All posts tagged "Nick Cain"
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoForwards get to grips with Georgia for Jamie treble
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham THERE were leaden skies above an empty Twickenham to greet the Georgians on their first game...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoLet’s blood the newcomers against Georgia
Nick Cain suggests the team that England head coach Eddie Jones should test against the Lelos
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Italy are hanging over the cliff edge in face of no coaches
Nick Cain looks at how the development of Italian coaches in the professional era is virtually non-existent
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Features
/ 5 years agoLet’s blood wannabees and see if they cope
NICK CAIN SUGGESTS THE LINE-UP EDDIE JONES SHOULD PICK TO PLAY GEORGIA Roll dice: Eddie Jones No.8: Alex Dombrandt “Georgian rugby...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBlame Ritchie for PGA
THE article by Nick Cain last week exposing the financial issues facing the RFU is aiming at the wrong target. At...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Irish prudence poses more questions to the RFU
Now is the time that unions are releasing their financial accounts - Nick Cain looks at the numbers and finds disparity...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGatland closes door on Howley’s Lions tour
By NICK CAIN ROB Howley’s chances of making a fourth tour as the British & Irish Lions attack coach alongside Warren...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 5 years agoIrish prudence poses RFU more questions
NICK CAIN Major contsruction: Ireland’s Aviva Stadium PICTURE: Getty Images RUGBY Union is fourth in the pecking order of popular team...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWe still don’t know why CEO Bill says Cain was wrong
THE £91m “sinkhole” deficit article by Nick Cain and the subsequent RFU denials has created much interest. First up, RFU CEO...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEddie Jones needs tries to make up ground on Ireland in Six Nations finale
Nick Cain shines the spotlight on England's midfield being the main area requiring clear thinking in selection ahead of facing Italy
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoAll hail to the Chiefs as Exeter lift Premiership trophy in Twickenham final
Nick Cain reports from Twickenham on Exeter Chiefs' 19-13 triumph over Wasps in the Premiership final
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoIt’s time to stop them all walking over the Lions
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN THERE are times when you wonder whether the current generation of administrators are...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoIt’s a glorious grind in the rain for heroic Baxter boys
By NICK CAIN All over: Captain Joe Simmonds celebrates Destroyer: Henry Slade explodes over the line for Exeter’s only try PICTURES:...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoCourageous Chiefs plant a defiant flag at the summit
By NICK CAIN EXETER Chiefs made the remarkable transition from the English second-tier Championship to the summit of northern hemisphere club...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoNICK CAIN’S PLAYER WATCH…
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Will Eddie’s big smile embrace the new caps?
Nick Cain believes England head coach Eddie Jones could have better utilised his training camp to whet the midfield options available
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Features
/ 5 years agoWill Eddie’s big smile embrace the new caps?
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE Eddie Jones mission statement as he delivered his first, provisional, England squad...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe Maunder dynasty is helpingto build Exeter’s era of success
NICK CAIN TALKS TO JACK MAUNDER, THE LATEST STAR IN A FAMILY OF OUTSTANDING SCRUM-HALVES Rivals: From left, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Stu...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Why can I mingle in a shop but not at rugby?
