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English Rugby has more Important Questions to Answer
The media has become obsessed with the decision making (or lack of) of Chris Robshaw. Paul Rees suggests that English...
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About Paul Rees
Paul Rees was born in Cardiff and has been a full-time writer on rugby union since 1986, first for the South Wales Echo, then Wales and Sunday and, from 2001, the Guardian and the Observer, having contributed to the former on a freelance basis since 1988.
He has covered every World Cup since 1991 and five Lions tours. When time allows, he also write on cricket, mainly Glamorgan. And away from work, he a season-ticket holder at Arsenal, watching them home and away, including the European Champions League final against Barcelona in Paris in 2006.
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More Questions than Answers for England
England’s faltering performance against Australia looks set to prompt several changes. Paul Rees assesses where Stuar...
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Emerging nations look to RWC 2015
This month has seen attention paid to the top four of the world rankings ahead of next month’s drawn for the 2015 Wor...
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Gatland's thinking underminded by injuries
Warren Gatland said after he was named as the Lions coach for next year’s tour to Australia that he would judge playe...
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Wales need to look forward for success
A big bash is being held in west Wales on Halloween night. Some 1,200 guests will pile into Parc-y-Scarlets for a din...
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Lions Watch
The Lions’ selectors, all two of them at the moment with only Andy Irvine, the manager, and the head coach Warren Gat...
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Gameplans will not win the Heineken Cup
The Heineken Cup resumes today and if it is as keenly fought on the field as it has been off it in recent months, it ...
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Off field antics dominate dull start to European rugby season
The first month of the season in Europe has been more notable for what has happened off the field that on it.
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Rugby soon to end it's Olympic exile
Rugby union will not feature in the Olympic Games, but the sport will end its long exile in 2016 after a long battle ...
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Financial dark cloud looms over Welsh rugby.
On the day that Gavin Henson signed for London Welsh, his fifth club in less than two years, the financial dark cloud...
