Nick Cain

The chickens are coming home to roost for Eddie Jones | Nick Cain

7 March 2021 0 comments

How close should England be to pushing the panic button with their Saracens stars and high penalty count?

Bristol Bears full-back Charles Piutau is a marquee-designated player

Marquee men mock the salary cap principles | Nick Cain

28 February 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain examines the proposterous regulation of marquee players under the Premiership salary cap

Reviving the England Saxons would help Eddie’s arousal plan

28 February 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain looks at the defunct England Saxons programme, and asks notable figures Ali Hepher and George Skivington about their time as a Saxon

Wales 40-24 England: Don’t blame the ref, this was English indiscipline

28 February 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain reports from the Principality Stadium where Wales claimed the Triple Crown against an improved, but indisciplined, England

Decision time, Eddie – put down the yo-yos! | Nick Cain

21 February 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain questions whether England captain Owen Farrell is facing up to the toughest period of his career with club and country

Clang goes gate on our great game thanks to RFU Council vote | Nick Cain

14 February 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain writes on the dismantlement of English rugby union by the RFU Council’s vote to approve a moratorium on relegation to the Championship

Aussie Press-up Boys would surely disagree with Sir Clive’s verdict | Nick Cain

14 February 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain reacts to Sir Clive Woodward’s labelling of England’s performance against Scotland as ‘the worst I have ever seen England play by some margin’

Australia must be the choice for Lions | Nick Cain

7 February 2021 0 comments

With the decision on what the Lions will do this summer still to be agreed, Nick Cain breaks down why moving the tour to Australia makes the most sense

RFU risk the second great schism with wrong vote | Nick Cain

5 February 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain writes on the significant ring-fencing vote the RFU Council will hold on Friday, and its potential to create a devastating divide in English rugby

Six Nations round table: Grand Slam or not, let’s see some style!

4 February 2021 0 comments

The Rugby Paper’s annual round table Six Nations debate looks a little different this year, but the discussion is just as analytical and fierce

Duhan could make England pay if front row get the edge

31 January 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain previews the Calcutta Cup and believes the disparity between the English and Scottish packs has narrowed

Hold the smiles Eddie, give us Grand Slam joy instead

29 January 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain explores the fault line in England’s undoing at the 2019 World Cup and the prospects of a Six Nations Grand Slam slipping from their grasp in recent years