I was asked for my predictions before this match and very much went with my heart, not my head. I’m not Welsh at all, but my Welsh Uncle gave me a love for all things Welsh Rugby and all of my early memories of the game are around the likes of Barry John and JPR … More Wales v Ireland – The 2023 Six Nations Opener
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 talented young writer and Co-Founder of the excellent https://tightspiral.substack.com/ to write an article to explain just where and how they’ve grown such a successful set … More Leinster Rugby – How has it’s success been grown?
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 are in 2020. https://debsknigsport.com/2020/10/25/the-6-nations-italy-when-is-enough-long-enough/ In their Autumn Nations Cup match against Scotland on the first weekend of the tournament they had just one ‘project player’ … More Project Players and International Rugby 2020
Guest Blogger Jez Denton with some thoughts on this years 6 Nations As the 2019 edition of the six nations comes to an end, I’m going to take the opportunity to look at each countries performance and review the tournament. Firstly, though, I will say that this was a tournament that had so much going … More A Six Nations Review
My second trip to Cardiff during the 6 Nations meant a change of allegiance, it’d felt a little strange not supporting Wales when England visited, but, I am English so England it had to be. With Ireland in town however I was back to supporting the home team. That seems a bot strange for someone … More Wales v Ireland
Back to writing about my ‘events’ in order – phew, it was all a bit confusing going off on a tangent! After 2 great days of Ashes cricket – England won in case you hadn’t heard!! Cardiff was my next destination. I drove from Nottingham after Day 2 of the Ashes to Tewkesbury, it felt … More Wales v Ireland – Event 106
A trip to Scotland for the final round of the Six Nations saw me finish as I’d started with My good friend Monica accompanying me. I’d bought 2 tickets when planning my 5 games in 5 countries anticipating that she wouldn’t be able to resist a weekend in Bonnie Scotland. We both have family across … More Scotland v Ireland – Event 33
Having spent a weekend watching live rugby league it was back to 6 Nations rugby; that meant a trip to Cardiff via Bristol for me. I’d booked into an Airbnb in Cardiff Bay for 2 nights at a very reasonable £80. What wasn’t so reasonable was that it was cancelled 2 days before my trip! … More Wales v Ireland – Event 30
Having spent the morning at the side of a muddy pitch in Trinity College Dublin, watching what really was a different form of rugby I headed for some warmth before heading off to Landsdowne Road to collect my ticket for the Ireland v England game. As I drank a cuppa the snow came pouring down … More Ireland v England – Event 25
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