The voice of reason
Mark Reason has been a sports journalist for over 25 years. He currently works for Fairfax Media and will also be part of the Telegraph’s World Cup team and a regular panellist on Radio New Zealand during the World Cup.
He has covered every Rugby World Cup since 1991, the 2000 and 2008 Olympics, over 40 golf major championships, the FA Cup final, the Epsom Derby and a lot of other stuff he can’t remember. Mark emigrated to New Zealand in 2010 having spent over 20 years covering sport for the Telegraph and Sunday Times in Britain.
Last weekend Ulster proved that too many coaches send on replacements as an exercise in self-justification.
Stuart Lancaster’s appointment as England coach is a sad example of the mob ruling the head.
The new list of elite refs looks biased and could throw up some shockers in the summer tests between the northern and...
Is this the XV that will wear the Lions shirt in the first test against Australia.
The reaction to England’s win in Paris was utterly hysterical and completely ignored the rugby reality.
Selecting the right team can be one of the hardest jobs in the world and it may be a while since Ireland have got it ...
The RFU task force, scrum-halves who never move the ball out of the ruck, refs who turn a blind eye to violent play, ...
Nearly everything is against Scotland on Sunday, except for the fact that the Six Nations usually throws up one unexp...
Mark Reason looks at the Bulls new pink jersey design and wonders if he is on a yellow submarine lost in the sixties.
Mark Reason says that the IRB has its head in the right place as it launches a new initiative to tackle concussion