Tag: BT Sport Rugby
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Two red corners on very different paths
Easter Saturday, 1993. The talented but luckless David Hirst gives Sheffield Wednesday a very early lead at Old Trafford. On a day that, if Manchester United won, they would virtually have one hand on their first League title in over a quarter of a century. Having blown a similarly promising position previously against Leeds United,…
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Sideline Cuts 11
A quick ramble on what was a major upset on the opening day of the 2021 of the six nations championship rugby as Scotland recorded their first win at Twickenham since 1983.
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Red Alert! The Shannon tide is murmuring
In some ways, things in sport are cyclical. Unless of course there happens to be an all-dominating force at the head of affairs. Manchester United in the early years of the Premiership, Dublin currently in Gaelic football, Willie Mullins in National Hunt racing. Now read on… Examine rugby through that lens and you get both…