Rugby union’s international qualification rules have been a bit of a joke – don’t get me started on RL either – but surely van der Merwe’s transfer to Worcester RFC shows the sorry state of them for what they are. Spend three years in Scotland (or Eng/Ire/Wal) and become an “established international” for them at… Continue reading Residency rules
Author: Steve Cavell
Cardiff Blues
So another coaching change announced. It’s hard to remember how hard Cardiff RFC fought to remain as ‘stand alone’ in the move to regional rugby but they did and their actions – along with the Scarlets – arguably doomed the supporter acceptance of said regions before the process even started. So in the many years… Continue reading Cardiff Blues
New year walking
So a lot of the second half of 2020 was spent walking the hills behind our house and today I tried to “put it all together”, adding in smaller chunks that I had previously done in smaller segments. My Apple watch reckons the route is 12.56km and apparently I burned 950KCal so if nothing else… Continue reading New year walking
Welcome and hello to 2021
So that was 2020, a bad year all round and compounded by reaching that milestone age. Let’s hope for a better 2021 and beyond…….