Total Flanker
Blog URL http://totalflanker.blogspot.com/
Located Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire United Kingdom
Tags Rugby, Rugby Union, Veterans Rugby, Chesham Stags, England Rugby
A rugby blog by an overweight, opinionated, 40 something, injury-prone loose forward - now well into his second season of Vets rugby after a 14 year sabbatical from the game...
Latest Blog Posts
- The Total Flanker Guide to: Refereeing on Nov 26, 2009 in referee rugby Total Flanker guide
Ahah, this old chestnut - cynical, gnarled old forward pontificates on the appalling standard of refereeing these days and tells referees where they are going wrong and how to do their jobs...Far from it.Although I have done a little bit of refereein...
- Flatman for England! on Nov 24, 2009 in rugby David Flatman
It's official - this blog likes David Flatman.Not only is he, in this blog's humble opinion, the best loosehad prop currently available to England, he is also the complete anecdote to the usual anodyne, cliché-ridden, ghost-written player columns re...
- November: the Verdict on Nov 23, 2009 in rugby England
I'm not sure what to make of England's November.In an ideal world Martin Johnson would have wanted to build on the undoubted momentum created during the 6 Nations. With so many frontline players crocked, however, it was somewhat inevitable that any s...
- Well done England on Nov 22, 2009 in rugby England New Zealand
England Women, that is.Catherine Spencer's England team beat New Zealand 10-3 at Twickenham on Saturday, thus drawing the two-match series.England's first win over the Black Ferns since 2001 sets things up very nicely for the 2010 women’s World Cup...
- Growing Pains on Nov 21, 2009 in Edinburgh rugby kit
As a young man I was often to be seen sporting a lurid Hawaiian shirt. I liked to be different, I thought that somehow it gave me my own identity and separated me from the crowd.The fact of the matter was, however, that I looked an utter tit.Ultimate...
- Crossbar challenge on Nov 21, 2009 in Stuart Tinner Saracens rugby crossbar challenge
Saracens are £250,000 poorer after a 24 year old 5th XV hooker from Welwyn RFC won the "crossbar challenge" competition held by the club at Wembley this week.Stuart Tinner hit the bar with a punt from 30 metres - wearing only his socks - as part of...
- D.I.S.R.E.S.P.E.C.T. on Nov 17, 2009 in scandal France national anthem South Africa
It's heartwarming to see that it's not just the Kiwis that get hot under the collar about their traditions being "disrespected" - now the Saffas are at it.The SARU are up in arms about the fact that South Africa's national anthem, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfr...
