When Exeter Chiefs staged their first two games of the new era in February and March, we caught glimpses of the player-movements that will dominate the next few months till the new Tyrrells season finally begins. Alongside less familiar names to play Newcastle Falcons and the British Army were: Garnet Mackinder and Hannah Duffy (both
How do they match up? New Zealand, England and France – it’s stretching the point a bit far to refer to them as a trinity. After all, Canada’s Maple Leafs now stand 1.5 points ahead of les Bleues in world rankings, but they finished two points behind them in the Super Series and have yet
The die is cast: now we know the make-up of the Tyrrells 2021 version. Two clubs, Firwood Waterloo and Richmond, have been shown the exit-door; two others Exeter Chiefs and Sale Sharks, have found favour despite being barely formed. As I suspected, the changes are limited to two, removing any chance of Championship clubs making
The Tokyo Olympics have at last been postponed. It took a while for the IOC and the Japanese Olympic Committee to decide which of them would make the call, but now we know. What we don’t know is precisely when they will be staged in 2021. The most likely call will be exactly twelve months
We shouldn’t let this truncated campaign pass by without giving a huge thank-you to everybody involved, especially the players. Along with almost every activity we can think of, the Six Nations programme has come to an abrupt halt. We can only guess when normal service can be resumed. The 2020 version has been left in
Rugby 2020-style isn’t over quite yet. There’s still the Pick-Your-Team-of-the-Six-Nations tournament to be decided. Already declared are Giselle Mather’s Sky line-up and the Burford-Donnelly-Hammond combo: But there’s a late starter! The Perkins-Powell duo hoping to hit the jackpot. What have they come up with? Perkins-Powell Long Shot 15 Trémoulière – France 14 Dow – England
This may be the most important book on sporting captaincy since Mike Brearley’s magisterial ‘On the Art of Captaincy’ published in 1985. He had certain advantages: a first-class brain – a double first at Cambridge and a first place in the Civil Service exams – and immense charm. Like the rest of us, Catherine Spencer
Six Nations Round 2 Preview: The Fixtures: France v Italy at Limoges 8 February 20.00 GMT Ireland v Wales at Energia Park, Donnybrook 9 February 13.00 GMT Scotland v England at Scotstoun, Glasgow 9 February 12.10 GMT A lot has been happening in the short gap between rounds. Not least the appearance of Cath Spencer’s
Wasps FC Ladies are thrilled have announced that they have successfully secured a place in the Tyrrell’s Premier 15s competition for the next three seasons alongside 5 highly competitive squads across England. “The Tyrrell’s Premier 15s competition has sparked major changes in Women’s Rugby both on and off the pitch. We have worked incredibly hard
An independently verified audit took place in the first half of the 2019/20 season where each current Tyrrells Premier 15s club was assessed based on a combination of their ability to deliver the competition’s Minimum Operating Standards and their on pitch performance. Clubs were then ranked from one to 10 based on the audit results.
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