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Sport Must Wear Down the Great Taboos

18 April 2012
The news that Duncan Bell, the former England prop forward, has revealed in announcing his retirement from Bath and the sport that he suffers from depression came as a big surprise to many in the sport, including to those who thought they knew "Belly" well.   In hindsight, though, maybe it is not...
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No-One Gets Up From Short's 'People's Elbow'

12 April 2012
Last night's announcement that Peter Short, the Exeter Chiefs lock and former Bath, Narbonne, Leicester Tigers and Moseley forward, has been forced to retire due to injury at the age of 32 may not have sent shock waves through the world of sport - although he received many eulogies from his peers on...
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Wasps Suffer from the Wrong Sting in the Tail

11 April 2012
What has gone so wrong at London Wasps?   The answer is everything. They find themselves languishing in 11th place in the Aviva Premiership for starters, and although relegation is unlikely, it remains a very real threat and it seems that the issue may well not be decided until the final fixture o...
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Wales to Win Grand Slam, England a Credible Runners Up, and Scotland the Wooden Spoon in Six Nations Climax

16 March 2012
And so it comes down to this. After four weekends of high-octane, test match rugby at its most dramatic, everything will unfold tomorrow in Rome, Cardiff and finally south-west London.   All three RBS Six Nations denouments are fascinating clashes with important outcomes. First up, tomorrow luncht...
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Ben Foden and Una Healy Strike an England v Ireland Accord Four Days Before Six Nations Showdown

14 March 2012
The sigh of relief could be heard down in south-west London, many miles from where Una Healy gave birth to her first child, baby daughter Aoife Belle, yesterday.   The Irish member of the girl group, "The Saturdays," was with her fiancee, England and Northampton full back Ben Foden, for the joyous ...
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Stuart Lancaster Now in Prime Place to Become England Head Coach

12 March 2012
If it was predictable that Wales would beat Italy comfortably in Cardiff and Ireland would do the same against the Scots in Dublin then it was most certainly not the case in Paris where England pulled off a stunning, and deserved win against France.     Although I commented before the weekend that...
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Wales to Hone in on the Grand Slam and England to Discover How Far They Have Come - Round 4 of the RBS Six Nations

10 March 2012
Three more RBS Six Nations games this weekend and, on the face of it, three home wins, too. Wales versus Italy in Cardiff should be simply a question of how many points the Welsh score, leaving them just one game away from clinching a third Grand Slam in eight years.    Ireland, boosted by their ...
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Former England Captain Lewis Moody Calls it a Day - Will We Ever See His Like Again?

7 March 2012
The news yesterday that Lewis "Mad Dog" Moody is hanging up his rugby boots came, in hindsight, as not the biggest shock in the world.   The man's body had finally waved the white flag of surrender, and is it any wonder why after the list of injuries he has endured, from his toes up to his head ov...
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Another Weekend, Another RBS Six Nations Classic

27 February 2012
Three weekends gone, two to go, except for France and Ireland who play their postponed game next Sunday, and it is beginning to look very good for the Welsh.    While France did enough, and little more, to beat a brave, plucky but once again failing Scotland at Murrayfield, and Ireland steam-rolle...
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Woodwards, Woodwards Everywhere!

24 February 2012
I bumped into Joe Woodward the other day. Joe is the son of rugby world cup-winning Sir Clive and a young man who I last saw as a small boy when I played a pro-am round of golf at The Belfry back in 2002.    Alongside me was Clive and a little known German golfer called, ahem, Bernhard Langer!!! N...
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