Opinion
The day the West car park rose to Ronan
March 23rd, 2009
The cheers in the makeshift village outside Twickenham's West Stand reverberated off the food stalls and beer tents to cause a louder racket than the ...
The cheers in the makeshift village outside Twickenham's West Stand reverberated off the food stalls and beer tents to cause a louder racket than the ...
Blowing the whistle on trial by television
March 20th, 2009
A plague of silliness seems to have overcome rugby. Perfectly good tries are being disallowed, ruled out because the Television Match Official (TMO) is obsessed with ...
A plague of silliness seems to have overcome rugby. Perfectly good tries are being disallowed, ruled out because the Television Match Official (TMO) is obsessed with ...
Half a great performance has not cured all England’s ills
March 16th, 2009
It would have been easy to get swept up in the euphoria that swamped Twickenham on Sunday as the tries poured in from England. This was ...
It would have been easy to get swept up in the euphoria that swamped Twickenham on Sunday as the tries poured in from England. This was ...
The Super 14 shows the north is being left behind - again
March 11th, 2009
The northern hemisphere is in danger of being left behind in the rugby-playing world. The tour by the British & Irish Lions to South Africa this ...
The northern hemisphere is in danger of being left behind in the rugby-playing world. The tour by the British & Irish Lions to South Africa this ...
A weird day down at Wasps
March 6th, 2009
On the face of it, the announcement that a club has just extended the stay of a clutch of world class players and retained a ...
On the face of it, the announcement that a club has just extended the stay of a clutch of world class players and retained a ...
Friday night game leaves fans gutted
February 24th, 2009
There have been numerous decisions in the last 14 years that have come close to wrecking rugby’s progress from amateur pastime to billion-dollar business, but ...
There have been numerous decisions in the last 14 years that have come close to wrecking rugby’s progress from amateur pastime to billion-dollar business, but ...
South African physicality will pose massive problems for the Lions
February 24th, 2009
Coming to terms with one unique factor of rugby in South Africa will be the biggest challenge facing the 2009 British & Irish Lions. For all ...
Coming to terms with one unique factor of rugby in South Africa will be the biggest challenge facing the 2009 British & Irish Lions. For all ...
Has Johnson been bold enough?
February 10th, 2009
The saying much popularised by sports coaches, marketing men and amateur philosophers is that if you keep doing the same thing, you’ll keep getting the ...
The saying much popularised by sports coaches, marketing men and amateur philosophers is that if you keep doing the same thing, you’ll keep getting the ...
Poor peformance points to a heavy defeat in Cardiff
February 8th, 2009
A text from a friend midway through the first half at Twickenham on Saturday could, you felt, succinctly sum up the feeling of the entire ...
A text from a friend midway through the first half at Twickenham on Saturday could, you felt, succinctly sum up the feeling of the entire ...
Six Nations is crying out for more attacking intent
February 3rd, 2009
The value in the long held belief (in some quarters) that attack remains the best form of defence is consistently underrated by sports teams of ...
The value in the long held belief (in some quarters) that attack remains the best form of defence is consistently underrated by sports teams of ...
