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.
Saracens found themselves in the last chance saloon in this competition after succumbing to a record defeat in Bordeaux. A win by Connacht against Bristol meant the task was a less onerous one, with a bonus point of any description with a less than 20 point gap. Whether this team could bounce back was open … More Saracens v Lyon – The Champions Cup
December 23rd saw a long journey for the Bristol Bears as they travelled to North London. The match time was moved to accommodate the TV, a positive for the Women’s game. Bristol brought Hannah Botterman and Holly Aitchison back to Saracens with them. A poor line out throw by Bristol saw the ball go long … More Saracens Women v Bristol Bears Women
Saracens and many of their fans headed to Bordeaux for their first Champions Cup match of 2024, they went on the back of a loss to Leicester Tigers. Owen Farrell kicked off and Bordeaux cleared into Saracens half. A pass from Farrell missed everyone which gave the home team a chance to attack, Ivan van Zyl touched … More Bordeaux Begles v Saracens
A welcome home game for the visit of the Chiefs. Both teams came to the game loaded with their stars. A Saracens knock on gave the first scrum, Chiefs came away with the ball, Saracens then conceded a penalty, then another as Chiefs attacked, their efforts were held up. Amelia MacDonald Cleared the ball for … More Saracens Women v Exeter Chiefs Women
The game started with a Saracens error, that’s been a thing a bit this season so far. Falcons took the lead with a penalty for Rory Jennings With less than 2 minutes on the clock. The first scrum came in the Falcons 22 after they held up a Saracens attack. There was an initial reset … More Saracens v Newcastle Falcons
The match started as it did last week with a Saracens error, Ivan van Zyl kicking straight out having taken the ball back into the Saracens 22. Saracens won the line out however, then the next one as a Sale player touched the ball as it was kicked up the pitch. Owen Farrell possibly mis-kicked the ball … More Sale Sharks v Saracens
Having lost in South Africa, this was a match Saracens really needed to win. The match started with an uncharacteristic Theo McFarland error as he knocked the ball on from the kick off. So, an early scrum! The Connacht 9 delayed the put in and Saracens were awarded a free kick to get the ball … More Saracens v Connacht Rugby
With Saracens flying out to South Africa it gave a a chance to head to Richmond to watch London Welsh. Now playing in London & SE Division, Regional 1 & South Central (L5) being the 5th tier of rugby in England. Their visitors on the day were Horsham, who they’d beaten narrowly by 6 points, … More London Welsh v Horsham
It was another ‘interesting’ week in the world of rugby union. Owen Farrell, England and Saracens captain announced his plan to step away from the international game for the duration of the 6 Nations, at least. He and by default his young family have been under almost unprecedented pressure via both media outlets and the … More Saracens v Northampton Saints
By doing a weekly round up of the whole County Championship for the last few years, I haven’t had the chance to write in detail about my team, Essex, I’ve written a yearly write up previously, but this year, just as we go into the really cold times, I’m going to go about it in … More Essex County Cricket Club – April 2023
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