Steve Kendall assesses the chances of the four West Country teams as the Premiership season approaches. As we near the start of the 2016/2017 Aviva Premiership season, one thing we can look forward to is a full selection of west country participants and the inevitable ‘tasty’ local derbies that result. It is the first time […] READ MORE
Author: Steve Kendall, Editor
A father of 4, I split my time between writing about Rugby & Wine. My writing influences are Steve James & Michael Atherton and I lament the dying art of the true correspondent.
LWOSSKendall Teimana Harrison Added for Series Finale
After securing their first ever series win on Australian soil, England have made one change to the side that started the second test against Australia in Melbourne last weekend. Teimana Harrison has been handed his second cap in place of the injured James Haskell at openside flanker for what promises to be anything but a […] READ MORE
How Eddie Jones Masterminded a Series Win for England in Australia
When Australian Eddie Jones was installed as England Head Coach earlier this year after the disastrous World Cup campaign in 2015, his first task was to turn around a team that had flopped at its own tournament. He started the rebuilding process by achieving a respectable outcome in the Northern Hemisphere’s annual Six Nations tournament. […] READ MORE
Eddie Jones Keeps Faith with Pack
Eddie Jones has stuck with the eight forwards that provided England with such a platform to attack last week in Brisbane. He will be hoping that they can provide the same physical characteristics that served them well against Australia last Saturday, when the two sides meet in Melbourne this weekend with a potential series win […] READ MORE
England’s First Test XV – Reaction
There were high hopes for Eddie Jones’ first team selection against his home nation but it is interesting that for all the sound-bites, the analogies & the staunch defence of his under-fire fly-half, Jones has gone down the tried; and to a certain extent, tested route. Instead of going toe-to-toe with an Australian back row […] READ MORE
Manu Tuilagi – Great Player or Great Enigma?
To answer that question quickly one way or the other is not easy (thank goodness or this would be a poor read). Manu Tuilagi is a player of such balletic power and impact, he can turn a game on his own – a feat reserved for the truly gifted (Dan Carter, David Campese, Phil Bennett […] READ MORE
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Steve Kendall, Editor
A father of 4, I split my time between writing about Rugby & Wine. My writing influences are Steve James & Michael Atherton and I lament the dying art of the true correspondent.