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Columnists
/ 4 years agoJohn Mitchell departure gives RFU elbow room
Eddie Jones can remould his coaching staff how he would like in biggest overhaul of his tenure
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe Lions can climb Everest again this time says their coaching legend
The legendary British & Irish Lions forwards coach discusses the 2021 tour and the odds of Gatland tasting success as he...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoLet’s pour cold water over this Rassie Erasmus ruse | Nick Cain
A head coach as a waterboy? The incursion of non-playing staff on the pitch has been a problem brewing for years
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoMighty Mouse can put a scare into giant Boks | Nick Cain
Hamish Watson can be the force that brings down the Springboks at the breakdown, writes Nick Cain
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoHigh ball doubt may cost Stuart Hogg Lions slot | Nick Cain
STUART Hogg’s high points this season in leading Scotland to away victories over France and England in the Six Nations, as...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoCar crash European Cup rules will wreck a great Cup | Nick Cain
THE European Cup is on a slippery slope. It is rapidly being downgraded from a competition which was about becoming champions...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTouchline fiasco should never have happened
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE touchline row between Steve Borthwick and Pat Lam in the clash between Leicester...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoWake-up call will be good for Kyle Sinckler says Eddie
KYLE Sinckler’s late call up for the Lions tour after the injury to Irish tighthead Andrew Porter has been give the...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoChampionship is sinking: RFU won’t rescue it! | Nick Cain
Nick Cain's column focusseses on the apparent lack of resistence to ring-fencing the Premiership
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoWhy can’t Japan find home-grown internationals? | Nick Cain
There are 19 foreign-born players named by head coach Jamie Joseph in his Japan squad to tour Europe this summer
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSo good to see Manu Tuilagi back in mint condition | Nick Cain
Tuilagi could still be vital for the Lions should Gatland need to call on a replacement, writes Nick Cain
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoThe 36-man squad Eddie Jones must pick for England this summer | Nick Cain
Nick Cain explains why Eddie Jones must pick a team aged 25 or younger this summer, and how such a squad...
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Nick Cain
/ 4 years agoThis lurking wolf will gobble up our game | Nick Cain
THE fantasists who believe that Premiership Rugby is ‘on fire’ with great games of the highest quality are in urgent need...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoHobbits can slay the Bok orcs again | Nick Cain
WHEN it comes to setting your team up for a fall, there is no media quite like South Africa’s. The slagging...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSinckler was not good enough when it really mattered | Nick Cain
Are England counting the cost of a poor Six Nations despite having 11 players selected by Lions head coach Warren Gatland?
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU ignore fact the players voted for the name Saxons | Nick Cain
ONE of the dangers with diversity politics, as illustrated by the RFU decision this week to dispense with the name ‘Saxons’,...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFrancis Baron exclusive – Pt.3: The earthquake that hit football shows fans must be listened to in rugby
NICK CAIN concludes his far-reaching interview with Francis Baron, the man who was the most powerful figure in English rugby FRANCIS...
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Nick Cain
/ 5 years agoClubs must call SGM to hold RFU to account | Nick Cain
THE news that RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney has had to go bowl in hand like some latterday Oliver to ask...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHere’s why Gatland didn’t pick big Billy Vunipola | Nick Cain
Power or pace? What the selection of Sam Simmonds and Jack Conan tell us about Billy Vunipola's omission
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Features
/ 5 years agoFrancis Baron exclusive – Pt.2: As RFU democracy erodes, members have right to ask: Just who is running the shop?
The former RFU chief executive explores the rule of democracy at the union and how much of a say member clubs...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSayonara to England’s hopes of improvement | Nick Cain
Nick Cain struggles to understand how the RFU can pay £750,000pa to Eddie Jones and not expect undivided attention from the...
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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
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Features
/ 5 years agoFrancis Baron exclusive – Pt.1: This is how rugby can be saved from peril
Introducing a new series with the former RFU chief executive on how the union in England can right the ship financially
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Nick Cain
/ 5 years agoPromotion and relegation are essential at all levels of game – Francis Baron
What does former RFU chief executive Francis Baron think of CVC's growing influence in northern hemisphere rugby and the strategy plan...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRFU must rethink its policies and direction – Francis Baron
"I am passionate about the RFU and find it distressing to see it in such difficulties" - what to expect in...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoNo place for basketball scorelines in rugby | Nick Cain
PREMIERSHIP cheerleaders itching to break out the bunting in support of ringfencing should think again. The successful football fan rebellion against...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPremiership’s treatment of Lions is a scandal | Nick Cain
Nick Cain aims both barrels at Premiership Rugby for playing innocent of being misinformed over Warren Gatland's timetable for the Lions...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTime to get the rules right over TV replays | Nick Cain
THE confused protocols surrounding camera angles, TV match directors, referees, and TMOs have been a contentious area throughout the professional era....
