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Nick Cain: My Sevens squad for Rio has no Sevens stars

6 September 2013 0 comments

Imagine a Great Britain Sevens team for Rio 2016 picked, using a similar model to the Lions, from the best rugby union talent there is […]

Nick Cain talks to Mike Ford about his vision for the revitalisation of Bath

29 August 2013 0 comments

Mike Ford is not promising miracles. Bath’s new head coach has been around too long to fall into that trap, notably as England‘s defence coach […]

Nick Cain: Joubert shows refs can’t rule the scrum

28 August 2013 5 comments

Brett Gosper came up with some marketing waffle this week which illustrates how the International Rugby Board have earned a reputation for consistently stuffing-up the […]

Nick Cain: Sevens title could be fool’s gold in Brazil

8 August 2013 0 comments

The suggestion that Sonny Bill Williams and Benji Marshall, two of Rugby League’s biggest stars, could be chasing Sevens gold for New Zealand at the […]

Nick Cain gives his expert assessment of England’s latest elite squads

7 August 2013 1 comment

Stuart Lancaster’s EPS selection for the new season reveals that England have just a single option in one of the most influential attacking positions on […]

Nick Cain looks ahead to the 2015 World Cup showdown between England, Wales and Australia

25 July 2013 1 comment

We are six months closer to the 2015 World Cup Pool of Pain, and the Lions victory over Australia provides a natural watershed from which […]

Nick Cain: North star needs help to twinkle for Saints

24 July 2013 1 comment

When it comes to buying marquee players for the new season no one in the Premiership has done a better job than Northampton. The acquisition […]

Nick Cain: Gatland defies the abuse to hit jackpot

18 July 2013 2 comments

What the 2013 Lions tour revealed is that for all the power inherent in the concept of the four Home Unions united, unity within the […]

Nick Cain says Lions’ selection errors would have proved costly in New Zealand

18 July 2013 1 comment

Sam Warburton says that he has no truck with the defeatist claptrap which says that the Lions cannot win in New Zealand four years from […]

Nick Cain’s tour overview: Do not underestimate this wonderful triumph

17 July 2013 0 comments

The 2013 Lions roared in Sydney, mauling the Wallabies by a record score, but there are some embittered souls for whom the Lions stand in […]

Nick Cain reflects on the highs and lows of the Lions tour leading up to the pivotal Test

12 July 2013 0 comments

The last round of Wallaby jaw-jaw before the battle for the 2013 Test series came to a climax at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney yesterday […]

Nick Cain: O’Driscoll was lucky even to be on tour

11 July 2013 8 comments

The notion held by some media pundits and fans – not all of them Irish – that Brian O’Driscoll is a rugby martyr because he […]

Nick Cain’s tour verdict: Gatland shows he has Midas touch

11 July 2013 0 comments

After the gunsmoke had cleared at the ANZ Stadium, the massed ranks of Lions fans waited to cheer on the 2013 Lions before they exited […]

Nick Cain: Horwill’s escape is latest great stitch-up

4 July 2013 0 comments

The James Horwill incident is the straw that broke the camel’s back. When the Australian captain was exonerated by Kiwi QC James Hampton for a […]

Nick Cain: Lions tour? Aussies couldn’t give S***!

26 June 2013 1 comment

On the eve of the Brumbies game there was a Wallabies v Lions gala dinner held in the great hall of the Australian Parliament in […]

Nick Cain sizes up the task ahead of the Lions in Saturday’s first Test in Brisbane

21 June 2013 0 comments

Mike Phillips versus Will Genia is the one clash which seems to encapsulate better than any the differences between the Lions and Wallabies ahead of […]

Nick Cain: Remember Finlay Calder and stick with Sam Warburton

20 June 2013 1 comment

Sam Warburton‘s selection as Lions captain was under serious scrutiny before last night’s crushing of the Waratahs, but the Welsh openside has made a habit […]

Nick Cain: The folly of Foley could kill off the Lions tours

13 June 2013 0 comments

Michael Foley played against the 2001 Lions four times. Once at hooker for the Queensland Reds, and three times for the Wallabies, starting two of […]

Nick Cain wonders why the Lions have not turned to the obvious choice as they tackle front row crisis

12 June 2013 0 comments

The departure lounges of airports as distant from each other as Durban and Buenos Aires have been busy over the last few hours transporting new […]

British & Irish Lions overcome feisty Queensland Reds

8 June 2013 1 comment

The British & Irish Lions faced their toughest challenge since the start of their tour of Australian but they remained unbeaten with a 22-12 win […]

Nick Cain: Chattering refs led to Hartley’s disgrace

4 June 2013 3 comments

There is no escaping the fact that Dylan Hartley’s sending-off at Twickenham in the Premiership final last weekend cost Northampton the chance of being crowned […]

Nick Cain: First blood to Lions as toxic Quade gets ‘axed’

23 May 2013 0 comments

The slabs of red meat are one up already! The sledging war initiated by our Aussie mates ahead of the arrival of the 2013 Lions […]

Nick Cain talks to Leicester’s Tom croft about his double challenge of Premiership final and Lions tour

23 May 2013 0 comments

Tom Croft has an attribute that few international forwards possess, including those back rowers alongside him in the 2013 Lions squad: The pace to scare […]

Nick Cain says the tour party to Argentina represents a sea-change for England

16 May 2013 0 comments

The grass-roots setting of Barnes RFC is an unlikely location for game-changing decisions at the apex of the English elite game. However, when Stuart Lancaster […]

Nick Cain: Put star players outside salary cap

15 May 2013 0 comments

What has happened to the once proud record of English clubs in Europe? When Saracens slipped out of the Heineken Cup a fortnight ago after […]

