Author: thaumaturge

Two matches. Two Cups. Two minutes to create a new post. Tonight 20:00 on BT Sport 1: Lyon v Toulon for the Little Cup. Tomorrow 16:45 on Channel Four or BT Sport 2, Leinster v La Rochelle for the Big Cup.

Bitter, moi? Further reading Updates on grass-roots rugby from TomPirracas and Triskaidekaphobia. Much less depressing than the Pro stuff. Onna telly this week Friday 6th May Cardiff v Zebre 19:35 BBC2 Wales /Premier Sports 1 Gloucester v Saracens 20:00 BT Sport 1 Saturday 7th May Edinburgh v Wasps 12:30 BT Sport 2 Munster v Toulouse … Continue reading European Rugby Cup: Round Who-Cares

‘Tis a cruel, cruel championship that makes you play the same very, very good side two weeks in a row. Ulster somehow managed to pull off an away win against Toulouse, but nearly threw it away at the end. What was so scary about the champions? Their seven-foot (or nearly) line-out stealer Their incredible counter-rucking … Continue reading European Rugby Cup: Round of Sixteen, Second Leg

Getting to the business end now, so things are hotting up or cooling down, depending on your perspective. Three teams still in it, and away fixtures for the two favourites, so could be a good round of games. Could be. As the times demand a number of contradictory but yet plausible expert views, the blog’s … Continue reading Six Nations 2022: Round Four

What’s that you hear? A thirty-footed blue monster rumbling down the rugby world, with a ferocious grin, silky hands and a Gargantuan appetite? After a decade of mediocrity, losing limply to almost every opponent regardless of their quality, France seem back on track to be a serious contender, so let’s try to look at what … Continue reading So Where the Hell Did THAT France Come From?

With four of the six nations on one win and one loss, it’s all looking very close; leaders France are only 3 points ahead of England and Ireland. Poor Italy are as usual languishing at the bottom of the table, although they have a glimmer of not-finishing-last to play for, should Wales go down and … Continue reading Six Nations 2022: Round Three

Could anything be more exciting than last week’s matches? Read on to find out. Wales vs Scotland Scotland, all day, easy peasy, we lost to the eventual winners innit.  Ahem.  Ok, victory for Scotland for the first time in Cardiff for a while (but they did win in Llanelli) against a team who has had … Continue reading Six Nations 2022: Round Two

Back to bad old days for the Springboks, being excluded from a tournament when we all know they’d have cakewalked it without raising a sweat. A bit like the World Cup and Lions tour. So easy was it that our Director of Rugby took to making videos to help the refs and carrying water onto … Continue reading Six Nations 2022: The Boks Woulda Walked It!

Pack your suitcases and prepare for Round Two of the European Cup. Cardiff v Harlequins Home advantage and Ellis Jenkins won’t do enough for Cardiff against in-form Quins. Quins by 10. Castres v Munster No-one will ever know the result of this match as anyone who attempts to watch it will die the most horrible … Continue reading Another Round, m’Dears?