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Nov 20 2008
So there we have it. The horses have been traded, alliances built and cracked and the landscape, no let’s call it a roadmap in honour of another great political cock-up of our time, has been fashioned for years to come....
Oct 23 2008
The same famous, nay infamous, negotiating skills that meant the Rugby Football Union took a barely credible 13 years since the advent of professionalism to reach agreement with England’s top clubs have been in evidence once again....
Oct 15 2008
A former Moseley rugby player claiming damages after suffering a serious eye injury told a court how he was punched during a friendly match. ...
Oct 15 2008
The current relationship between full-time and part-time rugby had less than a month to run in its existing format....
Oct 8 2008
I’ve been so preoccupied with Experimental Law Variations and referees recently it’s been some time since I had a proper moan about the impasse concerning the First Division....
Jun 24 2008
It’s always been a source of annoyance in this quarter that at the bar of public opinion professional footballers are viewed as pampered oiks, awash with testerone and money, while rugby union players are judged good eggs with perfect manners underpinning their manliness....
Jun 1 2008
Playing rugby is becoming increasingly popular among women as one participant, Helen Turner, explains.
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May 7 2008
Rugby Correspondent Brian Dick fears the TV-led drive towards basketball-isation is behind some unwise tinkering with the laws....
Apr 9 2008
Last weekend's round of European matches, in the Heineken Cup and the Challenge Ashtray, produced not just some surprise results, decent spectacles and the most bizarre decision of the season but some pretty useful grist to the Rugby Football Union's mill as well....
