All posts tagged "Jeff Probyn"
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Features
/ 1 year agoDon’t sub captain just after half-time
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME In charge: Jamie George in action for England PICTURE: Getty Images WE...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoSorry to say, but it’s their own fault
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THERE is something I always admired about the RFU, it has always...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoSorry, Geoff, but let’s not de-power scrums
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME EVERY week I can’t wait for Sunday to come around so that...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoDrop group action and examine selected cases
Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game's other talking points by Brendan Gallagher I was very struck the other...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 1 year agoIt’ll be tough for Steve Diamond to get Newcastle Falcons up the table
By Jeff Probyn, A front row view of the game The start of the Premiership season last week threw up, as...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoTime to leave scrums to the professionals?
I would be interested to hear your readers' views about aspects of the current state of the community game in England....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoJonny was great but Jason made the real difference
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I MUST admit I get slightly irritated with seeing social media best...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoEngland Women heading in the wrong direction
By Jeff Probyn - A front row view of the game Watching last week’s game between England’s women and their French...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoHard to pin the blame on unions
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS IF things in the game aren’t bad enough, the BBC’s Rugby...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoIt looks good – for the Premiership
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME ROB Baxter thinks that the PGP deal is ‘looking good for all’...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoTainton is right to highlight problems
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME TOM Tainton, Bristol Bears’ chief operating officer, has said that the professional...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoI can’t remember a thing after I was kicked in head
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS WE all take a break for the summer and thoughts of...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoLETTER: RFU not helping English rugby
Steve Borthwick is doing a great job in charge of the national side as are his players and our recent U20...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoSponsorship deal will really help grassroots
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THE news that the cabbage patch is to get a name change...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoLETTER: World Rugby allows scrums to be boring, dangerous
Jeff Probyn says that it takes a long time to learn the ‘dark arts’ of the scrum while David Flatman claims...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoGood to see women winning more awards
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT WAS disappointing that Team GB women’s sevens side were unable to...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoReshuffle helping to bring on youth
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME NOW we are at the end of the season there is the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoIt takes a long time to learn ‘the dark arts’
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME SO IT was a second defeat in New Zealand for an England...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDREAMTEAM
John Liley, the former Wakefield, Leicester, Moseley and Worcester full-back, chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1....
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoWhy is captain replaced so early?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME So the All Blacks keep their home record of wins at Dunedin...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoJeff’s right about game’s direction
I AGREE totally with Jeff Probyn’s column (June 23) “heading in different directions”. How disappointing that the only minor “give-away” by...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoBorthwick happy to go back for future
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME So it looks like Steve Borthwick has learned a lesson and decided...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoEngland have enough to down the All Blacks
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Steve Borthwick’s England team have taken their first step of their summer...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoWe’re all heading in different directions
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Sunday Mixed signals: The Championship is being seen as development tool –...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoRefs must regain authority on pitch
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Red card: Beno Obano is sent of by referee Christophe Ridley at...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoTime for Borthwick to stamp his mark
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It's been well worth waiting until the end of the season to...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoDowson’s right, let’s be more like French
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME In agreement: Mark McCall and, right, Phil Dowson PICTURES: Getty Images IT...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoResting players for big games isn’t on
JEFF PROBYN - A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It was just a couple of weeks ago that certain people...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 26/05/24
This weekend sees one of the biggest fixtures in the domestic calendar take place as European heavyweights Toulouse and Leinster square...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoNew law changes will hurt the game
JEFF PROBYN Am I the only one who thinks that something is wrong with ‘those in charge’ of our game as...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDon’t only blame RFU for lack of confidence
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT WAS interesting to read last week’s comments by Simon Halliday in...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoThe ringfence which is encouraging open play
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THERE have been a few articles written about how the Premiership has...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoWhat’s in The Rugby Paper: 05/05/24
For only the second time in eight seasons there are two English teams in the Champions Cup semi-finals, and we’ll have action...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoPGP deal is nothing but a waste of time
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I can't help thinking that the new Professional Game Partnership (PGP) is...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoJeff’s right, we must protect the grassroots
I COULDN’T agree more with Jeff Probyn highlighting the importance of the RFU being able to ensure a fair slice of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoHow Lomu changed the way we played
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT SEEMS the spectre of size has raised its head again with...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoWe need a fairer deal for all levels
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I cannot believe that there is any way an agreement between the...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Peter Scrivener
The former Wasps no.8 chooses the best XV he has played with or against... 1. Paul Rendall – I had the...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoTime to encourage ambitious clubs
IN a recent issue of The Rugby Paper, Jon Newcombe wrote that the RFU has emphasised its wish to make the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoScrums can provide the best attacking platform
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Why the scrum is having to fight to stay a part of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoWith debts up to £300m, the game has lost its way
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WITH the international window now over for the men’s game, the focus...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoEngland were good, but a bit complacent
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WATCHING the France versus England game last Saturday night, I couldn’t help...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoNow that’s what I call a performance, England
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME OKAY, I was wrong in my prediction a couple of weeks ago...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoAt last! England find reason to be cheerful
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME We were waiting and hoping for a game that will define how...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoGreat start, England, but then it fell to pieces
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Triple top: Duhan van der Merwe beats Ben Earl to score his...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoWe need to progress, both on and off pitch
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME NOW the teams have had their week off hopefully they have had...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoWe need action, not words, England
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WITH the second game and a second victory, it seems that all...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoIreland look like the team to beat
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Heading into week two of the Six Nations we were all wondering...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoWhy Six Nations is pinnacle of game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME HERE we are at the start of another Six Nations with everything...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoEngland will take time to develop
JEFF PROBYN - A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME At last we have confirmation so no wondering what the England...












