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NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SUCCESSION plans for the England head coach role have been a lottery in...
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PETER JACKSON ON A sharp New Year morning at his farm in the Borders, John Jeffrey switched off the engine of...
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CHRIS HEWETT LEAVING aside Chris Whitty’s festive slideshows – ho ho ho – is there anything less amusing on the planet...
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/ 4 years agoIrish are my favourites but it’s so tough to call
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/ 4 years agoA mop-top Gower rises from the past
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/ 4 years agoI’m learning new things every day, I love it here
PAUL REES talks to Stuart Hogg about how life in Devon is growing his game Stuart Hogg was voted the best...
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/ 4 years agoA poker face, but Boyd can cut loose!
By PAUL REES AS Northampton blew an early 21-7 lead against Harlequins at Twickenham last week, returning home without even a...
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/ 4 years agoTaylor warns of booze danger
By PETER JACKSON WALES icon John Taylor has warned the WRU about the dangers of a ‘serious accident’ at the Principality...
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/ 4 years agoPoets, writers war heroes, all the King’s men
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/ 4 years agoIt is a bird, is it a plane? No it’s Liam on the field
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/ 4 years agoSorry, this sleeping dog needs to be wide awake
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IT is tempting to support Alex Sanderson’s view that another salary cap scandal...
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/ 4 years agoThis celestial Lions match would be too close to call
PETER JACKSON THE game they play in heaven can rarely have been more competitive than it is at the dawning of...
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/ 4 years agoEddie finds the C-word is big help for England
NICK CAIN THE biggest improvement in Eddie Jones‘ management of the England squad has been his recognition that competition for places,...
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/ 4 years agoBig-hearted Rees risked ruin for his doctor pals
PETER JACKSON FEW players could possibly have been more revered over the course of their lives than Brian Rees, from the...
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/ 4 years agoJumbo-sized Joe is ready for take-off to scrum stardom
NICK CAIN TALKS TO THE NEW TIGHTHEAD ON THE ENGLAND BLOCK, LEICESTER TIGERS’ JOE HEYES Making his mark: Joe Heyes on...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoNew Covid rules test powers of persuasion
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoWage cap minefield needs a clean slate
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoSuddenly, stability is in fashion for coaches
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/ 4 years agoStrong start, good finish… shame about the middle!
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Jeremy Guscott
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoNew deals depend on Six Nations silverware
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoWage bill is cutting the clubs to the bone
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoThis rugby vote is just game for a laugh
CHRIS HEWETT THE right to vote is a deadly serious matter, but that doesn’t mean it’s not good for a laugh:...
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/ 4 years agoRegions let down by double standards
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/ 4 years agoBristol-boy Genge can be a home town hero
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Jeremy Guscott
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Brendan Gallagher
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PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW In the Super League for the overhyped, baseball’s World Series has long been...
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/ 4 years agoNew women’s union will offer protection
By PAUL REES DANIELLE Waterman set up the Women’s Rugby Association, which launched last week, to ensure players do not lose...
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/ 4 years agoBear hugs were PR disaster for Genge
NICK CAIN TIMING is everything in sport, and the Bristol Bears video released this week trumpeting their signing of Ellis Genge...
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/ 4 years agoColy looks destined to be rival for Dupont
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoHow come Goode has escaped censorship?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Isn’t it funny how we have only just recovered from the ‘Rassie...
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/ 4 years agoMis-matches make a mockery of the European Cups
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Chris Hewett
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/ 4 years agoFlats and Donncha liven up the commentaries
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoPollard’s all-round game will suit Tigers
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK HANDRE Pollard is a brilliant signing for Leicester Tigers to replace the Sale bound...
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