All posts tagged "Nick Cain"
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The Rugby Paper
/ 3 years agoIn Sunday’s Rugby Paper
It’s a huge weekend of rugby, as the Rugby Championship reaches its conclusion, and there are some big games in the...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime for England to get Sevens game in order
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is no nation in the Rugby Union family that was not disrupted...
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoOspreys can reach play-offs – Booth
Ospreys boss Toby Booth has set his sights on the URC play-offs this season, after his side earned a place in...
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Thirty-One with Toby Booth
Ahead of the United Rugby Championship getting underway this weekend, host Ollie Little and columnists Nick Cain and Chris Hewett are...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago£500m debt could bury 13-club cartel
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK If Premiership owners had made the same mistakes in the multi-million pound enterprises...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTime for England to get act together
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK We are a year out from the 2023 World Cup – and three...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoEngland’s Jersey trip leaves RFU all at sea
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK English club rugby has never been more in need of coherent, strong, farsighted...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 3 years agoIn this week’s Rugby Paper – available on Sunday
Though it might seem this has been something of a quiet week for rugby with the new season yet to get...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSo unfair that Ireland are on this path of pain
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Ireland have become the green giants of the game after doing what no...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoMayor ban highlights dangers of HGH
NICK CAIN The four-year ban given to Chris Mayor (right), the former Sale, Northampton and Wasps centre, after the RFU charged...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoShow us the money men in Premiership
NICK Cain wrote about ‘the complete contradiction at the heart of the Premiership of having a salary cap at the same...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLawes the enforcer as England take series
By NICK CAIN Australia............17pts Tries: Wright 25, Fainga’a 66 Conversions: Lolesio 26, 67 England ..............21pts Penalties: Lolesio 31 Tries: Steward 40+1,...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoA veil of secrecy which keeps us all in the dark
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is a complete contradiction at the heart of the English Premiership having...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAll square as England bring down Wallabies
By NICK CAIN Australia............17pts Tries: Tupou 37, Kerevi 48 Conversions: Lolesio 39, 50 Penalties: Lolesio 54 England ............25pts Tries: B Vunipola...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBeware promises in the land of the free
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE USA may bill itself as “the land of the free, and the...
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/ 3 years agoLife in the front row is tough for Stuart
NICK CAIN All Test props have to relish the head-to-head confrontations with their opposite number, and the chance physically and psychologically...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoEngland need to rewrite the script quickly
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The roll call for England’s three-Test tour of Australia reads as follows: two...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEddie beware! This beast holds all the keys
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IN the last fortnight Eddie Jones and his England squad have had a...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFrance are the giants, Prem just sleeping
NICK CAIN THE English Premiership has just been described as a “sleeping giant” of sport by Simon Massie-Taylor, its chief executive....
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/ 3 years agoPlan for life without Manu
NICK CAIN MANU Tuilagi’s latest knee operation, which rules him out of England’s summer tour to Australia, shows just how precarious...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoEurope’s elite clubs are facing trip into unknown
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE European Cup final in Marseille was not billed as a watershed moment,...
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/ 3 years agoEurope’s best too hot for England
NICK CAIN IT took the 2022 European Cup until the quarter-finals before it delivered in terms of the quality and drama...
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/ 3 years agoBucketloads of tries not a winning formula
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK AT the same time as Bath collapsed to a record 64-0 defeat against...
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/ 3 years agoOverseas players leave little room at 12
NICK CAIN IF you are perplexed by England’s lack of choice when it comes to big inside centres as potential replacements...
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/ 3 years agoNo place in the game for abuse of officials
NICK CAIN THERE was a recent commentary that referees are over-protected and should not be immune from criticism, particularly by pro...
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/ 3 years agoShake up tired Six Nations fixture list
NICK CAIN THE Six Nations chief executive, Ben Morel, is not slow to pat himself on the back, over-hyping the last...
