Saturday, March 22, 2008
Andy Goode, Andy Goode, he's Andy Goode
It was good to see Leicester Tigers outplay Wasps this afternoon. And particularly good, in view of the pundits' pre-match obsession with Lawrence Dallaglio and Danny Cipriani, to see Andy Goode win the man of the match award.Even better - for Leicester and England - Harry Ellis has returned from a long injury break and looks as sharp as he did in last year's Six Nations.
Labels: Rugby Union
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Che Guevara's rugby career
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Name of the Day
The clear winner is Topsy Ojo.
I have seen him play for London Irish at Welford Road, and he looks a handy player. But he has really been selected because he is the last English wing three-quarter left standing.
I have seen him play for London Irish at Welford Road, and he looks a handy player. But he has really been selected because he is the last English wing three-quarter left standing.
Labels: Awards, Rugby Union
Monday, March 19, 2007
Toby Flood's grandfathers
Serious political thinkers look away now: it's time for some more trivial connections.
Toby Flood, England's new fly half, comes from a theatrical background. Both his grandfather's enjoyed long acting careers.
His father's father Gerald Flood appeared in many cult shows of the 1960s and even made it into Dr Who in the 1980s. I remember him as Flashman's father - a character unknown to Thomas Hughes - in the BBC's flagellomaniac adaptation of Tom Brown's Schooldays from 1971.
His mother's father was Albert Lieven a German actor who, according to the IMDB, "fled the Nazis during the war years, only to portray Nazi menacers in British films". He appeared in many films, the best known being The Guns of Navarone and the best being The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
Cricket (and Dr Who) fans may recall that Patrick Troughton's grandson Jim Troughton has played cricket for England in one-day internationals.
Toby Flood, England's new fly half, comes from a theatrical background. Both his grandfather's enjoyed long acting careers.
His father's father Gerald Flood appeared in many cult shows of the 1960s and even made it into Dr Who in the 1980s. I remember him as Flashman's father - a character unknown to Thomas Hughes - in the BBC's flagellomaniac adaptation of Tom Brown's Schooldays from 1971.
His mother's father was Albert Lieven a German actor who, according to the IMDB, "fled the Nazis during the war years, only to portray Nazi menacers in British films". He appeared in many films, the best known being The Guns of Navarone and the best being The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
Cricket (and Dr Who) fans may recall that Patrick Troughton's grandson Jim Troughton has played cricket for England in one-day internationals.
Labels: Cricket, Films, Rugby Union, Trivia
