Our ‘State of the Nation’ series takes a look at all the main contenders ahead of this year’s Rugby World Cup. Attentions this time turn to France – the perennial ‘hot and cold’ outfit. But with their World Cup pedigree, write them off at your peril. Take a look at this Rugby World Cup…
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…
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…
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