# bywater (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover bywater. Page: Feed: --- ## ['The Red Bull world is a real eye-opener. They push boundaries': Inside Newcastle's unique pre-season of lifting F1 cars, swapping tips with surfers, integrating 26 new players and becoming 'the most exciting rugby team in the world'](https://www.dailymail.com/sport/rugbyunion/article-16066517/newcastle-red-bull-rugby-preseason.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490) _2026-08-21 · Rugby Union | Mail Online_ Dan McFarland studied classics at Newcastle University in the early 1990s. Two decades on, he is back heading up the team's Red Bull revolution. ## [Wales head coach Steve Tandy receives huge boost with Leicester Tigers coach set to join set-up ahead of Nations Championship campaign](https://www.dailymail.com/sport/rugbyunion/article-16060489/Leicester-Tigers-Alex-Davies-Steve-Tandy-Wales.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490) _2026-08-18 · Rugby Union | Mail Online_ ALEX BYWATER: Leicester Tigers assistant coach Alex Davies is set to join Wales as a skills and kicking specialist in time for November's Nations Championship campaign. ## [THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY: The inside story of how Connacht's homegrown star and a potential Ireland lynchpin ended up at bitter rivals Ulster...](https://www.dailymail.com/sport/rugbyunion/article-16058221/THE-ONE-GOT-AWAY-inside-story-Connachts-homegrown-star-potential-Ireland-lynchpin-ended-bitter-rivals-Ulster.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490) _2026-08-18 · Rugby Union | Mail Online_ THERE was shock among the Connacht fanbase when it was confirmed out west that Matthew Devine would be leaving to join provincial rivals Ulster on a one-year deal midway though last season. ## ['If Henry Pollock wants to get involved, that offer is open': How new 'Ultimate Sevens' wants to shake up rugby - thanks to England's rising star, Sunderland's owners and the Hundred](https://www.dailymail.com/sport/rugbyunion/article-16050409/Ultimate-Sevens-Henry-Pollock-Dupont-Sunderland-Hundred.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490) _2026-08-13 · Rugby Union | Mail Online_ Henry Pollock wants to have a crack at playing sevens at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Transferring to the game's shorter format will not be easy - but there is an option out there. ## [Brian Smith RIP: The inside story of Irish rugby's first 'project' player... the genius talent, the feuding that alienated team-mates and the shock exit back to Australia that devastated Ireland's World Cup hopes](https://www.dailymail.com/sport/rugbyunion/article-16048605/Brian-Smith-RIP-inside-story-Irish-rugbys-project-player-genius-talent-feuding-alienated-team-mates-shock-exit-Australia-devastated-Irelands-World-Cup-hopes.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490) _2026-08-13 · Rugby Union | Mail Online_ Brian Smith, who has died at the age of 59 from cancer, will be remembered as one of the most talented players to have played rugby for Ireland - and one of the most divisive. ## [The winners, losers and likely bolters for England's 2027 World Cup campaign from new EPS squad - and why this team badly needs an injection of fresh blood, writes ALEX BYWATER](https://www.dailymail.com/sport/rugbyunion/article-16047735/England-EPS-squad-winners-losers.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490) _2026-08-12 · Rugby Union | Mail Online_ Once the management speak had been waded through, a clear picture emerged from England's 25 EPS contracts for the upcoming season of who Steve Borthwick trusts for the 2027 World Cup. ## ['I knew I shouldn't be crying over yoghurt': Former Nottingham rugby star David Jackson on his recovery from a serious brain injury and world record ultramarathon challenge](https://www.dailymail.com/sport/rugbyunion/article-16047235/david-jackson-nottingham-brain-injury-ultramarathon.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490) _2026-08-12 · Rugby Union | Mail Online_ INTERVIEW BY ALEX BYWATER: It was during a routine trip to the supermarket in 2013 that David Jackson realised something wasn't right with his brain. ## [Tributes paid as former England coach dies aged 59 after battle with 'aggressive cancer'](https://www.dailymail.com/sport/rugbyunion/article-16046933/Tributes-paid-former-England-coach-dies-aged-59-battle-aggressive-cancer.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490) _2026-08-12 · Rugby Union | Mail Online_ Brian Smith - who was part of Martin Johnson's England coaching staff at the 2011 World Cup - has died aged 59 after a battle with cancer. ## [RORY KEANE: The inside track on how South African and New Zealand rugby chiefs might just have saved the international game... by reviving a much-loved old school tradition](https://www.dailymail.com/sport/rugbyunion/article-16043043/RORY-KEANE-inside-track-South-African-New-Zealand-rugby-chiefs-just-saved-international-game-reviving-loved-old-school-tradition.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490) _2026-08-11 · Rugby Union | Mail Online_ Rugby supporters have switched off a bit since the Nations Championship concluded. It had been a long season anyway. ## [The 12 biggest breakout talents in world rugby pushing to be World Cup bolters: England's Northampton duo, the Springbok fly-half who took on Beauden Barrett, Finn Russell's Scotland successor and Australia's 'generational talent'](https://www.dailymail.com/sport/rugbyunion/article-16041803/Rugby-breakout-talents-England-Springboks-Scotland-Australia-World-Cup.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490) _2026-08-11 · Rugby Union | Mail Online_ The countdown is on to the 2027 World Cup. With a little over 12 months to go, Daily Mail Sport's ALEX BYWATER looks at 12 stars of the next generation ready to make a name for themselves. ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OWuz1e1B2hhK) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [David Pocock reveals how his neighbours were murdered in Zimbabwe and how his family were forced to flee the African nation: 'White people must leave'](https://www.dailymail.com/sport/rugbyunion/article-16042995/David-Pocock-reveals-neighbours-murdered-Zimbabwe-family-forced-flee-African-nation-White-people-leave.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490) _2026-08-11 · Rugby Union | Mail Online_ David Pocock has opened up about the terrifying violence that forced his family to abandon their farm in Zimbabwe and start a new life in Australia