All posts tagged "Nick Cain"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNice-guy Mallinder too loyal to his coaches
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE REASONS BEHIND THE SACKING OF JIM MALLINDER AT NORTHAMPTON If you want to know what has...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoBoozing fans give true rugby lovers headache
NICK CAIN IT is rare in Rugby Union that the disciplinary focus shifts from what happens on the pitch to what...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoBath fall just short despite Ashton’s act of charity
From NICK CAIN at Stade Mayol Thanks Chris: Jonathan Joseph celebrates with team mates after scoring a try following a mistake...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRolling subs would make mockery of the game
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN ROLLING substitutes would be a disaster for Rugby Union, and the siren call...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRip-roaring as Cipriani returns to fire Wasps
By NICK CAIN THIS WAS the Premiership at its best, with Wasps and Leicester serving up a feast of rugby for...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoCain column: Chatty refs have aided the growth of dissent
By Nick Cain Dissent is an evil genie that was always going to escape from the bottle when Rugby Union referees...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoWelsh dreams are blown All Blacks shooting star to dust by called Ioane
From NICK CAIN at Principality Stadium Determination: Gareth Davies breaks the All Black defence to score PICTURES: Huw Evans & GettyImages...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMugabe’s thugs sent Don Armand on the rugby trail
Nick Cain talks to the Exeter Chiefs back row about his upbringing in the African state and his career in rugby
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoIt’s a mad, mad world as Bernie bashes Bill
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE international administration of Rugby Union was left embarrassed and in abject disarray...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMugabe’s thugs sent Don on the rugby trail
NICK CAIN TALKS TO DON ARMAND ABOUT STRIFE IN ZIMBABWE AND HOPE IN ENGLAND MEET Don Armand, Mr Adaptable. The rangy...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoCare cameo is star turn as England strike lucky
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham ALL hail Danny Care, England’s super-sub! This was a strange brew of a match, with England...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoNICK CAIN’S PLAYER WATCH…
ENGLAND 1. MAKO VUNIPOLA At the top of his game. Great ball-playing prop, made 20 tackles and multiple hard yards Rating:...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: World Cup vote would save Springboks from disaster
(Photo: Getty Images) By Nick Cain With South African rugby on the road to the cliff-edge, the Rugby World Cup board...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNICK CAIN
World Cup vote would save Boks from disaster READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK With South African rugby on the road...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoLook North, Barbarians, before it all goes South
From NICK CAIN at Tiwckenham Opener: Richie Mo’unga scores the first try THIS was more like a New Zealand trial match...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEngland’s back row looks exposed, but it’s time for Eddie to go for broke
Nick Cain writes why it's time to gamble on the promise of rookies Sam Underhill, Tom Curry and Zach Mercer
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: NFL ‘partnership’ will be far from friendly
Nick Cain examines the NFL's growing access to the European market which has seen two matches played at Twickenham this autumn
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoSaracens could fill a bigger stadium
IT was great to read Nick Cain praising Saracens, stating that after their destruction of Northampton at Franklin’s Gardens, it provided...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWasps rediscover that sting from last season
Northampton 22pts Tries: Tuala 18, Mallinder 77 Penalties: Francis 10, 37, 53, 57 Wasps 38pts Tries: Wade 34, Johnson 44, Bassett...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLamb shows his teeth to savage the Quins
■By NICK CAIN Flying Frenchman: Geoffrey Doumayrou runs in to score for La Rochelle PICTURES: Getty Images RYAN Lamb may have...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoYes, it’s time for Jamie George to become king
Dylan Hartley or Jamie George? Past England hookers have their say
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Kyle Sinckler can consider himself lucky as inconsistency in bans perpetuate
By Nick Cain KYLE Sinckler can consider himself fortunate to get off with a seven-week ban after making contact with Northampton...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoTrinder’s box of tricks too much for Saints
By NICK CAIN HENRY Trinder put his horrendous run of injuries – including two knee reconstructions – behind him to light...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRob Baxter plans to make Exeter Chiefs one of Europe’s elite
By Nick Cain EXETER Chiefs are rolling towards Europe’s elite clubs like a dislodged boulder of Dartmoor granite. The newly- crowned...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Players have not been consulted over extending the season
By Nick Cain PLAYERS and coaches in the Premiership have started to align in their resistance to the World Rugby blueprint...
