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Elgan Evan Alderman

2 months

One day and night as a Bayonnais ultra🟦⬜️

Manu Tuilagi will play at world’s best ground – my night as Bayonne ultra

How this Welshman ended up belting out a song originally about Greek wine and met a director at an extraordinary club full of berets, bonhomie and raw rugby passion

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

3 years

50 years of #LionsRugby touring Test XVs

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@ElganTimes

4 months

A Twitter account called “Does Bazball work?” that posts Yes or No depending on whether the most recent ball went well 💴

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@ElganTimes

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Louis Rees-Zammit has 32 caps for Wales so at least he'll still be eligible for Wales while playing a different sport in the United States.

Gloucester Rugby 🍒

@gloucesterrugby

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𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗕 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 Louis Rees-Zammit to join NFL International Player Pathway. Read the full story 👇

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

Joe Root was on 33 off 88 at the start of the over in which Ben Stokes was out. After that, 82 off 82 balls. #ENGvNZ

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

7 months

The drop-goal was a dead art in 2019 (six players did one) but it is very much thriving in 2023 (five players did one) 🔥

Rugby World Cup

@rugbyworldcup

7 months

Rugby World Cup 2023: The return of the drop goal 😍 #RWC2023

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

6 years

“Grandfather, how hot was it really in the summer of 2018?” “No-jackets-at-Lord’s hot, children. The hottest level yet discovered.”

Lord's Cricket Ground

@HomeOfCricket

6 years

Due to the abnormally warm temperatures, MCC has decided to dispense with requirement for gentlemen to wear jackets in the Pavilion and arrive wearing one. This applies to Members of MCC and Middlesex and their guests.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

Not one of the game's bigger problems, but Georgia joining Australia, Fiji and Wales in a pool for the second World Cup in a row is just so boring. World Rugby should just let me pick the pools.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

3 months

Winning margins in 6N 2024 36 Ireland v Italy 24 Ireland v Wales 21 Ireland v France 19 All six other matches combined

Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

3 months

Winning margins in 6N 2024 36 Ireland v Italy 24 Ireland v Wales 21 Ireland v France 10 All four other matches combined

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

1 year

Rehan Ahmed proving to be England’s best off spinner since Graeme Swann.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

4 years

I have compelling evidence that Joe Denly is the greatest Test batsman. % of innings in which batsman reaches double figures Denly 86.96 Labuschagne 86.36 Bradman 82.50 Gower 78.92 Smith 77.86 Cook 76.98 Gooch 75.81 Kohli 75.18 Pietersen 74.59 Williamson 72.26

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

9 months

Wales say hello to Versailles with Calon Lan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

3 years

"Rugby is boring and we need Fiji." *Fiji get called up on a 5+sec caterpillar ruck* Love it.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

6 years

Say what you like about the coverage of Wales v South Africa, but it's not often we get a linesman cam after a conversion and I welcome it for this month's international tours.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

3 years

Funny thing is, when I was 11, I thought England were impossible to beat and that 30-point defeats by England, France and Ireland were a ritual. So the fact I've spent the past week internally ranking four Welsh grand slams seen with my own eyes is absolutely fine by me.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

7 months

Last year I contacted Bardem’s people about a possible interview about Spanish rugby and was told his schedule meant he couldn’t do it. Seeing as I hadn’t specified a timeframe, it suggested he was busy *for the rest of his life* which, fair play, I found very funny.

APSM Rugby Channel 🏉

@ApsmRugby

7 months

Javier Bardem

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

9 months

Been thinking long and hard about it, and here are the 10 best men's RWC moments ever... 1⃣ Stephen Jones's inability to score tries gracefully, even when they are all-time greats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

1 year

Jersey will play their first ODI on Monday, the start of five games that could earn them official status and herald semi-professionalism. A piece on the island on the cusp of World Cup cricket 🇯🇪

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

5 years

Wales 28-10 down to New Zealand in a World Cup, you say?

