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I am an ex rugby player and coach, married with two kids and a westie.

Some jerseys recently added to my collection

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RUGBY TEAM OF THE DECADE

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Looking back over the last 10 years of professional rugby at club level, and ignoring the international games, who do you think was the team of the decade? For me…

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Back on Twitter

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After 18 months away from Twitter, I have decided to give it another go, registered a new name, but this time i’m going to enjoy the experience, mainly tweet about…

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Life without social media

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Today I decided to deactivate me Twitter Facebook and Instagram accounts. I was tired at looking at everyone’s “over glorified” lives. I was spending so much time on social media, especially…

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Munster so far.

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Overall Munster are probably happy with 36 points from 10 games in the Pro14 and a win and a draw in Group 4 of the Champions Cup, though the loss…

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Final test

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Robin Thompson captained the Lions that won two and lost two in a four Tests against the Springboks in the first drawn series, 62 years later history repeated itself, in a…

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Second Test

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What a night for the Lions, beating the All Blacks their first defeat at home in eight years and unbeaten in Wellington since 2003. A remarkable firecracker of a match, full of…

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Canes V Lions

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From a superb first half to a poor second half, in a game they could have lost the midweek Lions tour has ended. Gatland has to be questioned not using…

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First Test

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Many people were calling this game a Lions win, due to a couple of wins against a seriously understrength Chiefs, a well below par Maori side and an All Blacks…

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Lions game 6

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A fine performance by the midweek Lions, 4 tries was excellent, though lets not get carried away, the Chiefs were seriously understrength due to All Blacks call ups. A full…

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I am an ex rugby player and coach, married with two kids and a westie.

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