“It was said for effect.” Back in 2020, as he was trying to make a name for himself as a pundit, Chris Ashton took an unfair cut off James Lowe. Four years on, his tune has changed completely. James Lowe had a fine start to his Test career, with Ireland, in late 2020 but was […]

2 years ago

“I was once told by a wise man that nothing good happens after midnight.” Leicester, England and Lions prop Dan Cole has got by pretty well on that sage advice he received, a few years back. Alex Goode and Chris Ashton could not always say the same, but Cole would have been proud of how […]

3 years ago

“My bad.” Chris Ashton went to town on James Lowe, back in 2020, but then said on the same show, earlier this week, that he had just made a throwaway comment. We are all for professional athletes being opinionated and not shying away from topics, but Ashton seemed to revel in his critique of Lowe […]

4 years ago

“I don’t know… it’s a bit much.” We often hear current rugby players criticised for being too bland during their media interviews and spots of punditry. Chris Ashton could never be accused of that. The Harlequins and England winger is doing some work, of late, and he has not been short of opinions. Following England’s […]

5 years ago

Some piece of work

8 years ago

England and Sale Sharks full-back Chris Ashton was shown a red card for a tip tackle on Castres scrum-half Rory Kockott in a pre-season friendly last Friday. Ashton returns to English rugby this season following a sensational year with Toulon last term where he broke the single season record for the most amount of tries scored in […]

8 years ago