Wasps Fly Off Around The Globe
After combat in Twickenham last weekend between England and The Barbarians, all but one of the Wasps players involved jetted off with their respective teams for battles ahead on opposite sides of the...
View ArticleGloucester On Tour
I couldn’t help noticing the following headline after the Lions opener in Hong Kong: Schalk Brits banned for punching Owen Farrell What? There must be some mistake. I thought it was generally...
View ArticleBath’s Player of the Season
A tricky conundrum this, very tricky. If I conclude this article with a decision as to who was Bath’s player of the 2012/ 2013 season, I will be impressed with myself as I can’t help but be indecisive...
View ArticleWasps Around The World
Whilst the Barbarian Wasps were making their way home from Hong Kong and those with the England touring party moved across the border into Argentina, more Wasps joined the global travels. For two...
View ArticleGloucester on Tour – Part 2
This is the continuing tale of our Famous Five – Freddie, Billy, Matty, Jonny and Benjy – as they enjoy a jolly good rugby tour in Argentina. Four of the five (I include Kvesic, don’t forget) started...
View ArticleBath’s Unsung Heroes
I have written a lot of summation pieces after the end of the season, and they have all mainly focused on the stars who regularly received praise all year such as Francois Louw, Dave Atwood, Horacio...
View ArticleFor Some Wasps, The Season Never Ends
As the summer internationals continued apace, first up was the England U20 team facing the USA in their final group game of the Junior World Cup. Their one opportunity to progress in this tournament...
View ArticleGloucester on Tour – Part 3
There we go, then. That’s Gloucester’s tour of South America all done and dusted. Two nil and the first time ever – well, for a long time anyway – a Gloucester team has gone over to Argentina and won...
View ArticleForeign Climes and New Logos
With a successful tour of Argentina and Uruguay behind England, it was the turn of the Under 20s to shine in rugby’s Junior World Cup in France. Having qualified for the semi-finals courtesy of...
View ArticleBuying a Second Hand Pirate
I know nothing about cars. Well, I suppose that’s not true, really – I know that some of them run on petrol and some on diesel and I know that because when I take my car to the petrol station – a bit...
View ArticleWho’s Who at Wasps – Part 1
With Wasps’ players involvement in the summer tours and competitions complete, we’re taking a look at the new recruits, how they’ll fit into the overall squad, and whether more players are still...
View ArticleGloucester Sheds
It’s amazing what comes out of a shed. Did you know that tens of thousands of MagnaCleans are fitted every month, making it the nation’s favourite filter for professional installers and householders?...
View ArticleReviewing Bath’s New Players and Young Stars
There is something of an influx of new players for the new season, among them some well known names, some eyebrow raisers. There is also quite a few young players who have come in and who will be...
View ArticleWho’s Who At Wasps?
With Wasps’ players involvement in the summer tours and competitions complete, we’re taking a look at the new recruits, how they’ll fit into the overall squad, and whether more players are still...
View ArticleThe FAB Olly Morgan
We really shouldn’t be surprised when the careers of our professional rugby players are cut short through injury. The game is so intense, these days, what shocks me, quite frankly, is that any of them...
View ArticleThe Trouble With Henson
The signing of Gavin Henson raised a fair number of eyebrows in Bath and its surrounds. The Welsh international has played for Saracens, London Welsh, Toulon and Cardiff Blues since he left the Ospreys...
View ArticleNorthampton Saints Season Preview 2013/14
Until the new season is well under way and the points start accumulating, it will be hard for Saints fans to get over the heart breaking defeat in last season’s final, against bitter rivals Leicester...
View ArticleGloucester Rugby Razzmatazz
At last! Rugby has returned to Kingsholm and we can say au revoir to summer pop concerts at Kingsholm. I’m sure McFlew and Rudyard Keating are all very cuddly, and I’m sure GRFC made a pretty penny,...
View ArticleBath’s International Stars
I have written a few times over the last few months about the performance of Bath players on various tours this summer and how the international future of some of our players, in the England squad in...
View ArticleIt’s Not Glawwster Lions!
What a news-worthy week: crowned JP Morgan Asset Management 7s Champions (blimey, that’s a mouthful), thrashed by Toulon in the first 15-a-side warm up game, and all I can do is pace up and down my...
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