All posts tagged "Nick Cain"
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoRef Owens makes it tougher for Cup heroes
Clermont 17pts Tries: Lamerat 27, Abendanon 52 Conversions: Parra 28, 54 Penalties: Parra 60 Saracens 28pts Tries: Ashton 13, Kruis 22,...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoNICK CAIN’S PLAYER WATCH…
CLERMONT 1. RAPHAEL CHAUME Did his duty at the scrum, and did not stint at close quarters Rating: 6 out of...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: The good, the lads and the ugly, by Burger
Schalk Burger has scaled most of the high peaks in the game, including reaching the summit as part of South Africa‘s...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Don’t bleed for All Blacks, they don’t care about us
The growing list of New Zealand injuries is starting to worry Steve Hansen. The All Black coach usually does a passable...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNow Springboks must head north says veteran Burger
By NICK CAIN SCHALK Burger has called for South Africa to join the Six Nations and European Cup as soon as...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoYoung’s hat-trick puts buzz back into Wasps
Wasps 35pts Tries: Young 20, 39, 78, Wade 59, Daly 71 Conversions: Gopperth 59, 71 Penalties: Gopperth 16, 35 Saracens 15pts...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNathan Earle speaks out after his surprise England call-up
Nathan Earle says he is glad he was horizontal in bed when he got the news of his selection for the...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: McCafferty cannot be allowed to cage Lions
Mark McCafferty is making a serious mistake in trying to push the Lions into a five-week cage while, at the same...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMcCafferty cannot be allowed to cage Lions
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK MARK McCafferty is making a serious mistake in trying to push the Lions...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Hansen’s barbs hide All Blacks’ insecurity
Steve Hansen didn’t hang around when it came to giving the 2017 Lions the voodoo doll treatment. No sooner had the...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years ago“The tour book along with daily Press reports was how the Lions story was told”
Picture this: John Bentley holds aloft the trophy in front of Lions supporters after the third Test against South Africa in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoEddie’s playing a generation game
NICK CAIN gets an exclusive lowdown from England head coach Eddie Jones on his selction for the two-Test Pumas tour NICK...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoSaracens show ruthless streak to stem tide of Foley’s red army
By NICK CAIN Powering over: Mako Vunipola charges through Keith Earls for the opening try PICTURES: Getty Images OWEN Farrell was...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoThese All Blacks aren’t invincibles that they are cracked up to be
Nick Cain says Lions coach Warren Gatland is the man to convince his squad Kiwis are beatable Nick Cain By the...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoFarrell: Lions must impose own game on New Zealand
Winner: Andy Farrell ANDY Farrell was the main instigator of two of New Zealand’s most famous defeats in recent years and...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoWarburton: I’m ready now to captain this side again
Captain Sam Warburton on form, fitness and accepting the honour to lead the Lions’ challenge in New Zealand Sam Warburton became...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Sonny Bill is still king – of double standards!
Sonny Bill Williams has a habit of cornering the headlines when it comes to Antipodean rugby – whether Union or League...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoTake 45 players to New Zealand, you’re going to need all of them!
The 2017 Lions must go to New Zealand mob-handed – and only heavy hitting hard nuts need apply. That is the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoAll Blacks will target Sexton warns Best
By NICK CAIN JOHNNY Sexton is a Lions casualty in waiting according to former England coach Dick Best. Best, who presided...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoImpressive Tigers go back to their basics
By NICK CAIN Try scorer: Leicester’s Ben Youngs scores with a fine solo run Try saver: Vereniki Goneva is tackled by...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Solomona is quality, but don’t pick him
That Denny Solomona has had a phenomenal start to his Rugby Union career, with 11 tries in 11 matches for Sale...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoMighty Mako can put the frighteners on the Warriors
Nick Cain talks to Saracens prop Mako Vunipola ahead of today’s clash Nick Cain PREVIEW… Saracens v Glasgow Today. Kick-off 1pm....
