Yorkshire CCC -heartfelt thoughts from a concerned member
A thoughtful Social Media post from Yorkshire member Matt Loades, which very much deserves a wider audience. Aside from responding to sensible debate this will be my last word on […]
The Matt Ratana Rugby Foundation – Family Day
On 25th September 2020 the worst thing happened to Police Sergeant Matt Ratana, he was shot dead inside a police custody facility in London. The New Zealand born officer had […]
Project Turn-Over UK
In late 2019, before Covid Life struck , I met with Joeri Peperkamp, the Founder of a project based on rugby and its values in Holland, aimed at helping young […]
Hadleigh & Thundersley Cricket Club – All Stars Cricket
After an evening in the exulted conditions of Lord’s what better thing to do than to visit a local club helping to ensure the game carries on! A Facebook friend, […]
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 […]
Iliess Macani – A London Skolars Man
Having been a Saturday afternoon TV Rugby League fan I experienced my first live game at the Valley in 1996 when London Broncos played St Helens. The match was decided […]
Go Again – What’s it all about?
A Twitter connection led me to Bob Broomhead and his Go Again project, it looked like the sort of thing that pressed a lot of buttons for me, we had […]
Red Card Shenanigans – The Disciplinary Process
I wrote an article during the enforced break due to Covid about the Disciplinary goings on this year, out of 8 hearings, only 2 of the offences had seen a […]
IPL in 2021 – what’s it going to mean for England and Test Cricket?
With loud fanfare in the cricket world the IPL auction took place this week. whether you like it or not it’s a big thing and it won’t be going away […]
Virat Kohli – He’s not the Messiah (He’s a very naughty boy!) – The Demerit System what’s it all about?
Virat Kohli’s name has helped fill many column inches in the aftermath of the second test between India and England. He was out for a 5 ball duck in the […]
Disciplinary Matters – Does Sir need to brush up?
The Premiership Clubs have just had a 2 week break from playing; which means the officials have had the same time to have a bit of chat and a brush […]
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 – […]
County Cricket – Time for a Re-think?
I had an interesting exchange with Reuben Herbert in a County Cricket group during the summer and asked if he fancied putting his thoughts down. Here he writes as a […]
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 […]
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