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The profusion of sport this last two weeks has been unprecedented, given the new Rugby Nations Championship to go alongside a Football World Cup in the world’s biggest and most expensive sporting arenas…
These are the moments all International sports people dream of – walking out onto an intimidating foreign field, against the odds and at fearsome altitude…
Having spent the last two years in South Africa, a land of great rugby contrast, home of the scrum but also of Sacha Feinberg-Mgnomezulu, I had to smile as a clear clash of philosophies…
We are at the business end of the season and time to pay tribute to top performances wherever they are in our rugby world.
This is a week when the saddest of news has grabbed the headlines. The sudden passing of Scott Hastings has awoken much emotion in the rugby world, and this was a man whose greatness existed as much off as on the pitch.
It may be a few years since I relinquished the Chair role at EPCR but it doesn’t prevent a sense of pride at the continuation of Six Nations-like drama in the world’s top rugby club competition.
A quick trip down memory lane first, as I was challenged by some Scottish mates to remember our 1986 drubbing by 33-6 in sub zero temperatures at a joyous Murrayfield, not that there were many similarities with the clash of 2026. In 1986 we beat Wales with a last minute drop goal from Rob Andrew, […]
As rugby competitions seek the perfect combination of great rugby, off-field attraction and commercial appeal…
I suppose that in matters relating to Bath, Harlequins, Ealing Trailfinders and European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) -oh, and England Rugby! – I am partial to bias. Well why not, they all mean a lot to me for relationships past and current.
You know something is stirring when even the most committed of Springbok supporters wonder what would happen if they were to be playing England this autumn.
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