Jason Robinson
15 results

Why this weekend’s Champions Cup semi-finals are still worth watching
- European Cup
- September 22, 2020, 13:21
Occasionally it is worth pausing for a moment and asking why people prefer to watch certain team sports compared to others. Football, for example, i(...)

Rugby union still faces a myriad of challenges 25 years into professionalism
- Rugby
- August 26, 2020, 06:00
Twenty-five years today a group of men sat in the Ambassador Hotel on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris and acknowledged the game was finally up. Rugby uni(...)

Gordon D’Arcy: Ireland must survive early English onslaught
- International
- March 14, 2018, 06:00
The discussions that will define Saturday have already happened in Carton House and Pennyhill Park. One of the bubbles will burst. My concerns about (...)

What history teaches us when Lions tours go to a decider
- International
- July 5, 2017, 07:45
Warren Gatland’s Lions have a chance to win a Test series when they face New Zealand in the third and final match at Eden Park on Saturday. Only the t(...)

Lions selections are almost as hard as the matches
- Rugby
- April 17, 2017, 18:17
Suffice it to say the process of Lions selection has changed over the years. The first tour in 1888 was dreamt up by three cricketers and was on the w(...)

Of all the people who had a cruel hand in ejecting the hosts from their own party, a special mention should be made of Mario Ledesma, the former Argen(...)

TV View: TV3’s lack of a shit-stirrer not helping them on gainline
- International
- September 27, 2015, 19:56
There’s no point pussy-footing around this, or pussy-footing around the language: TV3’s World Cup panel needs a shit-stirrer. Don’t get me wrong. In m(...)

England need to walk the walk under glare of expectation
- International
- September 26, 2015, 01:02
Up from Richmond, along the river Thames and into Twickenham village, the George Cross flags and Rugby World Cup banners remind visiting fans of wh(...)

RWC #14: Billy whizzes past the Wallabies
- International
- September 5, 2015, 14:00
Sam Burgess made the switch to rugby union having reached the pinnacle of league when he guided the South Sydney Rabbitohs to their first NRL Premiers(...)

RWC #39: England stuffed by South Africa in 2007
- International
- August 11, 2015, 12:00
In 2007 England came to the World Cup more in hope of defending their crown than with any real expectation. In the four seasons which had passed sinc(...)