
John Westerby
@johnwesterby
Sports writer for The Times
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16-04-2009 18:02:12
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🗣️ "You sell your soul to the media and the public. Not for me" Dean Richards interview | ✍️ owenslotTheTimes thetimes.com/article/dean-r…


"I’m never going to be a scrum half who doesn’t get his shirt and shorts dirty" Raffi Quirke on sniping breaks, snipping team-mates' hair and coming back to his best after a series of freakish injuries Times Sport thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

"My last game for Bath was the Premiership final in front of 82,000 at Twickenham. The next game was my Italy debut in front of about 5,000 in Apia." Meet Matt Gallagher, the South London boy with All Black dad giving Italy the edge By John Westerby⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

🔺 NEW: My kicking lesson from George Ford Will Kelleher popped down to Sale Sharks 🦈 to see if he could be taught how to kick like an England master. George was patient... ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

"I think it's going to be a hundred" The steep learning curves that accelerated the coaching of Richard Wigglesworth to become England's No2, less than two years after hanging up his boots Times Sport thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

😍 🏉 🗞️ The Scrum is back! ☘️ 🏴 Alex Lowe 📰 Peter O'Reilly Sam Warburton & me 🇫🇷 🏴 John Westerby 🏴 🇮🇹 Mark Palmer 🤔 owenslotTheTimes Times Sport #SixNations #buyapaper


🏴 🏴 🏴 ☘️ 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 The Scrum Alex Lowe 📰 me Sam Warburton John Barclay John Westerby Mark Palmer on Calcutta Cup Steve James on France’s 7-1 & Matt Sherratt Peter O'Reilly on Porter & Ireland Here we go again! Times Sport #SixNations


🔓 We are open this weekend! The paywall Times Sport is down so you can gorge on the Six Nations Super Saturday for 🆓 And hey, the pod is always free, so get that into your ears right now too 👇🏼 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…






"I seriously underestimated how good a captain he'd be" We asked our writers for their Lions squads, starting XVs, captain, tactical approach and who should be on Farrell's coaching team Alex Lowe 📰 owenslotTheTimes Will Kelleher Steve James John Westerby 🔽 thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

Can Primoz Roglic be considered a great without Tour de France victory? The 35-year-old is favourite to win his second Giro d’Italia and sixth grand tour but John Westerby says he may end up being known as best rider to never win the iconic race ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/cycling/…

"Some things that I'd change have involved drink. I’m an adult now, I need to stop it. I feel a better partner, dad, friend & a better person." With Luke cowan dickie on "the worst 4 years" between Lions calls & giving up drinking. Times Sport Sale Sharks 🦈 thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

'It's like playing with 17 men' - How Gabriel Ibitoye became heart of Bristol Bears attack John Westerby says the wing has become team's prime creative influence after stint with Tel Aviv Heat and will present huge test for Bath in play-off semi-final ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

🗣️ “Whatever I need to do to get back in that 23, whether it’s learning new positions, playing No12, I’ll take that with both hands” ⬇️ Freddie Steward interview | ✍️ John Westerby thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

Jofra Archer and the long, long road back to Test cricket Bowler has come through injury struggles and is set to play first match for England’s red-ball side in 1,596 days after help from ECB’s PDF file — and his menagerie of pets | ✍️ John Westerby thetimes.com/sport/cricket/…

James Horwill: I was ready for Lions controversy… but not involving me Former lock recalls stamping ‘circus’ that overshadowed his time captaining Australia against touring side in 2013 Interview by John Westerby⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…