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Does ‘retrospective refereeing’ do the game any good?

England’s narrow 12-6 victory over Wales attracted an impressive UK TV audience of 6.4m to underline the appeal of wh...

Graham Jenkins
over 8 years ago · 0 comments
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Continuity the key to continued success for England

In a sporting landscape where the news of a coach losing their job often appears as common as a kick off, word of one...

Graham Jenkins
over 8 years ago · 0 comments
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Money talks in World Cup bid process

In the wake of their success, even France acknowledged that the current financial model and the selection criteria ma...

Graham Jenkins
over 8 years ago · 0 comments
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Is the congested calendar slowly killing the game?

Graham Jenkins considers ongoing debate about the physical and mental demands of what is quite clearly an over-conges...

Graham Jenkins
over 8 years ago · 0 comments
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How successful was Premiership's Philadelphia experiment?

As the dust settles on the Aviva Premiership’s latest attempt to crack the United States market, Graham Jenkins refle...

Graham Jenkins
almost 9 years ago · 0 comments
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Exclusive: USA Rugby CEO Dan Payne talks growing the game Stateside

Writer Graham Jenkins talks exclusively with USA Rugby CEO Dan Payne about various issues he’s faced in his first yea...

Graham Jenkins
almost 9 years ago · 0 comments
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Do you love rugby more than you love your children?

As coaches and referees, it is incredibly important that we teach our youngsters the safest way to enjoy our game but...

Graham Jenkins
almost 9 years ago · 0 comments
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Why Warren Gatland will not be the next All Blacks coach

You could be forgiven for thinking there was no winner in the British & Irish Lions’ recent showdown with New Zea...

Graham Jenkins
almost 9 years ago · 0 comments
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What is the currency of the British & Irish Lions after New Zealand 2017?

The simple answer to the question in the title of the article is $69 million NZ dollars. That is the monetary amount ...

Nick Bishop
about 9 years ago · 0 comments
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No winner but World Rugby still loses

The British & Irish Lions’ tour of New Zealand came to an enthralling and painfully frustrating conclusion at Ede...

Graham Jenkins
about 9 years ago · 0 comments