Rugby
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TV Rugby 27th August -
Thanks to Chris for sending over this weekends selection
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Pre-season Friendly: Albion v Exeter University
Tomorrow sees ALbion take on Exeter University for their final friendly before the season kicks off with the opening league fixture at Rosslyn Park.
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AND SO IT BEGINS…PERPIGNAN v BATH
JRR Tolkien didn’t actually pen those words in Lord of the Rings, rather Peter Jackson’s scriptwriters gave them to Théoden to utter at the start of the Battle of Helm’s Deep. Since then, the phrase has found its way into popular usage signifying the start of some challenging task. Bath Rugby won’t be facing hordes of Orcs, although on second thoughts we could all probably name a few of our rivals who fall into that category, but change is always challenging. Depending on how you deal with it you may either expose weaknesses and succumb to threats or preferably you might exploit it to reinforce strengths and grasp opportunities. So how are we placed to meet the challenges that the new season will bring?
Cricket
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CC1 v Sussex at Hove
Sussex have won the toss and will bowl first and we are startying on time. No Jake Ball today. Josh Shaw comes in as the third seam bowler and Lewis Gregory will captain. Not sure yet whether he will bowl but one would assume he will. Craig Overton also comes back and Lewis Goldsworthy misses out from the eleven. There was a predicted thunderstorm in the early morning today but the rain has gone away and though it might be a bit moist it is a sunny morning in Hove.
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Women's Metrobank v Durham - Last game to Taunton
The last game at the home ground in the Metro for Somerdset Women. They will be at Taunton Vale for a couple but this will be the final County Ground appearance of 2026. fter the excellent win in Hampshire last week the side will be preparing for their T20 Finals Day at Old Traffoed next weekend but first there is the little matter of Durham in a 50 over game.
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CC1 Returns Essex at Home
We welcome Henry Nicholls to the squad for 6 games hot off a Test series and with a record we'd like to see him extend in Late August and September. He will not beomce our 60th opening bat in the CC1 as he is booked to enter at number 3 but we'd like to see a lot of him today as Essex have won the toss and decided to bowl first
Football
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Kelechi Nwakali leaves Barnsley by mutual consent
Nigerian midfielder Kelechi Nwakali has departed Barnsley by mutual consent.
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Barnsley loan Connor O'Riordan from Blackburn
Barnsley announced the loan signing of central defender Connor O'Riordan from Blackburn Rovers with an option to buy at the end of the season.
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Pessimistically Optimistic
It’s only two games in. Two games, with 44 still to play. We can’t get carried away, obviously. But it already feels like a better team than the one we had last season. We have exactly the same number of points as we did at this stage a year ago, and yes, things could still go belly up — this being a family website, you know what belly is standing in for — but there is something different about this side.
F1
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Dutch GP: Difficult race for Atlassian Williams F1 Team
The 2026 Dutch GP would turn out to be a difficult one for the Atlassian Williams F1 Team with once again, despite some early encouraghing pace, the team continues to suffer from an uncompetitive FW48. For Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz it was a race that would unfortunately see the pair make contact going into T1 as Alex was trying to pass Carlos. This would see damage to Alex's car which would see him forced to pit. He would be classified as 17th while Carlos would continue to be 16th. Very much a race that I suspect the team will want to move on from very quickly.
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Dutch GP: Difficult Sprint & Qualifying for Williams F1 Team
The Sprint and Qualifying session would prove to be both difficult sessions for the Atlassian Williams F1 Team with both Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz finishing down the order in both. The Sprint would see Carlos starting from the pit lane and for him his Sprint would become pretty much a test session. For Alex would he would finish where he started in 16th. Qualifying would see Alex 16th and Carlos 17th after making some changes that did improve their cars but not by as much as hoped. It is very much the case that both drivers are getting the best from a car that is far from its most competitive.
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Dutch GP: Mixed Friday for Atlassian Williams F1 Team
The opening day of the 2026 Dutch GP would see the Atlassian Williams F1 Team come away with a very muched mixed set of results with Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz having quite different sessions across the single practice and then Sprint qualifying. Alex was able to make it into SQ2 and would finish in 16th after what he described as a not bad Friday but for Carlos he would have issues in practice which affected his Sprint qualifying. Carlos was have several moments where he would go across the gravel and one would damage his floor which affected his ability to learn the car. This would ultimately see him only manage 18th in the qualifying. The results will see both drivers start down the order in Saturday's Sprint but given the state of the teams inability to bring updates to the FW48 this is not a real surprise.
Golf
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Ryder Cup 2014 Day1- Fourball Pairings & Foursomes
At last it begins - Go Europe
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La Manga best Golf Resort in Spain
The five-star La Manga Club has been named as the best golf resort in Spain for the third successive year.
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Change to selection process for European Ryder Cup Captain
The European Ryder Cup Captain, from the 2016 contest onwards, will be decided by a select five-man panel; it has been announced today by Ryder Cup Europe.
