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Nothing “null and void” about Saracens Women’s season
International rugby day v.2!
Bruce Aitchison’s perfect 6 Nations weekend!
Really pleased to be able to introduce our mate Bruce to the #rugbyunited blog! In these scary times, this made me nostalgic for the international weekends, the walk to the stadium, the gathering of families and friends..... it's gonna be a while, but...
A problem with boos.
Since the Scotland vs England match at the weekend, there's been a considerable amount of posts and articles surrounding two themes, boos and booze. Shall we attack the boos first? First up, nobody reading this is daft, Scottish fans booed English kicks, and some also...
2020 Sydney 7’s Men’s Preview
Men’s 2020 Sydney Sevens Preview To repeat myself...Let’s get the elephant in the room out of the way right off the top! I gave the no Quarterfinals format a shot & I hated it. I would much rather see those exciting head to head quarters than have placements...
2020 Sydney Women’s Sevens Preview
Let’s get the elephant in the room out of the way right off the top! I gave the no Quarterfinals format a shot & I hated it. I would much rather see those exciting head to head quarters than have placements solely decided by pool performance. I also think we need...
Hamilton Sevens Preview
Hamilton Sevens Preview We’re six months away from the kickoff of Tokyo 2020 and the pressure is ramping up for spots on the plane to Japan for the teams involved and the competition level on the field is rising as a result. On the Series itself, the format shifts in...
Thoughts of a rugby Mum – with a child returning from injury!
Brilliant to have Rachel of @RugbyUTDParents on the blog today. I'm guessing a lot of Rugby mums and dads will be able to relate to some of the feelings Rachel went through this past weekend!!! Thoughts of a rugby mum who has felt very lost and bewildered at our game,...
Saracens…..
So it's now confirmed that Saracens are to be relegated at the end of the season due to salary cap breaches. I've written before that I felt Saracens were operating within the rules, and clearly, I was wrong. Very, very wrong. I, like 99.9% of people, have no clue of...
2019 Dubai Women’s Sevens Preview
Dubai is celebrating their 50th anniversary of the tourney and finally, all the World Series matches will be played on the main stadium field. With that, let's take a trip through the pools. POOL A: USA, Canada, Russia, Brazil The United States are on...
Eight months of Premiership action starts this weekend
England play their World Cup quarter-final on Saturday morning. However back home the Premiership will already have started what promises to be an exceptionally exciting and open season. Friday night (1945hrs BST) sees the beginning of many months of twists and turns...
Rugby Europe Preview: October 12th, 2019
As I'm sure all of you noticed in the midst of Rugby World Cup 2019 pool play, Rugby Europe's 2019-2020 cycle opened last weekend as the Czech Republic dominated Hungary, 64-0 in Conference One North play! The Rugby Europe slate has 7 big matches on it, all available...