Lymm, Cheshire
Author: an old grey dog
Photographer and science geek. Rugby fan (Sale Sharks).
View from the armchair: Exeter 20 Sale 19
It’s the difference between the hardened, been-there-done-that, old lags and the up-and-coming challengers. Under the cosh, suffer a crippling blow, but still pull something out of the bag.
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View from the south stand: Sale 45 Harlequins 12
I call them ‘meringue games’: a big win, looks good, but somewhat unsatisfying. When the opposition isn’t up for it, or has essentially surrendered before the start, it takes the gloss off of what should be a celebration.
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View from the south stand: Sale 22 Bristol 12
One year, two months and twenty-two days. Sixty-four weeks. Four hundred and forty-eight days. It’s been a long time, but I’m finally watching a game of rugby from the south stand of the AJ Bell.
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View from the armchair: Bath 20 Sale 24
It did occur to me to just copy/paste last week’s report and then I’d have time to fix a coffee and kick back for a while. But then I thought I ought to at least change a couple of words to reflect some important differences.
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View from the armchair: Sale 26 Leicester 10
Well, that was less comfortable than maybe it should have been but less bum-clenchingly tense than it could have been.
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View from the armchair: Worcester 32 Sale 35
They’re going to send me to an early grave, I swear. How many more times this season are we going to end up watching from behind the sofa, heart racing, buttocks clenched fit to crack a walnut?
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View from the armchair: Sale 25 Gloucester 22
Call it The Axe Factor: there has been a noticeable change in the team over the last three months. It’s not something that’s easy to describe, either; it’s about demeanour, attitude – intangibles that you can’t quite point to and say “that”, but it’s there nonetheless.
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View from the armchair: La Rochelle 45 Sale 21
In the end, it was not to be. The bubble burst, the dream gone, a rude awakening.
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View from the armchair: Scarlets 14 Sale Sharks 57
Wow. Just… Wow. Don’t pinch me; if I’m dreaming, it’s a wonderful dream, so leave me be.
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