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

Two minutes of unshackled commentary passion 28 years ago turned Mick Morgan into a cultural phenomenon. It was a delight to meet him in Cas and talk about childhood trips to Wembley, being Man of Steel in 1982 and - of course - those three words.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

4 years

On Saturday, Nick Tompkins made the most carries by a Wales back in Six Nations history. Back of a maul, first receiver, scrum half - he seems to be Wayne Pivac's roving rugbyman.

Six Nations Dissected: how Nick Tompkins became Wayne Pivac’s Swiss army knife

Three matches into Wayne Pivac’s tenure and there have been two bouts of anger induced by referees and defeat as Wales embark on a “new style of play”. There were plenty of opportunities to win the...

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

10 months

Big thing to watch out for at Twickenham today: Taine Basham potentially replacing Taine Plumtree, surely the first interTainge in international rugby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

The number of Welsh players who were superstars in rugby league without anyone in Wales seeming to know (or perhaps care at the time) continues to amaze me. In Salford Red Devils' Team of the Century, 8 of the 17 are Welsh - until recently I had heard of only 2 of them.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

3 years

Pleasing to see everyone scoring same or higher than the man above. A No 11 century we’ll just have to imagine. #PakvsAfg

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

@SamRobertsComms All 24 of Sir Ian McGeechan's international points came from drop-goals.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

3 years

160 of 166 runs in the partnership for Darren Stevens, 96.39% - the most one-sided century partnership in first-class cricket history.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

The prospect of Rhys Priestland's return has had me thinking about 2011 a lot and how superb he was. You're just going to have to believe me when I tell you Wales won the RWC in the timeline in which he was not injured 🙃 Fortunately that's the timeline I live in.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

4 years

Matthieu Jalibert with the second international drop-goal of 2020, after Belgium’s Alan Williams.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

5 years

Dominic Sibley has faced 3,024 balls in Division One this season. No one else has gone beyond 2,000.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

1 year

I dreamed of playing for Wales and singing the anthem on the field. On Friday, I had a nightmare that my bow tie was the wrong colour - but 24 hours later half of the dream came true 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

6 years

Obviously we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves but, of those who have taken ten or more wickets, the difference between Sam Curran's Test batting and bowling averages is bettered only by Garfield Sobers, Albert Trott and Jacques Kallis so let's all lose the plot.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

Haseeb Hameed's average as a Test opener has just dropped below Dom Sibley, Michael Carberry, Mark Stoneman and Alex Hales.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

Always find it funny that James Anderson is still England's leading ODI wicket-taker.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

On my way to Ashton Gate for Bristol Bears v South Africa XV. Kick-off three hours away and I’ve already pressed send on my report about how SA were reffed off the park.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

Kyle Mayers (batting 39.85, bowling 16.65) is currently ahead of Jacques Kallis in the Test all-rounder average differential rankings, and is 0.55 behind Garfield Sobers.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

4 years

Let's just go all in. The great utility backs of the professional era (Test starts in order of position, but players in no particular order) Frans Steyn (W,FB,C,FH) Luke McLean (FH,FB,W,C) Josh Lewsey (C,FH,FB,W) Mat Rogers (FB,C,W,FH) Waisale Serevi (FH,FB,SH,W

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

9 months

Wales's tackle number has been readjusted overnight from its RWC record. It is now 253 (🔼5) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇫🇯

Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

9 months

Just looked at the stats. 248 tackles by Wales, 70 by Fiji. 17 (!) penalties conceded by Wales, 9 by Fiji.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

5 years

Born in Pakistan, Hassan Azad emigrated to Nottingham as a teenager. Released by Notts at 20, he caught the eye of Paul Nixon with a gritty 48 for Loughborough. On a full-time deal with Leicestershire, he may be the most obdurate batsman in England.

Hassan Azad, Leicestershire opener with a desire to bat for long periods

Leicestershire’s players retreated to the dressing room. The 2018 season was in its infancy; the pitch was green and conditions were, well, April in England. The county side were taking on Loughbor...

