Just shy of a year ago, Alex Groves had open-heart surgery to fix an aneurism, having been told that he could die if he played rugby again without it.
Continue reading “View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 19 Doncaster Knights 20 (PRC)”
Category: match reports
View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 23 Bath 32 [GP]
Well, that was not unexpected, but while it was not as bad as I’d feared, it still hurts.
Continue reading “View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 23 Bath 32 [GP]”
View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 33 RC Toulon 7
From the sublime to the ridiculous; from the ridiculous back to the sublime. This is the Way of the Shark, young mudskipper: learn it well.
Continue reading “View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 33 RC Toulon 7”
View from the armchair: Gloucester 36 Sale Sharks 20 [GP]
That loud noise you heard was the sound of us all coming precipitately back to earth.
Continue reading “View from the armchair: Gloucester 36 Sale Sharks 20 [GP]”
View from the armchair: Bristol Bears 0 Sale Sharks 38 [GP]
We only went and sodding nilled them, didn’t we?
Continue reading “View from the armchair: Bristol Bears 0 Sale Sharks 38 [GP]”
View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 28 Exeter Chiefs 10 [GP]
“Sod the supercomputer…”
Continue reading “View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 28 Exeter Chiefs 10 [GP]”
View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 29 Racing 92 7
Well, that was a welcome response to the disappointment of last week’s game.
Continue reading “View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 29 Racing 92 7”
View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 39 Leicester Tigers 25 [GP]
I preferred the second-half ref to the one we had in the first half…
Continue reading “View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 39 Leicester Tigers 25 [GP]”
View from the armchair: Bath 40 Sale Sharks 13 (GP)
It’s getting to be like the old days, isn’t it? That feeling of dread before every game. I mean, I wasn’t expecting a win but I thought we’d do a bit better than that.
Continue reading “View from the armchair: Bath 40 Sale Sharks 13 (GP)”
View from the armchair: What went wrong?
OK, it’s the morning after and I can’t leave well enough alone, so I thought I’d reflect a bit on Friday evening’s debacle.
Continue reading “View from the armchair: What went wrong?”
an old grey dog 
You must be logged in to post a comment.