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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoForget 12s, Rugby Tens is ready-made product
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The announcement of a new idea is always something to look forward...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoQuade Cooper back, just like Morne
MORNE Steyn couldn’t have known that what he did to the Lions last month would become something of a global trend....
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoFly-halves on move are talk of the town | James Harrington
Clubs’ recruitment and retention plans never stop. No sooner have they closed the book on squad hires for one season, than...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSaracens spider web awaits fly-by-your-pants attackers | Jeremy Guscott
HARLEQUINS ability to defend the title they won last season prompted immediate thoughts that the likelihood is very slim, just as...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCarnage among No.7s makes Navidi key man
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND ONE of the biggest things that has gone under the radar this summer is the...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoNight horrors keep Will Hurrell so worried about future
Two seasons after it happened at Welford Road, Will Hurrell is still suffering from the ‘really horrible’ effects of the tackle...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoMatson is welcome addition to melting pot
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Younger readers will find this hard to believe, but the art historian Kenneth Clark knew so much...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoMaro Itoje has the credentials to be England captain | Jeremy Guscott
INTERNATIONAL rugby these days is talked about in terms of World Cup four-year rotations, with every coach building towards the next...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoSadly, rugby now chases money rather than the ball
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Iread an interesting piece in a paper this week by Emma John...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoKolbe saga could lead to transfer windows
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Cheslin Kolbe’s midcontract switch from Toulouse to Toulon raised a few eyebrows in France. The deal itself...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSnowflakes beware – Cockers is here!
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE fanfare for Richard Cockerill’s arrival in the England camp as forwards coach...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoDefibrillators are essential, every club should have one | Shane Williams
An issue that is personal for Shane Williams that has raised awareness once again after the passing of Alex Evans at...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSean Fitzpatrick raises key question for regions | Peter Jackson
The role of central contracts and players actually playing for their region has been an issue that has long negated the...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoGeorgians dominate Top 14 pack | Peter Jackson
SHOULD a strange sound be heard in the Kremlin, it will probably be Stalin spinning in his grave. The brutal Soviet...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoVoters ‘No’ to Dexter and Carwyn | Peter Jackson
TED DEXTER would have been amused to be classed in the same bracket as Carwyn James and Clem Thomas. By standing...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoRonan O’Gara’s diamonds can come up trumps | James Harrington
James Harrington previews the new Top 14 season and sees promise in La Rochell's hopes of banishing heartbreak in the final
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoI’m delighted for Cheslin Kolbe, he deserves all the riches | Jeremy Guscott
The newest member of rugby's One Millions Pounds Club, Cheslin Kolbe warrants the rich rewards for his entertaining skillset
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoSean Fitzpatrick is talking heresy and real sense | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett on Sean Fitzpatrick's comments of how rugby can lead itself to greater growth by reducing international fixtures
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoRFU funds needed to maintain leagues
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The way it was: a great Championship clash between Ealing Trailfinders and...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoI sat on the bench for four years unused! | Jeff Probyn
Substitutes, replacements, tactical subs, impact players or finishers... whatever you like to call them they are the bone of contention for...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoMichael Hooper shows his class in best Wallaby tradition | Peter Jackson
Another Bledisloe Cup series leaves the Wallabies captain on the losing side
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoWhy no fixtures out yet for URC?
ONE month to go and still no word of the fixtures for the opening round of the United Rugby Championship. At...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoI can’t wait for Gareth Anscombe to return, but go slowly! | Shane Williams
The Wales fly-half is back in full training at the Ospreys ahead of the autumn
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoThreat to pro rugby in Biarritz is very real | James Harrington
On paper, there was little out of the ordinary about Friday’s preseason friendly between impending Top 14 rivals Biarritz and Bordeaux....
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoCipriani magic can get Bath back in the title mix | Jeremy Guscott
Can Danny Cipriani marshal Bath's backline to its potential and a top-four finish in the Premiership?
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoJoke isn’t on fun figure Cockerill any more | Chris Hewett
Richard Cockerill in as England's forwards coach? Chris Hewett on a bullish Midlander transitioning into coaching
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Peter Jackson
/ 4 years agoAlun Wyn Jones four letter faux-pas | Peter Jackson
TWELVE men – four Irish, four Welsh, two English, two Scottish – have captained the Lions over the last 50 years,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWill Greenwood needed mute button | Peter Jackson
AMONG the massed ranks of Englishspeaking sportsmen and women, few can match Will Greenwood’s command of the language. His ever-readiness to...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoWales can feed off grassroots energy | Shane Williams
Can the feel-good return of rugby to the grassroots permeate to the top level of the game in Wales?
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSilence over Erasmus punishment is deafening | Shane Williams
Mixed messages from World Rugby have given the wrong impression of what rugby's core values are, writes Shane Williams
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoThe sterile Lions Tests are killing the game | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett on how the boredom set in watching the three Lions Tests this summer
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoExodus of the props brings era to an end | Chris Hewett
THERE was a time, not so long ago, when Premiership clubs would pay tighthead props in Bitcoin, provided they were good...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoLions should have put pressure on Boks’ backs
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What we hoped would be a successful Lions series turned into a...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoNo risk, no reward for Gatland’s stolid Lions | Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson looks at some of the contentious moments on the field during the 2021 Lions tour
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoKick-fests will make us all turn off the TV | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott on rugby's beige kicking game
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoCouncil steps in to take care of Beziers after Emirati takeover collapse | James Harrington
Thirteen months ago, you probably recall, a proposed mega-money takeover of French ProD2 side Béziers dominated the rugby headlines on the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoLions tour 2025: These Lions would thrill in Australia with Lam’s magic
Brendan Gallagher picks his Lions coach and starting XV for the 2025 tour TRYING to anticipate a Lions starting fifteen is...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoUltimate warrior JPR enters the world stage
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThis smearing of Gatland as conservative is claptrap | Nick Cain
Nick Cain fails to understand how people can question Warren Gatland as a coach given his record at the Test level
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Features
/ 4 years agoBig question for Eddie is, where will Owen Farrell play?
After he did not start a Lions Test, Paul Rees gauges whether Owen Farrell's England place could be under threat
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoTimes when the Lions were fouled by the officials
Nick Cain on why the neutrality of referees is imperative to Lions tours, as history can attest
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoBrookes in to power up Toulon set-piece | James Harrington
A Toulouse-like revival at Toulon doesn't look set to happen this season on paper
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSpringboks are best one-trick pony in world rugby | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott on just how difficult the Springboks are to beat
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoMorne Steyn did same to me 12 years ago | Shane Williams
Shane Williams knows exactly how the 2021 Lions will have been feeling once they collected their thoughts back in the dressing...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoBattle-weary Springboks are one of great modern sides | Daniel Gallan
Daniel Gallan wraps up the meaning of the Springboks to South Africa after their triumph in the third Test
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoOur water breaks were called half-time!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well just as I suggested two weeks ago, we have had a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoVerdict: Two tries in three Tests don’t win Lions tours
Brendan Gallagher picks apart how the Lions lost the third Test, after leading at half-time
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoIt’s high time globetrotter Eddie honed home stars | Nick Cain
After surviving a review into a poor Six Nations campaign, Nick Cain is stumped by Eddie Jones' continued day-tripping to other...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoWho’d want to see this lot waiting for them?
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoUnion game is on a hiding in Australia | Nick Cain
AUSTRALIAN rugby will always be measured against that of their closest neighbours – which unluckily for them happens to be New...
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