All posts tagged "Rugby"
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNewcastle Falcons flying high again
Jon Newcombe talks to Newcastle's commercial director Mick Hogan about the change in the club's fortunes
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Cut the number of subs to see the game improve
Jeremy Guscott outlines why reducing the number of replacements will make professional rugby an even better watch
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: New RFU boss has a big job – save our game!
The news that the RFU have appointed Steve Brown as CEO should bring a sigh of relief from the whole game...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: Replace women’s contracts with individual match fees
As I prepare to write this article, I have a feeling of impending doom as the last time I broached this...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: One match to go, and these Lions could end up legends
With the mid-week games over and just one game to go, I am already suffering from Lions fatigue and can’t wait...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: My Lions dream knocked out by a real McCoy from Jimmy
Twenty-eight years ago I was playing in a Five Nations tournament that was, in effect, a selection trial for the 1989...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Too high a price for ‘fame’ but it’s not the game’s fault
Writing this article every week often makes me think and reflect over my time playing, coaching, administrating and also watching the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Bonus points will hamper the development of Italy
Isn’t it strange how sometimes things happen that on the surface seem to be totally unrelated, but then have mind-blowing consequences?...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Payback as Lions bare their teeth in New Zealand
Only those of a certain age can fully appreciate the excitement, and sheer disbelief, as news filtered back in the summer...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Modern referees are paid professionals, so act like it
Sometimes you get things wrong and then, when you realise and try to even things up for those you feel you...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: It’s a tough job but refs can be their own worst enemy
The game is never short of talking points, and refereeing is facing some serious challenges going into 2017. After my 43...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Offer proper protection for all… or the game could die
As the repercussions of George North‘s concussion story look set to rumble on through the New Year, now is surely the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Jones wanted an abrasive leader, well he’s got one
Somehow the words leopards and spots have sprung to mind this week, having once again had to listen to all those...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoEXCLUSIVE: This will be England’s best team ever – Jonny Wilkinson
Jonny Wilkinson has declared that the current all-conquering England side can eclipse the achievements of the World Cup-winning class of 2003....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Are China ready to rush through the open door?
Will Rugby ever crack China or indeed vice versa? I ask that question again in light of the rather startling announcement...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Why the shock over players injured in England training?
There is something surreal about Premiership coaches complaining that the England coaching team have stretched the players too far with the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: The day I put my stamp on Anglo-Argentine relations
Brendan Gallagher‘s article last week outlining some of the Argentinians’ previous encounters at Twickenham brought back some good, but painful, memories....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Why we should’ve taken heed of those dinosaurs
Well, who would have believed it? It may have taken more than 25 years but the main protagonist for a move...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: I won the ball; took the punch … and Brian Moore got the credit!
Sometimes it’s difficult not to feel a slightly nostalgic tinge when you hear of the French having a mass brawl during...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: Right or wrong, I’m pleased Luke Pearce took responsibility
The first games of the season are always a bit of a mess and last week was no exception as all...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: Gracie Matthews deserves support from Injured Players fund
The second National Rugby Awards took place on Thursday and what a day it was, as professional clubs, grassroots clubs, schools...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Big yes to a Sevens World Cup in between Olympics
As the dust settles on Fiji‘s fantastic Olympic win and World Rugby looks forward to what it believes will be a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Academy rejects must have a Championship bolthole
As usual, the letters to The Rugby Paper bring up some interesting points that would otherwise be missed and Jeff Gage...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: Rugby as a whole won’t benefit from this new deal
With the RFU and the Premiership congratulating themselves on reaching an eye-watering £200 million plus funding agreement, there are some voices...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: The All Black tour that left Olympics in chaos
It’s 40 years pretty much to the day that a rugby tour wreaked havoc with the 1976 Montreal Olympics, a financially...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Modern pros would do well to remember the old days
With the season over for all but the chosen few in the Premiership playoffs or the various tours in the next...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher column: Raise a glass to the Bramley Road faithful
It’s a long way from Bramley Road Southgate to the Grande Stadium Lyon and that journey has taken the best part...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Quotas undermine teams rather than build them
Oil and water, vinegar and milk…there are certain things that just don’t mix and should always be kept separate. Another is...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Ignore the balance sheet, our grassroots game is in crisis
And so it begins. Australian rugby‘s announcement of a A$9.8 million (£5.3m) loss for the 2015 season, up from A$6.3 million...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Sorry, Serge but you were a bit-part player in that try
Browsing through a bookshop the other day, I picked up a copy of The Sunday Times Great Sporting Moments of the Twentieth...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Revert to 15-man game to reduce walking wounded
Injuries, injuries and more injuries. What is it about today’s game that is causing more and more players to miss game...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: We must offer women players more protection
Some time ago I got into a bit of trouble over something that was said on the old Rugby Special programme....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: I thought I had tackled Jonah Lomu – but like so many I was wrong!
Jonah Lomu was the most exciting rugby player I have ever had the privilege to watch, play against or play with....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher comment: A fittingly Olympian venue for these sporting giants to bid their farewells
It was all about farewells at the Olympic Park on Friday night, as the latter stages of a World Cup often...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher World Cup XV
15. Ben Smith (New Zealand): Consumate in all departments, Japan‘s brilliant Agumu Goromaru the next in line 14. Julian Savea (New...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott World Cup XV
15. Ben Smith (NZ) is one of my favourite players, his skillset is of the highest calibre, which affords him the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher comment: Sublime Conrad Smith has a five-star lawyer’s brain and he can hit too
Richie McCaw and Dan Carter deserve every plaudit that comes their way – the golden duo have redefined their positions and...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Central contracts and fewer games will help us build a far better future
The rugby world is envious of England‘s mammoth financial resources but they are laughing at us now, having seen how ineffectual...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: Stuart Lancaster must try to keep his own emotions in check
What was Stuart Lancaster thinking of when he thought it would be necessary to address the players and explain to them...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott’s Rugby World Cup Dream XV
Picking this team of World Cup winners from the seven tournaments that have been played was not an easy task, simply...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: Schools should link up with grassroots clubs for legacy
Last Wednesday I attended the first of what I would assume are many planned fund raisers for the hoped for legacy...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn: Too much expectation riding on the shoulders of England
I’m sure you have all seen the TV adverts featuring the England players being carried on the shoulders of supporters as...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn’s column: You’re right Steve, new maul is ‘bloody boring’
How unusual, a New Zealand coach bemoaning the opposition’s tactics despite winning the game. Steve Hansen’s complaint about the Argentinian driving...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: Bok boys can do lot more than just bash
It would be a huge surprise if these sides continue to play this type of expansive rugby in the World Cup,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn: Heading off to the hills on another mission from God
Training camps and altitude training in far-flung foreign fields do make you wonder what the game is coming to. As big...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn: Let’s hope Ian Ritchie’s warning does not stop team bonding
As England prepare to jet off to their Colorado training camp the words of RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie must be...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Sorry, but is all this legislation making the game any safer?
There are times when I worry for the future of our great sport with all the accusations and promises banded about...
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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...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Simple way to solve head cases and score more tries
As the concussion story grows and grows with more and more high profile players suffering the effects of serious blows to...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Concussion findings could bring back drift defences
As a former Wasp it’s hard to say… but here goes: Well done, Saracens, not for how you play or the...
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