Rugby Rant: Eddie Jones shouldn’t coach other teams EDDIE JONES is the Rumpelstiltskin of rugby. Not in the traditional fairytale sense but, stick with it… the modern-day reincarnation in Shrek…
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Rugby Rant: Scrap the captain’s challenge
Rugby Rant: Scrap the captain’s challenge IT’S FAR better to trial law variations with elite teams instead of students, if it can be done. The Rainbow Cup, hastily tacked onto…
Rugby Rant: Red cards not the answer to brain injury crisis
Rugby Rant: Red cards not the answer to brain injury crisis “There was no intent but it’s contact with the head, and that is not allowed. Players are just going…
Rugby Rant: Cut Contact Training
Rugby Rant: Cut Contact Training A FEW MONTHS ago I had a conversation with one of the rugby coaches at Warwick School. Shorn of full-contact training due to coronavirus restrictions,…
Rugby Rant: Time to embrace professionalism
Rugby Rant: Time to embrace professionalism It’s the old boy down the pub reminiscing about Wales in the 1970s, wondering why “they can’t just express themselves”. An ex-player laughing at…
Rugby Rant: Make rugby union 13-a-side
Rugby Rant: Make rugby union 13-a-side I WATCH club rugby, Heriot’s mainly, on most Saturday afternoons and also professional rugby on television. I took out a subscription on Amazon Prime…
Rugby Rant: Give props their due in World Rugby awards
Rugby Rant: Give props their due in World Rugby awards HOW MANY of the 101 previous nominations for World Rugby Men’s 15s Player of the Year have been for a…
Rugby Rant: Stop defenders kneeing try-scorers
Rugby Rant: Stop defenders kneeing try-scorers OF ALL the attempts to make the game safer, it still boggles the mind that World Rugby have not done more to clamp down…
Rugby Rant: Women’s rugby deserves far more respect
“WOMEN’S RUGBY is a waste of time.” But it inspires the future generation of women to believe they can be whoever or whatever they want to be. “Women’s rugby isn’t…
Rugby Rant: Community pitches must improve
Rugby Rant: Community pitches must improve This has been the year that rugby came grinding to a halt, both at a professional and community level, with many at a loss…