In spite of some of the things life has thrown at me it's hard to find me without a smile on my face.I have 2 beautiful children and now 3 lovely grandsons, I love sport and writing about it; which I do at debsknigsport.com Here I want to share with you my thoughts on life, some sadness but hopefully a lot of happiness too. To show people that life can be wonderful even after tough times.
Week 2 of this years competition saw 9 games in play on Day 1, involving all 18 counties. It also saw the Kookaburra Ball and various batters do horrible things to several bowlers figures! The ball is being used 4 times this season, in 2 blocks of 2 games, when all 18 teams are playing. … More County Championship – Round 2 – 2024
A cup quarter final that clashed with the 6 Nations was going to provide a challenge for the home team. Saracens lost their own line out at the 1st attempt after Chiefs had thrown the ball into touch. They won the next attempt. There were promising signs early on, but Tori Sellars couldn’t quite find … More Saracens Women v Exeter Chiefs
The County Championship started on April 5th this year, the dates for the last 10 years have been – There’s a lot of ‘blame’ thrown the way of the Hundred (which started in 2021) for what’s being taken as an early start this year, but the previous 10 years has the start 6 of the … More County Championship Round 1 – 2024
January 14 in Bordeaux is a day to forget for Saracens and their fans, that was reminiscent of watching men against boys as Bordeaux scored 55 to Saracens 15. The crazy structure of this competition saw them back in Bordeaux for this wire takes all match. Saracens were without Owen Farrell and Bordeaux were missing … More Bordeaux Begles v Saracens – The Round of 16
40 years ago Phillip Oppenheim, MP for Amber Valley in Derbyshire set up the Commons & Lords rugby team, 3 or 4 of the original players are still involved and play alongside their sons. The aim of team/club is to play other parliaments and charitable organisations to raise funds and to raise the profile of … More Commons & Lords V Wooden Spoon
These 2 teams had very different games last week, Saints travelled to Bristol and had 52 points put on them by the Bears they scored 21. Saracens scored 52 points to Quins 7 at The new Spurs Stadium. Two once off games, Saints are top of the league and had won 9 of their 13 … More Northampton Saints v Saracens
It’s been 8 weeks since we’ve seen any Premiership Rugby, with a break taking place while the 6 Nations was played. Harlequins played Tigers on January 26th losing narrowly and Saracens scored 40 to Chiefs 22 on January 27th. Most of the build up to this game had it pegged as Owen Farrell v Marcus … More Saracens v Harlequins – The Showdown.
I arrived a little late for this one, but happily arrived in time to see Zoe Harrison score after Poppy Cleall had picked the ball up from the back of the scrum. Tigers showed their passing skills from the kick off and were then awarded a penalty deep in Saracens half. Tigers went into a … More Saracens Women v Leicester Tigers
A rugby experience with a difference for a group of friends and I for this one, we’d booked the Tulip club for the Xmas game but that got moved to this big game! More of that later. This has become a big rivalry in the women’s game and the crowd was a good one, hopefully … More Saracens Women v Harlequins, The Duel!
These 2 teams faced each other on October 14th when the scoreline made unpleasant viewing for Saracens fans. Exeter scoring 65 to Saracens 10. This was as the World Cup was the n full flow, they meet each other as the England squad have jetted off to Spain. Saracens therefore watched 5 players depart and … More Saracens v Exeter Chiefs
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