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/ 3 years agoWhat to find in Sunday’s The Rugby Paper
The Rugby Paper returns this Easter Sunday as we once again focus on the European Champions and Challenge Cups. What can...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWhat to find in Sunday’s The Rugby Paper
The Rugby Paper returns this Sunday as we focus on the European Champions and Challenge Cups. What can you find in...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
Host Oliver Little is joined by regular Rugby Paper columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher plus former England fly-half Toby Flood...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoChairman Ilube is our only hope now
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@the rugbypaper.co.uk I AM in...
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoToby Flood asks England fans to give Marcus Smith space to develop game ahead of World Cup
Toby Flood feels that England supporters need to give Marcus Smith some space to develop his game his game ahead of...
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Nine with Toby Flood
The Rugby Paper Podcast returns for another great episode with special guest Toby Flood. The former England fly half is joined...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNo obvious replacement for Eddie Jones, says David Flatman
DAVID Flatman feels that a lack of an obvious replacement is a key reason as to why England won’t replace Eddie...
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Eight with David Flatman
Former Bath, Saracens and England prop David Flatman joins host Oliver Little and The Rugby Paper columnists Brendan Gallagher and Nick...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThere will be more on Rogers’ naughty list
NICK CAIN ANOTHER week, another Premiership ‘rotten borough’ story. This time it is about Leicester, a club which behind the scenes...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThe RUGBY Paper Podcast
Host Oliver Little is joined by regular Rugby Paper columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher plus Scotland legend Gavin Hastings to...
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Six with Wales and Lions legend Shane Williams
Shane Williams joins host Oliver Little and regular The Rugby Paper columnists Brendan Gallagher and Nick Cain on Episode Six of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThe RUGBY Paper Podcast
Host Oliver Little is joined by Leicester prop James Whitcombe and his father – former Tiger Martin Whitcombe, as well as...
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/ 3 years ago‘Proposals should be open for debate’
By NICK CAIN CONCERNS over a lack of transparency in the RFU’s communication with its member clubs have surfaced following an...
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Features
/ 3 years agoAcid test awaits to see if Eddie’s still up to the job
NICK CAIN HIGHLIGHTS THE KEY AREAS ENGLAND MUST IMPROVE TO CLOSE GAP ON IRELAND AND FRANCE BY the time England have...
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Four with special guest Michael Owen
This week, host Oliver Little and regular The Rugby Paper columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher are joined by former Wales...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEpisode Three of the The Rugby Paper Podcast with special guest Cadan Murley
The Rugby Paper Podcast returns tomorrow (Thursday) for yet another exhilarating episode. This week, host Oliver Little is joined by The...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoAfter shock and shell France find they are the sole Slam survivors
By NICK CAIN France ................30pts Tries: Dupont 2, Baille 54 Conversions: Jaminet 3 Penalties: Jaminet 7, 17, 36, 41, 44, 79...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThe RUGBY Paper Podcast
Host Oliver Little is joined by Italy and Harlequins fly-half Tommaso Allan, as well as regular Rugby Paper columnists Nick Cain...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoKick for points, Ben – this isn’t a Prem game!
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK TOM Curry should have no shortage of helpers, or advice, as England’s embryo...
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Features
/ 3 years agoSuddenly the wonders of Rome hold perils for Eddie
NICK CAIN ASSESSES THE ANSWERS ENGLAND MUST PROVIDE AGAINST ITALY TODAY IF England stick with the excuse-ridden mindset post- Murrayfield that...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoCan Ireland win in Paris without Sexton?
Ireland take on France in Saturday’s late fixture without their captain Johnny Sexton after the fly half was ruled out of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEngland make six changes ahead of Italy clash as Jones aims to ‘light up Rome’
Eddie Jones makes six changes to his starting XV ahead of the trip to Italy, as Alex Dombrandt and Harry Randall...
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/ 3 years agoWales aiming to bounce back from Ireland defeat with visit of Scotland
By BEN JAYCOCK Jac Morgan makes his international debut as Wales host Scotland in the Six Nations at the Principality Stadium...
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/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Two
The Rugby Paper Podcast returns for its second podcast. This week, host Oliver Little is joined by special guest Tommaso Allan. The...
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