Owain Jones
Editor at RugbyPass
Editor @RugbyPassPlus | Media trainer @Bauermedia | Journalism lecturer @uniofbeds | Former editor @Rugbyworldmag | Liverpool FC #MoJo 🏴
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2 days ago |
rugbypass.com | Owain Jones
Mark my words, the chance to represent the Lions is the privilege of a lifetime, but once the excitement of pulling on that storied jersey recedes, the players will be battling with the myriad challenges of being a touring team 12,000 miles from home. Like I found in 2005, those first few weeks will be a sensory overload. Everything will be new, and unlike your national team where you’ll feel like you know where you’re at in the pecking order, you will be operating way outside your comfort zone.
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1 week ago |
rugbypass.com | Owain Jones
Tom Willis can afford to swagger. In a season when he’s become clear first choice at the back of the Saracens scrum, he has a highlight reel full of snarling, hard carrying venom. What you can see with the naked eye can be backed up on paper, too. He’s beaten more defenders than any other player in the league, made more metres than any other forward in the Premiership this season and is second only to Olly Cracknell in the carrying stakes. What about the defensive side of his game, you ask?
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1 week ago |
rugbypass.com | Owain Jones
Closely mirroring the southern hemisphere disciplinary process, a new off-field sanction process has been approved as a closed trial across World Rugby competitions, the British and Irish Lions tour, and the upcoming international window starting on 21st June with the England XV v France XV game. Brian Hammond, legal counsel at World Rugby, explains the background to the changes and what we can expect to see in the coming weeks of Test action.
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1 week ago |
rugbypass.com | Owain Jones |Bryn Palmer |Jamie Lyall |Neil Squires
Which players would make an all-time British and Irish Lions XV? Plenty no doubt from the legendary 1971 tourists, still the only Lions team to win a series in New Zealand, and the 1974 ‘Invincibles’, who completed a remarkable 22-match unbeaten tour of South Africa, winning 21 of them.
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3 weeks ago |
collegefootballnetwork.com | Owain Jones
With college football alignment changing the landscape of the sport, the Group of Five has become a melting pot for an abundance of talent. Several players move to the five conferences looking to reignite their careers, dropping down for the Power Four, while others are looking to move up from the FCS level, looking to make a name for themselves.
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