Applaud the fight in the Green and Whites

When choosing a topic for these blog posts, I ask myself two things: firstly, is it something I’d be interested in writing about and, secondly, will anybody else be interested to read it?  The answer to the first question is usually ‘Yes’ as there aren’t many facets of rugby union that I don’t find interesting. …

O Captain! My Captain!

First things first, it was another intriguing (if at times unspectacular) weekend of Six Nations rugby.  Wales produced, what’s being called, a ‘clinical’ performance to beat the Italians in Rome.  Another description would be a ‘dull as dishwater’ performance, but then the weather was pretty atrocious and winning away is never easy.  That said, I couldn’t…