miracle, based on last night’s performance, for Stuart Lancaster’s men to beat Australia and not to become the first World Cup hosts to … Continue reading
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I had a dream the other night. In all honesty, it was more of a quasi-religious-stroke-rugby nightmare. In my dream Sam Burgess had become the New Messiah — the New Rugby Messiah. And the worst part was, the following day … Continue reading
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Warning: this blog is predominately about Super 15 Rugby; so if that doesn’t float your boat, look away now. I’ve never had much interest in Super Rugby — the Southern Hemisphere competition involving Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and now, … Continue reading
Memorial Stadium, Bristol Bristol 20, London Welsh 21 (London Welsh win 48-28 on aggregate) Aviva Premiership rugby will return to Oxford’s Kassam Stadium next season thanks to London Welsh’s 20-point aggregate win over promotion favourites Bristol. London Welsh bounced back … Continue reading
London Welsh 27, Bristol, 8 London Welsh take a 19-point lead to a sold out Memorial Stadium next Wednesday following a master-class of precision rugby in atrocious conditions at the Kassam on Wednesday night. Bristol opened and closed the scoring, … Continue reading
Bristol and London Welsh will contest a two-legged final with the winner replacing Worcester in the Aviva Premiership next season. That the two top teams after the regular season should battle it out in the final is a validation of … Continue reading
With an aggregate century of points from the first leg of the GKIPA play-offs, a mere 10 separate the four sides vying for admission to the Aviva Premiership. With Rotherham wicking up the gas to finish just a Juan Pablo … Continue reading
