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This morning, while going through all my Twitter updates, I came across a short article by John Piper on why he doesn’t own a television or go to movies.
One of the problems I face with my recent health problems is that I rarely have any energy (and I mean any!) or concentration.  This means that [...]

Sorry – I had technical problems and missed most of the match.  Seemed like it was going to be a good one though…

Final Score: Cheetahs 24 – 26 Lions
Watching the Lions of Saturday gave me an unpleasant sense of Déjà vu.  There have been so many times in the last season watching Bath (or listening on the radio) when they squandered a strong lead.  When the Lions were 20 – 0 up, I thought that this was [...]

Final Score: Golden Lions 10-74 Lions
We must now rethink the possible cause of saturday’s weak performance. Perhaps it was the altitude or maybe it was simply that the combinations didn’t work. What is much harder, in the light of last night’s Lions game, is too suggest it was simply lack of cohesion or [...]

Final Score Royal XV 25 – 37 Lions
Many will claim that the Lions were lucky to have won their first match, but that’s not the way  I saw it.  The first 30 minutes aside, I thought the Lions were clearly the better team.  The problem was that their accuracy was poor – which isn’t entirely [...]

It begins!
Lions team v Royal XV:
Lee Byrne (Ospreys/Wales), Tommy Bowe (Ospreys/Ireland), Keith Earls (Munster/Ireland), Jamie Roberts (Cardiff Blues/Wales), Shane Williams (Ospreys/Wales); Ronan O’Gara (Munster/Ireland), Mike Blair (Edinburgh/Scotland); Andrew Sheridan (Sales Sharks/England), Matthew Rees (Scarlets/Wales), Adam Jones (Ospreys/Wales), Simon Shaw (London Wasps/England), Paul O’Connell (Munster/Ireland – captain), Joe Worsley (London Wasps/England), Martyn Williams (Cardiff Blues/Wales), Andy [...]