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Caldy’s kids and the RFU
Me writing for Rugby Pass. Please click the following link to read about the governing body’s most important decision in 2023. https://t.co/W9mDVzZPYG
Why not?
63 minutes and 47 seconds on the clock; Marcus Smith beats the floor with his fist. He has knocked the ball on attempting to keep a move alive. A move that had swept towards the All Blacks’ try line like … Continue reading
Just desserts
Do England and the RFU have the coach they deserve? Having pardoned mediocrity before, can they really be surprised it has turned up at their door again? In Eddie Jones they have someone who is wonderfully evasive and difficult to … Continue reading
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Tagged aviva premiership, eddie jones, england, england rugby, rugby, Rugby union, RWC 2023
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Roots
I haven’t written in a while. In truth, other things have got in the way. But personal events over the last week or so have made me rethink. Listen, I’m good, better, on the mend, and although what happened was … Continue reading
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Tagged aviva premiership, england, england rugby, poetry, rugby, Rugby union, wasps, worcester warriors
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To Protect and Serve
“I had Simon Devereux and Andy Deacon say it to me after the game, that they’d never heard Kingsholm like that for over ten years. In the 73rd minute, I remember looking at the clock and thinking, they’re singing the … Continue reading
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Tagged england rugby, Gallagher Premiership, gloucester rugby, lewis ludlow, premiership rugby, rugby, Rugby union
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One Game at a Time – Episode 9
Chris Robshaw has had an incredible career, having played over 300 times for club and country, captaining both along the way. He spoke to me about his Harlequins highlight, winning the Aviva Premiership Final in 2012, but we also found … Continue reading
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Tagged chris robshaw, england rugby, harlequins, podcast, rugby, Rugby union
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A prodigal son, of sorts
“They asked if I would describe myself in three words and I thought; autistic, OCD and anxious…” Click here – Jonny May on his return to Kingsholm and how he’s changed. Me for Rugby Pass.
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Tagged england rugby, gloucester rugby, Jonny May, leicester tigers, rugby, Rugby union
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One Game at a Time – Episode 2
I speak to England and Gloucester’s James Simpson-Daniel, in the second episode of ‘One Game at a Time’. It was amazing to hear him talking about taking on Jonah Lomu, Sir Clive Woodward’s strategies and the heartbreak of missing out … Continue reading
Marler and mirth
The 26th of September 2018 was the date he tried to sort this all out. He would step away from international rugby. He was young enough to still be incredibly useful as an international prop forward, but he’d had enough. … Continue reading
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Tagged AWJ, england rugby, England v Wales, joe marler, Rugby union, six nations, Wales
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The spectral sceptre
Please click this link to read this piece on RugbyPass It was telling that two individual moments of brilliance were all that England could proffer in Paris. Against a defence fatigued by work already done, England’s Jonny May jinked forth … Continue reading
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Tagged eddie jones, england rugby, nigel owens, owen farrell, rfu, Rugby union, six nations, twickenham
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Double Dummy Scissors 