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/ 5 years agoBravo Brendan, I’ll be borrowing that!
LAST week’s 100th edition of Iconic Rugby Pictures of the Margam steelworks and the Talbot Athletic Ground has to be one...
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/ 5 years agoBad call on Dickson
WHO on earth decided former Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson could referee a Quins game (home v Newcastle last Friday)? I read...
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/ 5 years agoTV rights surrender could be disastrous
THE fact an estimated 54.8 million Japanese people viewed that famous 28-21 victory versus Scotland in the 2019 World Cup showed...
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/ 5 years agoNo to Prem incubator
AS a supporter of a Championship club (Coventry), the RFU’s mooted restructure of the division gives me cause for concern. Having...
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/ 5 years agoThought idea was to grow the game
WHAT a surprise (not!) that Ealing and Doncaster have their promotion pathway blocked by the RFU. Are the RFU in collusion...
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/ 5 years agoAgree with Colin, gulf is just too big between leagues
NO doubt Colin Boag’s column last week will have spurred into action those keyboard warriors who hold the promotion and relegation...
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/ 5 years agoPick refs on ability, not their nationality
YET again we are discussing player safety following last week’s internationals, with players being very brave to carry on when obviously...
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/ 5 years agoAdding Boks would devalue old rivalries
AGREE with Colin Boag that the addition of the Springboks to the Six Nations, or to replace Italy, would be done...
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/ 5 years agoTime for refs to toe the line at lineouts
ELITE level hookers are in many cases standing in the playing area, and in some instances walking into the playing area...
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/ 5 years agoOne game at a time, Maro
WHEN oh when are the English camp going to stop talking themselves up pre match. Before suggesting England can win the...
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/ 5 years agoU20s win offers big hope for Italy future
ITALY U20s did a job on England last week and I hope they follow the path of the French counterparts who...
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/ 5 years agoBrendan’s right, it’s ring-fence’s fault
BRENDAN Gallagher’s article last week headed ‘Stress-free Premiership muddles the mind’ should make the RFU sit up and take notice referring...
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/ 5 years agoMitchell such a coup
JOHN Mitchell is just the type of coach to help take Japan to the next level and I would not be...
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/ 5 years agoLuke was hit three times in the air
SOON after the start of the 2020 England-Wales match, Jonny May when in the air catching the ball was felled by...
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/ 5 years agoJones fails subs test at Murrayfield
ALL the great teams have a manager who gets his off-field decision-making correct, from long-term strategic planning and tactics to team...
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/ 5 years agoEddie was wrong to ignore Danny
IRELAND had 11 Leinster players against Wales, in vital positions (mainly in the pack). The result being a 22 points win...
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/ 5 years agoAnglo-Welsh League would draw a TV deal
I READ Chris Hewett‘s article about introducing a British and Irish League. This would never work due to the Irish and...
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/ 5 years agoGlos are missing five stars as well
IN LAST week’s TRP Colin Boag made the point that during this Six Nations, both Leicester and Saracens each have five...
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/ 5 years agoNorth needs a thriving Counties scene
SEVERAL seasons ago, West Hartlepool were in the upper echelons of English rugby, and able to field England internationals, thanks to...
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/ 5 years agoGatland-Edwards is still the dream team
I AGREE with Nick Cain’s comments in last week’s paper regarding Warren Gatland as a (possible) replacement for Eddie Jones after...
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/ 5 years agoPremiership fans pay to see all their stars on display
WHY should Premiership club rugby be devoid of their best players for the Six Nations? I am fed up watching club...
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/ 5 years agoLeagues impede players’ progress
I WOULD like to add my own experiences to the debate that Jeff Probyn has initiated regarding the effect of leagues...
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/ 5 years agoHow to make B&1 league a success
I READ Chris Hewett’s article in last week’s edition with great interest as the idea of a B&I League is one...
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/ 5 years agoTrick was quick, too, Jeremy!
I AM a Falcons supporter so I read Jeremy Guscott’s column with interest last week on the progress of Adam Radwan....
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/ 5 years agoWe are losing heart and soul of game
IF this game ‘gets its very breath from the Community’ as Derek Gilbert states, and we have lost 65 per cent...
