Have you heard the one about the Irishman, the Welshman and the Scot? They’ll be picking England’s next rugby coach… Continue reading
Tag Archives: RFU
Mr Rugby in the Green and Pleasant Land
Sports broadcasting changed with the introduction of Sky and the Premiership in the early 90s. Sport was packaged as entertainment, with an array of pundits and experts. Personalities were focussed on and things changed. Continue reading
RFU Gets CEO
The Mole is a big fan of Newstalk’s Off the Ball, which brings Dexy’s to the airwaves on a regular basis to discuss “ebb and flow of psychic energy” and other phantasmagorical commentary that you can only see properly on the radio. Continue reading
When Rob Andrew Is The Least Of Your Problems
The RFU, the grandaddy of them all, is in a mess. This is hardly news to anybody that has been keeping up with recent happenings in the rugby world, and the Mole has been enjoying the excellent coverage provided by the various hacks at the Torygraph, the Grauniad and the London Independent. Amongst the journos, there seems to be a genuine despair at how badly wrong things have gone, and a belief that their readers are both concerned with and willing to follow what amounts to the breakdown of a bureaucracy. Continue reading