- Stevie Miller - 成人快手 Scotland Sport journalist
- 14 Feb 07, 05:23 PM
Here's an analogy for you.
It's the football World Cup finals, Brazil have negotiated a tough group stage and are looking forward to the next round, when, all of a sudden, the English Premiership clubs demand the return of their Brazilian players for some league matches that weekend.
Can you imagine it? No, quite frankly, because it would never ever happen.
Yet, in the free week of the Six Nations, three Scottish players have been refused permission to train with the rest of the national squad! How has been allowed to happen?
Continue reading "Club v country rant"
- Bruce Pope - 成人快手 Wales Sport journalist
- 14 Feb 07, 04:15 PM
Cardiff - Are professional rugby players, specifically international rugby players, allowed to have a drink?
By drink I don't mean rehydrating with some fancy isotonic concoction or, heaven forbid, plain old water. I mean booze, hooch, the devil's brew - alcohol.
I only ask because one of the daily tabloids down here in Cardiff dedicated Wednesday's back page to a report on how after Saturday's defeat to Scotland.
Apparently there were more than a few Welsh fans "enraged" by seeing Gareth Jenkins' boys out supping a few ales after .
Continue reading "Drowning sorrows brews trouble"
- Nigel Owens - international rugby union referee
- 14 Feb 07, 11:01 AM
Thank you for all your rugby rules questions after another much talked about week in the Six Nations.
This week we cover a wide range of subjects, from the line-out and calling of marks to television match officials and binding at the scrum.
Here are the latest set of queries. Keep your questions coming in.
Continue reading "Your laws questions answered....pt two"