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
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
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!
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
I never imagined this retirement malarkey would see me so busy! I’m way behind on my writing, with Round 3 of the 6 Nations due this weekend I have to come back to the game between Wales and England. With a week and a half having passed I won’t write a match report more a … More Wales v England – with a bit of Bristol v Harlequins
Wales v France in Cardiff! … More Wales v France – 6 Nations 2016
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