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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
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G’day cobbers. Time to say a word or two about the locals. Remember the Men At Work song: “Do you come from a land down under Where women glow and men chunder”? Let’s make a couple of changes here… update … Continue reading
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LETTER FROM A MANLY MAN IN MANLY You’ll probably deduce from the title that I’ve had a wee deviation from sobriety, and all is well in the sinus/chest/foot department. Yesterday was St Paddy’s Day and, despite a dearth of Guinness, … Continue reading
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DAY 3 I was ill. I knew it. Friday was a wash-out in every sense. The weather was awful so we decided to take the ferry to Sydney but by the time Lisa, the owner of … Continue reading
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I’m ill. Last night I took to my bed at 7pm with a high temperature, shivers, a massively swollen left foot and muscles that felt like I’d gone three rounds with a Great White that had just … Continue reading
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MANLY — THE FINAL FRONTIER Arriving into Sydney airport at around 7.30pm local time, my first impressions of Australia is that it’s caught somewhere between the ‘fifties and the ‘nineties in a post-colonial time warp. Bank notes still sport our … Continue reading
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France has always been my favourite country. I love the culture, the sophistication of the language, the wine, the climate, the quaint rustic villages, the open tree-lined roads, the music, the women… I could go on. Up until last week, … 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
