Danny Coyle

Rugby’s ‘ghetto’ is all of the IRB’s own making

July 31st, 2008
Amid claims in the Putting Rugby First report that the IRB has created a ghetto in world rugby, it is hard not to disagree when ...

Should Chambers be coaching rugby stars?

July 25th, 2008
Disgraced sprinter Dwain Chambers will be offering sprint training to three England players this summer according to a story in the Sun. Chambers is set to ...

Allegations draw uncomfortable comparisons with football

June 19th, 2008
In the June issue of International Rugby News, my editor Jon Edwards asked in his leader whether rugby was heading the way of Premier League ...

England v BaaBaas non-event threatens the future of this fixture

June 3rd, 2008
If you bring a bag to Twickenham these days you will likely have it searched on entry to the ground for anything you might have ...

Loffreda could be forced to walk the plank, win or lose

May 28th, 2008
It’s hard not to sympathise with Marcelo Loffreda. Even winning the Premiership title on Saturday might not be enough for the Tigers head coach ...

Knox’s outburst is all the team talk Munster need this Saturday

May 20th, 2008
Was there any real surprise that the broadside fired at Irish rugby came from, lo and behold, an Australian? Departing Leinster backs coach David Knox’s wide-ranging ...

England can emerge from the mess to claim a big scalp this summer

May 1st, 2008
Perhaps after the dog’s dinner the RFU managed to make of their latest change in England’s coaching team, it is fitting that the latest new ...

Even Edwards can’t contain his praise for Cipriani’s talents

April 21st, 2008
Shaun Edwards seems to have just about mastered the art of coaching and motivation, but if he has a weak point it may well have ...

Andrew, Baron and Co. have made mug punters of themselves

April 11th, 2008
Regular patrons of bookmakers will empathise with this sorry tale. It was Grand National week and I had money in my wallet. I left the warm, ...

Lions need look no further than Gatland and Edwards

March 18th, 2008
At the launch of their multi-million pound sponsorship deal early this year, the 2009 Lions management said they would wait until after the Six Nations ...