RIP Paul Newman

A sad day today as news came out that Paul Newman has died of cancer aged 83. I’ve always been a massive fan of Newman, whether it was his fantastic performance in Butch Cassidy, the iconic poster of Cool Hand Luke, the often forgotten The Sting or, perhaps my favourite of his roles as the [...]

Bath Rugby 37 – Worcester 19

After an explosive week, which saw the Southgate shopping centre belch toxic black clouds across the city centre, it was an equally fiery encounter at the Rec, that saw Bath run in 5 tries in a heated, but ultimately one-sided West Country derby.
With the mist coating the hills around the City, the home team were [...]

Go Team Gites

After a fantastic week in France, all that was left to do was work through all the pictures. I’ll post the final ones up on a proper web gallery, but for now, here are just a few…

Bath Rugby 17 – Gloucester Rugby 21

Despite not even making the match day squad, the spectre of Olly Barkley loomed large over this first west country derby since his high profile summer move from Bath to Gloucester. With no obvious replacement brought in to the centre of Bath’s midfield to replace him, the question remained as to whether Bath would remain [...]

Newsflash from ST16

Unfortunately since I moved to WordPress, it means no one else is now allowed to post on the Pipedream – bwahahaha! However Simon asked me to post this up, so fingers crossed it’s not anything too dodgy! ;o)

Bristol Rugby 20 – Bath Rugby 33

Despite being a cold and gloomy day to open the Guiness Premiership season, it was sunshine all round for the Bath fans as they ran out convincing winners over local rivals, Bristol Rugby.
Making the short, albeit time consuming trip to the Memorial Stadium, the game began in far from ideal circumstances, as Bristol crashed through [...]