RFU left red-faced by Woodward snub May 19, 2011 WORLD CUP winning former England boss Sir Clive Woodward has left the Rugby Football Union’s plans to appoint a performance director in disarray after withdrawing his candidacy for the job. Woodward, who was the clear favourite for a role that has provoked intense debate in recent weeks, released a statement yesterday ruling himself out of [...]
RFU chiefs in warning to Woodward June 12, 2011 WORLD CUP winning former England boss Sir Clive Woodward has been warned he will have to relinquish his current role with the British Olympic Association if he wants the controversial job of performance director at the Rugby Football Union. Woodward is back in the frame for a return to Twickenham following the sudden departure of [...]
RFU chiefs in warning to Woodward June 12, 2011 WORLD CUP winning former England boss Sir Clive Woodward has been warned he will have to relinquish his current role with the British Olympic Association if he wants the controversial job of performance director at the Rugby Football Union. Woodward is back in the frame for a return to Twickenham following the sudden departure of [...]
Dallaglio cheered that RFU flip-flop has not deterred Woodward from job May 18, 2011 FORMER England captain Lawrence Dallaglio believes it is “positive news for English rugby” that Sir Clive Woodward has not ruled himself out of the race to become performance director, despite the Rugby Football Union’s handling of the recruitment process. The RFU have been criticised for last week’s flip-flopping, in which they drastically downgraded the role [...]
England have rediscovered love for game November 24, 2010 FORMER Wasps and England back Josh Lewsey believes the national team has blossomed during the last year because players have fallen in love with the game once again. Martin Johnson’s men have followed up an encouraging summer with more success this autumn, including wins over Samoa and old enemies Australia, and a hard-fought defeat to [...]
England have rediscovered love for game November 24, 2010 FORMER Wasps and England back Josh Lewsey believes the national team has blossomed during the last year because players have fallen in love with the game once again. Martin Johnson’s men have followed up an encouraging summer with more success this autumn, including wins over Samoa and old enemies Australia, and a hard-fought defeat to [...]
Care: Cup can remove stain of Bloodgate May 19, 2011 HARLEQUINS vs STADE FRANCAIS HARLEQUINS scrum-half Danny Care believes his side’s presence in tonight’s Amlin Challenge Cup final completes the club’s rehabilitation following the dark days of the Bloodgate scandal. The London club were plunged into turmoil following the events of the 2009 Heineken Cup quarter-final against Leinster in which the use of fake blood [...]
Rugby Union’s ultimate hall of shame May 4, 2011 RUGBY’S image as a sport for hooligans played by gentlemen has taken a bit of a buffeting in recent weeks. Broadly speaking, however, the charges levied against Wasps’ barroom brawler Andy Powell, Northampton’s Ben Foden and curfew ignoring England outcast Danny Cipriani are nothing out of the ordinary when you consider the sport’s age old [...]
Strettle keen to show improving Sarries belong at rugby’s top table May 25, 2011 TWELVE months ago, shortly before his impending move to Saracens, David Strettle watched them edged out in a pulsating Premiership final with Leicester. And he admits that part of him enjoyed seeing them lose. Now, as the north Londoners prepare to face the Tigers in a repeat of last year’s showpiece, the England winger’s wishes [...]
Cueto facing lengthy ban April 6, 2011 RUGBY UNION: England winger Mark Cueto has been cited for eye gouging. The charge carries a minimum ban of 12 weeks, jeopardising his hopes for the World Cup in September. Cueto is alleged to have made contact with the eye area during Saturday’s Premiership clash with Northampton. He’ll appear before an RFU disciplinary panel next [...]