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

What a great advert for 4.3-day Test cricket.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

3 years

Wales and England are finally even. Who gets the luck now is anyone’s guess.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

9 months

2⃣ From the same match, Dan Luger's clearance kick that gave Wales an attacking lineout almost on the 5m line 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

Scant evidence for this but I strongly believe that Ollie Hassell-Collins has to be the only rugby player with LL in all three of his names. Sure, Llewellyn Lloyd and Willie Llewellyn snuck a few in, but not across three beauties.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

9 months

3⃣ France hosting the 2007 tournament but ending up in the only quarter-final that didn't take place in France - and still winning in Cardiff 🇫🇷

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

9 months

7⃣ Mamuka Gorgodze getting man of the match when Georgia lost 43-10 to New Zealand, and feeling very shy about the whole affair 🇬🇪

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

The great thing about Wales having shirt names in 2008 is that there was zero fanfare about it starting and finishing, without researching I couldn’t even tell you why/when it stopped or started. We were all too busy shouting “Nantes” and “13 Ospreys” at each other.

Times Sport

@TimesSport

2 years

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: England and Scotland players will wear names on the back of their shirts for the first time this autumn

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

5 years

Have Genge and Polledri ever collided? Pretty sure it would rearrange the cosmos.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

4 years

Theme of English cricket so far this summer: if you drop a player controversially, they will inevitably return as the world's greatest bowler. #ENGvIRE

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

An interview with @victoriahrush on what spurred her on to make a film exploring inequality in women’s rugby.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

3 years

Messaging the WhatsApp group about Romania 17-24 Argentina and never been more confident of being blanked.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

5 years

The Denly family perfectly placed now to enter into a debate about what is more painful.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

7 months

The RFU confirm that England A will face Portugal at Welford Road on February 25 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇵🇹

Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

8 months

The RFU is in talks about a match between Portugal and England A 🇵🇹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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@ElganTimes

11 months

'He picked it up, I went: put it down . . . put it down. Put it down! The whole game stopped for about three minutes. That’s our ball, put it down.' Natural keepers, run-out death threat and perfectly soaked Weetabix - two hours with @jackrussellart 🏏👨‍🎨

Jack Russell: England have been so sloppy – I kept a log of my drops

At the end of a one-hour interview that lasted two hours, I ask Jack Russell whether he would blindfold me if we were at his house. Among the many tales of Russ

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

9 months

🔟And back to France once more...Jean-Marc Doussain making his debut off the bench in a World Cup final, a match in which Morgan Parra started at fly half and France lost 8-7 after ignoring their coach following the defeat by Tonga 🇫🇷

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

5 years

10-0-37-3 10-0-32-2 10-1-39-2 10-0-39-2 10-0-42-2 Liam Dawson has found his rough economy and he's sticking to it. #RLODC

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

8 months

The RFU is in talks about a match between Portugal and England A 🇵🇹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

5 years

I love the alphabet. Always have. Look how important I am.

Elizabeth Ammon

@legsidelizzy

5 years

This is probably as close as I will come to being a published author but I have written a few thousand words for this. The story of the CWC 2019. You can pre-order it now.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

11 months

"Sometimes just give luck a swift kick in the butt. One out of ten have got to work out, right?" Jens Voigt and Thomas de Gendt helped me understand the art of cycling's breakaway - in pursuit of the baroudeurs 🚵

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

7 months

Flippant posts aside, at the past three men’s RWCs there have been 8, 6 and 8 drop-goals, down from 20 in 2011.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

4 years

Who would you like as your main sponsor? Sandals. Lovely. And on the right breast? Sandals. ...Should I bother asking about the sleeve?

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

4 years

In the week where England should have been hosting Tonga, the traditional story of autumn finances is on ice. But @danleo82 reminds us in his new film - a manifesto for change - that Pacific Islands have had a raw deal.

