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 and it was briliant! A crowd of 9366 made their way to Northampton. I’ve been to the ground many times to watch Premiership Rugby and … More The Red Roses v The Black Ferns
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 were without any players situated in Premiership Rugby. That in spite of the fact that all of those picked in the England squad were absent … More Wales v New Zealand – With Some Salary Cap stuff too!
England take on the All Blacks at Twickenham in driving rain … More England v All Blacks
Just under 82,000 people made their way to Twickenham to watch England take on Australia, a team they’d bettered in their last 4 meetings, 3 of which were Down Under in 2016. There was a time when it was a momentous thing to see England beat a Southern Hemisphere team. But, there’s now an expectation, … More England v Australia
Much has been written and many moans have been had about this first Autumn International match for England. They faced Argentina, a team no longer considered an Autumn whipping boy. Eddie Jones had said that he wouldn’t use the players who featured in the Lions tour and he kept his word as far as 2 … More England v Argentina
At last I’ve been at 2 matches over a weekend in daylight hours! That means I have some photos to share, my camera is a bit rubbish with late kick offs. So, more Phlog than Blog is what this will be, in fact it may be something of a rant. I hadn’t intended to go … More Barbarians v All Blacks
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
The final Autumn International and final game of 2016 for England saw old foes Australia coming to Twickenham. England had won all 3 of their matches against South Africa, Fiji and Argentina taking them to a run of 13 matches unbeaten, their 4th win of the year against the Wallabies, should it happen would see … More England v Australia
A love affair with the All Blacks that started back in the early 80’s and a daughter who lives in Paris sent me under the water (via Eurostar) to that beautiful city. I’ve found it so much easier to get tickets for the Stade de France and have watched Australia, Scotland, England twice and 2 … More France v All Blacks
England play host to Fiji at Twickenham … More England v Fiji
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