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Columnists
/ 5 years agoLewis Ludlam interview – I was called some bad names but it never held me back
The England and Northampton flanker talks in-depth about his experience as a mixed-race British man and his education at St Joseph's
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Tell the south to keep their hands off our jewels
Moving the Six Nations and domestic leagues towards the summer would see rugby's exposure diminish, not be enhanced, writes Nick Cain
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Nick Cain
/ 5 years agoTell the south to keep hands off our jewels
WHERE World Rugby’s plans for a global season are concerned there is a growing sense that the tail is wagging the...
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Nick Cain
/ 5 years agoWill RFU use snatch squads over Swing Low?
THE decision by the RFU to launch a review of the historical context of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot shows how inept...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLions contenders RANKED – Jon Davies can still ruffle Bok feathers
Nick Cain pins Wales centre Jon Davies as the main man for the Lions No.13 shirt
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Features
/ 5 years agoShaun Edwards interview – Coming to France has probably taken me out of the Lions job
In such little time, Shaun Edwards has helped France deal with the intensity of sporting cauldrons
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: 2023 Rugby World Cup draw can’t be held amid the chaos
Set to be held in November 2020, Nick Cain explains why it wouldn't be moral timing to hold the RWC2023 draw
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Tuilagi has the power to trouble de Allende
Irish duo in tow for battle of Lions No.12 shirt for tour of South Africa
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Features
/ 6 years agoLuke Cowan-Dickie interview – Hooked on being the best for England
Is the gap closing on Jamie George after the Exeter hooker's form this season?
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Sam Burgess gets his own back in the end
Nick Cain reacts to Sam Burgess finally giving his account of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, after staying silent until last...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU facing new round of staff cuts in cash crisis at Twickenham
The financial accounts for 2019 show the RFU have next to no reserves
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoExclusive: I’ll never be like Beauden but I’m a bloody-minded winner, says Dan Biggar
Wales and Northampton fly-half Dan Biggar hasn't looked back since arriving at Franklin's Gardens. The same applies to his Lions 2021...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Owen Farrell has the game to replace Sexton and stay ahead of Biggar
Owen Farrell can live up to the challenge of Dan Biggar and Johnny Sexton on the 2021 Lions tour
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Eddie Jones on touchline is a recipe for a riot
Nick Cain on Eddie Jones' suggestion that international coaches should be allowed to stalk the touchline
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Tomos can put pressure on Conor Murray
Nick Cain ranks the scrum-halves available to Warren Gatland for the 2021 tour of South Africa
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSam Underhill goes back to his roots during lockdown, but embraces future with Bath, England and as a possible Lion
The England flanker recalls working with his painter/decorator Grandad, and the grind required to bring success to Bath and a Lions...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Most marquee players just aren’t worth the money
The Premiership has been a two-team preserve for too long. But Nick Cain questions Steve Lansdown's route to dethroning Saracens
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoMost marquee players just aren’t worth the money
THE marquee player debate highlights the dilemma that most Premiership owners face in terms of how to reconcile rampant self-interest with...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Faletau is a step ahead of Vunipola
Nick Cain's rankings for the tour of South Africa reaches the final spot within the pack – No.8
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJack Willis hopes the Day of the Jackal will bring a new England call
After signing a new deal with Wasps, Jack Willis tells Nick Cain how England's back row is where he feels destined...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Myners report gives sage clarity salary cap has been lacking for years
Nick Cain receives the publishing of the Myners report with acclaim, but says it will do little to address wage inflation
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Gatland has such riches in key No.7 role
England flanker Sam Underhill leads the way in area where Wales, Scotland and Ireland are also all strong
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWhat has gone wrong with the once-mighty Leicester Tigers?
