Mrs Jonny’s Diary

  • Has the Six Nations lost it’s sparkle?

    Has the Six Nations lost it’s sparkle?

    Already I can hear a clamour of voices rising up in outrage at this very statement and most of those will be coming from west of the river Severn. But before the lynch mobs sharpen their pitch forks and dust off their torches I still...

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  • Mrs Jonny’s Six Nations report

    Mrs Jonny’s Six Nations report

    On Saturday, I had the rather wonderful pleasure of spending the afternoon at a small, inconspicuous little rugby football club known as Twickenham. Along with thousands of other souls, I was there to experience the thrill of English rugby. As ‘Land of Hope and Glory’...

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  • From Zero to Hero – Mrs Jonny’s Diary

    From Zero to Hero – Mrs Jonny’s Diary

    A couple of weeks after my slightly overwhelming, and let’s face it, pretty ineffective debut, I moved onto match number two – another friendly against a ‘beatable’ team. Whereas I spent my previous match like a rabbit in headlights, I had a lot more fun...

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  • Mrs Jonny makes her debut

    Mrs Jonny makes her debut

    Here is the long-awaited match report from Mrs Jonny’s rugby debut, and her subsequent initiation into her new club. From all of us at The Rugby Blog, I’d like to offer huge congratulations and thank you for keeping us posted and thoroughly entertained. If you’d...

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  • Jonny’s not the only one that’s been selected this weekend – Mrs Jonny’s diary

    Jonny’s not the only one that’s been selected this weekend – Mrs Jonny’s diary

    I have changed my mind.  Whether we’re playing the vicious chavs or the nice girls from down the road who are struggling to pull together more than ten players, I have decided that this weekend is match time for Mrs Jonny.  Well it’s not so...

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  • Brute force and bunking off – Mrs Jonny’s diary

    Brute force and bunking off – Mrs Jonny’s diary

    So I have a confession to make – I bunked off training last week and that’s why (as I’m sure you all noticed!) there was no blog from Mrs J. What can I say? I’d spent the day over in London village and was tired...

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  • It’s not over until the fat lady sings – Mrs Jonny’s diary

    It’s not over until the fat lady sings – Mrs Jonny’s diary

      When it comes to hobbies, I have to admit that I am generally more at home in the world of the arts than with this sporting malarky. As you may have gleaned from these narcissistic ramblings, I don’t know a huge amount about the...

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  • Mrs Jonny’s Christmas message

    Mrs Jonny’s Christmas message

    And so my quest for sporting brilliance – or at least regular, athletic mediocrity – reaches the end of the year. The December blog-writing has been somewhat waylaid by a cocktail of Christmas drinks parties, excessive mince pie consumption and (unrelated, I’m sure) a rather...

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