All posts tagged "Nick Cain"
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoHere’s one football story rugby men should heed
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK PREMIERSHIP owners are partial to borrowing from the professional football model when it...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPremiership self-interest set to repeat
JEFF GAGE Europe’s second tier: Saints skipper Dylan Hartley “It’s time the rest of English rugby woke up to the fact...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoQuality of soccer’s second tier is streets ahead
HAVINGread Nick Cain’s piece picking at Steve Lansdown last Sunday, I can’t help but object to his ridiculous argument about why...
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Features
/ 7 years agoA ton of trouble for England
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE MASSIVE PHYSICAL CHALLENGE FACING EDDIE JONES’ MEN AT TWICKENHAM NEXT WEEK Land of giants: from left,...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoAzzurri camp desperate to break their O’Shea duck
Sergio Parisse tells STEFFAN THOMAS Italy must get a win to show progress Italy Last win: Italy beat Scotland in the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSee a swagman, grab him by his billabongs – he’s a spy!
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN THE idea of Eddie Jones perched high up on the balcony of a...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoStand up, Pro Game Board men
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN NIGEL Melville made it clear just before Christmas that there would be promotion...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoCut the subs to take brute force out of modern tackles
NICK CAIN THE death of Nicholas Chauvin, the 19-year-old Stade Francais U21 flanker, has triggered game-changing shockwaves in French rugby. Chauvin,...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoIt’s who they choose, not howthey coach that counts
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE rehabilitation of Stuart Lancaster and Andy Farrell is in full flow, with...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoPower men put Eddie’s engine into overdrive
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham England 37pts Tries: May 3, Daly 44, Cokanasiga, 56, Farrell 76 Conversions: Farrell 4, 45, 57,...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Exit of RFU CEO Steve Brown exposes growing split in rugby
Nick Cain explains how the RFU's agreement with the Premiership and the revamp to Twickenham's East Stand caused headaches
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Features
/ 7 years agoExit of Brown exposes growing split in rugby
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK STEVE Brown’s decision to stand down as the RFU’s chief executive is undoubtedly...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoEngland find form to erase their first half horror show
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham THE Wallabies have their difficulties but they will not be wobbling after seeing this England display....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoThis All Black attack on Shields is just hogwash
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE prospect of Brad Shields lining up to play for England against New...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEddie must give reserves chance to face Japan
NICK CAIN LOOKS AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK’S BIG MATCH AT TWICKENHAM WITH SOME ADVICE FOR THE ENGLAND BOSS ONE of the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThink outside the box to offer fringe players an opportunity to shine
MY team to play Japan is based on Eddie Jones being able to pick any English player from any Premiership club...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoFarrell gets out of jail as England find salvation
■ From NICK CAIN at Twickenham Catch me if you can: South Africa’s Sibusiso Nkosi and Duane Vermeulen pursue Maro Itoje...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoChiefs let it slip after Castres are hit by red card
By NICK CAIN Numbers game: Gareth Steenson celebrates after diving on a through ball to score Chiefs’ third try PICTURE: Getty...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoYes, Wade is small but his talent is giant-size
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN CHRISTIAN Wade encapsulates English rugby’s irrational fear of the X-Factor players it produces,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNow Eddie has to prove he’s not a one-trick pony heading for a fall
NICK CAIN HEARS EDDIE JONES’ EXPLANATION ABOUT HIS LATEST SQUAD DECISIONS Questions: Why has Elliott Stooke, left, been preferred to Dave...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEddie stays no matter what insists RFU chief
By NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones has been given an unequivocal assurance by RFU chief executive Steve Brown that “come what may”...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoHughes is a tweet for misjudging the mood
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NATHAN Hughes may feel that a relatively light right-handed punch from a prone...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoFreddie drops Bath in a real spot of bother
By NICK CAIN He got this right: Freddie Burns scores Bath’s second try Consoled: Stuart Hooper hugs Freddie Burns FREDDIE Burns...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHorne is the winner as Tigers find their feet
By NICK CAIN THIS was about honouring Rob Horne and both sides delivered in terms of endeavour, even though they were...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoStay-at-home Mitchell needs to be hands on
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK JOHN Mitchell polarises opinion in Rugby Union more than anyone with the possible...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBears maul Quins as yellow fever strikes
By NICK CAIN BRISTOL went into this first wet weather encounter of the campaign knowing that survival this season depends on...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Hold a World Cup just for Tier Two nations
By Nick Cain SOME of the leading lights in World Rugby appear to be struggling to work out which way is...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPeter Pan Strettle hooks in the Saints
By NICK CAIN Prolific: Alex Lewington dives over for the first of his two tries PICTURES: Getty Images THESE sides met...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHold a World Cup just for Tier Two nations
NICK CAIN SOME of the leading lights in World Rugby appear to be struggling to work out which way is up....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSimmonds and Slade make rash Wasps pay for errors
By NICK CAIN Double trouble: Henry Slade dives over for his second try for Exeter PICTURES: Getty Images Quick start: Elliot...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoBristol win will intensify ring-fence campaign
Bristol Bears downed Bath at Ashton Gate last Friday, and Nick Cain writes why that will fuel a debate that has...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Eddie Jones has no grounds to dump his bad boys
The end of Eddie Jones' "clean slate" approach?