Daniel Leo’s documentary makes strong case for change in Pacific Islands rugby

With all the trouble in which rugby union finds itself during a pandemic, it is easy to forget that it was not all fine and dandy beforehand. Daniel Leo is one

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 months

Chapeau and thanks to @RosbifsRugby and @sebwarwick for spotting the moment when @CRichardsonTel and I were thoroughly caught up in things 🇫🇷

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

4 months

30 years ago today, the Mick Morgan game happened. As I learnt more about the 1994 Regal Trophy final, I became convinced it represents the nexus of the rugby universe. A piece on Castleford’s 33-2 win over Wigan 👇📎

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

3 months

Wrote about Lewis Jones and the other dual-code Lions who probably aren’t remembered as much as they should be 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

@Peddler_of_84 @Tier2RugbyForum @rugbyNAM_ This is purely a selfish tweet on my part about how I like teams to be arranged in new formations at the World Cup. I love Georgia and just think it's more exciting when new match-ups happen.

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@ElganTimes

4 years

George Linde is well travelled in English league cricket: he has turned out for Grimsby Town, Middleton, Lytham, Darwen, Biddestone and Ramsbottom.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

6 years

Bumrah’s Test batting average now a scintillating 1.43. #ENGvIND

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

1 year

Twelve years ago Wales went to Murrayfield with Davies (24), AWJ (25), Warburton (22) and Lydiate (23) starting, Turnbull (22) on the bench, Faletau (20) not yet capped. Now starting with a 20, 21, 23 and 23, with uncapped 24 on the bench.

Welsh Rugby Union 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@WelshRugbyUnion

1 year

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐑𝐔 𝐗𝐕 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The Welsh 23 headed to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💪 Amdani Cymru! #WelshRugby | #GuinnessSixNations

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

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4⃣ Still with France...losing 19-9 to Tonga and being awarded a penalty in front of the posts in the last play, but opting for a scrum (much to Alisona Taumalolo's pleasure) even though 3 points would bring a losing BP - and scoring in the corner anyway 🇫🇷

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@ElganTimes

5 years

Has anyone told the TV directors that the spidercam is dreadful for watching live play?

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

9 months

6⃣ Theuns Kotzé slotting drop-goals in the 11th, 13th and 15th minutes of Namibia's match against Fiji in 2007, presumably because of a glitch in the matrix 🇳🇦

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

4 years

Guess I'm downloading Cricket Captain for the first time in 14 years.

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@ElganTimes

5 years

Real shame this match doesn't have first-class status because on 201*, Haseeb Hameed would be on 31 more than he managed throughout the summer of 2018.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

8 months

Wikipedia reckons the 2024 Six Nations has begun and the opening results are quite eye-catching 🪩

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

1 year

Has anyone yet considered that this might be a Great Advert For Test Cricket?

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

I actually think there should be more cards in rugby, cynical play should be punished earlier with yellows. Anyway, off to watch cycling 🚴‍♀️ #CommonwealthGames2022

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

6 years

Among the myriad reasons I thought I may appear on page three of a newspaper, writing about a Tour de France winner from Cardiff was low on the list. All the reaction to Geraint Thomas and perhaps the greatest Welsh sporting day in today's @thetimes .

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@ElganTimes

2 years

Beyond proud of this. And singing at a Stonehenge sunset (feat my impression of a menhir below) was something I’ll cherish for ever 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

London Welsh Male Voice Choir

@LWMVC

2 years

The London Welsh Male Voice Choir has been named as one of the seven winners of Britain's Big Platinum Performance by Classic FM and Making Music.

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@ElganTimes

2 years

Twisted flax please, Victoria.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

4 years

@SquidgeRugby Pretty sure it was just 80 minutes of Leigh Halfpenny adjusting his head guard at unsuitable moments.

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@ElganTimes

2 years

More of this sort of thing.

Murray Kinsella

@Murray_Kinsella

2 years

Referee Marius van der Westhuizen not messing around with the 60-second shot clock for the Sharks' penalty here. Scrum Stormers. Game finished 22-22. #URC

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@ElganTimes

3 years

So 5m taps came back into fashion last year. Now Wasps have just done a 5m tap with decoys. The logical next step...return of the wall move?

