In this issue

May 10, 2020

My new dawn: increase squad size, cut salaries

What I’m about to suggest will be seen by some as barking mad, but bear with me.

3 mins

Clubs must grasp this big chance to reset their goals

THE Covid-19 pandemic has been unfortunate for so many people that when Rugby Union starts again it will not top the agenda. However, this enforced break does give clubs the opportunity to reassess where they’re going, and whether what they were doing before the lockdown is going to get them to their chosen destination.

4 mins

Bill's right, Six Nations owe SANZAAR nothing

THE gnashing of teeth and wailing from the southern hemisphere unions that accompanied the failure of Agustin Pichot to unseat Bill Beaumont as World Rugby chairman was predictable.

4 mins

New kicking law will increase excitement

I was really looking forward to seeing the results of the World Rugby law experiment ‘50:22’, but the abandonment of the season has put paid to any meaningful data coming back from this year’s trials.

3 mins

South Sea Bubble could provide tonic for rugby

RUGBY has made many false moves and poor decisions over the decades and what is so frustrating is that on quite a few occasions the authorities got incredibly close to absolutely nailing it before making the wrong call.

3 mins

Global Game? Germany Are Twenty Years Behind

During the decidedly uncivil English war over control of the nascent professional game, Cliff Brittle had a dream which sounds as impossible today as it did then.

4 mins

Marti's mission makes the Begles top dogs

PETER JACKSON reveals how many, or how few, watched Europe’s top leagues

4 mins

RFU need grasroots rescue package

So, as expected, Bill Beaumont has achieved his second term as the head of World Rugby and is promising to raise the stakes by making another attempt to refloat the idea of a Nations League, although not just yet.

4 mins

Beating Australia is cherished memory

GREIG TONKS FORMER SCOTLAND, LEICESTER, NOTTINGHAM, EDINBURGH AND LONDON IRISH UTILITY BACK

5 mins

Kennedy bankrolls Booster for north west

BRIAN Kennedy spent millions bankrolling Sale’s rise to become Premiership champions in 2006 and now the Scottish businessman is embarking on a very different mission that should prove every bit as uplifting.

5 mins

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