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Mealy-mouthed friends make Kyle’s ‘dig’ worse

8 October 2017 0 comments

COLIN BOAG As a confirmed grumpy old man, the list of things that irritate me beyond belief is a lengthy one, but rugby’s disciplinary judgements, […]

Cain column: Players have not been consulted over extending the season

5 October 2017 0 comments

By Nick Cain PLAYERS and coaches in the Premiership have started to align in their resistance to the World Rugby blueprint for a ten to […]

Lions prop Morris gets Dallas job

24 September 2017 0 comments

FORMER Wales and Lions prop Darren Morris has been appointed team boss of Dallas RFC. The much-travelled 42- year-old has been living in America for […]

Nick Cain: It’s wrong Eddie must wait a year to face those NZ bullets

21 September 2017 0 comments

Eddie Jones was in full ogre-slaying mode this week, sounding like the armour-plated incarnation of St George as he talked about making England “bullet-proof” going […]

Jeff Probyn: Hate to say it, but Worcester are looking doomed already

20 September 2017 0 comments

There is no substitute for playing the game, try as you might and no matter what you do, nothing matches actually playing the game. At […]

Are the RFU players asked to play too many games?

19 September 2017 0 comments

The hottest debate happening right now is a number of games professional RFU players have to play each season. The Rugby Football Union are in […]

Dickson targets top-flight debut in November

17 September 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY FORMER Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson has stated his desire to officiate at the highest level after impressing on the fasttrack to the […]

Jeff Probyn: New RFU boss has a big job – save our game!

15 September 2017 0 comments

The news that the RFU have appointed Steve Brown as CEO should bring a sigh of relief from the whole game because, for the first […]

Sale coach tells his young England wannabes to up their game

13 September 2017 0 comments

Sale coach Jon Callard has warned the club’s rising stars to up their performances away from home or risk jeopardising their England futures. Tom Curry […]

England name 17 contracted Sevens players

10 September 2017 0 comments

By NICK VERDIER NEWS EXTRA The RFU have named the 17 women who have been awarded professional Sevens contracts ahead of next year’s World Cup […]

Age won’t wither Wigglesworth bid to play again for England

10 September 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Hoorah…the RFU have a chief executive who follows rugby SARACENS scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth is determined to prove that age is no barrier […]

Carnegie will never be same as Leinster

10 September 2017 0 comments

IN LASTSunday’s TRP Jon Newcombe quotes Yorkshire Carnegie coowner Jon Wright: “Although Yorkshire is a county, we see the team as acting like an Irish […]

Don’t forget Fylde’s great contribution to North West rugby

10 September 2017 1 comment

WHILE Brendan has to be applauded for his article about Rugby Union in the North last week, I feel I feel I should draw your […]

Nick Cain: Fearns in Les Bleus? C’est un outrage!

6 September 2017 0 comments

The thought of Carl Fearns becoming a surrogate Frenchman fills me with dread. This is not so much because the Lyon-based Liverpudlian is a formidable […]

Championship better than A-League – Melville

6 September 2017 0 comments

Nigel Melville has cast doubt on Premiership proposals to create a fully blown A-League competition from season 2018-19. The RFU‘s director of professional rugby declares […]

Melville: Championship better than A-League

3 September 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Option: Nigel Melville NIGEL Melville has cast doubt on Premiership proposals to create a fully blown A-League competition from season 2018-19. The […]

High tempo rugby was just too much for our girls to handle

27 August 2017 0 comments

CATHERINE SPENCER Former England captain Fine tournament: Sarah Bern hands off the Black Ferns I am so gutted for England but New Zealand deserved to […]

Benefactor set to offer Red Roses contracts

20 August 2017 1 comment

By NICK VERDIER INVESTOR Simon Pennock will fly to Belfast on Tuesday to present the England Women squad with an ambitious new venture to give […]

Wallabies smashed for six in first half blitzkrieg

20 August 2017 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEW ZEALAND dismissed Australia from their presence with a remarkable six-try first half burst in Sydney which left you appreciating just how […]

Portuguese pathfinder Vieira quits Italy for Rotherham

20 August 2017 1 comment

IT’S A brave decision to swap the sunshine of the Portuguese coast for industrial South Yorkshire, but that’s the choice of Rotherham Titans’ new scrumhalf, […]

Contest for No.10 will help keep Chiefs at the top

17 August 2017 0 comments

Exeter hero Gareth Steenson has revealed he is fighting for a new contract just months after leading the Devon outfit to their greatest-ever achievement. Steenson, […]

How Henley helped make England Women great

16 August 2017 0 comments

Rochelle Clark and Tamara Taylor are seasoned world champions who will play a crucial role in the Red Roses’ bid to retain their title at […]

Jeremy Guscott: Now it’s down to George to pull this show together

16 August 2017 0 comments

George Ford will feel a bit like the street magician ‘Dynamo’ when he looks at his Leicester backline options before selecting which trick to bring […]

