The select few Super Rugby players set to benefit from the pandemic
With the Coronavirus outbreak squeezing clubs and unions into releasing and cutting players, opportunities are being created at a …
Alex Shaw
18 May 2020, 9:17
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Alex Shaw
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Alex went from reporting on rugby and scouting out the best young talent in the game to heading up the player recruitment at Ealing Trailfinders. He still turns his hand to the odd article here and there whilst trying to help push the London club to the Premiership.
The Premiership's big dilemma: Keep speculating to accumulate or tighten the salary belt?
A reduction in the salary cap could make the Gallagher Premiership more financially sustainable, but there are fears this would ca…
Alex Shaw
14 May 2020, 8:51
Why English rugby's damning discard of young talent much too soon could be about to change
Premiership Rugby and its associated academy structure doesn't lack for talent, but the pathway provided for many youngsters is me…
Alex Shaw
06 May 2020, 9:36
Re-design the Nations Championship for the growth of rugby, not as a Tier 1 cabal
The proposed Nations Championship has again reared its head as Sir Bill Beaumont and Agustin Pichot vie for World Rugby chairman. …
Alex Shaw
29 Apr 2020, 7:45
The Future of Rugby: South Africa U23
The final piece in the RugbyPass Future of Rugby series takes a look at the Springboks, the reigning World Cup champions, and what…
Alex Shaw
28 Apr 2020, 7:18
Building the perfect rugby player: Full-back
What makes for the perfect rugby player? We finish our series on the prototype players with a look at the full-back position.
Alex Shaw
27 Apr 2020, 6:54
The Future of Rugby: New Zealand U23
The penultimate "Future of Rugby" article sees us look over New Zealand and the U23 options at their disposal, with a rich vein of…
Alex Shaw
25 Apr 2020, 13:31
Building the perfect rugby player: Wing
The penultimate article in our series building the perfect rugby player is focused on the wing position where there is now much mo…
Alex Shaw
24 Apr 2020, 10:09
Building the perfect rugby player: Outside Centre
Our series looking at building the perfect rugby player moves on to the outside centre position, with examples ranging from Manu T…
Alex Shaw
23 Apr 2020, 8:16
The Future of Rugby: England U23
The latest in the Future of Rugby series takes a look at beaten RWC finalists England, who have a mouth-watering array of young ta…
Alex Shaw
22 Apr 2020, 6:50
Building the perfect rugby player: Inside Centre
Our series attempting to build the perfect rugby player moves on to inside centre, where a contrast of styles make it hard to lock…
Alex Shaw
20 Apr 2020, 9:05
The Future of Rugby: Ireland U23
The latest in the 'Future of Rugby' series takes a look at the fourth-ranked side in the world, Ireland, and their current U23 opt…
Alex Shaw
19 Apr 2020, 7:07
Building the perfect rugby player: Fly-half
In the latest section of our feature series, we identify the five key skills any No10 needs to excel and five current players who …
Alex Shaw
18 Apr 2020, 9:00
Building the perfect rugby player: Scrum-half
The RugbyPass series looking at building the perfect rugby player now turns its attention to the scrum-half with talents such as F…
Alex Shaw
16 Apr 2020, 13:50
The Future of Rugby: France U23
The latest in the Future of Rugby series looks at France and what sort of U23 XV they could field... the future is bright for Les …
Alex Shaw
15 Apr 2020, 6:10
Building the perfect rugby player: No8
The latest in our series looking at what goes into building the perfect rugby player sees us round off the pack with an examinatio…
Alex Shaw
14 Apr 2020, 5:10
Every Premiership clubs' star players 10 years ago
We cast our eye back to the 2009/10 season and look at who was leading the way for the current Premiership rugby clubs at the time…
Alex Shaw
12 Apr 2020, 13:08
Building the perfect rugby player: Blindside flanker
Attentions turn to the blindside flankers in the latest of our series looking at what makes up the perfect rugby player, a positio…
Alex Shaw
12 Apr 2020, 4:42
The Future of Rugby: Wales U23
We take a look at the U23 options available to Wales, as we continue to examine what the future of rugby may look like in the comi…
Alex Shaw
12 Apr 2020, 3:14
Building the perfect rugby player: Openside flanker
The latest in our series looking at the make-up of the perfect rugby player shines a spotlight on the openside flanker position.
Alex Shaw
10 Apr 2020, 5:23
