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Chris Hewett
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Chris Hewett
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Paul Rees
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoCardiff are crying out for more leadership
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Peter Jackson
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoWhy are we still waiting for verdicts?
PETER JACKSON When the RFU launched an inquiry into the violent nature of their Five Nations match in Cardiff in 1989,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoThompson’s terrible tale
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoRed Roses can give us all something to smile about
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoLabit and Ghezal set to link up in Paris
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Jeremy Guscott
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Nick Cain
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Chris Hewett
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoRaynal is my referee of the year
By Peter Jackson Mathieu Raynal ought by now to have turned the Referee of the Year award into a foregone conclusion....
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoWhy a global season could help manage game’s woes
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoIt’s a new generation of Welsh coaches
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoTournament brimming with standout moments
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Features
/ 3 years agoSimmonds heading to France is no surprise
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoMelikidze makes it count for Bordeaux
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoRemoving re-sets is not the answer
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoWhy Club World Cup must fit into calendar
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoProtectionist policy that is killing the game
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoWhy couldn’t we see Smith take on Farrell?
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoIncreasing salary cap a risk not worth taking
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoTime to give Louis a run at 15 against All Blacks
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoMiddleton should open up strongly in World Cup
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoThe Butler did it! Day Eddie was in the dock
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoRoom, finally, for Billy
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/ 3 years agoTime for the game to credit Littlejohn
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoRaynal’s call correct …but was it fair?
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoTime for Argentina to host World Cup
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoTop clubs spending too much on wages
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoVerdict on corruption charges is awaited
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoIncrease TMO power to police time wasters
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/ 3 years agoIreland face the toughest challenge to stay at top
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime for England to get Sevens game in order
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoOne old competition which has had its day
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoVakatawa highlights a serious problem
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoWales can grow into a real force under Ioan
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoEddie was the true voice of Six Nations
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoEight brothers who cared for one game
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/ 3 years agoWhy Raynal was right to call out Aussie time wasting
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWelsh to the core, but a fine citizen of the world
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/ 3 years agoEngland’s big names may miss out on Lions
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Features
/ 3 years agoI’m sorry, Chris, but the clubs made a bad call
JEFF PROBYN I am sorry to say that I disagree with Chris Hewett who seems to have made the assumption that...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoJalibert in line to join Barrett at Racing 92
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoFour musketeers who can light up the game
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoGreat timing for the main events
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/ 3 years ago£500m debt could bury 13-club cartel
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