July 2009 Archives
THE recent Lions tour of South Africa at times wouldn't have looked out of place on a certain battlefield in Sparta but it gave the ill-informed pygmies of football a chance to fire their poisonous darts at the game.
The Glaswegian Team
Matthew Leslie
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"Nice to see a convincing win against well-rated opponents. May I take this opporchancity to encourage them with a cry of..."
"well done sir you are the only reporter who has told it as it is. jackson a leader / playing for scotland? now that is a..."
"Do the initials A.W. have any relevance here? The gent in question is doubtless reflecting on the old adage that rugby i..."
"Pretty detailed demolition of objections to Robinson's appointment. The jury's still out though on the Edinburgh bias po..."
"Ah, but Sassenach isn't used as a substitute for someone's name. It's a corruption of the Gaelic for "Saxon" and is prop..."
"How about Sassanach Robert? Oh wait......"
"Having lived down south for most of the 80s, I can testify to the raving chauvinism that characterises much of the Engli..."
"Good idea about a 6 Nations "relegation" play-off. That would concentrate minds wonderfully - especially that of Mr Hadd..."
"Looks like Hadden should buy himself a guide to home baking - for a start, he probably wouldn't have to buy a wooden spo..."
"Hadden is shaping up to be the Craig Brown of rugby! How long before we get the "We're just a small nation" spiel?..."