All posts tagged "Nick Cain"
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/ 12 years agoMike Scott banned for life
Mike Scott was today suspended from the management, coaching or playing of rugby union and membership of any club for life...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Lions levy hits their own fans
The latest twist in the Lions Test ticket story is that the Australian Rugby Union has refuted the statement from a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoTyson Keats was eligible to play, London Welsh will tell RFU
London Welsh are preparing to launch a powerful defence against the charge that scrum-half Tyson Keats was ineligible to play in...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Tom Wood about his triumphant return to England’s back row
Tom Wood is the embodiment of the new England. He is a fierce marauder who uses his mobility and work-rate to...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Here’s the real reason for Warren Gatland’s outburst
None of the explanations I’ve heard so far for Warren Gatland‘s ill-conceived comments about the divisive potential of having too many...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain looks at the key areas which will decide today’s battle at the Aviva stadium, Dublin
It is a decade since England last won in Dublin in the Six Nations. In the interim there have been heartache...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Yes to bonus points, no to TV-driven fixture lists
There are so many contradictory knee-jerk spoutings about the Six Nations that you sometimes wonder whether Glenda Slagg has taken up...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Fred Michalak who has gone from enfant terrible to mature superstar
Fred Michalak is France‘s main man going into this Six Nations, with all the signs pointing towards flaky Fred having been...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Can Stuart Lancaster do everything?
There are a couple of questions that need urgent answers since Stuart Lancaster‘s extraordinary elevation this week from being the England...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain : Ben Morgan set to fire with Telfer ‘bullet up his bum’
Ben Morgan couldn’t be in more illustrious company. A quick scan of who the Gloucester and England No.8 will be contending...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: the Scots are no pushovers
Two months ago there was not a single scribe, broadcaster, or media pundit anywhere who predicted England would beat New Zealand....
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to England and Tigers hooker Tom Youngs about Toulouse and Six Nations
Tom Youngs talks as he plays. Direct, to the point, honest, and over the past year his hard-working, uncomplicated attitude has...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Wasps good enough for Dally, so why not Billy?
Billy Vunipola’s decision to leave Wasps and join forces with his brother, Mako, at Saracens is surprising given that he is...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain looks at the current status of the Heineken Cup
If there was ever a time for the English clubs to emphasise that they are the real deal and not the...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Suddenly the England scrum is Gr-eight again
There were not many No.8 options for England at the start of last season, and it had become another problem position....
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Saracens flanker Will Fraser about his ‘inspirational’ brother
Will Fraser goes through a ritual before every match he plays for Saracens. The rugged openside flanker has his wrists and...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Dean Richards about his remarkable return to rugby
Dean Richards has no peers in the English club game when it comes to building champion teams, and he is at...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Toulon are a triumph for French TV as well
The most startling statistic to come out of Round 4 of the Heineken Cup was not so much Toulon‘s nine try,...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Heineken Cup needs refreshing for the fans
Another Heathrow hotel meeting, and another Heineken cup impasse. That was the outcome from the battle of the suits this week...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain says the best coaches never believe they cannot improve a winning team
England will not be de-railed this season by skidding on the media and blog froth that has surrounded his squad since...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Group of Death can deal mortal blow to 2015
Forget all the flannel following the nightmare RWC 2015 draw that England and Wales have to beat everyone of note to...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Warren Gatland about the 2013 tourists to Australia
When Warren Gatland held court at Cardiff Castle this week to do an early 2013 Lions stock-take with the autumn series...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Robshaw got it wrong but so did Lancaster
The debate over Chris Robshaw‘s late penalty call against South Africa has raged all week, and nothing has been added to...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain assesses how to halt the all-round might of the all-conquering All Blacks
If this autumn series has taught us anything as England attempt to turn the tide against New Zealand, it is that...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Grayson stricken by Midlands fly-halfitis
Paul Grayson’s exit from Northampton after being at Franklin’s Gardens as an assistant coach and player for 19 years suggests that...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Chris Ashton about try scoring, Munster and the Lions
