Nick Cain

Rassie Erasmus’ blunderbuss blasts all moving targets | Nick Cain

1 August 2021 0 comments

Rassie Erasmus’ video was a clear indication of the effects severe pressure can have on national hero status, writes Nick Cain

Jonker’s call is bonkers and insult to the Lions | Nick Cain

25 July 2021 0 comments

The appointment of Marius Jonker as TMO for a series between the Springboks and Lions is farcical

John Mitchell departure gives RFU elbow room

25 July 2021 0 comments

Eddie Jones can remould his coaching staff how he would like in biggest overhaul of his tenure

The Lions can climb Everest again this time says their coaching legend

25 July 2021 0 comments

The legendary British & Irish Lions forwards coach discusses the 2021 tour and the odds of Gatland tasting success as he did in 2013

Let’s pour cold water over this Rassie Erasmus ruse | Nick Cain

18 July 2021 0 comments

A head coach as a waterboy? The incursion of non-playing staff on the pitch has been a problem brewing for years

Mighty Mouse can put a scare into giant Boks | Nick Cain

11 July 2021 0 comments

Hamish Watson can be the force that brings down the Springboks at the breakdown, writes Nick Cain

High ball doubt may cost Stuart Hogg Lions slot | Nick Cain

27 June 2021 1 comment

STUART Hogg’s high points this season in leading Scotland to away victories over France and England in the Six Nations, as well as his two […]

Car crash European Cup rules will wreck a great Cup | Nick Cain

20 June 2021 0 comments

THE European Cup is on a slippery slope. It is rapidly being downgraded from a competition which was about becoming champions of Europe – ‘the […]

Touchline fiasco should never have happened

13 June 2021 0 comments

NICK CAINREAD HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE touchline row between Steve Borthwick and Pat Lam in the clash between Leicester and Bristol at Welford Road […]

Wake-up call will be good for Kyle Sinckler says Eddie

13 June 2021 0 comments

KYLE Sinckler’s late call up for the Lions tour after the injury to Irish tighthead Andrew Porter has been give the thumbs-up by Eddie Jones. […]

Championship is sinking: RFU won’t rescue it! | Nick Cain

6 June 2021 1 comment

Nick Cain’s column focusseses on the apparent lack of resistence to ring-fencing the Premiership

Why can’t Japan find home-grown internationals? | Nick Cain

30 May 2021 0 comments

There are 19 foreign-born players named by head coach Jamie Joseph in his Japan squad to tour Europe this summer

So good to see Manu Tuilagi back in mint condition | Nick Cain

30 May 2021 0 comments

Tuilagi could still be vital for the Lions should Gatland need to call on a replacement, writes Nick Cain

The 36-man squad Eddie Jones must pick for England this summer | Nick Cain

30 May 2021 1 comment

Nick Cain explains why Eddie Jones must pick a team aged 25 or younger this summer, and how such a squad may look

This lurking wolf will gobble up our game | Nick Cain

23 May 2021 0 comments

THE fantasists who believe that Premiership Rugby is ‘on fire’ with great games of the highest quality are in urgent need of a reality check.There […]

Hobbits can slay the Bok orcs again | Nick Cain

23 May 2021 0 comments

WHEN it comes to setting your team up for a fall, there is no media quite like South Africa’s. The slagging off of the 2021 […]

Sinckler was not good enough when it really mattered | Nick Cain

16 May 2021 0 comments

Are England counting the cost of a poor Six Nations despite having 11 players selected by Lions head coach Warren Gatland?

RFU ignore fact the players voted for the name Saxons | Nick Cain

16 May 2021 0 comments

ONE of the dangers with diversity politics, as illustrated by the RFU decision this week to dispense with the name ‘Saxons’, is that it can […]

Francis Baron exclusive – Pt.3: The earthquake that hit football shows fans must be listened to in rugby

9 May 2021 0 comments

NICK CAIN concludes his far-reaching interview with Francis Baron, the man who was the most powerful figure in English rugby FRANCIS Baron concludes his analysis […]