All posts tagged "Nick Cain"
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoFanfare may be muted but England are on a roll
By NICK CAIN ENGLAND became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2019 World Cup and that is...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoNow England need to use their sledgehammer to crack Argentina
Nick Cain previews England's match against the Pumas and the selection issues facing Eddie Jones going forward
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Bravo Japan… now give us World Cup for Tier 2
Nick Cain outlines why a World Cup exclusive to Tier 2 nations is needed in the wake of Japan's shock win...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoEngland’s Pool of Death suddenly carries a deadly threat
NICK CAIN VERDICT SINCE Eddie Jones took over as England coach, there has been an assumption that the ‘Pool of Death’...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Japan needs sumos who can play in the front row
Nick Cain questions whether have kept pace with the bulk and physicality of other Tier 2 nations
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Featured
/ 6 years agoJapan will go ballistic if Blossoms bloom at Rugby World Cup
Nick Cain sets out the teams who are likely to be in the quarter-finals, and pegs Japan and Fiji to be...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoFabien Galthie calls time on the fabled French eccentricity
Nick Cain assesses the challenge a new-look France side pose to England in the World Cup pools
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoEngland find the answer in time to please Eddie
■ From NICK CAIN at St James’ Park On the charge: Ellis Genge ENGLAND may not be going to the World...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoGo make history Eddie tells his men
■ By NICK CAIN Upbeat: Eddie Jones EDDIE Jones will climb onto the plane to Japan with his England squad today...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoTheatrics have no place on great stage in Japan
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK YOANN Huget is one of the best attacking talents in Rugby Union, and...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: At last, the Tier Two clubs come out fighting
Nick Cain writes about the latest efforts by the Premiership to payoff the Championship into accepting ring-fencing
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAshes hero Ben Stokes shows Ben Youngs how to hit peak
Ben Stokes produced heroics at Headingley when the England cricket team needed it - and the same might be for Ben...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoStockdale’s try-double spoils Gats’ farewell party
By NICK CAIN Step up: Owen Lane cuts in to score for Wales THIS rough old sport does not have a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years ago‘Second XV’ were playing for shirts
YOUR otherwise reasoned analysis of last weekend’s international fixtures was marred by irritating reference to England fielding, in your terms, a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEddie’s still a work in progress
NICK CAIN PROBES ENGLAND’S AREAS OF WEAKNES JUST A MONTH BEFORE THE WORLD CUP THE biggest challenge of England’s World Cup...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoMore of this and England will be lifting golden Cup
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham ENGLAND turned up the heat at the right time in their World Cup warm-up preparations, producing...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNo.9? Not a problem insists versatile Ford
By NICK CAIN Adaptable: George Ford PICTURE: Getty Images GEORGE Ford does not appear unduly perturbed that Eddie Jones has dusted...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBoot camp regime gets Jamie fit for active service
NICK CAIN TALKS TO JAMIE GEORGE ABOUT HIS IN SATIABLE DRIVE FOR PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT JAMIE George knew what was coming and...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEx-RFU boss raps ‘remote’ Union
By NICK CAIN MARTYN Thomas, former chairman of the RFU, has criticised the Union for a lack of openness and accountability....
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Features
/ 7 years agoGatland will need all his steel to take on the Boks
NICK CAIN ON THE DEBT THE LIONS OWE THEIR NEWLY-APPOINTED 2021 HEAD COACH Pilloried in 2005: Clive Woodward Mission accomplished: Warren...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks jeers gave RFU boss his mission
NICK CAIN talks to the RFU’s new chief excecutive Bill Sweeney about his vision for the English game BILL Sweeney says...
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Features
/ 7 years agoExtracting Smith sends out a mixed message
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK MARCUS Smith has played more than a season of Premiership rugby for Harlequins....
