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Rugby Notes: Scotland v England Calcutta Cup clash highlights deficiencies

Birmingham Post — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:41:00 GMT

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.

Solutions sought for Championship season

Birmingham Post — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

Solutions sought for Championship season

Birmingham Post — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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

Rugby Notes: RFU clubs have to learn to live within their means

Birmingham Post — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:43:00 GMT

While the darker side of human nature might lead some in the Championship to view Plymouth Albion’s financial troubles as offering a potential reprieve from a tortuous relegation battle, it would take a pretty twisted individual to wish ill on such a proud oval-ball institution.

Rugby Notes: Worcester Warriors desperate for some bite

Birmingham Post — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:58:00 GMT

A few weeks ago Worcester’s defence coach, Phil Larder, told me rugby coaches are employed not so much in professional sport as the ‘improvement industry’

Rugby Notes: Matt Long urges Birmingham & Solihull Bees to persevere

Birmingham Post — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Matt Long came over all Curtis Mayfield when he urged his bee-leaguered team-mates to keep on keeping on.

Rugby Notes: European competition won't be welcomed by part-timers

Birmingham Post — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Plans to take the British & Irish Cup to the continent are not so much in their infancy or embryonic, as lacking parents who have actually met.

Rugby Notes: Call off the Twitter ban

Birmingham Post — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Having been prodded out of their inertia by outspoken Gloucesterman – there’s an oxymoron for you – Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu, the Thought Police are on the march again and they’re heading right for a Twitter-feed near you.

Rugby Notes: Call off the Twitter ban

Birmingham Post — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Rugby Notes: Moseley victory brings huge confidence boost

Birmingham Post — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

To those who don’t watch Moseley on a regular basis Saturday’s victory over then Championship leaders Bristol might have come as a complete shock

Rugby Notes: Crowds love winners

Birmingham Post — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

There were a couple of extremely impressive matches that took place last Saturday, both in terms of events on the field and off it.

Rugby Notes: Crowds love winners

Birmingham Post — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

There were a couple of extremely impressive matches that took place last Saturday, both in terms of events on the field and off it.

Rugby Notes: Warren Gatland is no World Cup villain

Birmingham Post — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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.

Rugby Notes: Warren Gatland is no World Cup villain

Birmingham Post — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

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

Birmingham Post — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:48:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Post — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:53:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Post — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:01:00 GMT

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?

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

Birmingham Post — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:01:00 GMT

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?

Loyalty in football belongs to a bygone era

Birmingham Post — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:48:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Post — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:19:00 GMT

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