By NICK POWELL FORMER Premiership top try-scorer Tom Varndell wants better training around coping with social media abuse for players in the professional game following […]
It’s been a groundbreaking week or so in English rugby, as both England captain Owen Farrell and international referee have decided to take a break […]
NICK CAIN – READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Maro Itoje should be England’s next captain following Owen Farrell’s decision to make himself unavailable for […]
It is high time English rugby with its huge resources, in both player and financial terms, ceased pressing the wretched self-destruct button. As Nick Cain […]
NICK CAIN HUGH McHardy is one of those irrepressible, generous characters who give such vibrancy to the social and playing fabric of rugby union that […]
By NICK CAIN England …………………………15pts Penalties: Farrell 3, 10, 24, 39 Drop goals: Farrell 53 South Africa …………………16pts Tries: Snyman 69 Conversions: Pollard 70 Penalties: […]
From NICK CAIN at the Stade de France Argentina……………………….6pts Penalties: Boffelli 4, 34 New Zealand………………….44pts Tries: Jordan 10, 61, 72 Barrett 16, Frizell 41, 48, […]
They’ll be action, reaction and analysis from both this weekend’s Rugby World Cup semi-finals in The Rugby Paper this Sunday. After an extraordinary weekend of quarter-finals […]
By NICK CAIN Simon Halliday says the decision of Jersey Reds to go into administration, while criticising the RFU leadership for a lack of support, […]
By NICK CAIN The RFU Board and its administrators, chief executive Bill Sweeney and chairman Tom Ilube, have been slammed by Championship clubs for conducting […]
NICK CAIN The reaction to the landmark RFU Council letter in which 30 members have challenged the current leadership of RFU Board chairman Tom Ilube, […]
By NICK CAIN PREVIEW…England v Japan, Today. Kick-off 8pm, Stade de Nice Can Japan produce another “Brighton Miracle”, mirroring their incredible win over South Africa […]
From NICK CAIN at Stade de Marseille England ……………………….. 27pts Penalties: Ford 10, 46, 54, 59, 66, 75 Drop-goals: Ford 27, 31, 37 Argentina …………………….. […]
By NICK CAIN The latest incarnation of the Premiership Cup, and the most positive because it includes Championship clubs competing against those in the top […]
By NICK CAIN England …………………………19pts Tries: Itoje 68 Conversions: Ford 68 Penalties: Farrell 10, 40+2, 42; Ford 76 Wales……………………………. 17pts Tries: Penalty 59, T Williams […]
By NICK CAIN New Championship chairman Simon Halliday says the survival of many of the clubs in the second-tier professional league depends on the RFU/Premiership […]
This week on The Rugby Paper Podcast, joining host Ollie Little, columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher and Digital Editor Nick Powell, Mal O’Kelly discusses […]
This week on the Rugby Paper Podcast, host Ollie Little is joined by columnists Brendan Gallagher, Nick Cain and Chris Hewett to discuss the format […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There could not have been a bigger catalyst for change at Twickenham than Bill Sweeney’s abject announcement […]
NICK CAIN The RFU’s failure to put in a robust, stringent regulatory framework has led to three Premiership clubs going bust this season, and hundreds […]