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Exeter Chiefs ‘Not Getting Much Wrong’ According To Rob Baxter.
This interview with Exeter Chiefs Head Coach Rob Baxter, with BBC Sport, shows why his team finished second in the Aviva Premiership this season and narrowly lost out in the final to a very impressive...
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Who Wants Tries When You Can Have Kicks At Goal?
A truly incredible response to England Rugby Union’s defeat of Wales by five tries to one! I have no particular favour for George Ford in the England set up (I must state here that I am a Wales fan, so...
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A Tale of Two Three’s and Who Needs Enemies. . .?
Two for the price of one here! I wrote these two posts on Leeds Rhino’s and didn’t put them up – too much shame for having written back to back pieces on Leeds ;-)!!! However, with some very good...
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Quitting Not An Option – Leeds Coach McDermott.
Eventually the question was going to be asked – no matter how polite, in general, the Rugby League press are. Leeds Rhinos, seemingly, rooted to the bottom of the table and heading into the...
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A Coaching Lesson From Rick Stein.
Yes – the chef Rick Stein. Last night I watched the latest episode of ‘Rick Stein’s Long Weekends . . . in Bologna’. No rugby. Just food, cooking, coffee, and sight-seeing. But most importantly, for...
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Don’t Look At The Table!
In the movie ‘Enter the Dragon’ Bruce Lee chastises a young student for focusing on a finger-pointing at the moon because, in doing so, they will miss the splendour of the moon itself. In the same way...
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All Out – Anderson, Cunningham, and McDermott?
Gary Schofield, whilst acknowledging that all three are good coaches, believes that it is time to call last orders on Paul Anderson (Huddersfield Giants), Kieran Cunningham (St. Helens), and Brian...
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Eddie Jones –‘Rugby League is not a skilful game’.
There are already some interesting responses to Eddie Jone’s comments in an interview in the Telegraph today. I’m not going to get in to whether League or Union is more skilful, per se. Let’s face it,...
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Laws and Referees.
Former Wigan and Great Britain great, Phil Clarke, has opened up a debate in his Sky Sports column about the game and referees. He bravely through it open to comments from the readers and got a lot of...
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A Tale of Two Attitudes?
Thursday night’s Super League match up between Castleford Tigers and Widnes Vikings was always going to be an interesting game. Castleford, still smarting after the defeat by Wigan two weeks ago, were...
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