Let me tell you what a coach or captain will say about their chances of winning the whole thing, before every major tournament from now until the sun explodes: “We…
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Rugby rant: Expand the Women’s Rugby World Cup
COUNTING DOWN to the eighth Women’s Rugby World Cup, many are looking at the line-up and thinking, again, how depressingly short it is. With only 12 teams in three groups,…
Rugby rant: Keep Rugby World Cup free to watch
Rugby is in the midst of a gold rush. A year after the Six Nations was saved from the clutches of pay-TV broadcasters by a joint bid from the BBC…
Rugby Rant: Respect the referee
The vilification of Craig Joubert during RWC 2015 was unnecessary, argues RW reader Philip Eades
Rugby Rant: Respect the Islands
New Zealand’s historic trip to Samoa must herald a change in the tour mindset, says RW’s Alan Pearey
Rugby Rant: stop dissing football!
“We don’t want to turn into Wendyball.” It’s a phrase that makes me want to snap some rugby fans’ rose-tinted spectacles over my knee. Some punters, it’s sad to say,…
Rugby Rant: Don’t scrap the Aviva Premiership salary cap!
If Saracens’ Ed Griffiths was testing the water when he suggested abolishing the salary cap in England, he got badly scalded. Coaches and fellow CEOs were quick to shoot down…
Rugby Rant: Keep bad sportsmanship out of mini rugby
Every weekend, hundreds of thousands of kids descend on rugby clubs across the British Isles to enjoy the physical and mental benefits of our game. Ferrying this chirpy little army…
Rugby Rant: No time for violence in rugby
Rugby is deeply ingrained in me. I love what it stands for and the bond it creates within a team and a club. I moved to work in England two…
Rugby Rant: Stop players going off their feet at the ruck
HAVE YOU ever tried to get insurance to play rugby in another country? It is often classed as an extreme sport. Insuring the game is risky because the game is,…