John Westerby

@johnwesterby

Sports writer for The Times

Joined April 2009

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John Westerby
@johnwesterby
May 6
"As an older player, you realise I’m not the star of the show any more" The ever engaging Jonny May on the brutal realities of ageing as a winger and the drunken phone call that persuaded him to join a ProD2 club he'd never heard of @TimesSport thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…
John Westerby
@johnwesterby
Mar 3
"I’d like to think there’s always space for trying to score four or five tries in a game, no matter what team you’re playing in" Interview from earlier this season with Seb Atkinson, the world's fittest rugby player @TimesSport
Fittest man in rugby Seb Atkinson out to make England No12 shirt his own
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John Westerby
@johnwesterby
Feb 10
"I struggled that my job was causing my family pain. It's not something they should have to go through" The trailblazing Hollie Davidson on coping with abuse, being strong enough to change her mind and redrawing the landscape of the game @TimesSport thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…
John Westerby
@johnwesterby
Oct 8, 2025
James O'Connor. Some career. And still reinventing himself...
Times Sport
@TimesSport
Oct 8, 2025
How James O’Connor’s latest revival act was inspired by Danny Cipriani Australian on his transformation from hell-raising outside back to the resurgent fly half who is returning to the Prem with Leicester | ✍️ @johnwesterby Read more ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…
John Westerby
@johnwesterby
Mar 15, 2025
At the age of 27, Maxime Lucu hadn't even played in the Top 14. Now he's being asked, again, to step into the shoes of Antoine Dupont thetimes.com/article/a1b176…