London Irish v Saracens – The Premiership Cup
I’m sitting in front of the TV to write this one, hoping to go to London Irish’s new ground for the Premirship match but commitments mean it’s a sofa match […]
Saracens v Sale Sharks – The Allianz Cup
What could be better than a double rugby weekend at the Stonex Stadium, sadly not many other Saracens fans felt the same, we have a way to go before the […]
Saracens v Harlequins the Premiership Cup
Arriving in good time for the game I was surprised at how many empt seats there were, it would never have entered my mind not to attend this match, having […]
The Red Roses v The Black Ferns
On Sunday 7th November I went to the Cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens and saw a dominant England performance, their opponents – New Zealand. This was a women’s international match […]
Wales v New Zealand – With Some Salary Cap stuff too!
It’s Autumn Internationals time – except both this match and the match between Scotland and Tonga were both booked outside of the official window. That meant both Home Nations teams […]
Saracens v Ealing Trailfinders Part 2
Round 2 of the Championship play offs saw Saracens taking a 60 point lead into the game. With a prize of Premiership Rugby and European Challenge Cup Rugby on the […]
Saracens Women v Loughborough Lightning – A Semi-Final
Saracens Women play Loughborough Lightning for a place in the Final
Leinster Rugby – How has it’s success been grown?
I’ve been a fan of Leinster from afar for many years but had no idea how this provincial rugby team came across its players. I asked Nathan Johns a very […]
Project Players and International Rugby 2020
A comment by a young rugby writer about Italy and project players got me thinking and on the back of that I wrote an article on Italy and where they […]
European Rugby 2021 – What will it look like?
2021 sees a change to the way the Champions Cup is structured. The competition will consist of 2 Pool of 12 teams. The 24 teams, 8 from each league – […]
The 6 Nations – Italy when is enough long enough?
I sat watching the re-started 6 Nations last night, a catch up game for Ireland against Italy. The scoreline was somewhat predictable as Ireland scored 50 points to Italy’s 17. […]
Owen Farrell – That Tackle – and Hysteria over fact media.
I heard someone talking about the media early on in the Covid Lockdown – it went along the lines of – It’s all about being first, facts aren’t important. Let’s […]
Premiership Rugby – Where are we now?
Rugby Union feels a long way in the past at the moment, what was a fairly unpleasant season as a Saracens fan came to an abrupt halt on the weekend […]
Saracens v Racing 92 – a bright afternoon on a gloomy weekend!
In November Saracens were given a £5.4 ish fine and a 35 point deduction, having been found to have breached the salary cap for 3 seasons. As a Saracens fan […]
Saracens v Munster Rugby – The Champions Cup
Round 4 of the Champions Cup saw Munster arriving at Allianz Park; my first experience of Munster was at the impressive Thomond Park in Limerick in December 2012, followed up […]
Saracens v Harlequins – The Premiership Rugby Cup
With the Premiership proper a week away and little or no pre-season for most teams, both of these teams saw an injection of experience. There were players on both sides […]
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