Daniel Gallan

Wrote about the 15-year-old who is 1,900% better than all the world's top batters. Is he guaranteed to become a superstar? Not quite. But also probably. theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr…

Joe Marler, Ox Nche, Trevor Nyakane, Max Lahiff, David Flatman, Phil Vickery, Ellis Genge - when it comes to rugby players who shine beyond the boundary, props are over represented. Why is that? Here's a love letter to the big fellas for @RugbyPass: rugbypass.com/news/a-love-le…

Love this! Hope they stick the landing. 🇿🇦, 🇿🇼 and 🇳🇦 plus who else? According to ICC rankings it'll be 🇺🇬, 🇰🇪 and 🇹🇿 🇳🇬 not far behind and this would give plenty of incentive for other countries like 🇧🇼 and 🇲🇼 to invest in grassroots.

For me, the big takeaways were: 👉60% support aligning TRC with @SixNationsRugby 👉69% support adding @fijirugby & @JRFURugby into TRC 👉 78% support an ANZAC Day #BledisloeCup 👉 71% say @SuperRugby is now more enjoyable to watch Plenty for the game’s leaders to consider.

I'm a fan of this. Allows for some flexibility. You're suddenly defending a total where dew will be a factor? Tweak your team. Would love to see this in Tests too where an extra spinner/batter might be a shout depending on the toss.

@QaanitahHunter Upskilling is the answer but a degree is useless?

It’s crazy that the South African media landscape is not planning for this. Upskilling is the answer. A journo honours degree is useless! Anyways, sbwl support for our news creator programme.

Cricket writer writes a moany piece about the amount of cricket he gets to write about: theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar…

Let's hear it for the southern hemisphere lads who lift the standard of European rugby and put their bodies on the line for every top team in France, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and Italy. For the G: theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar…

@Draigchwaraeon @tonycharles66 Taulupe Faletau. But my original tweet was about players who still represent (or are still eligible to represent) their southern hemisphere nation. Didn't count guys like Duhan van ver Merwe, etc.

@danielgallan @tonycharles66 Shane Howarth?

There are 257 players from the southern hemisphere playing in every top-flight club in 🇫🇷 (127)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (71)🇮🇹(23)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (16)🇮🇪 (12)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿(8) 🇿🇦 63 🇦🇷 56 🇦🇺 37 🇳🇿 32 🇫🇯 31 🇹🇴 15 🇼🇸 14 🇿🇼 4 🇳🇦 2 🇨🇱 1 🇺🇾 1 🇨🇰 1 Benetton the most reliant with 16, Cardiff making do with just 1 Saffa.

@tonycharles66 Wales have also had a captain born in the southern hemisphere. (For the record, I have absolutely no problem with players nationalising for other counties.)

@danielgallan Scotland have 8 and made one their national captain 😳😳😳

@jonathanbyn1 @RugbyPass It doesn't though.

@RugbyPass @danielgallan Ignores geography. Irrelevant, dumb article.

OPINION: The Southern Hemisphere needs a special Six Nations of its own, argues @danielgallan #TheRugbyChampionship | #SixNationsRugby rugbypass.com/news/what-the-…

@jonathanbyn1 @Mykuhl @RugbyPass Lighten up pal. It's a bit of craic.

@Mykuhl @RugbyPass @danielgallan Just call it what it is: a stupid, poorly-conceived article. And then be done with it.

The Six Nations is a better competition than the Rugby Championship despite having worse teams. Here's how to fix that.

@Yonibass @AmandaBRinquest Gail's make great scones. But their challah is rubbish, which is how I know Jacob's post was performative. No one who has sat at a shabbos table and torn off a hunk of genuine, chewy, almost cake-like challah would ever promote this white bread disguised as challah.

@AmandaBRinquest @danielgallan Love Gail’s, specifically their scones, but I’ve never had their challah. Regent Street Checkers Sea Point has a fkn class challah though so I don’t have to pine much.

Totally performative post. Gail's is OK generally but their challahs are rubbish. Basically just bread pretending to be challah. Lacks the trademark pull and chew of a proper challah.

@Mendelpol But the column didn't do this. In no way does it rationalise the attack on Gail's.

@christianjbdev Why did you cut out the bit that says Gail's parent company is a firm that funds Israeli weaponry? Bit disingenuous, no?

The Guardian: Even tho a bakery which had a Jewish founder is a British business (technically, we guess), it’s clearly an act of aggression for a Jew-store to open near a salt-of-the-earth independently owned Palestinian cafe. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@DPJHodges You left out this part: "Campaigners point out that its parent company, Bain Capital, invests heavily in military technology, including Israeli security companies." I think that's the symbolism you're missing Dan.

Jonathan Liew on Gails. "Its very presence 20 metres away from a small independent Palestinian cafe feels quietly symbolic, an act of heavy-handed high-street aggression". In Britain, in 2026, the simple establishment of a Jewish businesses is now seen as a hostile act.

@olvrlstr Says the man calling a stranger rude names on the internet because he didn't like some words in an article about football.

I know Jonathan Liew has written a piece about Tottenham again, but before anyone goes ahead and reads it, they should know that Jonathan Liew is a complete and utter cunt