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: O’Connor had better watch his back at Leicester
The knives are out at Welford Road – again – with Matt O’Connor on his way back in as Leicester‘s head...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain picks his English lions as Eddie Jones reaches a watershed
Whichever way you look at it, the manner in which England’s clean sweep and world record was slammed in Dublin was...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoLions ban clubs from using their branding
The Lions are not making friends among the broader rugby community as their commercial team prevent other clubs from ‘unofficial’ use...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLions ban clubs from using their branding
By NICK CAIN THE Lions are not making friends among the broader rugby community as their commercial team prevent other clubs...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHartley’s run will end as Eddie starts stage two
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS ENGLISH LIONS AS EDDIE JONES REACHES A WATERSHED Hooker choice: Dylan Hartley in action against Australia last...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoTigers find a Mauger performance at last
By NICK CAIN LEICESTER said they were determined to send Aaron Mauger into the sunset on a winning note. And they...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain – the RFU should call off their plan for autumn showdown
The England team rescued and brought back to rude health by Eddie Jones is in danger of being sold down the...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Europe’s finest being sold down the river
Welcome to Northern Hemisphere rugby’s endless road. An 11 month season which purports to be all things to all men, but...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDon’t kill off the county game, just get rid of the academies!
As Benjamin Disraeli once said: “There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies and statistics.” However, as with all things,...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoImmortality beckons for England’s history men
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham JONATHAN Joseph scored a scintillating hat-trick of tries to spearhead an England win which left Scotland’s...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain talks to Bob Dwyer about his old Aussie coaching pal Eddie Jones
Bob Dwyer and Eddie Jones are two of the most successful international coaches in Rugby Union history, having both won World...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Yes, England were foggy, but so are World Rugby
Eddie Jones and his players can thank their lucky stars that their latest tactical tutorial came from Italy. There is a...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBrilliant Beale keeps Wasps buzzing on top
By NICK CAIN Bamboozled: Wasps’ star man Kurtley Beale terrorises the Bath defence PICTURE: Getty Images KURTLEY Beale may have cost...
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Features
/ 9 years agoThis shows Italy are not relegation fodder
THE events should be an embarrassment to your correspondent, Stuart Stanton of Leeds and columnist Colin Boag. I refer, of course,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Vickerman tragedy is a warning to all of rugby
Dan Vickerman’s death at the age of 37 is a reminder that being an admired and highly successful professional rugby player...
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Features
/ 9 years agoNothing very super about Super Rugby
COLIN BOAG The Super Rugby season has started and the SANZAR chief executive have come out slugging, claiming that this competition...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: O’Driscoll is on the case to find any Kiwi flaws
When it comes to the lengths New Zealand will go to turn over the Lions there are none with better first-hand...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain gets an insight into the mind of England’s new midfield ace Ben Te’o
Ben Te’o and the England ‘finishers’ have got a strut in their step after making the difference in the late wins...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoCain’s right, sort scrum mess or risk league-style farce
NICK Cain was 100 per cent correct in his column about raising the issue of crooked feeds in the scrum and...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Crooked feeds are making a mockery of our game
These days TV commentators are clearly under orders from broadcasters not to mention them, but our readers say that crooked scrum...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoJet-speed Daly keeps Eddie’s mad ride on road
From NICK CAIN at Principality Stadium THE England roller coaster is still on the rails – just – but it was...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoScots look good so why is Cotter on the way out?
Nick Cain investigates the strange case of the Scots jettisoning their ace coach SCOTLAND’s 27-22 win over Ireland was one of...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Six Nations offers Boks a route to salvation
As the Six Nations gets underway there is an issue that should be uppermost in the minds of its council, and...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWant to be a Lion? Then beat England!
NICK CAIN TALKS TO PAUL MORIARTY ABOUT HIS SON ROSS AND THE CHALLENGE WALES FACE AT TWICKENHAM PAUL Moriarty, the father...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoUgly England need a big makeover to face Wales
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham England 19pts Tries: Te’o 70 Conversions: Farrell 71 Penalties: Farrell 10, 23, 55; Daly 38 France...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Sherylle Calder will keep focus on big prize
Sherylle Calder’s capacity to make a difference as a visual skills coach can be measured by the three-year contract she has...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoAlchemist Eddie must again find the right formula
England go into the Six Nations in the grip of an injury drought that will test their well of playing talent...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoThis is no way to treat the minnows of Europe
That Rugby Union has one set of rules for the rich and another for the poor was highlighted starkly this week....
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