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The 2022 Six Nations Championship lurched into its final weekend with no shortage of drama. I say that because there was immense frustration as well as variations on the level of discipline needed to succeed at this level.
Entirely appropriate that the theme this week has been blue and French after they backed up their awesome All Blacks performance against Ireland who really did fancy their chances.
Despite the obvious competition in this years 6N, there was something predictable about the opening round, although no less dramatic for that. Ireland had already set the bar and after witnessing at first hand their stunning triumph over the All Blacks I have already said that there is something different in the air and no sense of blarney.
This last three weeks I have lived the intermittent pain of the Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup – as well as the enduring quality of the Premiership. A tournament which is Pan-Europe, cross border, suffering different health protocols depending on government, region, or country, and with regulations which cannot be built for flexibility or one-off unique sets of circumstances.
Happy New Year! When the Pandemic hit the world in 2020 and impacted the sporting landscape as well as our whole way of life, I observed that it was a chance for rugby to reset and go back to the future, ie embrace some traditional values and I believe I was right.
This year of all years has been incredibly tough on professional rugby. All the touring teams from the Southern Hemisphere have been in ‘ bubbles ‘ for months and must be mentally and physically exhausted.
Apart from the thrill of returning crowds, we have seen a real celebration of rugby skills on show in the first two months of the season. The Premiership, in particular, continued where it left off at the end of last season together with the resurgence of a Leicester team which has embraced its heritage but with a wonderful extra twist of flair, inspired by George Ford.
As anticipation continues to build ahead of the BT Sport Industry Awards 2019 on Thursday, 25th April, we catch up with Simon Halliday, whose Sporting Wine Club will again be providing the finest wines for the industry’s night of the year.
The Sports Book Awards is the major annual promotion for sports writing and publishing, the awards exist to highlight the most outstanding sports books of the previous calendar year, to showcase their merits and to enhance their reputation and profile. The awards started in 2002, with the first award ceremony in 2003.
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