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Features
/ 5 years agoRFU must rethink its policies and direction – Francis Baron
"I am passionate about the RFU and find it distressing to see it in such difficulties" - what to expect in...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoNo place for basketball scorelines in rugby | Nick Cain
PREMIERSHIP cheerleaders itching to break out the bunting in support of ringfencing should think again. The successful football fan rebellion against...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPremiership’s treatment of Lions is a scandal | Nick Cain
Nick Cain aims both barrels at Premiership Rugby for playing innocent of being misinformed over Warren Gatland's timetable for the Lions...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTime to get the rules right over TV replays | Nick Cain
THE confused protocols surrounding camera angles, TV match directors, referees, and TMOs have been a contentious area throughout the professional era....
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoEvaluating how ready the Springboks are for the Lions
NICK CAIN EVALUATES THE SPRINGBOKS PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING LIONS SERIES WHEN Faf de Klerk was buried by a brutal Jake Ball...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEngland’s ‘power’ scrum looks more powder puff | Nick Cain
Nick Cain looks at England's troubles at the scrum, with the same errors holding back the front row that occurred at...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWhy such MI6-style secrecy over Eddie’s RFU judging panel? | Nick Cain
Bill Sweeney told the media some of the people involved on the panel overseeing the RFU's debrief of England's Six Nations...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoGatland’s Lions will give the pride of place to Six Nations Celtic warriors
Nick Cain selects his British & Irish Lions tour XV to face the Springboks, after the Six Nations put form into...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCaptain Tom Curry could be Eddie’s own Will Carling | Nick Cain
Eddie Jones can start his rebuild in the young openside flanker and free up Owen Farrell
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Features
/ 5 years agoHistory insists Eddie Jones is heading for 2023 defeat | Nick Cain
SOUTH Africa bucked the overall World Cup trend twice at the 2019 tournament. The first time they did so was by...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU need a French lesson | Nick Cain
NICK CAIN ARGUES THAT THE FOREIGN INVASION IS HARMING HOME-GROWN PLAYERS – UNLIKE IN FRANCE THERE is still a field of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEngland 23-20 France: What a show as Engand throw off the shackles
Maro Itoje puts the finishes touches on a humdinger at Twickenham, as England come from behind to end French Grand Slam...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoThe chickens are coming home to roost for Eddie Jones | Nick Cain
How close should England be to pushing the panic button with their Saracens stars and high penalty count?
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWales 40-24 England: Don’t blame the ref, this was English indiscipline
Nick Cain reports from the Principality Stadium where Wales claimed the Triple Crown against an improved, but indisciplined, England
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMarquee men mock the salary cap principles | Nick Cain
Nick Cain examines the proposterous regulation of marquee players under the Premiership salary cap
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Features
/ 5 years agoReviving the England Saxons would help Eddie’s arousal plan
Nick Cain looks at the defunct England Saxons programme, and asks notable figures Ali Hepher and George Skivington about their time...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoDecision time, Eddie – put down the yo-yos! | Nick Cain
Nick Cain questions whether England captain Owen Farrell is facing up to the toughest period of his career with club and...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoClang goes gate on our great game thanks to RFU Council vote | Nick Cain
Nick Cain writes on the dismantlement of English rugby union by the RFU Council's vote to approve a moratorium on relegation...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAussie Press-up Boys would surely disagree with Sir Clive’s verdict | Nick Cain
Nick Cain reacts to Sir Clive Woodward's labelling of England's performance against Scotland as 'the worst I have ever seen England...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAustralia must be the choice for Lions | Nick Cain
With the decision on what the Lions will do this summer still to be agreed, Nick Cain breaks down why moving...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU risk the second great schism with wrong vote | Nick Cain
Nick Cain writes on the significant ring-fencing vote the RFU Council will hold on Friday, and its potential to create a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSix Nations round table: Grand Slam or not, let’s see some style!