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/ 5 years agoParents of Minis players are the salvation for rugby
JEFF Probyn is right to flag the reduction in participants in rugby but, while the misguided diversion by some clubs of...
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/ 5 years agoSilence of the RFU
REGARDING the growing gulf between ‘elite’ and ‘community’ rugby, Jeff Gage felt that Colin Boag’s debatable views meritted a response from...
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/ 5 years agoYou can’t slice up this cake
I KNOW the piece is under the section “views” but I’ve rarely read such illinformed nonsense by Colin Boag. To paraphrase...
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/ 5 years agoWomen lead the way with yellow card
REFRESHING to see that the Women’s game doesn’t get off light, with the Sale player being yellow carded for not retreating...
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/ 5 years agoSport was founded in the Community
COLIN Boag’s article calling for the professional and amateur games to be split, sights the gulf in ability, concussion and the...
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/ 5 years agoRFU must answer Boag before his idea grows further
COLIN Boag’s article graphically exposes the fault-lines in English rugby. He writes that ‘he has believed for a long time that...
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/ 5 years agoJackson has been a Sarries inspiration
I HOPE other rugby fans appreciated the article written by Chris Hewett about the injury suffered by Jackson Wray. He outlined...
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/ 5 years agoGreat pass, but Hill was obvious
WHILE I’ll concede to Jeremy Guscott that scrum-half Richard Hill had a superb pass, I’ve always held the belief that one...
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/ 5 years agoShane got the rules wrong on hookers
IF COLUMNISTS have to slate referees about law issues, is there any chance they can check they’re right in law first?...
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/ 5 years agoPundits ignore the rule breaches as well
WHILE I fully agree, as a true rugby fan, with Shane Williams’ views about the blatant disregard of the rules by...
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/ 5 years agoNFL is usurping rugby fan base
APART from Six Nations coverage for five weeks a year there is no Rugby Union on the BBC, ITV, or any...
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/ 5 years agoRugby needs fans
I FULLY endorse Louis Rees-Zammit’s tweet that ‘rugby is nothing without fans’, even if it means Wales play their home games...
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/ 5 years agoRegulate the drunks
RE THE problems with crowd drunkeness at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff and the WRFU’s failure to act as highlighted by...
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/ 5 years agoFeel for Borthwick, but inquiry is right
WHEN it was revealed Saracens had broken the salary cap and were to be relegated to the Championship two years ago,...
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/ 5 years agoUnderhill must stay
ANTHONY Watson leaving Bath could have huge consequences on and off the field and surely others will now follow with the...
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/ 5 years agoStags still charging
IN LAST week’s Rugby Paper, Alec Jones, who regularly writes in support of lower league rugby lamented the supposed withdrawal of...
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/ 5 years agoMore main stream exposure needed
COVERAGE of the Premier 15s is getting better, but I don’t think that it goes far enough to increase the popularity...
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/ 5 years agoFeel for Cinderford, clubs are struggling
CINDERFORD DoR Paul Morris (TRP Dec 13) described another part of rugby being let down by the RFU. We all know...
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/ 5 years agoLook after British and Irish rugby in this Covid chaos
COVID has exposed the ridiculous situation European rugby is in. The revised Champions and Challenge Cups were doomed from the moment...
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/ 5 years agoRefs must blow for unsporting gestures
IN last week’s paper, Jeff Probyn congratulated Luke Pearce for penalising Saracens for their back-chat. I do wish that referees would...
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/ 5 years agoLaw changes are needed to make rugby field safer
SOME memorable international matches, but 2021 proved a traumatic year for rugby. While Covid disrupted sport worldwide, rugby faced its own...
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/ 5 years agoGame needs greater terrestrial exposure
AMONG programmes shown on terrestrial TV last week were horse racing, women’s football, Formula One and Rugby Union (Cardiff v Toulouse...
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/ 5 years agoPity Bears could not cut Scarlets a break
WITH a 13-team Premiership there are going to be free weekends. Looking ahead, Bristol have no game on the weekend of...
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/ 5 years agoRightly, long-term future of the game is RFU’s priority
IF THE Championship is such a good product as Martin Stonecliffe suggested last week, why does its ability to develop players...
