I’ll be honest I completely forgot about the blog, I tend to do that when there is a week’s break. So sitting in a pub in Rome, in preparation for…
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As we near the halfway mark of this years Guinness Six Nations, the outcome of the championship has not become much clearer. Apart from the matches with Italy, all the…
Similar to last year, the Guinness Six Nations has crept up on me. The big difference this year is that full crowds are back, at least in the home nations…
Considering the reservations that I had regarding the Six Nations, following the kick-fest, that was the Autumn Nations Cup, that was a great start to the 2021 tournament. Not my…
The Six Nations are back, and it has sneaked up on us as it is less than four months since the culmination of the 2020 tournament. With the Autumn Nations Cup…
I’ll put a caveat on this!!! I wrote most of this before the news that SANZAR and the Six Nations were working to align a world calendar, and that there…
The penultimate round of games at Rugby World Cup 2019 have been completed. Only Pool A and B’s qualifiers are to be decided. In Pool B it is unlikely that…
So the first rest day has arrived at RWC 2019. There has only been one shock. The defeat of Fiji by Uruguay. This shows completely why all my predictions should…
The Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2019 gets underway on Friday with hosts Japan playing Russia at the Tokyo stadium. The seven week tournament will see the winners unveiled at about…
So it is under four weeks until Japan play Russia in Tokyo and the Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2019 gets underway. The final round of competitive matches have taken place,…