We are being railroaded into the fact that Antoine Dupont is the greatest of all time when it comes to rugby players. Now it’s not that I don’t think he is a fantastic player, which without any doubt he is, but GOAT, absolutely not. Later in this article there will be an opinion that might…
Category: Insight & Analysis
CHANGING ENDS
Recently I had a conversation with a friend who had just come back from Wimbledon, also a rugby man. He suggested changing ends in a rugby match every 10 minutes, with a minute’s break to take on water and energy bars. No half time interval to compensate, as the coaches would get their input throughout…
WHY CAN’T RUGBY HAVE A PROPER KNOCKOUT RFU CUP
Just imagine the fixtures below in the 1st round of a proper RFU Cup. As of now anything like this is not possible, but suppose the top clubs in England were able to meet in a Cup like the FA Cup? It might well look like this. Richmond vs Blackheath, Sale vs Fylde, Exeter vs London Scottish, Plymouth…
END OF SEASON EXODUS
The list of names below, is the number of premiership rugby players either leaving voluntarily, retiring, or being released. Many are moving on to bigger clubs, some to smaller clubs, or leaving these shores to play for clubs abroad. Quite a few are legends of the game seeking pastures new, and an escape from the…
LEAGUES SHOULD HAVE A WINNER
If I could state right at the beginning I am anti formal leagues, and that gets that out of the way. Rugby managed for many years without a formal league structure, and whilst it seemed like a great idea at the time when leagues were created, it has now ceased to be a league, and…
BORED FANS EXHAUSTED RUGBY PLAYERS
I have to come to the conclusion that I am now some kind of dinosaur when it comes to viewing, writing about, and talking about rugby. All the talk about different competitions, promotion and relegation, and messing about with the laws of the game, leaves me cold. In fact frozen is more like it. For…
RED CARDS AND FAIRNESS IN RUGBY UNION
We stagger to the end of what has been a momentous season for rugby in many ways. There have been moments to treasure and moments best forgotten, but there is no doubt at all that at the top level, be that the World Cup, the Six Nations, the European Cup, and the Premiership semi-finals and…