All posts tagged "Nick Cain"
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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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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
/ 7 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...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDaly gets his chance to play full-back in World Cup
NICK CAIN TALKS TO EDDIE JONES AND ELLIOT DALY ABOUT THE WASPS MAN’S NEW ROLE FOR ENGLAND Natural talent: Eddie Jones...
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Features
/ 8 years agoOld-style props like me are just clinging on now says Marler
Loves a scrum: Joe Marler JOE MARLER says he feels increasingly like part of an endangered species. The bearded Harlequins loosehead...
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Features
/ 8 years agoChiefs claim top spot in top team
Nick Cain picks his team of the season from the Premiership THE Premiership has a legitimate claim to being the most...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWyles and Brits go out in style of champions
By NICK CAIN at Twickenham Flying low: Nathan Earle scores Sarries’ fourth Curtain call: Chris Wyles touches down for Saracens’ third...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoYet again Championship clubs have been shafted
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN BRACE yourselves for the Premiership Cup, a tournament which reflects the desperate lack...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIf England aren’t pulling together Eddie must take share of blame
NICK CAIN VISITS THE RED ROSE TRAINING CAMP AND FINDS IT’S ALL PEACE AND LIGHT ON THE SURFACE Learning curve: Owen...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEngland up the heat in Pennyhill sweat-shop ready for Japan
Things will get tropical for Eddie Jones' selection of players he plans on taking to the 2019 Rugby World Cup
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Features
/ 8 years agoEddie’s become the voice of confusion
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE THINKING BEHIND EDDIE JONES’ TOUR SQUAD FOR SOUTH AFRICA IF Eddie Jones is as successful at...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoJackson and Olding face bigger trial among public
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK What happens next to Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding is less about them...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoNick’s right, revive the old school ruck
I AGREE with Nick Cain’s call for the return of the ruck. As alluded to in his column, it would create...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRomanian failings just a bad joke, or worse?
NICK CAIN The Romania-Spain-Belgium World Cup qualifying scandal has forced the ostriches who thought the match-fixing could never happen in rugby...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoEngland go on the road to find new supporters
By NICK CAIN THE RFU are set to take their England team on the road to make it more appealing to...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWhy defeat by France was biggest blow of all
NICK CAIN Upper hand: France celebrate victory over England PICTURE: Getty Images THERE has been too much of a shoulder-shrug about...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHow it went wrong, match by match
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT EDDIE JONES’ REIGN SO FAR, AND DECIDES WHERE THE DECLINE SET IN EDDIE Jones often calls the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoItoje takes a nap as fans are put to sleep
From NICK CAIN at London Stadium MARO Itoje may have stolen the headlines with a soft first-half run-in, which he then...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSlow down Eddie and do job you are paid for
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones tipped a frying pan of egg over his face this week...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMake Italy play-off for right to stay in Six Nations
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ITALY may be making progress, as Conor O’Shea insists, but their performance in...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoEngland lose the plot and their title in French farce
■ From NICK CAIN at Stade de France Done it: The French celebrate victory High tackle: Anthony Watson catches Benjamin Fall...
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