Danny Coyle

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 ...

England’s loss is most definitely Wales’ gain

March 11th, 2008
It was hard not to wonder, looking at the England supporters glancing at the ticking clock at Murrayfield on Saturday, whether they were praying for ...

Ashton’s No.9 options don’t seem so scarce after all

March 3rd, 2008
It was only at the beginning of this year’s Six Nations that the squad lists of the Guinness Premiership were being scoured and scorned at ...

Time for Ashton’s axe to swing on Balshaw

February 26th, 2008
After his display in Paris on Saturday night, the calls for Iain Balshaw to be dropped from the England side must have been ringing louder ...

Will rugby be all shook up by the ELVs? I doubt it

February 12th, 2008
This Friday the Super 14 gets underway and, other than the chance to watch an inherently more entertaining brand of rugby than we have been ...

Coaching changes galvanise Six Nations’ opening weekend

February 5th, 2008
As Shaun Edwards went hurtling down the steps, the Twickenham floodlights bouncing off that shining bald head, to berate one of his players for poor ...