Nick Cain: Football could yet kick RWC 2015 into touch

9 May 2013 2 comments

There were cautionary notes amid the fanfare for England’s 2015 World Cup when the schedule and venues were announced at Twickenham on Thursday. Foremost among […]

Nick Cain: These slabs of meat will be mighty mouthfuls

8 May 2013 0 comments

Slabs of red meat? More like slabs of gristle. The sort of tough, unpalatable stuff that the Aussies, who like the red meat on their […]

Captain Sam Warburton has winning ways with the referees

7 May 2013 0 comments

Warren Gatland has revealed that a crucial component in his appointment of Sam Warburton as captain of the 2013 Lions was his ability to get […]

Nick Cain: Give Danny loving care the same as Quade

2 May 2013 1 comment

Danny Cipriani must be cursing his luck that he wasn’t born an Aussie. Cipriani is a less divisive and outspoken character than Quade Cooper, the […]

Nick Cain: Be brave and blood more kids against Pumas

29 April 2013 1 comment

Should England go to Argentina with purely a development side, or should they go with enough experience and firepower to ensure that they win the […]

Nick Cain meets Paul Gustard, the man responsible for Saracens’ famous defence

25 April 2013 1 comment

Paul Gustard may not be in quite the same league as Crocodile Dundee when it comes to animal magic, but the Saracens defence coach certainly […]

Nick Cain: Baxter can improve England’s set-piece

12 April 2013 1 comment

Stuart Lancaster has made a smart move in asking Rob Baxter to join the England set-up as forwards coach for the tour to Argentina this […]

Nick Cain picks his 2013 Lions tour party with some surprising ins and outs

7 April 2013 1 comment

No Brian O’Driscoll. No Chris Robshaw. Neither men make my 2013 Lions tour party for the straightforward reason that others are better equipped to help […]

Nick Cain: Change now or else!

5 April 2013 2 comments

There’s been a marked reluctance in English rugby ranks to accept that the 2015 Rugby World Cup draw is by far the biggest banana skin […]

Nick Cain assesses the potential outcomes of the Heineken Cup quarter-finals

4 April 2013 0 comments

Can England’s leading club sides come up trumps when it is all on the line, or will they follow in the footsteps of Stuart Lancaster’s […]

Nick Cain: Gatland must think French

29 March 2013 1 comment

There are not many Lions coaches who go into a tour on the back of a vintage Six Nations, and Warren Gatland is no exception. […]

Revealed: Major gulf in funding of top clubs

26 March 2013 0 comments

Premier Rugby Ltd is facing serious questions over the huge differences between the funding provided to its ‘founder’ clubs compared to promoted clubs. The Rugby […]

Nick Cain assesses the relative strengths and weaknesses of England and Italy

24 March 2013 0 comments

Italy have yet to beat England in the Six Nations, and, given that their only away win in the tournament since they joined it 13 […]

Nick Cain: Let Welsh go Scott-free and return their points

22 March 2013 1 comment

Tyson Keats is innocent. Mike Scott is not. That was the only verdict that was clear in the Friday night disciplinary fog as the RFU […]

Jeff Probyn: These ‘hospitality’ packages are just fleecing the fans

20 March 2013 1 comment

It would seem that Nick Cain’s expose of the Lion’s tour ticket price rigging is just the tip of the ‘rip-off rugby ticket’ ice berg. […]

Nick Cain looks at the England build-up to Italy – and beyond to the Lions

17 March 2013 0 comments

When teams which have battled to get within reach of big prizes start to batten down the hatches and ban words like ‘Grand’ and ‘Slam’ […]

Nick Cain: Welsh are embroiled in new fight for justice

15 March 2013 1 comment

There are times, as we all know, when the law is an ass. Usually this coincides with legal technicalities getting in the way of, or […]

Nick Cain assesses the dramatic fight for survival at the bottom of the Premiership

10 March 2013 2 comments

If relegation is meant to be all about dull, unambitious, lock-tight rugby then London Welsh and Sale have not been listening. Nor, for that matter, […]

Mike Scott banned for life

8 March 2013 1 comment

Mike Scott was today suspended from the management, coaching or playing of rugby union and membership of any club for life following an RFU Misconduct […]

Nick Cain: Lions levy hits their own fans

8 March 2013 1 comment

The latest twist in the Lions Test ticket story is that the Australian Rugby Union has refuted the statement from a senior Lions administrator that […]

Tyson Keats was eligible to play, London Welsh will tell RFU

5 March 2013 0 comments

London Welsh are preparing to launch a powerful defence against the charge that scrum-half Tyson Keats was ineligible to play in the Premiership. The Rugby […]

Nick Cain talks to Tom Wood about his triumphant return to England’s back row

3 March 2013 0 comments

Tom Wood is the embodiment of the new England. He is a fierce marauder who uses his mobility and work-rate to pressurise the opposition, his […]

Nick Cain: Here’s the real reason for Warren Gatland’s outburst

1 March 2013 2 comments

None of the explanations I’ve heard so far for Warren Gatland‘s ill-conceived comments about the divisive potential of having too many English players in a […]

Nick Cain looks at the key areas which will decide today’s battle at the Aviva stadium, Dublin

24 February 2013 0 comments

It is a decade since England last won in Dublin in the Six Nations. In the interim there have been heartache and heavy defeats inflicted […]

Nick Cain: Yes to bonus points, no to TV-driven fixture lists

22 February 2013 0 comments

There are so many contradictory knee-jerk spoutings about the Six Nations that you sometimes wonder whether Glenda Slagg has taken up residence in the Twickenham […]

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