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoThis Sarries dynasty is the greatest that English rugby has ever known
NICK CAIN ON WHY THE ‘DOUBLE’ CHAMPIONS ARE THE BEST SIDE THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER PRODUCED Saracens stars Jamie George, George...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTier Two grassroots need a boost, but so do ours in England
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk NICK Cain is right...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoTompkins in hat-trick blitz as Sarries go storming on
■From NICK CAIN at Allianz Park They’re off: Sean Maitland touches down for Saracens’ first try All over: Nick Tompkins scores...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEddie’s Twickenham opt out is Baa-king mad
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ENGLAND are about to embark on their final phase of preparation for the...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoBest of rest are team to be feared
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS PREMIERSHIP TEAM WITHOUT EXETER OR SARACENS’ PLAYERS Given that the Exeter and Saracens duopoly at the top...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoRelease the Tier 2 brake or game will go in reverse
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Dream killers: Lucas Rumball scores for Canada as they beat Germany in the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSarries would thrash best of the rest in England
NICK CAIN RATES THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS AGAINST THE REMAINDER OF THE PREMIERSHIP’S RED ROSE CONTINGENT SARACENS’ third European Cup final triumph...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoGalacticos at Irish need a general like Jonny
NICK CAIN LONDON Irish look hellbent on becoming the Toulon of the Premiership following the newly-promoted club’s decision to buy-in a...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoRFU are ‘gagging’ us say Councillors
By NICK CAIN A NEW code of conduct approved last month by the RFU Council has been condemned as ‘a gagging...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPick Watson at full-back and switch Daly to 13
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ANTHONY Watson’s 74 minutes at full-back for Bath in their 6-3 loss to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLions success has give us all World Cup confidence
NICK CAIN TALKS TO ROB HOWLEY ABOUT THE WORLD CUP AND HIS FUTURE AFTER IT Star maker: Rob Howley coaching Wales...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWHO ARE YOUR RUGBY HEROES?
Flat out for Irish: Josh McNally has impressed to earn a move to Bath London Irish booked their return to the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThe England fire still rages for ‘Churchill’ clone Vickery
NICK CAIN TALKS TO PHIL VICKERY ABOUT PROPS, ENGLAND AND CAPTAINCY Playing with intesity: Phil Vickery takes on Wales’ Martyn Williams...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWHO ARE YOUR RUGBY HEROES?
Diamond: Tom Curry playing for England against Scotland Youth has had a wonderful season in rugby. In 20-year-old openside Tom Curry...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoCain misse s the p oint, this is not faith, it’s b igotry
NICK Cain spectacularly misses the fundamental point in his article regarding Israel Folau. This is not an issue about a person’s...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWe ll d one Nick, for your commonse nse
WELL done Nick Cain for talking some sense on the matter of the tweets by Israel Folau and Billy Vunipola. While...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFolau can b elieve what he likes, just keep it p rivate!
COLIN BOAG Previous: Israel Folau had been warned about social media postings In last week’s paper Nick Cain made a reasoned...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoBilly does his talking on the pitch for super Sarries
■From NICK CAIN at the Ricoh Threat: Liam Williams breaks with the ball SARACENS put a smile back on the face...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoThe Rugby Paper Awards 2019: Get voting and honour your rugby heroes
We are proud to announce the first Rugby Paper Awards will be held at the end of this season. It is...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoHONOUR YOUR RUGBY HEROES
THE RUGBY PAPER AWARDS Feel the passion: Bristol win the Championship to gain promotion to the Premiership Lunch venue: Quins’ Twickenham...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoIgnoring Big Joe’s X-factor is senseless
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK WHEN Joe Cokanasiga was told by Eddie Jones that he had dropped him...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorking in the breaker’s yard
NICK CAIN TALKS TO SAM UNDERHILL ABOUT THE LIFE OF A MODERN NO.7 AND THE LAWS AT THE BREAKDOWN Power-houses: Sam...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLam’s right to make voice heard, fans should follow suit
I WAS struck by Nick Cain’s reference, in his well-balanced piece on the World League, to Pat Lam’s statement that the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSo who would be the real world champions?
COLIN BOAG Not so super: Chiefs clash with the Sunwolves in Super Rugby yesterday Last week details leaked out about World...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoYoung seethes over rough justice from ref
By NICK CAIN Controversy: Joe Ford loses control of the ball as he touches down for Leicester’s try DAI YOUNG, the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester’s offer to Manu Tuilagi is ‘fairly stingy’, says ex-Tiger Lewis Moody
Racing 92's megabucks stokes conversation of loyalty towards Leicester and if it works both ways
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoManu cash may be too much for us – Murphy
LEICESTER supremo Geordan Murphy is banking on loyalty to trump cash after admitting his club cannot compete with the big money...












