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Sporting Banter: February 2008
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Sports Banter - Rugby - Football - Tennis - Golf - Cricket. Sunday, 24 February 2008. England win in Paris. England produced 80 minutes of quality rugby in Paris yesterday to see off a youthful French team by 11 points. And today's comments by Marc Lievremont, that Mark Regan is a 'grotesque clown', simply highlighted the English success in getting under the skin of the home side. The one thing that was apparent from the day's rugby was how on earth has Ian Balshaw made it into the England team? Even Cip...
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Sporting Banter: September 2008
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Sports Banter - Rugby - Football - Tennis - Golf - Cricket. Monday, 29 September 2008. This is the first Guinness Premiership Rugby round-up which I will now do every Monday, so look out for them, it saves watching Craig Doyle on ITV4. There were three Friday night games this week, which may have caught some fans out, but if it did then they didn't miss much. Wilkinson has a 100% kicking record so far this season and his two conversions and penalty took him back ahead of Andy Goode as the all time leadin...
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Sporting Banter: June 2008
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Sports Banter - Rugby - Football - Tennis - Golf - Cricket. Monday, 30 June 2008. Spanish magic ends title drought. Last night Spain became European champions with a display of football that will go down in history. Sadly they could only score one goal, through Fernando Torres, but if they had won 4-0 it would not have been an unfair reflection of the game. Sergio Ramos, a class player, had probably the best chance to put the game beyond Joachim Low's side, with a free header at the back post. There is n...
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Sporting Banter: Battle of the codes
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Sports Banter - Rugby - Football - Tennis - Golf - Cricket. Thursday, 13 November 2008. Battle of the codes. This weekend sees the northern hemisphere take on the south in both codes of rugby. In the Rugby World Cup down in Australia, England are looking to avenge last week's defeat to New Zealand. While back in Blighty the Union boys are taking on Australia at Twickenham in what is Martin Johnson's first big test as head coach. Last week the Wallabies could only sneak past Italy thanks to a late try fro...
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Sporting Banter: May 2008
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Sports Banter - Rugby - Football - Tennis - Golf - Cricket. Tuesday, 6 May 2008. Last orders for Guinness. This season's Guinness Premiership has been by far the most closely contested since the inception of the play-off debacle in 2003. Sale are the only team to have topped the league at the end of the regular season and gone on to win the play-offs, that was in 2006. Before that Wasps won three back-to-back titles having failed to prove themselves as the best side after 22 league games. Sale and Harleq...
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Sporting Banter: April 2008
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Sports Banter - Rugby - Football - Tennis - Golf - Cricket. Sunday, 6 April 2008. Saracens held off an inform Ospreys at Vicarage Road today to secure a spot in the Heineken Cup semi-finals. The Heineken Cup is indubitably one the world's greatest rugby competitions and the nearest thing to test rugby outside of the international scene. Saracens progress in the competition is all new ground for the north London club, yet they tackled the Welsh challenge surprisingly calmly and efficiently. Having got thi...
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Sporting Banter: January 2008
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Sports Banter - Rugby - Football - Tennis - Golf - Cricket. Sunday, 20 January 2008. Heineken laced with Guinness. Three Guinness Premiership teams will host home quarter-finals in this years Heineken Cup following strong performances in the pool stages. London Irish, Gloucester and Saracens will all have home advantage come April when the knockout stage of the tournament kicks off. The remaining fixture will see Cardiff travel to perennial challengers, Toulouse, who have won the competition three times.
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Sporting Banter: A League of their own
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Sports Banter - Rugby - Football - Tennis - Golf - Cricket. Monday, 27 October 2008. A League of their own. The Rugby League World Cup kicked off in Australia at the weekend, and what a weird and pointless competition it is. Four years in Leeds have given me an appreciation of the thirteen man game which was previously missing. The subtlety and skill required is often overlooked and although I feel Union is a superior game, League definitely has its merits. The introduction of the Catalan Dragons and the...
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Sporting Banter: March 2008
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Sports Banter - Rugby - Football - Tennis - Golf - Cricket. Sunday, 30 March 2008. Dwain Chambers looks set to try his hand at yet another sport as basement Super League team, Castleford Tigers, show an interest in his abilities. Following a drugs ban from athletics, Chambers looked to American Football as an alternative sport he could excel in. His recent turbulent return to athletics proved successful as he won a silver medal at the World Indoors, but he never seemed convinced it was a long term move.
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Sporting Banter: November 2008
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Sports Banter - Rugby - Football - Tennis - Golf - Cricket. Thursday, 13 November 2008. Battle of the codes. This weekend sees the northern hemisphere take on the south in both codes of rugby. In the Rugby World Cup down in Australia, England are looking to avenge last week's defeat to New Zealand. While back in Blighty the Union boys are taking on Australia at Twickenham in what is Martin Johnson's first big test as head coach. Last week the Wallabies could only sneak past Italy thanks to a late try fro...