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Probyn column: Cut Prem loose and redirect all funding

18 December 2020 1 comment

Jeff Probyn on the financial obstacle the Premiership presents to the RFU’s balance sheet and the radical change needed to help England

Probyn column: Bill Sweeney’s legacy will hinge on talks with Premiership

12 September 2020 0 comments

Sweeney’s skill for collective bargaining will be his biggest test, writes Jeff Probyn

Probyn column: Dylan Hartley a hard man? Not with his record

26 August 2020 0 comments

The former England captain, set to release his autobiography, is no ‘hard man’ in rugby’s traditional sense

Probyn column: Overseas players are both cheaper and always on call

21 August 2020 0 comments

Jeff Probyn analyses Chris Boyd’s claim that England’s senior Men’s team should have more English coaches and how its relative to players

Probyn column: Fight the good fight but beware disaster in wage cut negotiations

17 June 2020 0 comments

Jeff Probyn believes young players shouldn’t be impacted by the push to reduce wage bills

Probyn column: Give England stars Test fees but keep club pay down

5 June 2020 0 comments

Jeff Probyn looks at how central contracts would factor in today’s current circumstances if that’s the route the RFU went in 1995

Probyn column: Big guns will back Bill Beaumont to save them cash

24 April 2020 0 comments

Jeff Probyn contemplates what Bernard Laporte’s running for World Rugby vice-chairman means for Bill Beaumont’s bid to be re-elected

Probyn column: Now Eddie Jones can make up for mistakes at the World Cup

17 April 2020 0 comments

Well I guess it was no surprise that Eddie Jones got his contract extension even if he and many others thought it unlikely. For Jones […]

Probyn column: Marquee players could take bigger hit to wages

10 April 2020 0 comments

Jeff Probyn writes why top earners at Premiership clubs should go the extra mile in wage cuts

Probyn column: Rugby has changed so much and largely for the worse

2 April 2020 0 comments

Jeff Probyn has found himself watching old rugby clips on Youtube and sees a more balanced game than the modern day

Probyn column: RFU need a strategy to find successor to Eddie Jones

7 January 2020 0 comments

Jeff Probyn on the RFU’s need to no longer import expensive overseas assistant coaches and the newest turn in the Saracens saga

Probyn column: It’s time to be realistic about Lions tours

19 December 2019 0 comments

Jeff Probyn ponders how quickly the Lions will adapt to playing at altitude in their 2021 tour of South Africa

Probyn column: Dan Cole will carry the can just like Paul Rendall

12 December 2019 0 comments

Jeff Probyn sympathises with Dan Cole for being made a scapegoat for England’s capitulation at the scrum in the World Cup final

Probyn column: Stuart Lancaster predicted success at 2019 Rugby World Cup

7 November 2019 0 comments

Jeff Probyn charts the difference between England four years ago under Stuart Lancaster and where they are now with Eddie Jones

Probyn column: England favourites but so were All Blacks

31 October 2019 0 comments

Jeff Probyn tells from his own experience how teams look to exploit opponent’s weaknesses, especially in the knockout stages

Probyn column: Momentous days for Japanese rugby but place in Six Nations is a non-starter

24 October 2019 0 comments

Reaching the quarter-finals at the World Cup shouldn’t immediately open the door for Japan

Probyn column: Crooked feed call has cost Scotland

13 October 2019 0 comments

Jeff Probyn examines Gregor Townsend’s comments made about Japan’s win against Samoa, a result aided by a call by referee Jaco Peyper

Probyn column: The truth about why Mendez punched Paul Ackford

10 October 2019 0 comments

The first shock result of the World Cup fittingly provided by the hosts, Japan, against Ireland will certainly have focused the minds of all the Tier […]

Probyn column: Aggressive scrums are a recipe for more injuries

2 October 2019 0 comments

Jeff Probyn airs his view on how the scrum is functioning under the current laws

Probyn column: Eddie Jones will find Tonga give focus to his men

22 September 2019 0 comments

There is a huge gulf in resource between Tonga and England

Jeff Probyn

Probyn column: Cut Prem loose and redirect all funding

Probyn column: Bill Sweeney’s legacy will hinge on talks with Premiership

Probyn column: Dylan Hartley a hard man? Not with his record

Probyn column: Overseas players are both cheaper and always on call

Probyn column: Fight the good fight but beware disaster in wage cut negotiations

Probyn column: Give England stars Test fees but keep club pay down

Probyn column: Big guns will back Bill Beaumont to save them cash

Probyn column: Now Eddie Jones can make up for mistakes at the World Cup

Probyn column: Marquee players could take bigger hit to wages

Probyn column: Rugby has changed so much and largely for the worse

Probyn column: RFU need a strategy to find successor to Eddie Jones

Probyn column: It’s time to be realistic about Lions tours

Probyn column: Dan Cole will carry the can just like Paul Rendall

Probyn column: Stuart Lancaster predicted success at 2019 Rugby World Cup

Probyn column: England favourites but so were All Blacks

Probyn column: Momentous days for Japanese rugby but place in Six Nations is a non-starter

Probyn column: Crooked feed call has cost Scotland

Probyn column: The truth about why Mendez punched Paul Ackford

Probyn column: Aggressive scrums are a recipe for more injuries

Probyn column: Eddie Jones will find Tonga give focus to his men

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