The Rugby Paper's annual round table Six Nations debate looks a little different this year, but the discussion is just as...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoDuhan could make England pay if front row get the edge
Nick Cain previews the Calcutta Cup and believes the disparity between the English and Scottish packs has narrowed
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Features
/ 5 years agoHold the smiles Eddie, give us Grand Slam joy instead
Nick Cain explores the fault line in England's undoing at the 2019 World Cup and the prospects of a Six Nations...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHonesty isn’t always the best policy, just ask Paul Gustard | Nick Cain
All change at Harlequins and Sale Sharks; Nick Cain looks at the moves made by Paul Gustard and Alex Sanderson
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPivac feels the need for speed in his 9-10 combo | Nick Cain
Nick Cain analyses Wayne Pivac's Wales squad selection for the 2021 Six Nations
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoFight to save Championship: Nick Cain talks to Coventry director Nick Johnston
The managing director of the Championship club fumes over the lack of collective agreement over the TEC and the absence of...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCovid points loss is wrong | Nick Cain
Nick Cain argues why the new Premiership regulations on cancelled matches are jeopardising the integrity of the season
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWaterboys should keep out of the deep end | Nick Cain
Gloucester's loss to Sale Sharks in the Premiership had its fair share of flash points
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Features
/ 5 years agoSanderson: Saracens’ Super Six will be ready for England duty
Nick Cain taps into Saracens' plans for their England stars while they play in the Championship by talking with forwards/defence coach...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMeritocracy is RFU’s need, not chiselled platitudes | Nick Cain
Nick Cain criticises the lack of leadership shown by RFU chairman Andy Cosslett in the face of urgent financial planning needed...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoLaporte casts cloud over Six Nations | Nick Cain
THE last thing we needed to start the New Year is more stories of pandemic- induced meltdowns, but unfortunately the road...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPoints hit on Exeter Chiefs is far too harsh – change it! | Nick Cain
TRP's chief writer Nick Cain finds moments to treasure – and to question – from a difficult 2020
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoYou lot are subs right? | Nick Cain
Nick Cain looks at how squads attempting to build an atmosphere at empty stadiums can cross the line
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Features
/ 5 years agoJapan and Fiji could spring the big surprise at 2023 Rugby World Cup
Nick Cain examines the winners and losers from the 2023 Rugby World Cup draw
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Nick Cain
/ 5 years agoWill Melville be able to stick with his no ring-fence stance?
THE arrival of Nigel Melville in a new role as executive chairman of Premiership Rugby’s investor board is a welcome appointment...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU must not cave in to Prem pressure
WITH strong rumours of an attempt to ring-fence the top league at the end of this campaign persisting, it is time...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: The control freaks will stifle rugby fans’ interest
Nick Cain responds to Eddie Jones' calls for an end to the 'archaic' rule of naming a squad 48 hours before...
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Featured
/ 5 years agoWounded Welsh Lions face battle for survival
The plight of Wales this autumn could hinder the number of Lions tourists selected by Warren Gatland, should their faults not...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: King Sam Cane belittles his subjects – and his All Blacks captaincy
Nick Cain writes on Sam Cane disparaging his own captaincy with criticisms of All Blacks fans
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Geordan Murphy was laid out like a lamb headed for slaughter
Geordan Murphy is a victim of long-standing mismanagement by Leicester chairman Peter Tom and the Tigers board, writes Nick Cain
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoLet’s blood the newcomers against Georgia
Nick Cain suggests the team that England head coach Eddie Jones should test against the Lelos
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Italy are hanging over the cliff edge in face of no coaches
Nick Cain looks at how the development of Italian coaches in the professional era is virtually non-existent
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Irish prudence poses more questions to the RFU
Now is the time that unions are releasing their financial accounts - Nick Cain looks at the numbers and finds disparity...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEddie Jones needs tries to make up ground on Ireland in Six Nations finale
Nick Cain shines the spotlight on England's midfield being the main area requiring clear thinking in selection ahead of facing Italy
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Justin Marshall was lone voice in the call for fair play
A blatant penalty from Game 1 of the Bledisloe Cup has ben purged from highlights of the 16-16 draw
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Will Eddie’s big smile embrace the new caps?
Nick Cain believes England head coach Eddie Jones could have better utilised his training camp to whet the midfield options available
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: How did a £91m sink hole open up to swallow RFU?
Nick Cain questions where the RFU cash reserves have been spent, and how the government will be asking the same
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Why can I mingle in a shop but not at rugby?
It's time for Bill Sweeney to rattle the government's cage, writes Nick Cain
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPremiership play-off race going down to the wire
Nick Cain looks at the Premiership run-in with three play-off places still up for grabs
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