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Brendan Gallagher: George Chuter is the face of professional game

23 January 2014 0 comments

He looks and sounds like a London publican and certainly a job for life awaits on the EastEnders set should luvviedom ever appeal. But for […]

Bredan Gallagher: Nutter who made Jim Telfer’s class of ’84 finest of all

17 January 2014 1 comment

Jim Telfer shakes his head in amusement and then caves in completely and laughs uproariously. It happens occasionally: “All really good sides need a nutter […]

Peter Jackson: Let’s spare a thought for Toggie and Tanky

10 January 2014 0 comments

Freddy ‘Tanky’ Turner captained Scotland one hundred years ago, a Liverpudlian by birth who worked in the family printing business and played cricket for Lancashire’s […]

Brendan Gallagher: Georgia on my mind as the cosy club stick together

9 January 2014 2 comments

Lacking a degree in applied mathematics I only look at the IRB world rankings once a year and that is in the first week of […]

Brendan Gallagher: RFU Championship clubs face a vital strategy meeting

8 January 2014 0 comments

Later this month the chairmen and owners of the 12 RFU Championship clubs will lock themselves away in a Birmingham Hotel room with a pile […]

Brendan Gallagher takes a personal look at the Rugby World in 2013

2 January 2014 1 comment

BEST NEWCOMERS BTSport for their lively match day coverage and excellent Sunday lunchtime round-up show which is the must-watch rugby programme of the week; Isreal […]

Brendan Gallagher reminisces about some unique times with a hell-raising rugby fanatic

26 December 2013 1 comment

The security guard’s radio crackled around a deserted Twickenham: “Lawrence Of Arabia and a Man Called Horse are leaving the stadium. Please see these gentlemen […]

Brendan Gallagher talks to Nigel Owens about the challenges – and joy – of reffing around the world

19 December 2013 3 comments

It might surprise you to learn – although possibly not – that the pre-eminent referee in world rugby in 2013 has never sat down and […]

Brendan Gallagher talks to John Carter, the Varsity captain who doesn’t put winning first

11 December 2013 0 comments

John Carter may look like Sebastien Chabal’s younger, wilder, brother and when his battered body can be welded together for 80 minutes he often plays […]

Brendan Gallagher: Aussie kids who changed the face of rugby for ever

4 December 2013 0 comments

It’s hard to credit in this era of 12 or 13 Test matches per calendar year by all the major Test sides but Australia did […]

Keith Wood: Only Ireland’s very best for 80 minutes will suffice

21 November 2013 0 comments

Only five nations on this rugby planet have beaten New Zealand in a Test match in 110 years of trying so perhaps Ireland shouldn’t beat […]

Brendan Gallagher’s autumn verdict: McCaw & co look like world champions elect to me

20 November 2013 0 comments

England gave it a rattle and for once New Zealand seemed to come off second best with the ref but still the All Blacks, without […]

Brendan Gallagher’s verdict on Wales

13 November 2013 0 comments

And still Wales can’t make the breakthrough the nation demands and expects and their talent warrants. For all their excellence on the European scene – […]

Catch (and get) a piece of Welsh rugby history

11 November 2013 1 comment

The glory days of one of Wales‘ best known rugby teams – Pontypool RFC -have been captured in a new book that has recently been […]

Brendan Gallagher remembers the 2003 World Cup triumph with Lawrence Dallaglio

31 October 2013 1 comment

Lawrence Dallaglio wipes his plate clean – the monster ‘Magnifica’ breakfast at Carluccios in Richmond having been routed with lip-smacking relish – orders fresh coffee […]

Brendan Gallagher: Gregor Townsend still getting to grips with the enigma of French rugby

24 October 2013 1 comment

Gregor Townsend, who did rather more than simply survive five seasons of club rugby in France, has always insisted that one day he will write […]

Brendan Gallagher: Heroic, tragic and downright eccentric, yes rugby has it all

17 October 2013 1 comment

A mate of mine, literary agent David Luxton, has had the brilliant idea of organising the inaugural London Sports Writing Festival this week at Lord’s […]

