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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoWill’s way: This is how you do it, Jase
PETER JACKSON Scoring machine: Will Stuart goes over against New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images As befitting a man in his position,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoGone for a Burton! Rugby is struggling for a future
PETER JACKSON Pontrhydyfen is a village in the Afan Valley where a local boy failed to realise his rugby dream and...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoTop two in right place to rule at World Cup
Paul Rees sees Ireland and France consolidate their position as leaders of the North Ireland and France were the only two...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoGeorgia’s triumph shouldn’t be wasted
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was bittersweet bordering on intensely frustrating to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoGive me a break! It’s time we had much more clarity on the advantage law
What's happening with the advantage law? It’s even more all over the place than usual this season. Have we missed a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoEngland got draw they didn’t deserve
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME How has the world of rugby become so predictable that you can...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoToulon’s Kolbe has Japan in his sights
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FIFTEEN months ago, news of Cheslin Kolbe’s switch from Toulouse to Top 14 rivals Toulon delivered an...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years ago15 minutes that had Twickenham rocking
BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHY LESS CAN MEAN MORE WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNATIONALS Hard man: Will Stuart powers over PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoPivac hasn’t learned from error of his ways
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoToo much bish, bash, bosh but it works
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUT SPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK South Africa are deserved world champions, and they showed it by going on...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoJohnson’s 2003 team better than Eddie’s lot
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There are those who believe that today’s international players are bigger, better, faster,...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoEngland’s all-court game was not good enough
NICK CAIN England showed great dignity – captain Sarah Hunter in particular – after being beaten 34-31 by New Zealand in...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhy the South Seas need to feel the love
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST When Western Samoa surprised Wales by beating them in Cardiff during the pool stage of the 1991...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoIt’s time to look at the line-out drive
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoAfter that shambles, AWJ must surely start
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Hand up for selection: Alun Wyn Jones PICTURE: Getty Images By making an...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoJohn Ryan, the Wales coach who lost his stars to rugby league
John Ryan could have been forgiven had he likened coaching the Wales rugby team of the late Eighties to steering Titanic...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoIt’s all a California dream for Nonu, 40
PETER JACKSON Had its release been better timed, a news item from Southern California would have avoided burial beneath the avalanche...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoTime to stop hectoring ref
PETER JACKSON World Rugby, having acted swiftly to punish Rassie Erasmus for his latest video refereeing rant, the governing body must...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoYoung guns show the way ahead
PAUL REES LOOKS FORWARD TO THE WORLD RUGBY AWARDS WHICH ARE ANNOUNCED IN MONTE CARLO TONIGHT SELDOM has a missed conversion...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoLos Lobos keep cool and take their place in France
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoPainful defeat but a lesson Red Roses can learn from
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What a weekend of rugby we had last week with the women’s...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoLucu gets chance to show what he can do
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Opportunity: Maxime Lucu steps up for France in today’s match against Japan PICTURE: Getty Images When an...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoThat’s what you call a birthday celebration…
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Man of the match: Taulupe Faletau takes on Juan Martin Gonzalez and Julian Montoya HAPPY...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoEngland need to get a lot better, very quickly
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK ENGLAND making root-and-branch changes to their coaching team so close to a World Cup...
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Guest columnists
/ 3 years agoHats off to NZ as they win sixth world crown
ROCKY CLARK ENGLAND WORLD CUP WINNER THE National Grid will surely have got a surge when hundreds of thousands of people...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIs RFU getting value for money? Not from Eddie
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones has become a millionaire courtesy of the RFU, for doing what...
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/ 3 years agoTime to stop petty gamesmanship
NICK CAIN THE high-five cheerleading that breaks out every time a decision or penalty goes England’s way is a sure sign...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGive some thought to Belize’s struggles
NICK CAIN AS a recession looms, the World Rugby mandarins who jetted to New Zealand in first or business class for...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoOne-sided games do no favours for anyone
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST DEVOTEES of the union game have spent decades laughing at the idea of the “other code” staging...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoFailing to select a kicker is a major sin
CHRIS HEWETT BACK in the day, rugby had its own version of the Seven Deadly Sins: biting, gouging, bag-snatching, head-stamping, shaving...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHow Kevin kept 1991 pioneers on right track
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW KEVIN O’Brien grew up within walking distance of Cardiff docks, round the corner...
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/ 3 years agoSinfield shows he’s in a class of his own
PETER JACKSON THERE are an elite group of impressive men involved in English rugby and then there is Kevin Sinfield, the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNo surprise to see more trouble
PETER JACKSON ANOTHER match at the world’s biggest pub and another outbreak of crowd trouble, this one over a fight between...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIrish referee Brace kept Itoje in line
PETER JACKSON MARO Itoje had a lot to say for himself during England’s non-performance against Argentina last Sunday. His verbosity extended...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoThe piano players weren’t in harmony
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Under pressure: Kyle Sinckler is being found out by the opposition and...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoUrios falling out of favour as Marti looks at options
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Under pressure: Bordeaux head coach Christophe Urios overseas training and, inset, Laurent Marti PICTURES: Getty Images A...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoOnce ABs get into the kill zone, they’re ruthless
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Unstoppable: Ardie Savea scores for New Zealand despite the attention of Wales’ Will Rowlands PICTURE:...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoEngland need to adopt no-nonsense approach
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones should pick the best England team he can in order to start...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLooking to learn from tales of the unexpected
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK WHEN it comes to tales of the unexpected, Argentine rugby has few peers....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPuccio’s tragic life -Puma who died in jail
NICK CAIN THERE is one story from Argentine rugby’s annals that is stranger and starker than any. It concerns Alejandro Puccio,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoClass act! Beware the ‘fame first’ approach
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST PICTURE the scene: we are in the final week of the 1997 Lions tour and the world...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoIt’s time for Eagles to prove their worth
CHRIS HEWETT ANYONE puzzled by a strange squeaking sound drifting in on a soft breeze from Dubai should know the following:...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoWhen Ray set records back in the glory days
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ray Glastonbury spent most of his sporting life unaware that he belonged to...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEngland’s awkward encounter
PETER JACKSON NO Greek team can have borne quite as many gifts to a World Cup as their Rugby League lads...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWhen the Munster haka stole the show
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I’ve never been a huge fan of the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoOne more step in getting the team right for France
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AT last we can put the woes of the rugby world behind...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoBayonne turning home into a fortress
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN HEADING into the three-week international break, two Top 14 teams in particular will be pretty happy with...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoEngland need more size in the back row
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK If we look at the depth of the international squads of top tier rugby...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime for ruthless focus and an iron discipline
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The 2022 autumn series is within touching distance, and with it comes a...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoEngland facing toughest test yet
NICK CAIN England are the favourites to win the Women’s World Cup, but they will only be put to the acid...
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