Unless you worship at the financially bloated altar of the seemingly all-conquering, all-player-devouring French league that is the Top 14 (which started two weeks ago) you will be looking forward to the start of the brand new season which kicks off in just over a week’s time. And what a season it promises to be…
Ok, first of all an apology for the lack of a blog post last week. I’ve been on holiday in southern Spain for the last ten days and as much as Lions glory has been at the forefront of my mind, trying to find a spare writing hour in between the copious amounts of tapas…
Unsuccessful kicks in the last minute of the game appear to be the continuing theme of this tit-for-tat Lions tour. Following on from Kurtley Beale’s slip in Brisbane last week, Leigh Halfpenny was the lonely man in the middle as the final whistle blew in Melbourne. The kick was, to be fair, over fifty metres…
Saturday 22nd June 2013. I arrived at The Faltering Fullback, Finsbury Park, at 10am on the dot. The place was already packed as white, green, navy blue and (predominantly) red shirted rugby folk scrummed-down for the last of the remaining chairs, tables, benches or lintels that would act as their seat for the next three…
On Tuesday, the 2013 pride of Lions lost a little bit of their bite. Before the tour began, Captain Sam Warburton had declared his intention for the squad to win every match they played. A brave and bold call it may have been, but it was an aim that seemed increasingly plausible with every convincing…
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