The Premiership's most successful team are still well supported, but their DNA has changed
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Bill’s right, Six Nations owe Sanzaar nothing
Nick Cain slams the revolutionary-styled bid of Agustin Pichot, geared towards a Sanzaar bias borne out of envy
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Courtney Lawes can win showdown with du Toit
Nick Cain explains why Lawes fits what Warren Gatland needs from his No.6
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJonny Hill: I’m my worst critic, when I watch myself on TV I cringe
With a Premiership title and Champions Cup knockout stage to fight for, Exeter lock Hill is full of optimism
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Steve Hansen still sucking sour grapes over Lions
Reversal of penalty against Ken Owens in the third Test still rankles with the Kiwis three years on
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTen of Premiership Rugby’s 13 member clubs consider breakaway
BT Sport's deal with PRL is up next year and has hastened talk of a breakaway to allow club's outright control...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Itoje can compete with Bok giants
Nick Cain ranks the locks who can form a formidable second row to unsettle the Boks in 2021
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoPicking a greatest England team from the four World Cup squads to have reached finals
Nick Cain selects a composite XV mined from the four England teams to have reached a Rugby World Cup final
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Our Golden Goose is an endangered species
Nick Cain says rugby can come through its most precarious challenge if it becomes more transparent
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Featured
/ 6 years agoSpecial report: Question time at Twickenham
The RFU has been accused of showing 'disrespect' towards Championship Clubs by a former chair of the management board
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAnalysis: So, how do you fix this mess called the scrum?
TRP's mailbag is teeming with letters regarding the scrum every week. Nick Cain examines what's wrong and how it can be...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – test of strength at tighthead could sway series
Nick Cain looks at the depth available to Warren Gatland at tighthead for the Lions
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: The hustings buzz with the promises of Agustin Pichot
Nick Cain says the campaign to become World Rugby chairman is verging on ageism
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions Tour contenders RANKED – Jamie George faces challenge from bolters
Nick Cain ranks the five hookers leading the way to start for the Lions against the Springboks in 2021
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Thinking cap back on please, Laporte!
Bernard Laporte made some outlandish claim to ditch the Champions Cup without any evidence of its limitations
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoThe briefest argument for why the Championship is invaluable to English rugby
Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow explains how some Premiership clubs still want to keep links with the Championship - but others aren't...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions Tour contenders RANKED – England’s No.1 Joe Marler can stymie Malherbe
Ireland prop Cian Healy does not make the list of looseheads...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTRP’s 2019-20 Premiership Team of the Season… so far
Eight Englishmen and seven others from over the border or signed from overseas make up Nick Cain's XV
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Earn your wedge, Eddie by enthusing Joe Marler to carry on
Eddie Jones will have to make it a priority to keep Joe Marler around
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWe must go down, reprieve would cause bitterness – Saracens coach Alex Sanderson
In our extensive interview with Saracens defence coach Alex Sanderson, he tells TRP it's only right they are relegated
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: These RFU cuts should be permanent
The RFU top brass can help Championship clubs and the grassroots by making their 25 per cent wage cuts permanent
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: This rush to closure just creates even more confusion
Nick Cain writes on how life in the Championship have been sent into more controversy by the RFU
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Manu Tuilagi ban is a travesty and insult to courage
Nick Cain says rugby risks losing its definition as a contact sport if a red card is what was warranted to...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Chris Ashton exits Diamond’s salary cap roundabout
Nick Cain looks at the exit of Chris Ashton from Sale and the Simon Orange's past comments about the salary cap
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoItaly game would have been ideal for England’s impactful trio to fully showcase talent
Nick Cain explains the difficulties for England in giving more game time to replacements and fringe players
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: It is about time CVC told us what they are up to
As CVC plot a takeover of major competitions in northern hemisphere rugby, Nick Cain writes about how little is known
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Pro D2 can show the RFU how to run a second tier
Former Bath captain and Worcester DoR, Richard Hill, is currently in charge at Rouen in the second tier of French rugby
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Championship should go down legal route in this bloody battle
Nick Cain questions whether Bill Sweeney is doing the bidding of the Premiership's shareholders
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