Rugby Mad Blog

I forgot to mention it earlier, but as a paid-up member of the England Rugby Supporters’ Club (ERSC), amongst other benefits, I get the Official RFU England Rugby Yearbook sent to me. It plopped through the letterbox the other morning. Sadly, it makes grim reading, the 2005/06 season not being what any of us would have hoped for in the year before a World Cup! Still, the pictures were nice.

And talking of which, here’s an image I took at one of the matches England managed to win this season, against Wales in the opening Six Nations match at Twickenham. The Two Number 10′s, Stephen Jones and Charlie Hodgson go head to head. You can see more images from that game and others on my dedicated site, rugbypix.com.

Oh, and I’ve just noticed this little gem on the BBC Rugby Union site, where Jonny Wilkinson states the bleedin’ obvious.

I’ve worked out what England’s jinx has been in the Six Nations this year – ME!

It’s obvious when you think about it:

• England v Wales – excellent win – I’m at Twickenham watching
• Italy v Wales – good win – I’m watching it on the telly with friends
• Scotland v Wales – loss – I’m watching it on the telly ALONE
• France v Wales – tragic loss – I’m watching it on the telly ALONE AGAIN

See the correlation? Whenever I’m at home watching it on my own, we bomb. Watch it live or with mates and we do OK.

So what does this bode for our clash against Ireland, I hear you ask? Sadly, I didn’t get any of the ERSC extra tickets to see it at Twickenham, BUT I have arranged to go to FakeBob‘s for the match – so hopefully this will end the jinx and we will be fine.

And you thought I was deluded? Ha ha.