The first home game of the season saw me at my Summer happy place, Essex Cricket, where I saw 3 Essex Centuries. My first time without a season ticket, I’m aiming to buy as I go along and will be at the next 2 home games at least. Thanks to Discovery Plus I can watch … More Saracens v Sale Sharks
The match started as it did last week with a Saracens error, Ivan van Zyl kicking straight out having taken the ball back into the Saracens 22. Saracens won the line out however, then the next one as a Sale player touched the ball as it was kicked up the pitch. Owen Farrell possibly mis-kicked the ball … More Sale Sharks v Saracens
After 20 matches were played Saracens had won 15 and Sale Sharks 14, to finish top and second respectively. It feels right that they contested the showpiece final. This would be the best attack against the best defence, Saracens scored 622 points (conceding 513) Sales Sharks conceded 35 (scored 576). The idea that Saracens still … More Saracens v Sale Sharks – The Premiership Rugby Final 2023
The week after this match has flown by, so I’m way past the point of writing a match report of sorts, so I think I’l go with some general ramblings. Looking back on my Facebook timeline it seems that this is the time of year Sale and Saracens play each other, whether that’s in the … More Saracens v Sale Sharks
There have been a few times in the last 3 years when I really have felt like pinching myself when I find myself sitting opposite someone I admired on the playing field. Especially rugby league, as the first game I watched week in week out as a ‘grown up’ – with football coming first as … More Mike Forshaw – Life After Rugby
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