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Recent Articles – take a look
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- The Rugby Inheritance Podcast – All The Episodes
- The Really Hard Rugby Quiz – Week 2
- Rugby Quiz Show Podcast Pilot
- Accepting and moving on
- As good as it gets
- As Latin as they come
- Magic in Marseille?
- Recovery from despair
- The Bluffer’s Guide to Rugby World Cup 2023
- What now?
- Undeservedly toxic
- Why we’re here…
- The Rugby Inheritance Podcast
- Where you want to go
Tag Archives: england
As Latin as they come
As Chile line up for their group game against England this Saturday, you may spy a man amongst their camp, who looks slightly incongruous. His paler skin, auburn hair and light blue eyes will set him apart from his swarthy … Continue reading
Magic in Marseille?
Click here before reading to help me This was a magical night. Marseille’s air, so used to the mistral winds that whip around the Velodrome, seemed to tingle with the electricity that seeing a dear old friend can bring you. … Continue reading
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Tagged aviva premiership, england, england rugby, george ford, owen farrell, Rugby union, Rugby World Cup 2023, steve borthwick
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Recovery from despair
“Respair” means fresh hope; a recovery from despair. The Oxford English Dictionary has two words against Respair’s inclusion: rare and obsolete. It was last used in the 14th and 15th centuries and then it was let go: unneeded. It reappeared … Continue reading
The Bluffer’s Guide to Rugby World Cup 2023
Is conversation in your social circles starting to turn oval shaped? Does that make things tricky? Are you a little worried that you might not be able to hold your own around the office when discussion turns to the Rugby … Continue reading
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Tagged All Blacks, aviva premiership, england, england rugby, ireland rugby, rugby, Rugby union, Rugby World Cup 2023, RWC 2023, scotland rugby, Springboks, wales rugby
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What now?
Please click this link before reading – it really helps me produce stuff for free here As a coach, there are many difficult challenges in international rugby. Selecting a squad is tricky: bringing a number of different players together and … Continue reading
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Tagged aviva premiership, billy vunipola, england, england rugby, leicester tigers, owen farrell, Rugby union, RWC 2023, six nations, steve borthwick
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Undeservedly toxic
Before you read, help me by clicking this link to acknowledge this piece on RUGBY PASS Just when you thought it would be safe to go back in, you watched England play rugby again this weekend, didn’t you? And like … Continue reading
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Tagged aviva premiership, eddie jones, england, england rugby, leicester tigers, Rugby union, rwc 2015, rwc 2019, RWC 2023, Saracens, six nations, steve borthwick, Stuart Lancaster
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The Rugby Inheritance Podcast
I’m really pleased to tell you about a new podcast that I’ve been working on; it is downloadable from all good podcast providers. Ed Slater and I worked together for a few years on the Official Gloucester Rugby Podcast, while … Continue reading
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Tagged england, Gallagher Premiership, gloucester rugby, leicester tigers, premiership rugby, rugby, rugby inheritance, Rugby union
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Where you want to go
This is an extract. The full interview appears in this month’s (March 2023) issue of the Rugby Journal – get your hands on a copy by ordering it at http://www.therugbyjournal.com Back in 2011, Mark Atkinson was sat in a changing … Continue reading
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Tagged aviva premiership, bedford blues, england, england rugby, Esher Rugby, rfu championship, rugby, Rugby union
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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