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Franchise departures remain a mystery…

12 June 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT DIDN’T take long, did it? Just a few short weeks after World Rugby – the non-governing governing body – formally hitched its wagon […]

How Rassie helped pull the plug on water boys

22 May 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT UNINTENDED consequences? You can’t move for them in the Union game. World Rugby has just announced another of its “global trials” (the nongoverning […]

Seeing is no longer believing in rugby

17 April 2022 2 comments

CHRIS HEWETT BACK in the day, when England were at the cutting edge of sports science and spending eye-watering amounts of money on technical expertise, […]

Dundee classroom served Tom well

10 April 2022 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT TOM Smith was the best Scottish rugby player of the professional era. No question. We can also describe him as the finest Lions […]

Let’s hope Leicester can afford Pollard

20 March 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THE Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers, the Pandora Papers. Three massive data leaks exposing dodgy dealing in the financial sector. When it comes […]

Good on Diamond for telling it like it is

27 February 2022 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT HATS off to the straight-talking Steve Diamond, “lead rugby consultant” – aka “new boss” – at Worcester. In this paper last weekend, Diamond […]

Roberts adds more glitter to his CV

20 February 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THE title “Renaissance Man” is a big one to bestow on a mere rugby player, but all things considered, there is nothing “mere” […]

Allow me to leap to Eddie’s defence!

13 February 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT WHENEVER we talk of Edward I, which admittedly is not an everyday occurrence, we invariably refer to him as the “Hammer of the […]

Serendipity enhances Euro Cup’s Round of 16

6 February 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT UNINTENDED consequences? You can’t move for them in the Union game, whether the governing class is ring-fencing the Premiership or fiddling around with […]

Rugby needs this new ITV audience

23 January 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT WHO out there remembers what occurred immediately after the great Ashes series of 2005? To be clear: pretty much every Ashes series in […]

Jackson has been a Sarries inspiration

16 January 2022 0 comments

I HOPE other rugby fans appreciated the article written by Chris Hewett about the injury suffered by Jackson Wray. He outlined Jackson’s input to Saracens […]

We need Wray back in black as soon as possible

9 January 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT PLENTY of words have been written about Jackson Wray in this corner of the paper but, in light of the Saracens back-rower’s latest […]

Griffiths brings fun and games to The Rec

26 December 2021 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT IT IS not yet a mathematical certainty that Bruce Craig will end his long spell of chairmanship at Bath in the way he […]

Kolisi was fall guy in the great jump-off

28 November 2021 2 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THE Springboks are “poison of the month” as far as the referees are concerned. There’s a shock. When your chief water-carrier (second job: […]

No guff, just gumption from my top XV pundits

14 November 2021 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is falling-off-a-log easy to poke fun at the battalions of exrugby professionals who earn a living – or, in the […]

Relegation is not end of ambition in France

14 November 2021 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT THERE are more than a dozen towns and cities in France, from Beziers and Dax in the far south to Grenoble and Oyonnax […]

Need more selfless flankers at top level

14 November 2021 0 comments

CHRIS Hewett’s column last week on flankers seeing the world from different angles was a reminder of the travesties of life highlighted through the actions […]

Flankers see world from other angles

7 November 2021 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST At the risk of offending the Scottish rugby establishment –a serious hazard when you might find Jim Telfer on your case […]

Why send minnows cruising for a bruising?

7 November 2021 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT THE Rugby Europe Championship was back up and running this weekend, with the Netherlands facing Russia in Amsterdam, and it will not be […]

Argentina makes more RWC sense than USA

31 October 2021 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST There is a very good reason why rugby’s dollar-desperate establishment has failed to secure a place for the game in America’s […]

Japan has a yen for showing clubs matter

31 October 2021 2 comments

CHRIS HEWETT ALL that publicity about the setting up of a new “global” 12-a-side tournament and positioning it as rugby’s answer to cricket’s IPL has […]

Tethered Ryno has time for a rethink

3 October 2021 2 comments

CHRIS HEWETT YOU can do quite a lot in 12 weeks: walk the full length of the South West Coast Path without killing yourself, for […]

One World Cup is fraught, let alone two!

26 September 2021 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT YOU have to laugh. After years of dissing football as a “below stairs” kind of sport, wholly bereft of the values that made […]

Lions series needed Buzz Aldrin at full-back | Chris Hewett

8 August 2021 1 comment

There are those revered for their kicking ability over the decades, but the sport has changed its dynamics and expectations since then, writes Chris Hewett

A draw can signify honour, just ask the Olympians | Chris Hewett

8 August 2021 1 comment

CONTRARY to the spirit of an age obsessed with winners and losers, there is nothing wrong with a draw. Ask Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar […]

Ditch the tech like Anna did to strike gold | Chris Hewett

1 August 2021 2 comments

Purity and simplicity are not among the nouns most commonly associated with Rugby Union in its current state of confusion: prop forwards were routinely described […]

Sevens circuit is lacking top stars | Chris Hewett

1 August 2021 1 comment

After the success of sevens at the Olympics, attention now turns to whether the World Sevens Series circuit to suitable for growth

Shaunagh shines in captivating contest | Chris Hewett

6 June 2021 0 comments

The best rugby action was on show in last Sunday’s Premier 15s final, not in the Premiership’s non-contest between Exeter and Newcastle, writes Chris Hewett

Manu proves it’s collision not evasion that counts | Chris Hewett

30 May 2021 0 comments

THE most depressing comment of last week came from Alex Sanderson, which was counterintuitive, since the Sale director of rugby is one of the more […]

Antoine Dupont is Gareth Edwards MkII | Chris Hewett

30 May 2021 0 comments

Does Antoine Dupont remind you of anyone?

