Luke McLaughlin

London

Editor and Writer at The Guardian

Articles

Bath v Bristol: Premiership rugby union semi-final - live

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureTeamsWholesale changes from Johan van Graan after he put out the reserves last week vs Saracens, his eyes firmly on this match. Pat Lam makes three changes to the pack that secured the play-off berth vs Harlequins. Bath: Tom de Glanville, Joe Cokanasiga, Max Ojomoh, Cameron Redpath, Will Muir, Finn Russell, Ben Spencer, Beno Obano, Tom Dunn, Will Stuart, Quinn Roux, Charlie Ewels, Ted Hill, Guy Pepper, Alfie Barbeary.
Giro d’Italia: stage 21 updates as race concludes in Rome - live

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleIt doesn’t matter where Saturday’s Stage 20 ranks in the pantheon of historic grand tour drama. Comparison being the thief of joy and all that. All we need worry about is that Simon Yates, of Team Visma–Lease A Bike, is about to win the Giro d’Italia after his astonishing climbing performance yesterday.
Cotgreave hat-trick gives Gloucester win over Northampton but no playoff berth

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin

Gloucester did their part. A top-four finish and a place in the playoffs remained tantalisingly within reach for George Skivington’s side on the final day, but they didn’t just need a win: they also required one of Bristol, Sale and Leicester above them to falter. It wasn’t to be. Seven tries in a rousing performance, including a hat-trick for the elusive 19-year-old wing Jack Cotgreave, against a much-changed Northampton delighted their relentlessly passionate fans.
French Open: Alcaraz beats Dzumhur, Rybakina sets up Swiatek clash – as it happened

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Tom Bassam |John Brewin |Luke McLaughlin

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French Open: Alcaraz beats Dzumhur, Rybakina sets up Swiatek clash – as it happened

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Tom Bassam |John Brewin |Luke McLaughlin

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Trash-talk and rough sleeping: following the 2001 Lions’ tour of Australia

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Luke McLaughlin

June 2001. I’m on an overnight Greyhound bus from Cairns to Townsville. A typical post-university year travelling in Australia and New Zealand has taken an unwelcome turn after an equally typical relationship breakup. Initially there had been no plans to follow that year’s British & Irish Lions tour, even though I had been enthralled by the classic encounter against the Springboks four years earlier.
The Breakdown | A flashback to following the 2001 Lions’ tour in Australia

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin

June 2001. I’m on an overnight Greyhound bus from Cairns to Townsville. A typical post-university year travelling in Australia and New Zealand has taken an unwelcome turn after an equally typical relationship breakup. Initially there had been no plans to follow that year’s British & Irish Lions tour, even though I had been enthralled by the classic encounter against the Springboks four years before.
players of the season

1 month ago | msn.com | Luke McLaughlin

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Premier League 2024-25 review: players of the season

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin

Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)Pedants may protest that Eze’s sublime FA Cup form (quarter-final and semi-final screamers before a winner at Wembley) is inadmissable evidence in a Premier League review. But he was already one of the players of the season long before helping Crystal Palace win their first major trophy.
Formula One 2025: Lando Norris wins Monaco Grand Prix to boost title push – live

1 month ago | msn.com | Luke McLaughlin

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