As regular readers of this blog will be aware, I view this year’s Autumn Internationals (which begin on Saturday) as vitally important for the northern hemisphere nations. There’s less than two years to go before the Rugby World Cup arrives on English shores and history tells us that to win a World Cup you must…
So, the much-debated Heineken Cup has started then and I have to say the opening two rounds were top-drawer. Several excellent matches, some close encounters and a welcome increase in competition across the board. All in all, it was a thoroughly entertaining couple of weekends: entertaining but bittersweet. The very idea that this tournament could…
Dear readers, my intention for this week’s blog was to write a witty, insightful and entertaining summary of the continuing Heineken Cup saga. It made sense to do so. After all, it has been the only topic of rugby conversation since English and French clubs announced they were setting up their own ‘breakaway’ competition (the…
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