All posts tagged "Relegation"
-
English Championship
/ 2 years agoHolden keen to learn the McGeechan way
By JON NEWCOMBE Maliq Holden admits he couldn’t have asked for a better role model to learn from than Sir Ian...
-
Latest News
/ 2 years agoInternational pair join Montpellier
MONTPELLIER have confirmed the signing of England No.8 Billy Vunipola, right, and former Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg, below. Hogg, who retired...
-
English Championship
/ 2 years agoHalliday calls for clarity on Championship funding issues
By NICK CAIN Championship clubs are calling for the funding issues surrounding next season’s reintroduction of promotion-relegation to be ratified urgently....
-
Columnists
/ 2 years agoRFU still has urgent questions to answer
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The biggest story of the season in the domestic game in England came...
-
Letters
/ 2 years agoJeff’s right about game’s direction
I AGREE totally with Jeff Probyn’s column (June 23) “heading in different directions”. How disappointing that the only minor “give-away” by...
-
English Championship
/ 2 years agoReturn of relegation is reason to cheer
NICK CAIN The restoration of promotion and relegation, which this column has advocated non-stop since the RFU’s ring-fence moratorium in 2021,...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoAnother lesson from the French
CHRIS HEWETT Now that Vannes have made it into the top tier of French rugby and the people running things across...
-
Letters
/ 2 years agoSorry Chris, but we’re heading up another cul-de-sac
I KNOW it has been the season of goodwill, but Chris Hewett’s comment that the RFU is pointing in the right...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoNational League shake-up may be on its way
Jon Newcombe provides the latest on the discussions within the new RFU think-tank
-
James Harrington
/ 4 years agoCouncil steps in to take care of Beziers after Emirati takeover collapse | James Harrington
Thirteen months ago, you probably recall, a proposed mega-money takeover of French ProD2 side Béziers dominated the rugby headlines on the...
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoGrassroots game must get fairer funding | Jeff Probyn
When I sat on the RFU council, no matter what was happening in the rugby world the CEO’s review of the...
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoDarren Childs’ lack of rugby nous was a problem | Nick Cain
Childs' couldn't find a way of applying business acumen into his position as PRL chief executive, writes Nick Cain
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoUgo Monye has a big battle to end elitist stigma of rugby | Jeff Probyn
Has the shift in development from its pyramid state two years ago to Premiership-pwned academies kept rugby's ability to reach more...
-
Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoNo wonder BT are miffed | Chris Hewett
Will viewers bother to watches matches, that may well be played at a high intensity, even it there are no connotations...
-
Columnists
/ 5 years agoClang goes gate on our great game thanks to RFU Council vote | Nick Cain
Nick Cain writes on the dismantlement of English rugby union by the RFU Council's vote to approve a moratorium on relegation...
-
Latest News
/ 5 years agoTV cash puts block on end of drop | Nick Cain
MONEY talks – and when there is a threat of it being withdrawn Premiership clubs and their owners listen. That is...
-
Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: How league rugby became a nightmare for some clubs
Sometimes I wonder at the naivety of some of our rugby journalists and their lack of understanding of the game at...
-
Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Player welfare is all about how coaches want to play
The Autumn Internationals may be up and running but for the clubs its business as usual with the LV cup holding...
-
Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Reduce top-flight payments and grow grassroots game
The debate by the RFU council this week about the restructuring of lower leagues has opened a can of worms that...
-
Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: All shapes and sizes should play rugby
Money, money, money, it’s a rich man’s sport. The increase in the salary cap, up by £500,000 to £5 million, will...
-
English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoNo frills on Jon Mills as he swims with the Sale Sharks
In his heart he’ll always be a Dragon, but Jon Mills is now prepared to do whatever it takes to stoke...
Features
OSCAR WILSON
BUCS Super Rugby
Cardiff Met’s Gus Patterson on becoming Bridgend’s next rugby star
The best betting sites
