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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoTwo nation bid would harm, not help, the Islanders
YOU cannot blame Tim Nanai Williams for wanting a change in the World Cup eligibility rules to allow players qualified through...
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/ 8 years agoCain column: It’s a mad, mad world as Laporte bashes Bill
By Nick Cain THE international administration of Rugby Union was left embarrassed and in abject disarray on Wednesday in London when...
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/ 8 years agoCain column: Eddie’s tunnel vision over Dylan Hartley is harmful
Nick Cain writes his opinion on how the England head coach has set a precedent that risks locking him in
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/ 9 years agoCain column: World Cup vote would save Springboks from disaster
(Photo: Getty Images) By Nick Cain With South African rugby on the road to the cliff-edge, the Rugby World Cup board...
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/ 9 years agoCain column: NFL ‘partnership’ will be far from friendly
Nick Cain examines the NFL's growing access to the European market which has seen two matches played at Twickenham this autumn
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoAmerican ‘partnership’ will be far from friendly
This afternoon Twickenham is once again opening its doors to American Football by hosting the NFL “international series” game between the...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoTMO must be called on if there is any doubt
TO use the TMO, or not to use the TMO? That is the question that was raised (again) during Wasps win...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoEddie’s after excellence
ELLIS Genge played like a runaway bull last weekend, scattering Castres tacklers like chaff. Was Eddie Jones impressed? Not entirely. The...
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/ 9 years agoCain column: Gatland scorched by heat in Lions kitchen
Nick Cain looks at whether being head coach of the British & Irish Lions is more trouble than it's worth given...
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/ 9 years agoCain column: ‘Teflon Rob’ could have done so much more
By Nick Cain ROB Andrew’s reputation as the Teflon man of English rugby may have taken a knock when he was...
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/ 9 years agoCain column: Kyle Sinckler can consider himself lucky as inconsistency in bans perpetuate
By Nick Cain KYLE Sinckler can consider himself fortunate to get off with a seven-week ban after making contact with Northampton...
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/ 9 years agoCain column: Players have not been consulted over extending the season
By Nick Cain PLAYERS and coaches in the Premiership have started to align in their resistance to the World Rugby blueprint...
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/ 9 years agoO’Brien’s view on Lions coaching mishaps is wrong but he’s entitled to voice his opinion
By Nick Cain Sean O’Brien is one of the fiercest competitors in the game, yet his view that the 2017 Lions...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: It’s wrong Eddie must wait a year to face those NZ bullets
Eddie Jones was in full ogre-slaying mode this week, sounding like the armour-plated incarnation of St George as he talked about...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Brits is best of all the imports into Premiership
The Schalk Brits masterclass against Northampton that lit up the Twickenham double-header last weekend made up my mind that he is...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Fearns in Les Bleus? C’est un outrage!
The thought of Carl Fearns becoming a surrogate Frenchman fills me with dread. This is not so much because the Lyon-based...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoSpit-spot it’s a solution!
A POTENTIAL breakthrough in the diagnosis of concussion through a simple saliva test is a note of good news at the...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoFearns in Les Bleus? C’est un outrage!