Now it’s down to George to pull this show together

13 August 2017 0 comments

Orchestrator: George Ford looks to unleash his England backs against Argentina in June GEORGE Ford will feel a bit like the street magician ‘Dynamo’ when […]

Tuilagi and Solomona kicked out of England camp

8 August 2017 0 comments

Denny Solomona and Manu Tuilagi have been sent home today from England‘s training camp following breaches of the team culture. While the RFU said they […]

These professional Red Roses are red hot favourites to defend title

6 August 2017 0 comments

CATHERINE SPENCER Ordinary people: England lift trophy in 2014 In 2008 we played France away in the Six Nations and recorded England’s biggest victory over […]

Jeff Probyn: Replace women’s contracts with individual match fees

4 August 2017 0 comments

As I prepare to write this article, I have a feeling of impending doom as the last time I broached this subject everything I said […]

Replace women’s contracts with individiual match fees

30 July 2017 1 comment

World cup captain: England No.8 Sarah Hunter, World Rugby’s player of the year for 2016 PICTURE: Getty Images As I prepare to write this article, […]

RFU statement over Women’s contracts

25 July 2017 0 comments

The RFU has released the following statement through its director of professional rugby Nigel Meville following the news that most of the England women squad […]

World Cup stars left high and dry by RFU

25 July 2017 0 comments

Rugby Football Union bosses have taken a sledgehammer to England Women‘s hopes of winning next month’s World Cup after informing stunned squad members their 15-a-side […]

Caging these Lions would be vandalism

25 June 2017 1 comment

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN AUCKLAND was awash with red this week as thousands of Lions fans arrived here for the Test […]

Blossoms blown away by Ireland’s power game

25 June 2017 0 comments

By EDWARD O’BRIAN IRELANDsigned off from their summer tour with a comprehensive five-try victory in Tokyo. Scores from Garry Ringrose, Josh van der Flier, Kieran […]

Wallabies’ late rally denies famous victory for Azzurri

25 June 2017 0 comments

By JOE THOMAS AUSTRALIA scored two late tries to see off Italy in Brisbane and avoid a second straight defeat. The Wallabies led 28-13 on […]

Sharks sinner off for new start at Rouen

18 June 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY OUTCAST Tom Arscott is ready to banish the nightmare of his controversial sacking by Sale by making a fresh start with ambitious […]

Spain win earns stay of execution

11 June 2017 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE HAVING beaten one of the top 20 ranked sides in the world, veteran Dan Seal hopes England Counties have done enough to […]

RFU are dividing the game says Maynard

4 June 2017 1 comment

COVENTRY managing director Phil Maynard insists his club will not comply with RFU salary caps for leagues below the Championship, which he claims are “unenforceable”. […]

Peter Jackson: Boks’ RWC triumph hung on a shirtsleeve

26 May 2017 0 comments

There is an old adage in journalism that news is not necessarily when it happens but when someone digs it out. Applying that principle to […]

Jeff Probyn: Saracens are great but can they keep going?

26 May 2017 0 comments

Congratulations to Sarries on the totally expected win in last week’s Champions Cup final. They have made history and written the name of the club […]

Nick Cain: Ritchie gets even richer thanks to RFU pay

24 May 2017 0 comments

Ian Ritchie’s sudden announcement that he is leaving his £700,000 a year post as the RFU‘s chief executive this summer after five years was a […]

Ritchie gets even richer thanks to RFU pay

21 May 2017 0 comments

IAN Ritchie’s sudden announcement that he is leaving his £700,000 a year post as the RFU’s chief executive this summer after five years was a […]

Saracens are great but can they keep going?

21 May 2017 0 comments

Triumph: Saracens lift the Champions Cup after beating Clermont PICTURE: Getty Images Congratulations to Sarries on the totally expected win in last week’s Champions Cup […]

Counties’ June tours set to be scrapped

21 May 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES for aspiring National League players to represent England Counties are to be dramatically scaled back because of cutbacks in […]

Hogan calls for franchise system to save the north

20 May 2017 0 comments

Newcastle managing director Mick Hogan believes club rugby in the north faces terminal decline unless the RFU act to reverse a trend that has seen […]

Castleford accused of breaching contract

14 May 2017 0 comments

DENNY SOLOMONA will claim that Castleford Tigers ‘belittled’ him as the case over his switch to Sale Sharks heads to trial later this year. A […]

Mercer: I’ll prove why I should be in Argentina

14 May 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY TEENAGE back row sensation Zach Mercer aims to show Eddie Jones why he should have been on the senior tour to Argentina […]

Time to rethink the B&I Cup fiasco and offer real incentive

7 May 2017 1 comment

WITH the Championship stumbling from one crisis to another, due to lack of sufficient central funding, there is another aspect of the game which is […]