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Mark Reason The voice of reason
About Mark Reason
Mark Reason has been a sports journalist for over 25 years. He currently works for Fairfax Media and will also be part of the Telegraph’s World Cup team and a regular panellist on Radio New Zealand during the World Cup.
He has covered every Rugby World Cup since 1991, the 2000 and 2008 Olympics, over 40 golf major championships, the FA Cup final, the Epsom Derby and a lot of other stuff he can’t remember. Mark emigrated to New Zealand in 2010 having spent over 20 years covering sport for the Telegraph and Sunday Times in Britain.
Mark Reason's latest articles
Ulster hold together as a team by not using their benchLast weekend Ulster proved that too many coaches send on replacements as an exercise in self-justification.
The RFU gets it wrong againStuart Lancaster’s appointment as England coach is a sad example of the mob ruling the head.
England's fate should not be in Steve Walsh's handsThe new list of elite refs looks biased and could throw up some shockers in the summer tests between the northern and southern hemispheres.
Lions WatchIs this the XV that will wear the Lions shirt in the first test against Australia.
England flatter to deceiveThe reaction to England’s win in Paris was utterly hysterical and completely ignored the rugby reality.
Kidney’s love affair with Earls is hurting IrelandSelecting the right team can be one of the hardest jobs in the world and it may be a while since Ireland have got it right.
Four things that made us see red this weekThe RFU task force, scrum-halves who never move the ball out of the ruck, refs who turn a blind eye to violent play, replacements by rote – it’s driving us crazy and we’re not going to take it any more.
Talented young Scots need to learn how to winNearly everything is against Scotland on Sunday, except for the fact that the Six Nations usually throws up one unexpected result.
The Blue Bulls don’t look pretty in pinkMark Reason looks at the Bulls new pink jersey design and wonders if he is on a yellow submarine lost in the sixties.
Please, please read the IRB’s guide to concussion - it could save your lifeMark Reason says that the IRB has its head in the right place as it launches a new initiative to tackle concussion
