Joanh Lomu clatters through England

The great thing about sport is that occasionally it produces an athlete so talented, so exceptional, so perfect, that the only conclusion we can draw, is that they were either artificially created in a lab, or that they are merely some freak of nature that was born to do what they do. Someone that would look totally out of place doing something other then the sporting discipline they are taking part in.

The subject for my first article on sporting freaks is one such athlete. You can’t imagine this guy doing anything other then playing rugby. Or maybe sumo wrestling. But you can’t, for example, envisage him as an accountant.

Cast your mind back to early 1995. Rugby Union was in a pretty major transitional phase, with professionalism only just around the corner. (The game went professional in August 1995). South Africa had only recently returned from the international wilderness and were preparing to host the World Cup. If I remember rightly I was a young wipper-snapper winger playing school boy rugby, and my favourite player was Rob Andrew (I think). The world of Rugby was filled with such players like Rob Andrew and Brian Moore. Honest chaps who held down civilised jobs during the week, whilst taking to the rugby pitch at weekends.

Then, along came Jonah.
Read More

The Commentary Box is fully embracing social media! We are now on facebook, so become a fan and help support us.

The Commentary Box Facebook Page.

Ok ok ok. I know I said I’d try harder. So here it is. Me trying harder.

Before the year runs out and I haven’t posted anything at all, I thought I’d better get my thoughts and expectations for the sporting year ahead. Sadly I’ve already missed the boat on the Australian Open, but if I had had chance to blog about it before the event I would have written about my hopes that Andy Murray would do well. You can imagine my delight that he did very well indeed. It is a shame that Roger Federer still exists! I did manage to catch Murray live in his second round match against Marc Giquel and I was stuck by how much more aggressive he looked on court. I had high hopes. I guess the only disappointment was that Murray couldn’t take that final set against Federer. I guess we all knew The Fed would prevail, but I had hoped Murray would take a set or two off him. Still, I have hopes for Andy. I have no doubt he will win a major one day, I just don’t think it will be Wimbledon. He seems far more at home on the hard courts of Australia and the USA.
Read More

Wow. Long Time.

I must apologise to my legions of readers for the lack of posts recently. Sadly, I will have to play the work card. There’s been far too much of it recently. I do, however, have every intention of returning to regular posting within a few days. A Christmas holiday will do me a world of good. Since my absence though, the image of Andrew Strauss lifting the Ashes is a pretty good holding page.

If you fancy getting my regular tweets, you can follow me on Twitter. I’ve certainly been a little more active there!

In the meantime, we’ve had a lot of sport in the past few months. Jenson Button became F1 World Champion, despite his best efforts to throw it away. He’s now followed the money to McLaren, where he will be second fiddle to Lewis Hamilton. Manchester City, much to my frustration, succeeded in notching up an amazing run of seven consecutive Premier League wins. Fortunately, a fantastic win against Chelsea sees us on our way again. The England Cricket team somehow managed to notch up a ODI series win against SA, although I think the rain helped. This Trott character seems to be the business. And finally, the England rugby team raised few eyebrows with a poor showing in the Autumn Internationals. Although Rob Andrew et al seem to be convinced we’re getting better. At least no one was sent off this time. That IS an improvement.

Oh, and did anyone catch any of the cricket from Adelaide recently? Cracking test match between Windies and Australia. Would have loved a Windies win, especially since the hammering they coped from the Aussie press after the first test. Who says test cricket is dead? Game of Champions.

I look forward now to heading to France for Christmas, where I can relax with Sky Sports and Real Ale. Various musings will be coming your way in due course.

Bonos Nochos.

Follow us on Twitter

A reminder to all that you can follow updates and additional mumblings on twitter.

Updates will include all posted articles and some additional thoughts that don’t make it to the site. So come and follow us, and join the sporting discussions.

Twitter

I’ve just created a twitter site for The Commentary Box, so for those people up to date with their social networking, you can follow us there. Here’s the link: http://twitter.com/SportAtPKHT.

Twitter is a new thing for me, I’ve been resisting the call to sign up for a while, but I have finally relented. I think it will prove to be a good way to spread our sporting message!