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Six Nations is here!

I am sorely tempted to join the crowd and make some Six Nations predictions, but as a Francophile who was born in Wales…

The Business Of Rugby

As the denouement of the Six Nations, Heineken Champions Cup, Challenge Cup and domestic leagues have played out over the last few weeks, it was tempting to look off-field as well as on-field for all the rugby stories.

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England Wing It Into Cardiff For The Big One

It has all been about England in this year’s Six Nations, with some very smart kicking strategy and then the ball most often in the hands of their playmakers and matchwinners. With this approach, the traditional back row contests and set piece battles become statistics but not match defining.

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Scottish Rugby In Bloom For The 6 Nations?

It may have appeared that Round 6 of the Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup was confirming known truths about Irish dominance and the resurgence of Toulouse as well as a brooding Saracens who look very tough and menacing at full strength.

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SWC & Rugby At The Wheatsheaf

We at Sporting Wine Club are delighted to be supplying Schalk Burger’s outstanding vintages for this special weekend event, hosted by The M2M Group.

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‘Le’ Crunch Time For England

I should have known better than risk a visit to Murrayfield with a Scottish team ready to hand out a reminder to England and others that they are a sustainable force again in world rugby. No doubt about that, and it was in the way they won rather than just the result.

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Scotland Await England – In Hope More Than Expectation

You know something is afoot when Sir Ian McGeechan featured some of the greatest Calcutta Cup clashes in his weekly article in the Sunday Telegraph. I happened to have played in six of those games back in the 80’s and 90’s and they were all titanic struggles.

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England v Wales – 6 Nations, Sumaridge & Smart!

We assembled at a wet and windy Twickenham for the crunch England Wales 6 Nations Match and spent all day trying to keep warm. What better way for 1000 people to enjoy Hospitality than with Smart Group and surrounded by Sumaridge Red and White Blend, together with a soupçon of their wonderful Sauvignon Blanc.

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SCARLET FEVER BREAKS OUT AS PACEY ENGLAND AWAIT

The Six Nations got off to a mixed start last weekend as two cracking openers sandwiched a real stodge of a match in France, where neither side deserved to win or lose in all honesty.

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Scarlets Breathe Fire Into The Champions Cup

I made a late decision to go to West Wales for the Scarlets Toulon match at the weekend because I had a feeling about it and also to support the stunning impact that Scarlets have had on the competition. 

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