Nick Cain

War-bonnets are just a salute to courage

17 October 2021 2 comments

NICK CAINREAD HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE problem that the ExChiefs4Change pressure group has is that it is annexing the cause of indigenous peoples […]

Dash for cash must not damage rugby’s ethos | Nick Cain

10 October 2021 0 comments

THE £32m takeover of Saracens by a polyglot international consortium comes with a health warning as the club’s erstwhile banker and foremost fan, Nigel Wray, […]

Don’t let new cup trash great Euro comp

10 October 2021 0 comments

NICK CAIN THE capacity of this game to devalue its own gold standard tournaments is illustrated by the idea that the new World Club Cup, […]

Time must be called on endless game breaks | Nick Cain

3 October 2021 0 comments

PERPETUAL stoppages have become the scourge of international rugby. The biggest culprits in this regard are South Africa. The world champions are using cynical stop-start […]

I fear Eddie will revert to old guard in autumn | Nick Cain

26 September 2021 0 comments

BETTER late than never. Eddie Jones has finally rattled the cage in selection, at last making changes that should have happened soon after the 2019 […]

Rugby needs TV profile to flourish

26 September 2021 0 comments

NICK CAIN CLUB rugby in England is facing a massive visibility problem. It is now completely off the terrestrial TV radar, and with the Premiership […]

Questions the RFU’s new boss ignored

19 September 2021 0 comments

NICK CAINREAD HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK TOM Ilube’s first Press conference as RFU board chairman was carefully scripted, and the reference to his kidnapping […]

Snowflakes beware – Cockers is here!

5 September 2021 0 comments

NICK CAINREAD HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE fanfare for Richard Cockerill’s arrival in the England camp as forwards coach had been spiked by the […]

This smearing of Gatland as conservative is claptrap | Nick Cain

15 August 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain fails to understand how people can question Warren Gatland as a coach given his record at the Test level

Times when the Lions were fouled by the officials

8 August 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain on why the neutrality of referees is imperative to Lions tours, as history can attest

It’s high time globetrotter Eddie honed home stars | Nick Cain

8 August 2021 0 comments

After surviving a review into a poor Six Nations campaign, Nick Cain is stumped by Eddie Jones’ continued day-tripping to other countries

Union game is on a hiding in Australia | Nick Cain

8 August 2021 0 comments

AUSTRALIAN rugby will always be measured against that of their closest neighbours – which unluckily for them happens to be New Zealand. Their fortune did […]