Alex Mitchell has that Melville quality | Chris Hewett

25 April 2021 0 comments

BACK in the early 1980s, a time when there were no arguments about ring-fencing in England because there weren’t any leagues to ringfence, Nigel Melville […]

Keep politics out of rugby? You’re joking! | Chris Hewett

18 April 2021 3 comments

Rugby Union has its flaws, but a thin skin is not among them. The game has the hide of an armadillo, allowing it to maintain […]

Limit the poundage to reduce injuries | Chris Hewett

18 April 2021 1 comment

SO THE New Zealanders are suddenly worried about the injury fall-out from Super Rugby Aotearoa. Welcome to the 21st century. Players have been going down […]

Israel Folau row looks set for re-run in Tonga | Chris Hewett

11 April 2021 0 comments

Folau’s journey into cyberspace should inhibit any return to Test rugby, after recent comments by Tonga’s head coach that he would welcome Folau

Wayne Smith may spark new Kiwi dominance | Chris Hewett

4 April 2021 0 comments

Wayne Smith played a bigger role in the 2015 All Blacks side than you may think, writes Chris Hewett

John Eales was the best | Chris Hewett

4 April 2021 0 comments

ANOTHER Wayne Smith, the highly accomplished rugby correspondent of The Australian, is calling it a day after half a century on the beat. The friendliest […]

Wallabies Rugby World Cup challenge is blooming in Brisbane sun | Chris Hewett

21 March 2021 0 comments

Success in France in two years’ time for Australia will rest on the crop of young players emerging under Brad Thorn at Queensland Reds, writes Chris Hewett

No-one got a word in when Nigel Owens was the ref, not even Farrell | Chris Hewett

21 February 2021 1 comment

As people expose Owen Farrell’s vocal hounding of referee Mike Adamson, Chris Hewett says Nigel Owens was one man who wouldn’t be moved

No wonder BT are miffed | Chris Hewett

21 February 2021 0 comments

Will viewers bother to watches matches, that may well be played at a high intensity, even it there are no connotations to a relegation scrap?

Edgy, the thinking man’s super hero | Chris Hewett

18 February 2021 0 comments

Chris Hewett pays a very personal tribute to Bath and England No.8 David Egerton

Quins found happy place at the Ricoh

7 February 2021 1 comment

MY eyes were drawn to the headline in Chris Hewett’s column, “Harlequins problem? Their shirts”, suggesting Quins drop the quarters in favour of something to […]

Time to stop humiliating teams at World Cups | Chris Hewett

29 January 2021 1 comment

Chris Hewett looks at how some of the Tier 2 nations have a tall ask of progressing from World Cup pool stages before you consider their opposition

Cameron Redpath must tread own path to the top | Chris Hewett

24 January 2021 1 comment

Ex-England U20 Redpath should not be persecuted for taking the decision to make every go of Test rugby with Scotland, writes Chris Hewett

The Eagles need to start flying | Chris Hewett

24 January 2021 0 comments

Will rugby ever smash its way into the mainstream of sport Stateside?

Alfie Barbeary could become The Boss – but not yet | Chris Hewett

3 January 2021 0 comments

Barbeary’s time out with gives teams plenty of changes to identify weaknesses to his seemingly unstoppable game

Matera’s new video won’t hide his nasties | Chris Hewett

3 January 2021 3 comments

THIS column is no friend of Pablo Matera and his fellow Pumas, the lock Guido Petti and the hooker Santiago Socino. Their social media sins […]

Last laugh for donkies in earning rates among pro players | Chris Hewett

3 January 2021 1 comment

IT COMES as no great surprise that on average across the three major leagues in Europe, outside-halves command the biggest salaries. They are the thoroughbreds, […]

Paul Gustard should tell it as it is more often | Chris Hewett

27 December 2020 0 comments

The Harlequins head of rugby Paul Gustard spoke honestly during an on-air interview during the defeat to Racing 92

Hewett column: Guscott’s Lions plea resonates so strongly

13 December 2020 0 comments

Chris Hewett laments the focus on defence by England against France, asking where the free reign in attack is for players like George Ford

Gibson can be new Forrester at Glouc

15 November 2020 1 comment

IT was good to read Chris Hewett’s recommendation of Jamie Gibson’s contributions to his various clubs. He is surely a misplaced No.8 with skills untapped […]

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