All posts tagged "Jeff Probyn"
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoSweeney is left carrying the can
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME They always say that hindsight is 20/20 vision, making it easy to...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoTime to cut salary costs which are burying clubs
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK When Wasps went into self-administration some weeks ago, even from a distance you knew...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoRed Roses can give us all something to smile about
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME With the start of the Women’s Rugby World Cup and full TV...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoThe game paying too much for its players
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Top gun: Semi Radradra is a marquee player for Bristol PICTURE: Getty...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 3 years agoIn this week’s Rugby Paper – available on Sunday
Though it might seem this has been something of a quiet week for rugby with the new season yet to get...
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Features
/ 3 years agoEddie has to decide what style he wants
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Now the tours are over, there is a time to rest and...
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Features
/ 3 years agoHow TMO helps and hinders referees
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Okay, I admit it. I got it wrong, I predicted another lesson...
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Features
/ 3 years agoEngland undone by childish behaviour
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Despite the fact that they were the first games of the tours,...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoAled Davies cited as podcast guests weigh in on controversial yellow
Saracens’ scrum-half Aled Davies has been cited for the controversial yellow card he received against Leicester in Saturday’s Premiership Final. Davies,...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Twenty-One with Jeff Probyn
The Rugby Paper Podcast returns this week as former England World Cup Finalist and English title winning prop Jeff Probyn joins...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRelegation freeze makes sense in World Cup year
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME There’s actually a reason the Premiership have been paid such a premium...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoPsychology plays a key part in rugby’s evolution
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As the end of the season nears, it’s usually a time for...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoNew law variations do not ensure a level playing field
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Applying the brake: Hookers must keep one foot forward until the call...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoOne-sided contests will drive fans away
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It seems that not a week goes by without some sort of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoFeel lucky to have played in the era I did
JEFF PROBYN I HAD the chance last week to help Upper Clapton Rugby club celebrate 140 years since the club was...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoIncentivise schools to help broaden the player pool
LAST week’s TRP included Jeff Probyn’s interesting piece, contesting Brian Moore’s claim that payments to players should be banned in all...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoSorry, but my old mate Brian is wrong
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Interesting to see my old mate Brian Moore professing in his newspaper...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoWhat a stupid time to change the scrum laws!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Wouldn’t you know it? Just days before the first major tournament with...
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Letters
/ 4 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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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoLeagues have caused the loss of playing numbers
JEFF PROBYN COLIN Boag’s article last week struck a number of chords that many have argued about the unavoidable future for...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoArrival of Lomu was seismic moment
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The start of the new year always brings hope, and the hope...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoWage bill is cutting the clubs to the bone
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME My fellow columnist Colin Boag wrote last week that the salary cap...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoSinckler must change his technique or lose place
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What can I say, last weekend the northern hemisphere rugby unions did...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRugby must face reality – Sir Bill, it’s reliant on you
WORLD Rugby’s new guidance limiting full contact training to just 15 minutes a week reflects the game’s sad failure to end...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIgnore lower tiers at your peril, RFU
ANOTHER well informed column by Jeff Probyn in TRP (Oct 10). The Premiership has effectively been ring fenced now it is...
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Features
/ 4 years agoFirst-ever Cup final was turning point for Wasps
MOMENT IN TIME WASPS 1985-86 JOHN PLAYER CUP FINALISTS NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO MARK RIGBY WASPS are one of the most...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEffectiveness of RFU incentives needs scrutiny
THANK you, Jeff Probyn for again highlighting the duty on the RFU to support all club rugby by distributing the revenue...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoI sat on the bench for four years unused! | Jeff Probyn
Substitutes, replacements, tactical subs, impact players or finishers... whatever you like to call them they are the bone of contention for...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoHome-grown talent at Bristol Bears? Don’t make me laugh | Jeff Probyn
Jeff Probyn's take on the philosophy at Bristol Bears
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoErasmus had every right to sound off like he did | Jeff Probyn
What a week we have had, between the First and Second Lions Tests with most of the Home Unions rugby media...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoFiji’s double gold shows they have so much more to give | Jeff Probyn
How can World Rugby set a structure to aid the development of Fiji and the Pacific Islands?
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoIncessant TMO calls become so annoying | Jeff Probyn
The tour should be ended without the third Test being played if the Lions win again next week, argues Jeff Probyn
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoNow the Lions know just what they are up against | Jeff Probyn
A step up from the rest of their tour matches on Wednesday night for the Lions
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSmall props always give Springboks big trouble | Jeff Probyn
As the Lions continue their crusade through South Africa on Warren Gatland’s quest to find a team to beat the current...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoGrassroots game must get fairer funding | Jeff Probyn
When I sat on the RFU council, no matter what was happening in the rugby world the CEO’s review of the...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSouth Africa are perfect fit for the Six Nations | Jeff Probyn
With more South African teams joining the PRO14 to make it a 16-team Rainbow Cup competition, it can only be a...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoCrowds or not, I just focussed on the opposition | Jeff Probyn
I WAS a little puzzled when I read Danny Care and Rob Baxter’s reaction to fans being allowed back into the...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoEaling’s drubbing should not open ring-fence door | Jeff Probyn
Ealing Trailfinders’ dream didn’t so much fade away last week as completely collapse against the might of a fullstrength Saracens team, revealing...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAcademy scattergun not best way to find talent | Jeff Probyn
Putting a value on EQP within the Premiership
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU need to source other players to end this ransom | Jeff Probyn
The past few weeks have provided interesting reading re Francis Baron’s thoughts of how things have got out of hand at...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoUgo Monye has a big battle to end elitist stigma of rugby | Jeff Probyn
Has the shift in development from its pyramid state two years ago to Premiership-pwned academies kept rugby's ability to reach more...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSarries stars will be fresh for Gatland | Jeff Probyn
THE good news that the Lions will be going ahead as planned in South Africa is no surprise and despite those...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoFailing to plan, you plan to fail, Eddie! | Jeff Probyn
After what was a disastrous start to this Six Nations, yesterday’s and even next weekend’s result really can’t change the fact that...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSpringboks will want their share of Lions flesh | Jeff Probyn
How should SA Rugby expect to be compensated for hosting a Lions 'tour' away from South Africa?
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Features
/ 5 years agoThese red cards could be shown every game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Illegal: Jonny May’s hurdling try against Italy PICTURE: Getty Images With the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoLack of leadership on and off the field | Jeff Probyn
Jeff Probyn points the finger at England's lack of leaders on the pitch for their loss to Scotland at Twickenham
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Features
/ 5 years agoEnforcing scrum laws would free the backs
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Earlier this week I read an article by rugby author and analyst...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDeano and another ‘bloodgate’
JEFF PROBYN Extra man: England had 16 on the pitch during their pool game with Samoa at RWC 2003 PICTURE: Getty...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTry-fests are no help in spotting true talent | Jeff Probyn
Spectators can enjoy the try-fests, but they will come as no comfort to Eddie Jones who will be measuring the quality...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Altrad’s right - it’s time to cancel European Cup No more of this: Exeter...
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