Brian Dick, rugby union in the Midlands

Rugby Notes: Moseley RFC planning fitting tribute to Alan Adam Mar 14 2013

Rugby correspondent Brian Dick pays a personal tribute to Moseley shareholder Alan AdamRead

Rugby Notes: Moseley deserve a lucky break Mar 07 2013

To borrow a line from New York Giants quarter-back Eli Manning – I am not superstitious, but maybe I am a little-stitious.Read

Rugby Notes: England's rose shows signs of blooming again Feb 28 2013

There’s an interesting dichotomy extant in professional rugby where England are being eulogised for playing badly and winning, while Worcester Warriors are lauded for playing well and losing. Go figure.Read

Rugby Notes: Moseley's Olly Robinson looks forward to family reunion when Bristol visit Feb 21 2013

Proof that the sporting gods have a sense of humour came earlier this week when Andy Robinson was unveiled as Bristol’s new director of rugby.Read

Rugby Notes: Muddy hell for players - and the kit man Feb 14 2013

There were quite a few amusing incidents during last weekend’s rain-affected rugby matches, most of which left the combatants either destroying playing surfaces or disappearing beneath them.Read

Rugby Notes: British Lions hopefuls aiming to shine in the Six Nations Jan 31 2013

With the RBS Six Nations kicking off on Saturday, rugby correspondent Brian Dick discusses what will unfold and who needs to do what in their last audition for the British Lions.Read

Rugby Notes: Charlie Hayter more valuable to Moseley than London Wasps Jan 24 2013

Kevin Maggs’s insistence Charlie Hayter was always a Premiership player in waiting was proved correct as London Wasps lured Moseley’s most dangerous attacker away from Billesley Common. Read

Nigel Redman presses Semisi Taulava's England claims Jan 17 2013

Worcester forwards coach Nigel Redman has pressed Semisi Taulava’s England claims and believes that the giant back rower should be considered among the best in the Premiership.Read

Rugby Notes: Fourie debate raises questions for IRB over nationality Jan 10 2013

When I first saw Hendre Fourie on a rugby field he played like a man who allowed nothing and no-one to stand in his way.Read

Rugby Notes: England still on spin cycle Dec 06 2012

If the hyperbole leading up to England’s Twickenham appointment with New Zealand was impressive – and if you go in for over-exaggeration and soundbites it certainly was, then what’s followed has, in Olympic year, been nothing short of Olympian.Read

Worcester Warriors wing Nikki Walker aims to inject momentum into his Sixways career and return to Scotland duty Nov 15 2012

Bill McLaren used to call them ‘perambulating man mountains’, rugby’s giants who run like the wind and adopt a wrecking ball mentality to their carrying.Read

Comment: England's plodding forwards likely to be too strong for Australia's wobbly scrum Nov 15 2012

England opened their autumn international series with a routine, almost perfunctory victory over Fiji, that just about saw them scrape par with a performance that was inspired by a few individuals but was collectively uninspiring.Read

Rugby Notes: Exeter's date with destiny Oct 12 2012

This weekend and the advent of the 2012-13 Heineken Cup – and who knows how many more of those there’ll be – is a powerfully symbolic one to English rugby union.Read

Rugby Notes: Practise what you preach please, PRL Sep 20 2012

As someone with a rugby interest that extends beyond Plastic Land, for the avoidance of doubt I’m referring to the self-serving English Premiership, the default response to anything that comes out of PRL’s mouth is to scoff and construct a sentence involving the words ‘conspiracy’ and ‘cartel’.Read

Rugby Notes: Juan Martin Hernandez banana kick latest in greatest rugby skills Sep 13 2012

Unless you have an unnatural passion for the dark arts of front row play, and I’m not judging you if that’s what buoys your bateau, the national team of Argentina would not be the first place to start looking for lavish skills.Read

Rugby Notes: Time for RFU to open the parachute Sep 06 2012

In February 2011 I interviewed incoming big wig Ian Metcalfe shortly after his ascent to the chair of the Professional Game Board.Read

Rugby Notes: It's not all gloom for West Midlands rugby Apr 05 2012

For many rugby lovers in the West Midlands Saturday, March 31, 2012 may go down as a black day in the region’s sporting history.Read

Rugby Notes: Dreamer Dan Hawkes still believes Mar 08 2012

While Moseley begin their relegation battle at home to Plymouth on Friday night, the one that Birmingham & Solihull Bees have been waging for several months will continue at Macclesfield on the same evening.Read

Rugby Notes: Scotland v England Calcutta Cup clash highlights deficiencies Feb 09 2012

Stuart Lancaster celebrated the only try of last weekend’s Calcutta Cup match with such reckless abandon he smacked his hand straight into the booth ceiling and suffered a cut finger that required a couple of stitches.Read

Solutions sought for Championship season Jan 26 2012

The shape and future of the Championship was back on the agenda at last week’s meeting of tier two clubs.Read

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