Last week wasn’t a great one for international rugby, was it? Over-the-top off-field antics, a first half that lasted over an hour, and a contest that would have even the most committed purist checking if there was anything better on the telly combined to give us a very poor advertisement for the highest level of …
Rugby demands, and deserves, better from South Africa and Lions Read More »
As the Impi warriors performed their traditional pre-match battle cry in the silence of an empty Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, the travesty of ploughing ahead with a Covid-era Lions series — despite dozens of reasons to do otherwise — was laid bare for all to see. As civil unrest continues to wreak havoc across …
Tadhg Beirne, Conor Murray, and Bundee Aki should swell Irish Lions starters Read More »
The strangest thing about France? The smoking. Every second person has a fag in their mouth. It was quite a shock, coming from the place that pioneered the smoking ban, to see so many people suck gleefully on a cigarette as they went about their business. Something as trivial as professional rugby didn’t get in …
When Billy Holland announced his retirement from rugby this week, my reaction can best be described with a reference to ‘Cool Runnings’, the feelgood film about the Jamaican bobsleigh team’s debut at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The most moving scene comes after the Jamaicans overturn their bobsleigh, ending their hopes of success. Defiantly, the four …
