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Rugby Notes: Warren Gatland is no World Cup villain Oct 20 2011

The International Rugby Board has already done enough to deprive the Rugby World Cup of its best team, it must not now punish the tournament’s best coach for revealing he rejected the temptation to cheat during the most important game of his career.Read

Rugby Notes: Warren Gatland is no World Cup villain Oct 20 2011

The International Rugby Board has already done enough to deprive the Rugby World Cup of its best team, it must not now punish the tournament’s best coach for revealing he rejected the temptation to cheat during the most important game of his career.Read

Rugby Notes: Oval ball game not immune to Tevez-type sulks Oct 07 2011

If you excuse the drunken boorishness and excessive nudity, the conduct of rugby union players has always tended to compare well with that of their association footballing cousins.Read

Rugby notes: England rugby stars now in same public territory as footballers Sep 29 2011

Now the Famous Flying Dwarfs of Queenstown have regained their equilibrium, England’s players have returned to more sober pastimes and their campaign is finally about to finish with the sport’s minor nations, the time is right to reflect on the infamous events of Altitude Bar.Read

Rugby Notes: Referees must stop rugby breaking down at the breakdown Sep 15 2011

For most rugby supporters last Saturday was a very good day. How often is it possible to watch five live games in little more than 12 hours?Read

Rugby Notes: Referees must stop rugby breaking down at the breakdown Sep 15 2011

For most rugby supporters last Saturday was a very good day. How often is it possible to watch five live games in little more than 12 hours?Read

Loyalty in football belongs to a bygone era Jul 07 2011

Gone are the days when a player will spend an entire career at his boyhood club, especially if his team is not winning trophies every year. Gregg Evans examines why. Read

Peter Sharkey: Prada success in Hong Kong could tempt Manchester United owners Jun 24 2011

Fashion brand Prada's success on the Hong Kong stock exchange will have caught the attention of Manchester United's owners, the Glazer family. Read

Comment: Like it or not, Villa fans must give McLeish a chance Jun 16 2011

Aston Villa are embarking on their boldest and bravest managerial appointment ever in Alex McLeish.Read

Play-offs format must be looked again at by the RFU May 26 2011

Worcester’s triumph in the Championship relegation play-offs tells us both something about the victors and the structure they have had to negotiate to have their obvious supremacy rubber-stumped by the Rugby Football Union.Read

Play-offs format must be looked again at by the RFU May 26 2011

Worcester’s triumph in the Championship relegation play-offs tells us both something about the victors and the structure they have had to negotiate to have their obvious supremacy rubber-stumped by the Rugby Football Union.Read

Rugby Notes: Time will be judge of Ian Smith's legacy at Moseley Apr 22 2011

For the second year running Moseley have successfully negotiated sport’s only true Group of Death, yet the extent of that achievement will probably not be known until this time next season.Read

Rugby Notes: Birmingham & Solihull Bees hit bad form at a bad time Apr 21 2011

The problem with being mercurial and possessing the quicksilver, fluid qualities that are so appealing and easy on the eye, is the volatility that goes with it.Read

Peter Sharkey: Even Barcelona's soul has its price Apr 14 2011

No football academy has a larger number of graduates playing at Europe’s elite clubs than La Masia, the site named after the old farmhouse next to Barcelona’s magnificent Nou Camp stadium.Read

Rugby Notes: Birmingham & Solihull relegation the right end by the wrong means Apr 14 2011

Not even the most one-eyed Silhillian could argue with the fact the right team have been relegated from the Championship.Read

Rugby Notes: Bees looking for big finale from Taulava Apr 08 2011

Russell Earnshaw has backed Semisi Taulava to sign off at Damson Park with a big performance against Moseley this weekend.Read

Rugby Notes: Worcester head coach Richard Hill right to cherry pick Championship talent Mar 31 2011

During his tenure at Bristol Richard Hill built his reputation on finding rough diamonds in the Championship and polishing them into gems worthy of the Premiership.Read

Rugby Notes: Time to sort out the scrum and breakdown Mar 25 2011

Having just watched a thrilling, if slightly Keystone Cops-like, Birmingham derby in which ten tries were scored and the lead changed hands six times, it might seem like an odd juncture to grumble about rugby union as a spectacle capable of attracting bums to seats.Read

Rugby Notes: Still plenty of time for twists in the play-off tale Mar 18 2011

If I had a pound for every time a coach or player had told me it is vital to start the play-offs well and imperative to win home games, I’d have at least enough to pay the parking fee at Birmingham & Solihull. Read

Rugby Notes: Coaches dressed to unimpress Mar 03 2011

I can’t claim to have discovered this myself but – with a doffed cap in the direction of Hugh McIlvanney – research done by the University of Portsmouth warrants a little scrutiny in this column.Read

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