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Nick Cain: Fixture list gives Lions a mauling for starters

10 July 2012 0 comments

The Lions are the biggest brand in rugby alongside the All Blacks. The Lions generate huge interest, lining the coffers of the host country, and […]

Jeremy Guscott: Gary Gold can help make Bath great again

3 July 2012 0 comments

We hear so often about teams that ‘have potential’, but that don’t perform or develop. That is where Bath appear to have been stuck for […]

Nick Cain: Hidden bite of the Lions is a worry for Warren Gatland

3 July 2012 0 comments

Warren Gatland’s pre-ordained appointment as the 2013 Lions coach leaves me with one big reservation. It is that he is currently also the coach of […]

Jeff Probyn: Dual registration could be casualty of London Welsh triumph

3 July 2012 0 comments

So natural justice has prevailed and the winners of the Championship have finally been allowed to take their place in the Premiership. After a long […]

Peter Jackson: Rhys Williams faces new battle on road to recovery

3 July 2012 0 comments

Rhys Thomas will be 30 at the end of the month. There was a time earlier in the year when surgeons performing emergency heart surgery […]

Jeremy Gucsott: A fit Manu Tuilagi can become England’s Ma’a Nonu

26 June 2012 0 comments

If the RFU and Premiership Rugby do not do something about the league, English rugby could follow in the same steps as English football, in […]

Peter Jackson: Lions’ roar takes on a different sound now

26 June 2012 0 comments

A Lions Test team selected at the end of the World Cup last October would have been a straightforward exercise – Wales and The Rest. […]

Nick Cain: Don’t believe the spin, we still have long way to go

26 June 2012 0 comments

If the mission statement of Clive Woodward’s 2003 world champion outfit was, “To Be The Best”, then the one that comes most readily to mind […]

Jeff Probyn: Let’s suspend relegation during World Cup years

26 June 2012 0 comments

At last, with the summer tours over, we can reflect on what has been a rollercoaster season for all. This World Cup year threw the […]

Jeremy Guscott: Progression of sorts – but where are leaders?

19 June 2012 0 comments

In the end it was all a bit like kissing your sister; comforting but not particularly satisfying. England had the chances to win yesterday against […]

Jeff Probyn: Losing England captain Chirs Robshaw will have done England some good!

19 June 2012 0 comments

This may sound odd, but the loss of captain Chris Robshaw for the final Test may have been something of a blessing for the immediate […]

Nick Cain: Bully-boy forwards win it for the Springboks

19 June 2012 0 comments

The England U20s should be green with envy following South Africa’s 22-16 World Junior Championship final victory over New Zealand in Cape Town on Friday […]

Peter Jackson: Wales Morgan Stoddart deserves to avoid scrapheap

19 June 2012 0 comments

After 20 Tests spanning 46 weeks, the curtain came down in Sydney yesterday on the busiest and longest Welsh international season. Back home, the player […]

Jeremy Guscott: The spirit of braveheart England will not be broken

14 June 2012 0 comments

At no point in this Test did England look like winning. And at no stage did their spirit look like waning. Stuart Lancaster wants progression […]

Nick Cain: This should have been child’s play for England

14 June 2012 0 comments

Containment is a very dangerous game in an 80-minute sport, and the England U20s paid the price of a policy as ill-conceived as it was […]

Jeff Probyn: Yes, winning is important, but the 2015 World Cup is the real target

14 June 2012 0 comments

Following last week’s defeat the headlines in almost every paper was about the reality check that England had faced when playing against the team ranked […]

Peter Jackson: Let’s all start screeching for Wales tonight

10 June 2012 0 comments

On their day off at the Junior World Cup in Cape Town, the Welsh giant-killers could be found at the top of Table Mountain enjoying […]

Peter Jackson: Dead-eye Dan Biggar can be the man for Wales again

10 June 2012 0 comments

He finished the season in thoroughbred style sith seven straight wins, running an attack responsible for averaging almost four tries a match. During the course […]

Jeremy Guscott: Owen Farrell must play flatter and Ben Morgan needs help

3 June 2012 0 comments

Stuart Lancaster has a dilemma going into Saturday’s second Test in Johannesburg – does he take a step back in development and play Charlie Hodgson […]