All posts tagged "Rugby Union"
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 years agoSupport for change at RFU keeps on building
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week As the SGM vote calling for regime change at the RFU...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoNaval officer who was sunk by RFU
IT’S been a tad busy of late with much to discuss but the recent passing of former RFU secretary Tony Hallett...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoHarlequins are looking to get back to basics in the PWR
By Dan Robertshaw Harlequins are aiming for a top-two finish in the PWR having bounced back from last season’s disappointing seventh-place...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoMuddy waters getting muddier
The baffling case of Samu Kerevi’s 20-minute red card during Australia’s romp in Cardiff two months ago provides a stark insight...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoReferees are not free from criticism
In a country in which we are lucky to have freedom of opinion and speech as a birthright, Wayne Barnes is...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoNew signing Regan Grace out to seize his chance at Cardiff
Cardiff have revealed how the signing of Regan Grace was made possible by an injury to one of their Wales stars.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoOllie Lawrence’s play-acting was shameful to watch
Ollie Lawrence’s sham injury in the closing minutes of a knife-edge finish between Northampton and Bath at Franklin’s Gardens last weekend...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWe don’t need platitudes, we need to see change
The RFU’s U-turn on Friday in agreeing to an SGM, just 24-hour’s after rejecting the Thursday’s submission representing 152 clubs across...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoPlease don’t make the game irrelevant
FULL-BACKS and wingers now have to be able to leap in the air, I’ve long ago forgotten what hookers are for...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoPlease don’t make the game irrelevant
FULL-BACKS and wingers now have to be able to leap in the air, I’ve long ago forgotten what hookers are for...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBill Beaumont needs to show clear thinking
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week Bill Beaumont is stepping into a saloon in which the tables...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBeaumont needs to show clear thinking
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK BILL Beaumont is stepping into a saloon in which the tables and chairs...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBeaumont needs to show clear thinking
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK BILL Beaumont is stepping into a saloon in which the tables and chairs...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoJonny’s still out on his own at Spoty
SINCE its inception 70 years ago, the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award has been presented to a galaxy of...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoJonny Wilkinson’s still out on his own at SPOTY
Since its inception 70 years ago, the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award has been presented to a galaxy of...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoJonny’s still out on his own at Spoty
SINCE its inception 70 years ago, the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award has been presented to a galaxy of...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEx-Scotland captain Stuart Hogg sentenced to non-harassment order
Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg has been sentenced to a five-year non-harassment order and fined after breaching bail. Hogg...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoIt’s time for a root and branch clearout at RFU
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week In what sort of world does the wage packet of one...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWhen he was on it, Joe Marler had the lot
Power house: Joe Marler in action for England during 2023 World Cup PICTURE: Getty Images There's a need for big characters...
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/ 2 years agoRFU give support for Maher visa application
OLYMPIC bronze medallist Ilona Maher could appear in this season’s Premiership Women’s Rugby after the RFU said it had supported her...
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/ 2 years agoRugby League takes honours in charity match
RUGBY League won the battle of the codes match against Rugby Union 3321 last Sunday in the ‘745 Game’ at Headingley...
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/ 2 years agoSchmidt praised for Sua’ali’i shift
■By CAMERON STEPHENS Winger: Joe Tomane FORMER Wallaby wing Joe Tomane says Joe Schmidt’s coaching qualities are the reason why Joseph...
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Schools / Universities
/ 2 years agoSouthern teams show power
By TOM JEFFERIES AS expected, the southern sides dominated the first national round of fixtures in the ACE League, whilst the...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoWhat we can learn from other sports
HAVING watched round one of the Autumn Internationals I revelled in the copying of NFL style referee announcements so the thousands...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGoldthorp can challenge Kildunne for No.15 spot
Probyn: England need to be more consistent ■By JOE HARVEY >> Page 37 LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning head coach Nathan Smith is backing...
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/ 2 years agoEngland will need to tame Sua’ali’i
THE Wallabies may be stuck between a rock and a hard place, but England will still need to be wary of...
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/ 2 years agoWRU to apologise to players
THE Welsh Rugby Union says it intends to apologise for its handling of contract negotiations with the senior women’s team. In...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoJoe Marler says ‘ridiculous’ haka ‘needs binning’ – then deletes X account
Joe Marler has added extra spice to England’s clash with New Zealand on Saturday by claiming the pre-match haka should be...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoAll stand together
IN this PC, all inclusive, non-exclusive world that we are now supposed to be living in, the very idea of designated...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoWhy World Rugby has missed the point
IT occurred to me, whilst catching a glimpse of last weekend’s NFL match at Wembley, that the advent of professionalism in...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoBear keen to be a big hit Down Under
■ By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Cornish Pirates back row Bear Williams has flourished in making the difficult transition from rugby union...
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/ 2 years agoSchools to reduce contact
A NON-CONTACT version of rugby union will be implemented in schools to help the RFU manage a “decline in participation over...
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/ 2 years ago20-minute red gets go-ahead
Referees will have the option to show a 20-minute red card during the autumn internationals. Teams will lose a player for...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBrave Will Green does game huge service
Will Green is owed a significant debt by rugby union in England – and further afield – for his courage and...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFrance Rugby strongly oppose the implementation of the 20-minute red card
Following World Rugby’s announcement to propose the global trial of new laws that will be reviewed by the Council, FFR (French...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 2 years agoThe unexplored similarities between rugby and roulette
You wouldn’t normally put rugby and roulette together. Sure, many rugby clubs do host casino nights from time to time as...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoTime to leave scrums to the professionals?
I would be interested to hear your readers' views about aspects of the current state of the community game in England....
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Rugby Paper News
/ 2 years agoThe Football Tactic That Could Revolutionise Rugby
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Rugby union has evolved by leaps and bounds since its conception in the small English town where...
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 years agoThe Football Tactic That Could Revolutionise Rugby
By Peter Ryan (@PeterRyanSports) Rugby union has evolved by leaps and bounds since its conception in the small English town where the...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoLousy law changes are killing the game
WORLD Rugby’s strategy to attract a new, younger, bigger audience to rugby union rests on a totally bankrupt plan currently being...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoErasmus now the creator supreme
NICK CAIN RASSIE Erasmus is a breath of fresh air, a coach who combines innovative out-of-the-box thinking with a detailed understanding...
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/ 2 years agoA sporting heritage that needs protection
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK WHAT’S in a name? A huge amount if you consider what Wembley means...
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/ 2 years agoNew owners keen to inspire Bournemouth
BOURNEMOUTH rugby club, who currently play in Regional 2 South Central, at the sixth tier of the English rugby union system,...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoJoe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions
Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWales in danger of a Lions wipe out
PETER JACKSON - THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW EVER since the ‘British Isles Rugby Union Team’ became the Lions 100 years...
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/ 2 years agoWorld Cup 2031 will be a tough sell in USA
Nick Cain World Cup USA is six and a half years away. Yet, outside the fraught situation World Rugby (IRB) faced...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 years agoEuropean Cup must only be for elite
Nick Cain Column When an elite competition like the European Cup comes up with a dullard draw which has deposed two-time...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoSmith is enjoying the life of a tourist
By ADAM HATHAWAY in Dunedin Marcus Smith has been throwing himself into touring life down under as he makes the most...
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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...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoClinical England u20s dismantle Fiji
By Will Gupwell England u20s…………………………………………48 Tries: Issacs 6, Halliwell 14, Hall 20, 37, Pollock 25, Cousins 31, 75 James 60 Conversions:...













