NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Eddie Jones returned to Twickenham this week as an RFU-made millionaire coach. Jones, who was paid over […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Steve Borthwick’s decisionion to raid Leicester for his latest scrum coach – and England’s third in the […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE recent international eligibility law that allows Henry Thomas to be selected by Wales, just because he […]
Tomas Francis, the 71-cap Wales tighthead who has been first choice for Warren Gatland in both his incarnations as Wales coach, shares many characteristics with […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Twickenham is the jewel in English rugby’s crown, and there are grave concerns that the mismanagement of […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ANOTHER of the RFU’s anonymous review panels reported this week that England were short of the fitness […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Those who want to turn rugby union in England into a protectionist franchise sport should reflect long […]
NICK CAIN Freddie Steward’s red card being overturned by a Six Nations disciplinary panel was the right outcome because the decision to send him off […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Why is it that England’s best coaches are currently inspiring Ireland and France, the nations that are […]
The RFU/Premiership/ Championship panel charged with restructuring the English club leagues is in place, and is trying to grip with the thorny issues threatening to […]
NICK CAIN It is a travesty that Italy were fighting to avoid retaining the Wooden Spoon against Wales, because this Azzurri side has galvanised the […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK If there was a fly-half in England contention who needed Premiership game-time last weekend it was George […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ARE Ealing Trailfinders finally about to break the grip of an RFU-backed Premiership cartel which has now […]
NICK CAIN The Atlas Group’s purchase of Worcester Warriors from administrators Begbies Traynor, which includes the Sixways stadium, the site, and the name, is a […]
NICK CAIN The warning signs that the RFU’s administrative standards have plumbed the depths became a red flashing light on Friday when senior administrators were […]
The message coming loud and clear from Steve Borthwick’s first England squad selection is that he and his coaching crew believe they can teach Eddie […]
The disciplinary convolutions surrounding Owen Farrell’s early return to match action against Scotland shines a spotlight on England’s chronic shortage of flyhalf stocks. Among the […]
NICK CAIN The stop-watches are in play with a view to speeding-up the game by putting time limits on goal-kickers, setting scrums, forming lineouts, and […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK STEVE Borthwick’s brave new world, launched on Monday when he was confirmed as England’s head coach, faces […]
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK It is predictable hearing England players who were virtually given selection sinecures by Eddie Jones singing his […]
NICK CAIN The RFU has plumbed the depths by considering a raft of changes which would reduce a new Premiership-Championship Cup to an experimental farce. […]