Brendan Gallagher: The quiet-man keeping that Tigers’ roar loud and clear

10 October 2013 1 comment

A small, bald-headed gent has been taking centre stage at Leicester on match days this autumn but the volume and quantity of ‘chat’ has diminished […]

Brendan Gallagher: Don’t let the big boys’ Euro row put an end to Treviso dream

3 October 2013 2 comments

While the ERC blazers, club representatives from England and France and TV executives squabble endlessly over the future of a European club competition, the likes […]

Brendan Gallagher: At last, John Dawes gets his rightful recognition

26 September 2013 2 comments

Why is ‘legendary’ status conferred on some outstanding rugby personalities but denied others? Who decides these things and how? Does the rugby pubic instinctively recognise […]

Brendan Gallagher: Will tickets be banana skin that upsets RWC 2015?

19 September 2013 0 comments

Two years out from the 1987 World Cup the competition didn’t exist, it was just a concept being kicked around by IRB Blazers and the […]

Brendan Gallagher: When Pooler were top dogs, amid the blood, mud and beer

12 September 2013 2 comments

Exactly 30 years ago Pontypool embarked on a season, the likes of which we will never see again in Britain or Ireland. In just under […]

Brendan Gallagher finds an intriguing cultural exchange occurring at the Stoop

6 September 2013 1 comment

Nick Evans may be on the verge of becoming a British citizen and proud UK passport holder and he has chosen to make his home […]

Brendan Gallagher gets the inside track on how England’s academies are producing players to progress on the international pathway

30 August 2013 2 comments

Until this June, England – despite its vast player resources – had never won the IRB U20 World Championship or indeed its predecessor the IRB […]

Tag: Brendan Gallagher

Brendan Gallagher: George Chuter is the face of professional game

Bredan Gallagher: Nutter who made Jim Telfer’s class of ’84 finest of all

Peter Jackson: Let’s spare a thought for Toggie and Tanky

Brendan Gallagher: Georgia on my mind as the cosy club stick together

Brendan Gallagher: RFU Championship clubs face a vital strategy meeting

Brendan Gallagher takes a personal look at the Rugby World in 2013

Brendan Gallagher reminisces about some unique times with a hell-raising rugby fanatic

Brendan Gallagher talks to Nigel Owens about the challenges – and joy – of reffing around the world

Brendan Gallagher talks to John Carter, the Varsity captain who doesn’t put winning first

Brendan Gallagher: Aussie kids who changed the face of rugby for ever

Keith Wood: Only Ireland’s very best for 80 minutes will suffice

Brendan Gallagher’s autumn verdict: McCaw & co look like world champions elect to me

Brendan Gallagher’s verdict on Wales

Catch (and get) a piece of Welsh rugby history

Brendan Gallagher remembers the 2003 World Cup triumph with Lawrence Dallaglio

Brendan Gallagher: Gregor Townsend still getting to grips with the enigma of French rugby

Brendan Gallagher: Heroic, tragic and downright eccentric, yes rugby has it all

Brendan Gallagher: The quiet-man keeping that Tigers’ roar loud and clear

Brendan Gallagher: Don’t let the big boys’ Euro row put an end to Treviso dream

Brendan Gallagher: At last, John Dawes gets his rightful recognition

Brendan Gallagher: Will tickets be banana skin that upsets RWC 2015?

Brendan Gallagher: When Pooler were top dogs, amid the blood, mud and beer

Brendan Gallagher finds an intriguing cultural exchange occurring at the Stoop

Brendan Gallagher gets the inside track on how England’s academies are producing players to progress on the international pathway

Brendan Gallagher: Pomposity overload? Cure it with my minnows

Brendan Gallagher on the new England speedster who is giving his club top priority

Brendan Gallagher: The Puma underdogs must show teeth again

Brendan Gallagher meets the modest architect of Wasps greatness

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