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A blueprint: How English rugby can be proud again

1 decade ago by The Times

Let’s start with the bleedin’ obvious. Stuart Lancaster cannot remain as England head coach. Why? Because he has no authority...

If this Stuart Lancaster regime stays, then the RFU is rotten

1 decade ago by The Times

This is not personal. No more personal than the article I wrote the day after England were ejected from the...

Kurtley Beale’s rehabilitation speaks volumes about Michael Cheika revolution

1 decade ago by The Times

Down in the bowels of Twickenham on Saturday, as England’s players ducked media duties, Kurtley Beale was talking as a...

Problems have festered for months in unhappy camp

1 decade ago by The Times

How did England go backwards? Confirmation that England were really in retreat came around the half-hour mark at Twickenham on...

Faith in Sam Burgess and Owen Farrell set off England divisions

1 decade ago by The Times

The RFU’s review into England’s failed World Cup campaign has not even begun and the cracks are already starting to...

How Vern Cotter’s side can reach quarter-finals

1 decade ago by The Times

Selection I don’t believe Scotland picked a team to beat South Africa. They tried to go down the physical route...

John Hardie back in the frame for decider

1 decade ago by The Times

John Hardie, the Scotland openside flanker, has said he is hopeful of being able to play against Samoa next weekend...

England out of World Cup: Honest as ever, Stuart Lancaster looks a broken man as reality sinks in

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Mick Cleary: England coach a downcast and haunted figure as he faces the world after side's dismal World Cup exit

Scotland’s slow starters brutally exposed by South Africa

1 decade ago by The Times

To suggest that Scotland are establishing a reputation as slow starters in this World Cup would be a little like...

Rugby World Cup 2015: England and their grand pretensions stripped bare against Australia

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Australia were sharp and menacing in all that they did, England only in flashes combined well in the early stages but were stymied by Wallabies