All posts tagged "Scrum"
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott: Finn’s big question is can he keep Ireland guessing
Finn Russell will be a big part of how Scotland do against Ireland in next weekend’s Six Nations game in Edinburgh,...
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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: 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: 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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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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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 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
/ 11 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
/ 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: 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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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: Bring back rucking and watch the game take off
My New Year’s rugby resolutions start with a return to rucking. To this day I don’t understand why rucking ever changed....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Inconsistent referees are just confusing players
Spin a coin and choose what you like, that seems to be how the game of rugby is at the moment....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Referee the mark and straight feed and scrums will be fine
Here we are just two weeks into the season and already my old front row partner Brian Moore is banging on...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: That great aura of invincibility has left the All Blacks now
It’s harsh, but rugby, like life, is all about taking opportunities when they come – and Australia did not do that...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Taller props are causing more front row injuries
Last week Nick Cain asked where are all the tighthead props – when what he could have asked is, why are...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Backs must stop game being just about size and power
One of my New Year resolutions for 2014 would be for the backs in all teams bar New Zealand and Australia...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: One hundred years on – and rugby hasn’t changed
There is a saying that there is nothing new in rugby and I think I may have found the proof. While...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: The good, bad and ugly of the scrum machines
So at last we have the answer to all scrum problems – the new scrum machine being used by Bath Rugby...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Beware these danger men coming here in autumn
When South Africa beat Australia 28-8 on Saturday I was interested to see how their backlines would operate as a pointer...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Referee Poite got it wrong over Du Plessis sending off
The winners of New Zealand versus South Africa were going to be ranked as the No.1 team in the world. For...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: McCaw’s a worry…but bring on the Boks. I can’t wait!
We must hope All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is right in his assessment of the injury to his captain Richie McCaw....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Time these All Blacks saw some yellow cards, ref!
It is early days for Ewen McKenzie, the newly appointed Wallaby head coach. I don’t believe he thought the job would...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: All Blacks show they are team to beat once again
The All Blacks showed with their convincing 47-29 victory over the Wallabies in Sydney last night that they will still be...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Our sixteen years of pain end in 80 minutes
Forward dominance has been fundamental to this series from the off and yesterday the Lions power pack well and truly stuffed...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: No more squabbles, let’s all just get behind our squad
I like the look of Warren Gatland‘s 2013 Lions squad, which has physicality as well as speed and skill. Like all...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 14 years agoJeremy Guscott: Owen Farrell must play flatter and Ben Morgan needs help
Stuart Lancaster has a dilemma going into Saturday’s second Test in Johannesburg – does he take a step back in development...












