There’ll only ever be one Jonah Lomu
R.I.P. Sad news that one of rugby's greats, All Black, Jonah Lomu has died aged only 40 years old. read the rest of this rubbish
Tag: France
The five million pound
kid. After a man of the match performance against France for England to follow up the one against Woolwich, Dele Alli will have Daniel Levy hearing cash register noises. read the rest of this rubbish
Second place is the first
loser. Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie is right when he said a fourth consecutive second-placed finish for England in the Six Nations is "not acceptable". read the rest of this rubbish
No matter what Stuart Lancaster says he’s the one
to blame. For all the good he's done in building this current England side yet again Stuart Lancaster couldn't help himself managing by numbers and playing his part in England losing the Six Nations championship. read the rest of this rubbish
Three games into the 6 Nations and not one
post. Very lax of me, I mean England snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in Paris and then the ineptness of the Jocks at home against the Auld Enemy should have elicited something here. read the rest of this rubbish
100th Tour, Mont Ventoux, in yellow, on Bastille day
couldn't get any better for British cycling. On a mountain that has had a major impact on British cycling, Chris Froome chose the biggest stage to make his biggest statement. If this really was a yellow winning ride then it couldn't have been more emphatic. read the rest of this rubbish
Like deja vu that you’ve never seen
before. Stage 8 on the second Saturday of the 2012 Tour de France in the first trip to the mountains Chris Froome rode to a brilliant stage victory and Sky's team leader took the yellow jersey on a mountain top finish. Exactly the same thing happened on the second Saturday of the 2013 Tour. read the rest of this rubbish
Slammed and it wasn’t
grand. Can't say I was feeling that confident about an England grand slam before Saturday's game. My confidence having dropped over the last couple of outings. And then the ref being announced. read the rest of this rubbish
It’s Philippe Saint-André what won it for
England. If England go on to win the Grand Slam or just the Championship they need to strike one more medal and award it to the current French coach because on Saturday he made sure it could happen. read the rest of this rubbish
Was that the making of this England
team? The previous two home victories, against New Zealand and Scotland, were good but was winning away in Ireland the indication of where this England rugby team is under Stuart Lancaster? read the rest of this rubbish