World Cup failure prompts Lancaster bombing

Not since the World Cup quarter final defeat to France in 2011 has rugby union gone head to head with Continue reading →

Club glory eyed by Galarza ahead of World Cup

Gloucester’s recruitment of New Zealand All Black Jeremy Thrush post the World Cup prompted one supporter to suggest on social Continue reading →

Fall tour learning curve for Eagles

As they say in the States, we’re in the fall. A year from now, Rugby World Cup 2015 will have Continue reading →

World Cup winner is class act

Mention Cheltenham College and my first thought is the annual visit by Gloucestershire’s cricketers. I first went there in 1976 Continue reading →

Woodman still more prop than property

In less time than it takes Usain Bolt to run 100 metres, Trevor Woodman could have left rugby behind. That’s Continue reading →

World Cup job suits Balding

This is how I remember Adam Balding. A ball carrying rather than ball playing number eight whose vigorous approach belied Continue reading →

Weather blows in volunteer spirit

Much was made of the “gamesmakers” at the Olympics, the volunteers who did anything and everything to ensure the event Continue reading →

Brothers in oars

“Formidable” was the word Olympic bronze medallist Alan Campbell used to describe the prospect of Coleraine’s most famous brothers rowing Continue reading →