It's time for Bill Sweeney to rattle the government's cage, writes Nick Cain
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPremiership play-off race going down to the wire
Nick Cain looks at the Premiership run-in with three play-off places still up for grabs
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoGoode’s very good, Saracens are superb
By NICK CAIN Immense: Vincent Koch ALEX Goode went on a three-day knees-up after Saracens beat Leinster in the European Cup...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJimmy Gopperth is having a blast at youth-inspired Premiership challengers Wasps
Nick Cain discusses Wasps revival under Lee Blackett and his hopes for the future now he is 37
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Features
/ 5 years ago‘With every try I score I honour my best mate who died’ – Stuart Hogg
The Scotland captain was involved in a car accident which he was fortunate to escape from a decade ago
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Flattery can even help you win the Rugby World Cup
Nick Cain shares his view on the report highlighting how the Springboks got on the right side of World Cup final...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFlattery can even help you win World Cup
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE lengths that international coaches will go to in order to get an...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSome stats are simply codswallop…not these
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Some years ago, a small group of Twickenham modernisers introduced a trendy statistical software package designed to...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNo contest as Bristol 2nds are thrashed
■ By NICK CAIN Rout: Sam James scores Sharks’ fifth try THIS may have begun as third versus second in the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoNick Cain names his England team to claim 2023 Rugby World Cup glory
Plus five players who Eddie Jones needs to take a look at this autumn
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoIt’s time for changes,Eddie
NICK CAIN STICKS HIS NECK OUT AND PICKS HIS ENGLAND TEAM FOR THE 2023 WORLD CUP Ben Spencer, , Joe Simmonds...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoExeter’s power leaves the Sharks floundering
By NICK CAIN Powerhouse: Luke Cowan-Dickie celebrates after he beats three defenders from a tap-and-go to score PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNew breakdown focus will keep the jackals on straight and narrow
NICK CAIN NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE breakdown is back at the top of the refereeing agenda...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCain column: Workload too heavy? Get players to lose bulk
Super Rugby Aotearoa format gives an idea of Northern Hemisphere rugby's fast and furious calendar structure, writes Nick Cain
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWorkload too heavy? Get players to lose bulk
NICK CAIN SUPER Rugby Aetearoa has been a high quality, high intensity tournament – which is exactly what the doctor ordered...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWhy won’t Eddie pick Dombrandt? It’s a mystery to icon Winters
One of the best: Peter Winterbottom playing for the Lions ALEX Dombrandt is in a Catch-22 as the restart begins. Eddie...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Ed Griffiths must bin four-year promotion-relegation moratorium in proposal
The 76-page Championship revamp proposal drafted by Ed Griffiths would see promotion to the Premiership offset for four years
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Features
/ 6 years agoCueto and Hodgson believe Manu Tuilagi can banish any doubts over Sale’s staying power
Sale Premiership winners Mark Cueto and Charlie Hodgson offer their two cents on the boost Tuilagi offers the Sharks
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Sotutu for England? Has Eddie Jones forgotten Dombrandt?
Blues No.8 Hoskins Sotutu has been one of the breakthrough players in Super Rugby Aotearoa, and Eddie Jones has been watching
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Kiwi knives are out for ‘dud’ Gatland
The Chiefs remain winless in Super Rugby Aotearoa, faring little better than before lockdown
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoKiwi knives are out for Gatland the ‘dud’
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN WHEN Warren Gatland hove into Hamilton after the World Cup to coach the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoExclusive: ‘Iron Mike’ Teague cuts ties with Gloucester
Mike Teague shares how he has become disenchanted with the change of core values at Gloucester
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Features
/ 6 years agoLions contenders RANKED – Stuart Hogg can finally show his credentials
The Scotland captain can fulfill what was taken away from him by injury in 2017
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Shielded Childs leaving a long wait for Premiership’s return
Nick Cain looks at the many questions arising from the Premiership's plan to return to rugby
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years ago‘Iron Mike’ cuts all ties with Gloucester
By NICK CAIN EXCLUSIVE MIKE Teague’s disenchantment with Gloucester has led the talismanic England and Lions flanker who played with such...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGatland’s big challenge is to outsmart Nienaber
2021 LIONSA YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CREDENTIALS OF THE MEN IN CHARGE THIS WEEK… HEAD COACHES Attention...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLions contenders RANKED – Adams and May lead the way for wing combination
Nick Cain offers the five wings ready to make life difficult for the Boks' defence in 2021
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Features
/ 6 years agoHogg can finally show his Lions credentials
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... FULL-BACKS Waiting his chance:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLions beware, thes Boks are strong
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS COMPOSITE TEAM FROM THESPRINGBOKS AND POTENTIAL LIONS Loose-head: Steven Kitshoff (SA) Hooker: Bongi Mbonambi (SA) Tight-head: Tadhg...
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Features
/ 6 years agoExpand the Prem to 16 clubs and PRO14 to 20
Expansion: Let the Jaguares join a new PRO20 PICTURE: Getty Images ■ HAVING a global season is all well and good....
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Features
/ 6 years agoClubs hold aces in global power game
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK “What is wrong about having two international windows rather than a two-month block?”...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoA different Call of Duty takes England’s Luke Cowan-Dickie to the Warzone
Nick Cain speaks to the Exeter Chief about his appetite for streaming the first-person shooter game on Twitch
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