Chris , you are spot on regarding the mainstream Rugby media`s obsession , sycophancy and drum banging for Quins in particular , but also Saracens, is utterly puke making. They have an agenda , a story , which they continue to push , irrespective of reality. The flag waving for Marcus Smith to start for England will soon disappear once the reality of actually playing against International good opposition occurs. Smith is a very good flyhalf but he wont thank anyone if he is pushed too hard and too fast, as much of the London based media are doing as they herald him as some kind of Messiah for England .
I think DMP Sharks and some others suffer an amount of ‘poaching’ from the richer London-based clubs. Ironically harping back to those times in the men’s game before professionalism when players from the north were often plunged into City jobs from farming and trade backgrounds.
Chris , you are spot on regarding the mainstream Rugby media`s obsession , sycophancy and drum banging for Quins in particular , but also Saracens, is utterly puke making. They have an agenda , a story , which they continue to push , irrespective of reality. The flag waving for Marcus Smith to start for England will soon disappear once the reality of actually playing against International good opposition occurs. Smith is a very good flyhalf but he wont thank anyone if he is pushed too hard and too fast, as much of the London based media are doing as they herald him as some kind of Messiah for England .
Great points you raise.
I think DMP Sharks and some others suffer an amount of ‘poaching’ from the richer London-based clubs. Ironically harping back to those times in the men’s game before professionalism when players from the north were often plunged into City jobs from farming and trade backgrounds.