There was an interesting article in The Guardian this week, by rugby correspondent Paul Rees, entitled ‘Heineken Cup torn between a rock and an empty place for semi-final crowds’. In summary, it talked about the frustration among European clubs (Aviva Premiership ones in particular) in staging semi-finals at national stadia which, given the very quick…
And so it would seem that European rugby’s very own version of an Entente Cordiale is almost signed, bringing to an end months (nay years) of political bickering, bargaining and bemoaning. The TV rights have been agreed on, the format has been ratified and the revenue split has been approved. Bar a couple of (what…
Avid readers of Wales Watching (which both of you are) will realise that there’s been a lack of blog posts in the past month and a bit, for which I can only apologise. There were many reasons for this, the first being that I was in a bit of a sulk. Yes, following on from…
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…
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…
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