The funeral of the former Sunday Times, Times and Observer sportswriter, Norman Harris, who died last month, will be held next Friday, December 18…
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Tag: rugby union

Hayward inspired by sport in his battle with cancer
The SJA is delighted that one of our most garlanded members, Paul Hayward, has come through six months of cancer treatment and is once again filling t…
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Photo passes that looked like touchline tickets
What have photographers made of working at the Rugby World Cup? Paris-based SJA member DAVE WINTER offers his personal views…
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Rugby World Cup scores top marks for press facilities
SARAH MOCKFORD and HUGH GODWIN provide an end-of-term report from behind the scenes on the media facilities at the 2015 Rugby World Cup…
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Entries open for 2015 Sports Journalism Awards
Entries for the 2015 SJA British Sports Journalism Awards, sponsored by BT Sport, are now open, with two new categories for photographers…
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World in union: rugby writers are having a party
The Rugby Union Writers’ Club invite all World Cup-accredited media to a party in Twickenham on the evening of Monday October 19, starting from 7pm…
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SJA members get to vote in 2015 Sports Awards
VOTING IS NOW OPEN for the 2015 SJA British Sports Awards, sponsored by The National Lottery. And the SJA's members are spoilt for choice when it come…
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England on the brink (again) after Wales blow
NORMAN GILLER is feeling suitably hyped-up ahead of this week's "most vital match in the history of English rugby"…
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Pit bull savages ratings as a pointless exercise
Player ratings are no longer the sole preserve of tabloids, and are an integral part of most newspapers' coverage. Certainly, the public wants them. B…
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French hero Rives transcends the true art of rugby
PETER BILLS, the biographer of Jean Pierre Rives, reviews a new book about the former international and his latest career, as a sculptor…
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