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Peter Bills: England's overseas player selection row

Talking Rugby... So England select some overseas players available to them and certain critics, including from the players’ ranks, moan. How predictable. England for the little Englanders, eh?

Inside News & Comment

London 2012: Woodward role is bad news for RFU

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Sir Clive Woodward is to be the British team's chef de mission at the first winter Youth Olympics in January in Innsbruck.

RFU director Vaughan abstained from Steele vote

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Rugby Football Union business operations director Paul Vaughan confirmed today he abstained from the vote to oust John Steele as chief executive.

Former No 9 Melville enters the media scrum as he applies for top job at RFU

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Nigel Melville has never been short of courage: during his playing days as a scrum-half armed with a pass so fast and precise that it was widely assumed to have been a gift from the rugby gods, he was routinely targeted by bully-boy forwards yet always came back for more.

RFU keen for Woodward to return, but on a full-time basis

Monday, 13 June 2011

Any prospect of Sir Clive Woodward returning to the fold on a part-time basis was ruled out yesterday.

Melville eyes RFU chief executive role

Monday, 13 June 2011

Nigel Melville has revealed he will apply to be the next chief executive of the Rugby Football Union.

Clamour for Sir Clive must be heard

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Hugh Godwin: After weeks of turmoil the hour has come for World Cup-winning coach to put up or shut up once and for all.

'We're a mess. We could not cycle up the garden path without falling off'

Saturday, 11 June 2011

Comment

Steele downfall leaves the RFU without a shred of credibility

Saturday, 11 June 2011

Anger grows at chief executive's exit with chairman Martyn Thomas in the firing line

Under-pressure Steele leaves RFU after row

Friday, 10 June 2011

John Steele left his chief executive role of the Rugby Football Union following a row over the selection process for the organisation's new performance director.