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Features
/ 8 years agoA nine-month season is long enough for everyone
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK PLAYERS and coaches in the Premiership have started to align in their resistance...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: It’s wrong Eddie must wait a year to face those NZ bullets
Eddie Jones was in full ogre-slaying mode this week, sounding like the armour-plated incarnation of St George as he talked about...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Brits is best of all the imports into Premiership
The Schalk Brits masterclass against Northampton that lit up the Twickenham double-header last weekend made up my mind that he is...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Fearns in Les Bleus? C’est un outrage!
The thought of Carl Fearns becoming a surrogate Frenchman fills me with dread. This is not so much because the Lyon-based...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Lack of common sense could kill Aussie rugby
The Aussies are used to baking hot temperatures and droughts, but as sporting meltdowns go they do not come much worse...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoHow Henley helped make England Women great
Rochelle Clark and Tamara Taylor are seasoned world champions who will play a crucial role in the Red Roses’ bid to...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Dangerous for PRO14 to copy Super Rugby conferences
The new PRO14 marks South Africa’s first steps at shifting from SANZAAR to align with the Northern Hemisphere. The inclusion of...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain gets Eddie Jones’ verdict of the summer action
Eddie Jones started the new season by announcing he intends to turn his England squad into trailblazers who will reach fitness...
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Features
/ 9 years agoEddie pushing to find limits of human fitness
NICK CAIN GETS EDDIE JONES’ VERDICT OF THE SUMMER ACTION EDDIE Jones started the new season by announcing he intends to...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Baxter must join Eddie’s team if he’s to succeed
One of the most vexing issues that all four Home Unions have had to face over the last eight years is...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Without doubt, Ford’s found fresh gears since Bath exit
Welcome to the new, improved, Ford. In this case, however, the model is called George rather than describing the latest product...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoWow, what an epic as Lions hold their nerve!
From NICK CAIN IN Aukland OWEN FARRELL explained how he had kept cool to land the 47 metre penalty that earned...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoDemands for tit-for-tat bans simply clap-trap!
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Take a bow Jerome Garces for bucking the trend of referees turning a...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoSpencer at war with Beaumont over shorter Lions tour schedule
Nick Cain talks to Lions manager John Spencer about the future of the touring side World Rugby chairman: Bill Beaumont Together:...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoThere’s a word for this great pride of Lions – Remarkable!
From NICK CAIN at Eden Park, Auckland Unapposed: Jordie Barrett scores the All Blacks’ second try Lethal: Owen Farrell kicks a...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoSlammin’ Sam finds true form in the end
Setting example: Captain Sam Warbuton got stronger throughout the series PICTURES: Getty Images NICK CAIN’S RATINGS 1. MAKO VUNIPOLA Back in...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Lions should have taken 45 players in first place
Replacement strategies are becoming the bane of Lions tours, as the furore around the ‘Geography Six’ – the late call-ups to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoPremiership clubs have overstepped the mark this time
IN last week’s paper Lions manager John Spencer said plans to shorten future tours are ‘bordering on insanity’. Nick Cain’s main...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoLions find their soul to take a mighty step on road to glory
New Zealand 21pts Penalties: Barrett 20, 32, 36, 48, 54, 58, 67 British & Irish Lions 24pts Tries: Faletau 60, Murray...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoLions fans recogniseItoje is the real deal
LIONS STAR MAN Our hero: Fans mob Maro Itoje after the victory PICTURES: Getty Images NICK CAIN’S RATINGS 1. MAKO VUNIPOLA...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoGatland: I believe Lions can still win
From NICK CAIN in Auckland WARREN Gatland remained defiant after the Lions’ 30-15 first Test defeat by New Zealand and insisted...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoCaging these Lions would be vandalism
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN AUCKLAND was awash with red this week as thousands of Lions fans arrived...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoLions can cut All Blacks warp speed down to slow motion
Nick Cain says the Lions CAN beat the All Blacks – and this is the way to do it on Saturday...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 9 years agoGreat eight rule in the rain as Lions get confidence lift
From NICK CAIN at Rotorua International Stadium Maori All Blacks 10pts Try: Messam 12 Conversion: McKenzie 13 Penalty: McKenzie 22 British...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoJames Haskell – I’m not here to drink coffee
James Haskell is a Lion who, in his own words, “got in through the back door”, but after hearing him hold...















