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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoGood to see England leading northern light
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WHO would have believed it? England the only Northern hemisphere team to...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoWhy I’m expecting a big win for England
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As England continue with their World Cup journey against Fiji today, the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoRFU must provide a pathway for everyone
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WELL, who would have believed it? One of the best teams in...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years ago24 teams would mean yet more mismatches
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS THE World Cup dominates everything in rugby at the moment surely...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoJust in time, England seem to be improving
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WELL, who would have thought it? After the dismal performances in the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoChance for Ford to prove he’s No1
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WHAT a start to this World Cup with host France beating the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoTime right for second crown to come north
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THE opening weekend of matches will tell us a lot more about...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoWe need to reopen pathways to top of the game
Eddie Jones has blamed the RFU for the demise of the game in England for not producing enough quality players. I...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoTime for England to justify £100k fee
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WELL I was wrong with my prediction last week, as England proved...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoI still think England could surprise a few
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME SO here we are again, losing a player as a result of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoEngland’s discipline now a major concern
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WELL it has to be said, the win last week was certainly...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoNot enough variation in England’s approach
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WELL, last week’s game between Wales and England certainly showed us a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoBorthwick deserves a chance to learn
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WITH England’s first warm-up game taking place this weekend, it brings home...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoEngland can be the dark horses at this World Cup
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS Aformer player, I find it difficult to understand the way the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoSouthern Hemisphere given big advantage
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, if ever there was a sign of a true bias in...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoI’m no fan of World League agenda
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Am I the only one that thinks that the idea of the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoWe trained for hours in baking sun – then lost!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As England ramp up their preparation for this year’s Rugby World Cup,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoRFU needs to strike the right financial balance
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME EARLIER this week, the RFU president Nigel Gillingham, sent out a newsletter...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoBlackett’s blueprint deserves attention
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Jeff Blackett is not a name that will spring to mind if...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoA legend, a team-mate and great, great friend
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME SOMETIMES it’s easy to write about the passing of a great sportsman...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoGame is spending above its means
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Just as we all thought it couldn’t get any worse now the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoGood to see Prem stars in Baa-Baa shirts
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What a show Eddie Jones staged on his return to Twickenham in...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoWR has made mess of how game is played
JEFF PROBYN With the season over and the Premiership finally decided, it would be good to look back and see what...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoIt’s right that Wasps start again from the bottom
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As I look at the Wasps saga, I can’t help thinking that...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoIf Sale win it could be a real game-changer
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson was close to tears after...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoToo many matches had no real meaning to them
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Now, as we reflect and are drawing closer to the end of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoRFU Council still does far more than most people realise
There have been a few comments in the Press lately about how some professional players seem to think that the RFU...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoTwickenham now the home of the women’s game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Congratulations to the Red Roses on another Grand Slam with a great...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoDilemma over who controls the money
We all know people have a different perspectives depending on which side of the fence they are on and how decisions...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoWe need a total root and branch review of game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It's obvious to all that there is something fundamentally wrong with the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoPlease support my mate, the Judge
JEFF PROBYN My best friend and teammate Paul Rendall is battling with MND and the game has rallied around to support...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoMore money needs to go to the grassroots
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As the Premiership, Champions Cup and Women’s Six Nations hog the headlines,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoGoing abroad won’t make players better
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I really am getting fed up with the constant call from players...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoHard to stop the drain of players going overseas
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Am I the only one thinking that Maro Itoje is living in...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoSome great matches but it’s all for nothing
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME With the men’s Six Nations finally over, albeit with the painfully poor...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoTwo sets of laws for one game is wrong
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Many congratulations to Ireland, for not only winning the Six Nations Grand...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoDid RFU give job to Borthwick too soon?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME After watching a record defeat at home against a side that had...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoThe Judge was one of the best in the game
TRP columnist Jeff Probyn recalls good times with his great friend Paul Rendall Paul built a reputation as a fierce loosehead...
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Features
/ 3 years agoHonoured that France recognised my efforts!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I MUST admit, every time England face France, it brings back memories...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoInsult to see Borthwick give away England caps
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What a weekend of rugby we had last week with two fascinating...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoThe game is going back, not forward
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME How things change when money is the main target for doing something....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoBorthwick must build up England’s armoury
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I have to say last weekend’s Six Nations games disappointed me as...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoReturning to normal seems a long way off
JEFF PROBYN IT seems that the Wasps and Worcester saga continues. Wasps reached the demands the RFU have asked for to...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoStarting choices up front a surprise
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME HOPE and expectation, two words that have the same goal which implies...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoGive Bill a break – he’s the best man for the job
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I really cannot understand why so many people within our game seem...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoPro game can learn from amateur ranks
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Player welfare is something that I think everybody in any sport agrees...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoThe French connection that will aid Borthwick
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME So I was wrong, I admit it. Joe Marler didn’t have his...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoReducing Marler’s ban sends wrong message
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME ONCE again Joe Marler seems to have pushed the barriers of what...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoBorthwick facing a tough start to the year
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Happy New Year and let’s hope it’s a good one. What a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoChristmas time and things are in a mess
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As the song goes, it’s Christmas time, a time when everyone is...












