The family of Dan Lucas, the Guardian cricket and rugby writer who passed away suddenly two weeks ago at the age of 31, have set up a JustGiving page …
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World Cup veteran Jenkins launches rugby podcast
How do you get into sports journalism? It’s a question many of us will have been asked, producing a myriad of responses. Graham Jenkins, SJA mem…
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What’s the point of the post-match interview?
Rugby writer Richard Wetherell has come up with a typically blunt, Northern take on pre- and post-match sports interviews and the obsession with quote…
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James ‘shocked and devastated’ to be axed
Steve James announced his departure via Twitter last Friday morning. "Utterly shocked and devastated to be told that, due to cuts, I will no longer ha…
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Rugby reporter is making determined recovery
Sun sports writer Gary Carter has written about his recovery over the past 12 months after a vicious attack which nearly killed him…
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Sporting tragedy as grassroots get left behind
SJA members are invited to the book launch of colleague Anthony Clavane's latest book, which outlines the sporting decline in Yorkshire and across the…
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Beaumont and Francis head Rugby Expo speakers
Speakers at this year's Rugby Expo, being staged in Coventry for the first time, include Bill Beaumont, who will deliver a keynote address ahead of ta…
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Rugby writers elect Mockford as first woman chair
Magazine deputy editor Sarah Mockford has become the first woman to chair the Rugby Union Writers'Club…
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Sportsbeat expands as its signs up four new staff
The sports agency with offices in Manchester and London now has 40 staff working across a range of sporting clients…
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LOCOG media chief lands top job with England rugby
The Rugby Football Union has today appointed Joanna Manning-Cooper to the new role of director of digital, marketing and communications…
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