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

1 year

We can also add Rehab Ahmed to the list of sporting autocorrects. Warren Garland sees you and likes it.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

Thank you in particular to @RockyClark_1 who talked me through her four World Cups, including the strength she showed in 2017 to play while dealing with the death of her stepdad

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

9 months

Just looked at the stats. 248 tackles by Wales, 70 by Fiji. 17 (!) penalties conceded by Wales, 9 by Fiji.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

9 months

8⃣ Craig Joubert needing a wee, according to the CEO of World Rugby 🇿🇦

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

4 years

Lockdown tip: Pretend you're on holiday by showering just before dinner.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

2 years

Wrote about my recent pilgrimage to France with @CERichardson_ and @w3lshrugby . 1) Highly recommend all rugby fans experience French club rugby 2) France are very, very confident about their XV (and Dupont) going into November against SA and the RWC

France’s rugby heartlands: Music, charcuterie and the cult of the nine

Hidden away up a steep, winding road in Larrivière-Saint-Savin, in the south of France, is a gem for any rugby fan. A small chapel heaves into view, in front of

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

5 years

I've spent several hours in the World Cup stats archive and I can exclusively reveal that half of the sides who win their semi-final go on to lose the final.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

5 years

Did they do a drop-off at the Coldra? You haven’t returned from a sports fixture unless there’s a drop-off at the Coldra.

BBC ScrumV

@BBCScrumV

5 years

The Wales squad have arrived home! After nearly 2 months in Japan, the players and staff are welcomed home by family and friends!

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@ElganTimes

1 year

Rehan Ahmed has just received his cap from Adil Rashid. Aged 18y 205d, he will become England’s youngest men’s ODI player today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇧🇩 #BANvEng

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

3 years

Robert Oliver was the only member of the British paracanoeing team who did not win a medal at the Rio Games. Five years on, ready to leave the sport and return to his job in aeronautical engineering, he wept after clinging on to bronze by 0.012sec.

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

7 months

In a parallel universe, a Wales team featuring Costelow at 10, Grady, Dyer and Halfpenny in the back three, and Cai Evans on the bench after he arrived in France on Monday, are also 20-6 down 🏟️

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Elgan Evan Alderman

@ElganTimes

5 years

🏏 Joe Root scores more quickly than Dhoni and Smith 🏏 Jos Buttler is ridiculous 🏏 Tom Curran, by one measure, is the second-best all-rounder in the game England's World Cup squad dissected.

England’s Cricket World Cup squad dissected

The Scorer, Elgan Alderman, crunches the numbers to explain why England have picked these 15 men to carry their hopes at the World Cup

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Mark Cavendish confirms he will retire at the end of this year. A piece on his career: riding past legends on one wheel, his Olympic annoyance, and those grand-tour records 🚴

Mark Cavendish: Cycling’s sprint king to retire after 2023 season

Mario Cipollini was one of cycling’s finest sprinters. Aged 40, at the 2008 Tour of California, “The Lion King” watched Mark Cavendish speed past while using only one leg to pedal.

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Obviously 2005 was the greatest seven weeks of all time - "Shave away, Gavin!", silly offloads in Rome, Jones running 60m and Martyn's comeback in Paris, a first half in Murrayfield that was as brilliant as Wales have ever been, and a clinical ending in the Cardiff sunshine.

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Sad not to see Bocelli singing an Italian version of Vindaloo. Could call it Nessun Korma.

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On balance, I think it was better when England batted slowly and didn't get out than batting slowly and also getting out.

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Glamorgan for the first eight wickets of this match 183-16 Glamorgan for the 9th and 10th wicket of this match 337-3*

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4 years

Marchant de Lange has gone full Jamie Overton and then some, hitting a century from No 10 off 62 balls, having come in at 60 for 8.

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Lots to take away from this, but look at the locks. Barely a Test goes by without a long-standing great forming half of the second-row partnership.

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The British wheelchair rugby team have guaranteed their first Paralympic medal in the sport with a brilliant victory over Japan.

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Eoin Morgan will miss the final two matches of the T20 series against West Indies with a low-grade quadriceps injury. Moeen Ali filled in as captain yesterday after Morgan felt pain in his right quad during the warm-up.

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