The first round of Premiership Rugby saw Saracens travelling to Kingsholm for a 5:30 kick off, I’d made the decision to watch the Women’s first match at The Stonex Stadium and made a hasty dash to friends close by to watch the men play. New captain Maro Itoje let the team out for the first … More Gloucester Rugby v Saracens
A combination of my daughter visiting from Paris and flying back on the day of the match and the World Cup Bronze match meant this was one I’m watching on catch up on Sunday afternoon. The worst start to the season for Saracens for 15 years and a Friday night at Kinhsholm felt a worrying … More Gloucester Rugby v Saracens
Saracens first match of this new season was at The Stoop, where they went behind Harlequins by 17 points to come back and get the win. Their first home match saw Gloucester travel to The Stones Stadium, winners by a point last season in a toughly contested match. The return match at the end of … More Saracens v Gloucester – Daylight Robbery!
It’s not often I go to watch my team and come away glad they weren’t nilled! This was a celebration of a good season for Gloucester at their famous Kingsholm Stadium. Gloucester had a torrid season in 2020-2021 they only won 7 of the 22 matches played, I’m in one of their fan groups on … More Gloucester Rugby v Saracens
And so the Salary Cap debacle rumbles on; the 35 points deduction and £5.36 million fine have been accepted by Saracens. That’s left the club at rock bottom in the Premiership table, with a huge uphill climb to avoid relegation. News has come today of the Salary Cap Manager carrying out a mid-season review of … More What does a Premiership Rugby Squad look like?
It’s been a funny Premiership season, with the top 2 pretty much cemented early on. The relegation spot wasn’t confirmed until virtually the end of the season, with Newcastle being the team to go down. Gloucester had come through as strong contenders for 3rd place, beating Saracens at Kingsholm during the 6 Nations window, they … More Saracens v Gloucester – The Premiership Semi-Final
Watching Saracens during the 6 Nations has been interesting in recent years. With only one 6 Nations game in my diary this year I’ve been to more club games than I usually make during this spell. The results during this time have been – 8th Feb – Worcester 22 Saracens 38 16th Feb – Saracens … More Six Nations Saracens
Mid May sees me getting into the swing of the cricket season, but there’s just a bit of the rugby union season left and the last regular season game saw Saracens play Gloucester at Allianz Park. That’s a game I wouldn’t want to miss, even though Essex were playing Yorkshire in Chelmsford, my daughter Alexandra … More Saracens v Gloucester
Big Game 9 saw a close game between Quins and Gloucester … More Harlequins v Gloucester
A South West Local Derby … More Gloucester v Bath
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