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Well my darlings - spring is officially here - and the sun is almost shining, so let's shake off the doom and gloom of darkest winter and enjoy the beginning of the end of the rugby season, and the chance to see the best of the best in rugby stripping off pitch-side [in my dreams!] as the games get ever more tense and the teams vie to take home some silverware.
The term "spring-cleaning" is never more apt than at this time of year in rugby. Players are being traded for more than just a few camels, coaches are being bought and sold at the rate of knots, the players in the lower echelons of the leagues are quaking in their boots at the prospect of being dropped by their clubs in desperation, and those at near the top determined to stay up there for the last few weeks. And with relegation now confirmed for Leeds Tykes to National One, former All Black superstar Justin Marshall is on the look out for a new club to finish his career with. What has made me giggle incessantly though is how the all-knowing rugby journos can get it so wrong! Only yesterday did I read in The Times that Quins were snooping around Marshall for a possible rekindling of his relationship with Andrew Mehrtens - well The Times really should study rugby regulations a little more closely - it is just not possible for two "foreigners" to play on the same pitch at the same time in the Premiership [though its quite acceptable in the National One which is quite bizarre!]
So that piece was a bit of a no-brainer all round! Oh I do so love getting one up on the broadsheets - I feel like I should be in an episode of Desperate Housewives! |  ©www.actionplus.co.uk | Oh Ruby - do put your perfectly manicured claws away for just a moment!!!
To the movies my lovelies...or rather the immense scarcity of them...rugby movies that is. When a sport is so brutish yet delightful, harsh yet sexy, and so filled with testosterone-charged hunks, how can the entire film industry of our beautiful planet Earth miss the opportunity to bring such absolute pleasure to the gorgeous female silver-screen worshippers? I know I know, in 1963 there was "This Sporting Life" with that quintessential Irish idol, Richard Harris [who's own rugby career was stopped dead in its tracks no thanks to TB], and in 1998 there was "Up and Under" with the late Gary Olsen, but didn't exactly make one fantasize in the same way that Josh Lewsey, Ben Cohen or Rugby Union can. However, there could be light at the end of the tunnel...
I bring you eye-candy Ladies...and not just of the gratuitous kind ...
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And who is this fine fettle of a fellow I hear who ask? His name is Colin Moss, and he is the star of a new South African movie called "Number 10", which has just premiered in SA earlier this month. "Number 10" is a human triumph story chronicling the life of a provincial rugby player as he tries to earn a place on the national team, directed by Academy Award nominee Darrell Roodt; there is authenticity in the shape of Naas Botha, the former Springbok fly half, and romance, and drama, and passion...and no release date for the movie as yet in the northern hemisphere!
But I have been keeping a close eye on this little beauty, and through my little social network I have managed to ascertain from the producers that the moment there is a date, I, and therefore you, will be the first to know, and I'm sure with my contacts and the power of RFTG, we can rustle up a few exclusives for you, and maybe even the chance to meet the stars too!

 ©www.actionplus.co.uk | Now, it looks as if rugby has become the new rock-n-roll in Ireland. The day England was so graciously beaten by those precious little leprechauns, over 1.5 million Irishmen were watching the game, which is on par with an Ireland world cup football match! And it wasn't just your average Jo [or Paddy] watching either; World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Barry McGuigan and Ireland Football Manager, Steve Staunton were as hooked as President Mary McAleese. And rock legend Bono, who was mid-flight as the match was on, told Irish newspaper, The Star "the first thing I did when I landed was to switch on the phone to get my message as to how Ireland did...Brian O'Driscoll is my favourite player; he is just a superb athlete and great to watch. It was a fantastic win and I got to see it later." So the U2 front man is not just supremely talented but has great taste too! |
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And so to a little speculation. Rumours are afoot that Zurich Premiership Champions, London Wasps, are not content with uprooting their supporters from West London's Loftus Road Stadium to High Wycombe in recent years, but are now apparently considering yet another move...to Milton Keynes of all places! Now I totally get that they moved out of Shepherds Bush for good reasons including Fulham FC temporarily relocating to Loftus Road for a year, and that Wasps wanted to expand their fanbase to encompass a virgin market, but Milton Keynes? What on earth will they achieve by shifting within 20 minutes of Northampton [and confusing everyone with all those roundabouts]? I really can't see the die-hard Saints supporters becoming turncoats and shifting their allegiance to a "London" club now, can you? And as far as I know, the lease on Loftus Road still runs for a few years yet, so why not move back to your roots in Shepherds Bush, after all, you are called "London Wasps" for a reason. |
It has just occurred to me that I haven't mentioned the Welsh or Henson for at least a month - how remiss of me! Well its time we corrected that now isn't it. The young welsh centre with a slight terracotta hue has been spilling the beans on his bedroom antics with his crazy chick, Charlotte Church. All this talk we heard for years about sports stars not being allowed to partake in nocturnal activities the night before a match seems to not apply to this frisky young couple. "There's no rule in rugby which says you can't have sex the night before a game and it's hard not to with Charlotte" Gavin said in a recent interview. "I didn't have a girlfriend before Charlotte. I was so intense about my rugby. Now we both want to be with each other for the rest of our lives." So do we hear wedding bells ringing in the distance? Sadly not yet... |  ©www.actionplus.co.uk |
"That would obviously involve marriage at some point but we're too young to get engaged. We have bought a dog together though and that is a real commitment."
On that sickeningly sweet note, I bid you adieu for now. But just before I do, make sure you enter my "Officer And A Gentleman" competition; but ONLY if you could possibly bear to spend an afternoon at Twickenham amongst 50,000 [give or take a 100] Army and Navy servicemen! ...Ciao my darlings xxx |