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Category Archive: Rugby union

Farewell to the King of the Sporting Lens

It is almost two weeks now since the photographer Mike King collapsed at his mother’s house and died at the […]

September 19, 2015 Culture, Rugby union, Sport

Bastareaud comes of age at Toulon

Next Sunday, two of Europe’s rugby heavyweights go head to head in Marseille – current Heineken Cup champions […]

April 22, 2014 France, Rugby union, Sport

Book Review – Calon: A Journey to the Heart of Welsh Rugby by Owen Sheers

The Green Man Festival is a wonderful occasion. It takes place every August in the gentle, rolling foothills […]

February 19, 2014 Book reviews, Books, Rugby union, Sport

Bonnes nouvelles for Bonneval

It isn’t quite back to the future in the world of French rugby but for those of us […]

February 10, 2014 France, Rugby union, Sport

Invictus – Nelson Mandela and the 1995 RWC

The former South African president Nelson Mandela died just a few hours ago on December 5, 2013. His […]

December 6, 2013 Culture, Film, Rugby union, Sport

Book Review: The Final Whistle

Sports writing – and rugby in particular – has been guilty over the years of overborrowing phrases or […]

September 24, 2013 Belgium, Book reviews, Books, Culture, Dublin, France, History, Olympics, Rugby union, Sport

France entering La Belle Epoque

It’s probably stereotyping but the French can’t keep sex out of anything. Just can’t. Check the ads for […]

February 1, 2013 France, Rugby union

Ballad of the Lost Weekend

I am told there are people who travel to Six Nations games for the rugby. I cannot be […]

January 29, 2013 Boozing, Dublin, France, Ireland, Rugby union, Sport, Trinity College

George Peponis: the Greek who skippered the Kangeroos

One day I will get around to writing a short history of Greek rugby. It will be littered […]

November 13, 2012 Greece, Greek sporting legends, Rugby union, Sport

Spitting in the eye of rugby tradition

One of the joys of going to watch rugby is the social element; the beers and bonhomie which […]

November 11, 2012 France, Rugby union, Sport

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