Once upon a time there was a London double header at Twickenham to open the season, sadly 2 of the teams involved, Wasps and London Irish lost their way along with Worcester Warriors. Leaving this as the only true London Derby! I can’t buy into any of the hate rhetoric pushed by TNT. I obviously … More Harlequins 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’m coming to this a day late, having decided to watch the women in their first league game, and they did not disappoint! This was billed as the Derby weekend and with Quins and Saracens the only teams left flying the flag this was clearly one such. TNT as it’s now known seemed intent on … More Harlequins v Saracens
As we approach the start of the Premiership Rugby season proper those teams who’ve played this competition in the orginal spirit it was intended for have strengthened their teams, understandably with no warm up games for the intended main teams. The line ups for this match is as follows, I had to look up a … More Harlequins v Saracens – The Premiership Rugby Cup
My live sports watching started in the late 70’s at White Hart Lane where I stood on the Shelf, the new Spurs Stadium is pretty much on the same site, but is now probably the best stadium in this country if not the whole of Europe. My seat was close to the action and virtually … More Saracens v Harlequins – The Showdown
Match 1 of the new Premiership season for Saracens, after they had a bye in week 1, saw them heading to the Stoop, a tough first fixture for Lock Hugh Tizard who’d moved to North London at the end of the season from Harlequins. I can only imagine his mixed emotions! It took me a … More Harlequins v Saracens
What could be better than a sunny day, A Premiership Semi-Final and a local derby at that! It was definitely cricket weather for this match up. Quins fans travelled across London in numbers, it was great to catch up with some of my avid Quins fan friends. Harlequins had proved the naysayers wrong and backed … More Saracens v Harlequins – The Premiership Semi-Final
A grotty Sunday afternoon saw Harlequins visiting the Stonex Stadium, Saracens had an away Premiership win under their belt when they beat the current Champions at the Stoop and a home win in the Premiership Rugby Cup, could they make it a trio? I was happy to see just the one captain this week, with … More Saracens v Harlequins
A visit to The Stoop always gives me the chance to spend time with my Quins supporting friends Sue & Henry, we met for a Costa and were all quite cagey about how we thought the game might go. Quins, the Champions and second in the league playing Saracens sitting at third. My seat in … More Harlequins v Saracens
I’m going to try to keep this to the rugby! Well do my best anyway, although I’m not loving the pre-amble on BT Sport, I was at the game but I’m watching back if I can bear to. My own day started with lunch with two of my Harlequins friends, Sue and Henry, some good … More Harlequins v Saracens
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