Chris Ashton divides opinion like no other current international in Britain, or Ireland. There are those who see the England wing...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain looks at the challenge facing England at Twickenham next weekend
If Stuart Lancaster thinks he’s got injury problems with Dylan Hartley, Courtney Lawes and Tom Croft on the sidelines then he...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Danny Cipriani about his challenge at Sale, tackling and England
Danny Cipriani has found himself in the headlines over the last few weeks, but they have not been of his own...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Bending the ref’s ear should be binned
One of the worst aspects of the new TMO intervention on foul play is the sharp increase in players badgering referees...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Geoff Parling, the thinking player’s lock forward
Geoff Parling is not one of the big beasts of the second row. In fact, England’s lineout leader admits that he...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 12 years agoNaive England suffer defeat against Australia at Twickenham
England suffered a 20-14 defeat to Australia at Twickenham today for the second of their Autumn Test. Berrick Barnes kicked a...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Sheridan snub is no way to win Test match
If the main role of an international coach is to win Test matches, then it stands to reason that his main...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 12 years agoLions Greatest XV: centres
Centres are the playmakers and finishers who make the most of the chances created by the fly-halves inside them, and The...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain assesses the challenge ahead for England against the big three
Now comes the reckoning. Forget about all the window-dressing surrounding the good intentions of Stuart Lancaster’s young hopefuls and cut to...
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/ 12 years agoRecord win for England at HQ against Fiji
England dominated Fiji 54-12 at Twickenham today for the first game of their Autumn campaign. Stuart Lancaster‘s boys scored seven tries...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Change the eligibility rules and stop vultures
The vultures, in the form of New Zealand, Australian and English talent scouts, are circling the South Pacific skies in growing...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Andrew Sheridan about his ongoing ambition to play for England and the Lions
Andrew Sheridan is in the form of his life, the main axle in the Toulon juggernaut that is smashing the heavyweight...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Champions? Suddenly Tigers look also-rans!
A Leicester side which is hurt, angry, and staring at a third Heineken Cup pool exit on the bounce will probably...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 12 years agoLions Greatest XV: scrum-halves
The best scrum-half I have seen, or am ever likely to see – that was the verdict on Gareth Edwards from...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain talks to Northampton and England hooker Dylan Hartley about growing up
Can Dylan Hartley make the quantum leap and become world class? Last season there were few signs of the Northampton and...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: All Blacks are simply the best – at PR hype
The 2011–2012 All Blacks are on the brink of becoming one of the great sides, with their victory in Soweto over...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoLions greatest XV: No.8
The position in the middle of the back row is tactically one of the most influential on the pitch, because the...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain looks at the TV sub-plot beneath this season’s Heineken Cup
If the English clubs want clout when it comes to the future of the European Cup, as in bargaining power, then...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Jonny for the Lions? His form says Yes
Jonny Wilkinson’s statement this week that there’s no way he could say no to an invitation to be part of the...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain looks at the lack of back-up for Stuart Lancaster’s penalty takers
When there is enough footage of goal-kickers winning big matches to pave the M4 corridor between Twickenham and the Millennium Stadium,...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: This waste of George Ford’s talent is so senseless
There are imperfections in most rugby structures, but, when it comes to getting the right outcome for the national team, England’s...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain talks to the multi-talented Alex Goode about his ability to play full-back and fly-half
Alex Goode has shown that he can carve out time and space in the crash-bang mayhem of international rugby, and that...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Not pausing for a second, the scrum is still a mess
The scrum is under sustained attack in the modern game with barely a match at elite level where the referee does...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain talks to Exeter blindside Tom Johnson about his remarkable rise from grass roots to Test level
Tom Johnson is not so much a late bloomer as a one-man Indian summer. The Exeter Chiefs blindside flanker was a...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Sort out this mess or risk destroying the 2012 vibe
Mark McCafferty has come under withering fire after negotiating a unilateral £152m television rights deal for English club rugby with BT...
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