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoEvaluating how ready the Springboks are for the Lions
NICK CAIN EVALUATES THE SPRINGBOKS PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING LIONS SERIES WHEN Faf de Klerk was buried by a brutal Jake Ball...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEngland’s ‘power’ scrum looks more powder puff | Nick Cain
Nick Cain looks at England's troubles at the scrum, with the same errors holding back the front row that occurred at...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWhy such MI6-style secrecy over Eddie’s RFU judging panel? | Nick Cain
Bill Sweeney told the media some of the people involved on the panel overseeing the RFU's debrief of England's Six Nations...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoGatland’s Lions will give the pride of place to Six Nations Celtic warriors
Nick Cain selects his British & Irish Lions tour XV to face the Springboks, after the Six Nations put form into...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCaptain Tom Curry could be Eddie’s own Will Carling | Nick Cain
Eddie Jones can start his rebuild in the young openside flanker and free up Owen Farrell
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Features
/ 5 years agoHistory insists Eddie Jones is heading for 2023 defeat | Nick Cain
SOUTH Africa bucked the overall World Cup trend twice at the 2019 tournament. The first time they did so was by...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU need a French lesson | Nick Cain
NICK CAIN ARGUES THAT THE FOREIGN INVASION IS HARMING HOME-GROWN PLAYERS – UNLIKE IN FRANCE THERE is still a field of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEngland 23-20 France: What a show as Engand throw off the shackles
Maro Itoje puts the finishes touches on a humdinger at Twickenham, as England come from behind to end French Grand Slam...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoThe chickens are coming home to roost for Eddie Jones | Nick Cain
How close should England be to pushing the panic button with their Saracens stars and high penalty count?
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWales 40-24 England: Don’t blame the ref, this was English indiscipline
Nick Cain reports from the Principality Stadium where Wales claimed the Triple Crown against an improved, but indisciplined, England
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMarquee men mock the salary cap principles | Nick Cain
Nick Cain examines the proposterous regulation of marquee players under the Premiership salary cap
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Features
/ 5 years agoReviving the England Saxons would help Eddie’s arousal plan
Nick Cain looks at the defunct England Saxons programme, and asks notable figures Ali Hepher and George Skivington about their time...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoDecision time, Eddie – put down the yo-yos! | Nick Cain
Nick Cain questions whether England captain Owen Farrell is facing up to the toughest period of his career with club and...
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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...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAussie Press-up Boys would surely disagree with Sir Clive’s verdict | Nick Cain
Nick Cain reacts to Sir Clive Woodward's labelling of England's performance against Scotland as 'the worst I have ever seen England...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAustralia must be the choice for Lions | Nick Cain
With the decision on what the Lions will do this summer still to be agreed, Nick Cain breaks down why moving...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU risk the second great schism with wrong vote | Nick Cain
Nick Cain writes on the significant ring-fencing vote the RFU Council will hold on Friday, and its potential to create a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSix Nations round table: Grand Slam or not, let’s see some style!
The Rugby Paper's annual round table Six Nations debate looks a little different this year, but the discussion is just as...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoDuhan could make England pay if front row get the edge
Nick Cain previews the Calcutta Cup and believes the disparity between the English and Scottish packs has narrowed
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Features
/ 5 years agoHold the smiles Eddie, give us Grand Slam joy instead
Nick Cain explores the fault line in England's undoing at the 2019 World Cup and the prospects of a Six Nations...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHonesty isn’t always the best policy, just ask Paul Gustard | Nick Cain
All change at Harlequins and Sale Sharks; Nick Cain looks at the moves made by Paul Gustard and Alex Sanderson
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPivac feels the need for speed in his 9-10 combo | Nick Cain
Nick Cain analyses Wayne Pivac's Wales squad selection for the 2021 Six Nations
Autumn Internationals
‘Fast and explosive’ Louis Rees-Zammit back in ‘happy place’ after Wales return
Autumn Internationals
George Ford returns at fly-half for England to face New Zealand
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England sweating on fitness of Tommy Freeman and Ollie Chessum ahead of All Blacks test
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