Category Archives: Rugby

Football The Only Fruit

Posted on June 29, 2010 by twsi

Other sports like cricket like to crap on footballers. They should be so lucky to escape the moonlight frankly. Cricket and its smug wanker journalists downing footballers for their behaviour whilst many international and domestic games appear rigged. Or Rugby … Continue reading →

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6 Nations Faux Hopes

Posted on March 21, 2010 by twsi

The BBC narrative of the 6 Nations goes from game to game whereas I tend to err the other way looking for trends and reasons. They look what happened last and confabulate a tale based seemingly on the scoreline and … Continue reading →

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Martin Johnson Plots Jonny’s Recall

Posted on March 20, 2010 by twsi

I’ve read this book before. After 7 6 Nations matches and Autumn internationals England drop a few players and Jonny Wilkinson. A scratch side gets the easy task of playing France away. Those young players will then be willing to … Continue reading →

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Oh My Wales Weak Again!

Posted on February 26, 2010 by twsi

I don’t enjoy the Welsh comebacks that have meant that Wales could easily have won or lost all 3 games in the 6 Nations so far. For me it’s reflective of a fear of expectation. That they seem stale and … Continue reading →

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Martin Johnson’s Shows England’s Lowered Ambition

Posted on February 26, 2010 by twsi

It grates to listen to the psychology of the Northern Hemisphere teams in the 6 Nations. They treat it like it’s the be all and all and not a yearly tournament to try things and to build to a world … Continue reading →

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