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoHartley set to reclaim captaincy of England
By NICK CAIN Flying Falcons: Tom Arscott scores for Newcastle against Doncaster PICTURE: Patrick Khachfe DYLAN Hartley, the man Eddie Jones...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEnglishgamemay stagnate if top-flight are untouchable
Jeff Gage, rugby expert and author of Rugby‘s Blazered Buffoon Questions: Former All Black prop Ben Franks during his time with...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoAce Mo’unga has frustrated Lions chasing his shadow
By NICK CAIN On their way: David Havili dives over to score Crusaders’ second try PICTURES: Getty Images Show time: Crusaders...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCan Lee light blue touch paper?
NICK CAIN TALKS TO WASPS ATTACK COACH LEE BLACKETT ABOUT HIS STAR-STUDDED BACK LINE INTERVIEW Right fit: Lima Sopoaga puts the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHansen’s moan shows Lions effects still linger
NICK CAIN looks at New Zealand rugby a year on from that epic drawn series Ruling the roost: Crusaders pack have...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRyan could give Eddie shoulder to lean on
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones jokes that since England started losing games on his watch he...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Eddie Jones has a plan for life without Billy Vunipola
Any coincidence that England's 2018 losing streak came when Big Billy was out injured?
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoEddie’s so grateful for Cipriani’s magic kick
From NICK CAIN in Cape Town DANNY Cipriani got the thumbs up from Eddie Jones after a moment of inspiration that...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoMoment of magic from Cipriani gets England home
From NICK CAIN at Newlands Winning combination: Danny Cipriani celebrates with try scorer Jonny May PICTURE: Getty Images Touch of class:...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAcid test awaits against All Blacks
NICK CAIN sits down with former Springboks captain Gary Teichmann – a hero in South Africa and Newport… Cornerstone: Tenda Mtawarira...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoDrowning Eddie needs a life raft
By Nick Cain England are in danger of drowning and their one time saviour, Eddie Jones, is starting to look like...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoEddie: It was like watching horror film
From NICK CAIN in Bloemfontein EDDIE Jones described England’s latest defeat as “a horror show’ and called on the players to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoCrisis time – can England stop the rot in Cape Town
From NICK CAIN in Bloemfontein It tastes bitter: Captain Owen Farrell and fly-half George Ford leave the field PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMcCafferty’s put his head in the Lions’ den
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK HAVING spent most of the season refusing to comment on matters pertaining to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoZulu war cry sends new Rainbow Boks into Test battle
NICK CAIN IN JOHANNESBURG SETSTHE SCENE AS THE RASSIE ERASMUS CRUSADE BEGINS Springboks’ first black captain: Siya Kolisi PICTURES: Getty Images...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoGreat start, good ending …in between it’s disaster!
From NICK CAIN at Ellis Park Passion: Willie le Roux celebrates his try SO much for a 3-0 series win. England...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoPenalties will kill our Boks hopes warns Itoje
By NICK CAIN MARO Itoje has warned his England team-mates to cut out the penalties or face defeat on their Springbok...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoBath boss on thin ice when he raps Eddie
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IN two and a half years of England training sessions under Eddie Jones...












