After a pretty horrible week of online rugby nonsense it felt good to be going to a game. I took the train option for a change, I stayed with friends on Friday then drove to Reading, that worked really well all round in spite of the train losing power on the way back! This was … More Wales v South Africa
My daughter’s lived in Paris for over 10 years now and somehow there’s often a rugby match on when I visit. The first year she was there I went to the Top 14 Final on my own, that was 2013 and I saw Castres beat Toulon, In 2014 I went on my own again to … More France v Wales – Super Saturday!
I’ve had a strange relationship with this England Rugby team since I saw them lift the trophy for the Grand Slam in Paris in 2016, I was ecstatic then, as I was when they beat the mighty All Blacks in the World Cup semi-final in 2019. I was in a bar in Reims in France … More Wales v England – 6 Nations Round 3
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
It was rude not to buy myself a ticket for the Friday night game between Wales and France, I’d enjoyed being back in Cardiff to watch the All Blacks so much in the Autumn. I’d paid £75 for that ticket, a seat in the No Alcohol section for this one set me back £100. I … More Wales v France _ 6 Nations 2022
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
A tight game of rugby in grotty conditions … More England v Wales
Paris in Spring time, my beautiful daughter and a 6 Nations rugby match, what more could I want? True it wasn’t England, but I am something of a closet Wales fan, behind the men in white naturally! With no job to go to I booked a nice long weekend and arrived to glorious sunshine; … More France v Wales
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
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