Nick Cain

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 […]

Clubs must call SGM to hold RFU to account | Nick Cain

9 May 2021 0 comments

THE news that RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney has had to go bowl in hand like some latterday Oliver to ask the bank for more […]

Here’s why Gatland didn’t pick big Billy Vunipola | Nick Cain

9 May 2021 0 comments

Power or pace? What the selection of Sam Simmonds and Jack Conan tell us about Billy Vunipola’s omission

Francis Baron exclusive – Pt.2: As RFU democracy erodes, members have right to ask: Just who is running the shop?

2 May 2021 0 comments

The former RFU chief executive explores the rule of democracy at the union and how much of a say member clubs have in its strategy

Sayonara to England’s hopes of improvement | Nick Cain

2 May 2021 1 comment

Nick Cain struggles to understand how the RFU can pay £750,000pa to Eddie Jones and not expect undivided attention from the coach who is consulting with Suntory Sungoliath