Switching allegiances? Carl Fearns on the burst for Lyon The thought of Carl Fearns becoming a surrogate Frenchman fills me with...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoThe sweaty basics pay dividends for new-look Gloucester
JOHAN Ackermann might just be able to galvanise Gloucester judging by their cliff-edge 28-21 win over champions Exeter at Kingsholm on...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Lack of common sense could kill Aussie rugby
The Aussies are used to baking hot temperatures and droughts, but as sporting meltdowns go they do not come much worse...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoHow Henley helped make England Women great
Rochelle Clark and Tamara Taylor are seasoned world champions who will play a crucial role in the Red Roses’ bid to...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoLack of common sense could kill Aussie rugby
THE Aussies are used to baking hot temperatures and droughts, but as sporting meltdowns go they do not come much worse...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoPiutau will be worth his £1m salary at Bristol
CHARLES Piutau’s £1 million a year deal with Bristol confirms the accelerating trend of All Blacks leaving New Zealand in mid-career...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Dangerous for PRO14 to copy Super Rugby conferences
The new PRO14 marks South Africa’s first steps at shifting from SANZAAR to align with the Northern Hemisphere. The inclusion of...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain gets Eddie Jones’ verdict of the summer action
Eddie Jones started the new season by announcing he intends to turn his England squad into trailblazers who will reach fitness...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Baxter must join Eddie’s team if he’s to succeed
One of the most vexing issues that all four Home Unions have had to face over the last eight years is...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Without doubt, Ford’s found fresh gears since Bath exit
Welcome to the new, improved, Ford. In this case, however, the model is called George rather than describing the latest product...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Lions should have taken 45 players in first place
Replacement strategies are becoming the bane of Lions tours, as the furore around the ‘Geography Six’ – the late call-ups to...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Farrell has become Mr VIP for the Lions
Owen Farrell is the embodiment of the ‘all for one, one for all’ ethos that is the foundation for winning Lions...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoHansen feels the strain of building a legacy
The pressure is starting to build on Steve Hansen. Ironically, the tell-tale sign is how often the words “pressure” and “responsibility”...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNow NZ may rest their stars
HAVING undertaken to play the All Blacks in the early tour matches against the NZ Super Rugby franchises, there are signs...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoDivided camp not Gat’s way
WARREN Gatland got his retaliation in early with a pre-emotive strike aimed at 2001 Lions coach Graham Henry. As New Zealand’s...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Of course Billy’s a loss, but others will step in
The wailing and gnashing of teeth over Billy Vunipola‘s withdrawal from the Lions tour party to New Zealand due to a...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain’s Premiership of the Year
Saracens‘ exceptional European Cup double explains why they have almost half the starting line-up in my 2016-17 Team of the Season....
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Ritchie gets even richer thanks to RFU pay
Ian Ritchie’s sudden announcement that he is leaving his £700,000 a year post as the RFU‘s chief executive this summer after...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoRitchie gets even richer thanks to RFU pay
IAN Ritchie’s sudden announcement that he is leaving his £700,000 a year post as the RFU’s chief executive this summer after...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Jack can be the lad to help swing it for the Lions
You underestimate Jack Nowell at your peril, as many international defence coaches will readily concede. The nuggety Cornishman is not the...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: World Cups need more pools of death
Here are the cold hard facts. There is only one “pool of death” in the 2019 World Cup draw made in...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoWorld Cups need more pools of death
HERE are the cold hard facts. There is only one “pool of death” in the 2019 World Cup draw made in...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoBrown had to take off his passing blinkers to be a Lion
YOU would have to have an ice block rather than a heart not to empathise with Mike Brown, and all the...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: The good, the lads and the ugly, by Burger
Schalk Burger has scaled most of the high peaks in the game, including reaching the summit as part of South Africa‘s...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Don’t bleed for All Blacks, they don’t care about us
The growing list of New Zealand injuries is starting to worry Steve Hansen. The All Black coach usually does a passable...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoDon’t bleed for All Blacks, they don’t care about us
THE growing list of New Zealand injuries is starting to worry Steve Hansen. The All Black coach usually does a passable...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoThe haka in danger of losing its ability to intimidate
BRACE yourselves for a haka fest… with the 2017 Lions having to watch the All Blacks go through their war dance...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNathan Earle speaks out after his surprise England call-up
Nathan Earle says he is glad he was horizontal in bed when he got the news of his selection for the...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: McCafferty cannot be allowed to cage Lions
Mark McCafferty is making a serious mistake in trying to push the Lions into a five-week cage while, at the same...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Hansen’s barbs hide All Blacks’ insecurity
Steve Hansen didn’t hang around when it came to giving the 2017 Lions the voodoo doll treatment. No sooner had the...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Sonny Bill is still king – of double standards!
Sonny Bill Williams has a habit of cornering the headlines when it comes to Antipodean rugby – whether Union or League...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoTake 45 players to New Zealand, you’re going to need all of them!
The 2017 Lions must go to New Zealand mob-handed – and only heavy hitting hard nuts need apply. That is the...
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