The trip to Bristol was most definitely worth it, I saw more of the place than I’d seen before, it’s a lovely City! And I saw 2 Saracens wins. It was great to see both the Women and the Men in one stadium on one day – more of that please! After a loss at … More Bristol Bears v Saracens
I’m writing this one after the fact having been to the StoneX to watch Saracens Women win; I do wish the 2 bodies could liaise and ensure the 2 teams from the same club aren’t playing at the same time! I hadn’t realised the game was on ITV so TNT commentary it will have to … More Bristol Bears v Saracens
After the so called Derby weekends Bristol Bears had a bit of a trip to North London. That brought Max Malins back home, but he wouldn’t be facing Ben Earl sadly after he picked up an injury before the Quins game. I’m going to start with a scrum as there was an early one, Ellie … More Saracens v Bristol Bears
Saracens were back at The Stonex Stadium and back to a Premiership Rugby game, without their England Internationals, but with a few of their internationals from other Home Nations in the match day squad. The head coaches of Wales and Scotland must be biting their nails with several of their picks playing in the Premiership … More Saracens v Bristol Bears
My first experiences of watching professional sport on a regular basis happened standing on the terraces at White Hart Lane as a teenager, those were the days of rocking up and paying your money then trying to stay on your feet, in my case, while watching a game of football. That was in the mid … More Saracens v Bristol Bears – The Showdown
Friday September 17th heralded the start of the new Premiership Rugby season and Saracens first game back after their exile due to Salary Cap breaches; I’ve written all about that so I’m not going to comment further. As I drove the 4 hours it took me to reach Bristol I wasn’t sure what to expect … More Bristol Bears v Saracens – We’re Back!
I wrote an article during the enforced break due to Covid about the Disciplinary goings on this year, out of 8 hearings, only 2 of the offences had seen a red card brandished https://debsknigsport.com/2021/01/30/disciplinary-matters-does-sir-need-to-brush-up/ Based on the fact that 5 red cards were shown over the weekend of 19-21st February it suggests a Zoom meeting … More Red Card Shenanigans – The Disciplinary Process
The Premiership Clubs have just had a 2 week break from playing; which means the officials have had the same time to have a bit of chat and a brush up of the laws and their interpretation. Since the Barbarians debacle, involving 13 players, there have been 6 appearances before the Disciplinary Committee for those … More Disciplinary Matters – Does Sir need to brush up?
With a busy week full of cricket this is going to be more about the photos than the words. The final home game of the ‘standard’ season saw Bristol visiting Allianz Park, they’d battled for several years to get into the Premiership, finishing top of the league only to fail in the play offs. That … More Saracens v Bristol
I never imagined this retirement malarkey would see me so busy! I’m way behind on my writing, with Round 3 of the 6 Nations due this weekend I have to come back to the game between Wales and England. With a week and a half having passed I won’t write a match report more a … More Wales v England – with a bit of Bristol v Harlequins
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