Peter Bills

Something has to be done about these lenient referees

May 28th, 2008
It won’t concern Munster as they bask in the glory of a second Heineken Cup triumph in the last three seasons. They ensured theirs was to ...

Wasps could lose Haskell amidst club payments chaos

May 13th, 2008
English rugby’s failure to reward clubs developing England players could see London Wasps offload one of their brightest stars, James Haskell, in favour of a ...

The RFU’s headquarters has been exposed as a nest of vipers

April 21st, 2008
What a lousy, rotten organisation the Rugby Football Union has revealed itself to be this last week. Derided by all in the game, the RFU’s headquarters ...

The RFU management is at fault for the Johnson farce

April 2nd, 2008
Another day, another fudge at the English Rugby Union. What passes for leadership at Twickenham is simply pitiful. The great ‘Will he, won’t he’ saga involving ...

Buckle your seatbelts for rugby’s version of Twenty20

March 27th, 2008
A revolution is set to sweep over rugby football in the next decade. Driven by commercial demands and the need to finance an increasingly expensive professional ...

De Villiers mess is a blight on South African rugby

March 17th, 2008
Times change but not, it appears, in South African rugby. The South African Rugby Union blatantly reneged on its deal with new Springbok coach Peter de ...

No wonder the Pumas aren’t keen on turning professional at home

March 5th, 2008
The condescending comments coming out of Australia and New Zealand at the possible future inclusion of the Pumas in an expanded Tri-Nations competition hide the ...

French a law unto themselves

February 6th, 2008
Have the French put a bomb under the notion that rugby union needs a new set of laws, with the way they played Scotland in ...

The RBS Six Nations Championship is back and we’ll all feel better for it

January 27th, 2008
Through the curtains of rain and the winter floods, an old friend looms into view. The RBS Six Nations Championship is back and we’ll all feel ...