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• Are Open Substituions Killing Club Rugby?

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 774
  After a proud history of amateur competition spanning over a century , Rugby Union bit the bullet in the mid 90’s and, as we all know, decided to embrace professionalism. Along with this came rule changes which were designed to speed up the game, mainly in an effort to make it more “watchable” and ...
  4 days ago

• Change the rugby laws to kill off Whistle Ball

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 456
  “The choreographed pursuit of kickable penalties.” That is distinguished English rugby commentator Paul Hayward’s elegant definition of what we lesser talents call Whistle Ball, “the game of organising the ref into blowing his whistle within a specific 40 percent or so of the grass.” Writing in The ...
  1 week ago

• Johnson blames injuries for teams slump

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • England have struggled but no one is to blame • Johnson planning Englands tour of Australia next summer Martin Johnson believes that it is injuries rather than the under-performance of players or his coaching staff that have been the prime factor in Englands poor form. Speaking in Sydney where he is making ...
  1 week ago

• World Champions Take Another Win

  
  femalemuscle by lori braun — Authority: 146
  Here is some great women’s rugby footage from England vs. New Zealand. The game ended 16-3 with New Zealand, the world champions, going home with another win.
  1 week ago

• Dallaglio confident Cipriani will stay

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • Former captain urges fly-half to stay at Adams Park • Negotiations over new contract are under way Lawrence Dallaglio has urged Danny Cipriani to stay at Wasps for the benefit of his England career, after confirming that the club have opened new contract negotiations with the fly-half. Ciprianis current, ...
  1 week ago

• Danny Cipriani advised to sign new contract with Wasps by Lawrence Dallaglio

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 967
  Lawrence Dallaglio has urged Danny Cipriani to stay at Wasps for the benefit of his England career as the club open new contract talks.
  1 week ago

• Rugby: Dubai Sevens Day One Results

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 774
  The first IRB Sevens tournament of the season is underway, and for the United States, things could not have gotten off to a worse start. The American team had high expectations for the 2009-2010 season, and they came out the box with a tough task taking on England. The English took the Eagles to the woodshed, ...
  1 week ago

• England see off United States in Dubai Sevens opener

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • Norton scores five-minute hat-trick against US • World champions Wales beaten by South Africa Dan Norton scored a blistering hat-trick as England opened their Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens campaign with a 40-12 victory over the United States. The 21-year-old Bristol winger proved too quick for the American ...
  2 weeks ago

• NOOOOooooooo!!!!!!!!

  
  Total Flanker — Authority: 119
  England Rugby Supporters - what on earth are you playing at???? You went out in your thousands in 2007 and bought the horrendous ketchup swish kit and now, according to the RFU, sales of Englands new purple kit have outstripped all previous records. 41% of replica shirts sold during the autumn internationals were ...
  2 weeks ago

• An open letter to Rob Andrew

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 456
  Dear Rob, I read with interest your comments on the state of the game and that the laws are ruining the game following the conclusion of England’s November Test matches. It was a series that saw your boys comfortably lose to Australia and New Zealand, while scraping past a spirited yet depleted Argentina. While ...
  2 weeks ago

• November ends with a sparkle but not for England or Scotland | Eddie Butler

  
  Sport: Sportblog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 150
  While six countries showed that anything is still possible in rugby union, England just kept on looking for someone else to blame At the end of a desultory month, suddenly we had three cracking Tests between Wales and Australia, France and New Zealand and Ireland and South Africa. Just when it seemed that emergency ...
  2 weeks ago

• Purple reign: England rugby fans sold on alternative away kit

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • Sales of purple kit outstrip all previous records • RFU sells 8,000 purple shirts within a month Say what you like about Englands form but fashion-wise they are way ahead of the game. The Rugby Football Union has revealed that sales of the teams new purple strip have outstripped all previous records, a tribute ...
  2 weeks ago

• All Blacks’ slam is rather grand

  
  Green and Gold Rugby THE Aussie Rugby Blog for fans of Australia and the Wallabies — Authority: 432
  No shut, ut was thus bug! From the outhouse to the penthouse. In the space of five matches on their Northern Tour the All Blacks have stunningly recovered their reputation. In a match that could only be described as a showcase of free flowing power rugby, the Kiwis blew Les Bleus out of the Stade Velodrome in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Harlequins Brian McDermott signals intent for England coaching job

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • I would love the England job, says Harlequins coach • RFL selection panel to meet before Christmas The Harlequins coach, Brian McDermott, has become the first man to express interest in leading England to the 2013 World Cup. "I would love the England job," McDermott told the BBC. "Why would I not want to coach ...
  2 weeks ago

• Irelands green shoots suggest future is not All Black and Wallaby gold

  
  Sport: Sportblog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 150
  A fascinating autumn series produced new heroes, confirmed the decline of others and hinted at a new world pecking order Dan Carter is the worlds best player The distinguished judges of the International Rugby Boards Player of the Year award have gone for Richie McCaw but Carter was in a class of his own in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Northern teams need to get real – the try count doesnt lie

  
  Telegraph.co.uk Sport Blog — Authority: 584
  Wales, Scotland and France – bright dreams, dim execution. New Zealand, Ireland and Australia – what a fabulous way to end the autumn internationals. England – still pathetic, and in denial. After the weekend and week that were, here 10 random observations … (and then yours, please).1. The All Blacks, in white ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rugby union must continue to save space for lumps and dancers

  
  Sport: Sportblog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 150
  The flame bearers for the game need to encourage a meaningful contest for possession at the scrum and after the tackle It was the terrible autumn of rain-drenched rugby, when it was gloomily confirmed that what had been eating into the domestic games of the European countries was now a worldwide pandemic. On two ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rugbys reckless lawmakers have made gym monkeys of us all | Paul Hayward

  
  Sport: Sportblog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 150
  Martin Johnsons England typify the current state of a spiritually paralysed game - its time to make a dash for freedom Most of us would concur that sport is about the cultivation of skill, of grace under pressure and a sense of wonder at what ingenious feats the body can perform in the face of athletic difficulty. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Frances Marc Lièvremont close to the acceptance Martin Johnson craves

  
  Sport: Sportblog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 150
  How the England manager could learn from his French counterpart in his epic rugby journey The period of grace extended to coaches denied the oxygen of results depends on many things. Martin Johnson, for example, has personal history on his side, an epic captains tale of carrying England on his second-row shoulders to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Joe Worsley could recover from knee injury in time for Six Nations

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • Flanker will be out for minimum of eight weeks • England hopeful he will return to face Wales The Wasps and England flanker Joe Worsley could be fit for the opening Six Nations match against Wales on 6 February after learning his knee injury will keep him out for a minimum of eight weeks. Worsley tore ...
  3 weeks ago

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