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Chris Hewett
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Chris Hewett
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Shane Williams
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/ 3 years agoMavericks who can light up the game
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Peter Jackson
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoNevers is taken over by the mob
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoMore money needs to go to the grassroots
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoAzema is on his way back to Perpignan
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoAll Blacks have what it takes to go all way
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRetaining the status quo threatens to split game
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoMeafou must miss out this time
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhen familiarity is the key to success
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoPoliticians should give sport wide berth
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoTall poppy syndrome or a case to answer?
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Shane Williams
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/ 3 years agoChiefs bridge the big budget gap
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoCase of the lesser spotted Test stars
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoSorry, Rob, but there’s a price to pay for indiscipline
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoWhen Lewis made history for the Lions
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoGoing abroad won’t make players better
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoKolbe the latest to consider his future
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoLawrence and Tuilagi the next centres of attention?
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoA rout which should force Sweeney and O’Shea to go
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoTaking the pizza! RFU is not fit for purpose
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoCountries now battling to find their place in a new world order
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Champions Cup
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoRooster swoop is ruffling feathers
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoHawkins highlights pathway problem
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoSo where have all the fly-halves gone?
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/ 3 years agoMontpellier deserve better
PETER JACKSON THE organisers of Europe’s blue riband club event had all week to make a public apology for heaping one...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoOne man who made sure he went the distance
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoThere’s no place for jackals and crocodiles in rugby jungle
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoIt’s not British Bulldogs … needs of the defender matter as well
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoHard to stop the drain of players going overseas
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoNon-stop season to challenge the best
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoSaracens show they can thrive in adversity
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoUnjustifiable to banish players like Willis
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoHeartfelt tributes paid to The Judge
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoOspreys have the talent to pull off a big surprise
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoIt’s time to get back to shifting the piano
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoGood, but Hogg not quite top of the list
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/ 3 years agoAWJ out to climb his final mountain
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoWhen Peter enjoyed his day in the sun
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoSome great matches but it’s all for nothing
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoParra has his eye on a final flourish
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoEngland look far too set in their ways
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoEngland need to be fit for purpose
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years ago10-minute window to make the correct call
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoGeorgians to be left out in the cold again
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoUnfair on Steward – and on ref Peyper
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