Another Grand Tour, another British
victory. For the fifth time running a Grand Tour ended with a Brit stood on the top step of the podium, as Simon Yates triumphed in this year's Vuelta a Espana. read the rest of this rubbish
Tag: Italy
What could have been the greatest Grand Tour for a Brit turned into
possibly the greatest Grand Tour victory for a Brit. The 101st Giro d'Italia produced one hell of a race, with one Brit, in Simon Yates, looking good to take his first Grand Tour but ended with another taking his sixth, Chris Froome. read the rest of this rubbish
Italy go Dutch
on a night out with England. A similar performance a similar result from England in their friendly against Italy, another team that failed to make it to the World Cup. read the rest of this rubbish
Can England go one further than the last time
they were this bad? For only the third time since the competition expanded to the Six Nations, England ended up losing three games, this years competition has echos of the one in 2006, which a year later brought a World Cup final. read the rest of this rubbish
Losing to the Jocks used to be a sacking
offence. For all the games England have won under Eddie Jones, the weekend performance in their loss to Scotland was so abysmal I would be tempted to give him his marching orders. read the rest of this rubbish
…and sent them homeward to think
again. Nothing as delusional as a Jock supporter after the team has won a game, so after winning two they were confident of victory over England at Twickenham. read the rest of this rubbish
Eddie Jones can be right, while Italy can be applauded
for ruffling England's feathers. Italy had been getting it from all sides this last few weeks and Eddie Jones didn't help with his “take them to the cleaners” remark. read the rest of this rubbish
When you win the man of the match award
for being substituted. Eddie Jones said he wanted England to give Italy a “good hiding” in their second Six Nations game, the team he picked didn't the one he ended up with did. read the rest of this rubbish
England’s midfield trigger Carlton Palmer
flashbacks. Roy Hodgson went wild and crazy with his experimental team selection for England's friendly against Italy and somehow came up with a side duller than usual. read the rest of this rubbish
Should just cut & paste the last two games for England’s
final warm up game. England's final warm up match before they headed to Brazil was an amalgamation of the previous two outings the bad from the first and good from the second in a game of three halves. read the rest of this rubbish