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Columnists
/ 5 years agoDwayne Peel looks destined for the very top like Stephen | Shane Williams
WHEN we used to have backs’ meetings with Wales during my career there were always two men who were very vocal...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRainbow Cup loses its meaning without Bok monsters | Shane Williams
IT’S a real shame the PRO14 Rainbow Cup began this weekend with confirmation the four South African teams won’t be coming...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoWave of English optimism sweeps Trafalgar Square
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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Columnists
/ 5 years agoOnly threat to AWJ hitting high five is AWJ himself
I’M FED up of blowing smoke up Alun Wyn Jones’ you-know-what, but I’ve got no doubt he can go on and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoTruro get their timing right in Daily Mail Cup
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools SIXTH form colleges competing against schools became a hot topic in...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoCould fan power stop Super League in rugby? | Chris Hewett
After a bitter week in football fuelled by greed, Chris Hewett considers whether fan power in rugby bears any weight against...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoAlex Mitchell has that Melville quality | Chris Hewett
BACK in the early 1980s, a time when there were no arguments about ring-fencing in England because there weren’t any leagues...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Pass master John Dawes had a natural born genius
John Dawes played with the speed and accuracy of the NFL's best quarterbacks and basketball's best point guards
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMaro Itoje form is trump card in Lions call | Peter Jackson
Maro Itoje can be assured of his Lions place this summer, writes Peter Jackson
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoDwayne Peel fiasco ends with no apology | Peter Jackson
SO THE Dwayne Peel saga has come to an end with all three parties – Scarlets, Cardiff and, not least, the coach...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoUgo Monye has a big battle to end elitist stigma of rugby | Jeff Probyn
Has the shift in development from its pyramid state two years ago to Premiership-pwned academies kept rugby's ability to reach more...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEuropean contenders will go into battle cold | James Harrington
Bordeaux-Begles and Montpellier will not have played a game since the quarter-final by the time the final four go head-to-head next...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEddie Jones is staying, so now it’s all up to the players | Jeremy Guscott
What next for England after Eddie Jones received the full backing from the RFU following a review into the team's poor...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoNo place for basketball scorelines in rugby | Nick Cain
PREMIERSHIP cheerleaders itching to break out the bunting in support of ringfencing should think again. The successful football fan rebellion against...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoMassimo Cuttitta was heart and soul of Azzurri | Brendan Gallagher
Brendan Gallagher remembers Massimo Cuttitta and the Italy of the late prop's era
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoForget Six Nations form, Maro Itoje can rattle the Boks | Jeremy Guscott
Itoje is so good that he will rise to the occasion in South Africa as a standout player for the Lions,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPremiership’s treatment of Lions is a scandal | Nick Cain
Nick Cain aims both barrels at Premiership Rugby for playing innocent of being misinformed over Warren Gatland's timetable for the Lions...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoScarlets excuses just don’t add up | Peter Jackson
HAVING seen his team’s alarming demolition by Sale, Scarlets’ owner Simon Muderack offered a ‘no excuses’ response and promptly proceeded to...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEnjoy the game was John Dawes’ golden rule
A striking captain whose nerve held up in the chaos of a frantic Test match, Peter Jackson pays tribute to John...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoStringer’s cheek gets Munster home at last
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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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSt Benedict’s Ealing: Benny’s have done the old monks proud
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTandy has the talent to muzzle Springboks | Shane Williams
Shane Williams and Lions defence coach Steve Tandy go way back to when both were apprentices at Neath
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHope the Lions do John Dawes proud | Shane Williams
I’D LIKE to send my condolences to the family of John Dawes after the sad news of his death. John was...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWrong to get second chance after seeing red | Shane Williams
Red card replacements, like those seen in Super Rugby Aotearoa, will not bring positive change to rugby as the Rainbow Cup...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoKeep politics out of rugby? You’re joking! | Chris Hewett
Rugby Union has its flaws, but a thin skin is not among them. The game has the hide of an armadillo,...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoBaa-baas out of lockdown ahead of Samoa date | Peter Jackson
THE charisma of the Barbarians is alive and well, none the worse for long months of lockdown. Tickets for the touring...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoLimit the poundage to reduce injuries | Chris Hewett
SO THE New Zealanders are suddenly worried about the injury fall-out from Super Rugby Aotearoa. Welcome to the 21st century. Players...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoDwayne Peel saga demands an apology to the fans | Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson charts the timeline of a sorry saga involving an emerging coach and two Welsh regions
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoCullen in his pomp was poetry in motion
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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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoFree-flowing Fisher put an emphasis on speed
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools JOHN Fisher School might have been founded as recently as 1929...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRegions should not suffer for their service to country | Shane Williams
WALES’ four regions were conspicuous by their absence in Europe this weekend. To not even have one of our professional sides...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoGourdon proves big is not the best policy | Chris Hewett
Rugby's struggles with David and Goliath statures for forwards can often by a headscratcher, writes Chris Hewett
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoIsrael Folau row looks set for re-run in Tonga | Chris Hewett
Folau's journey into cyberspace should inhibit any return to Test rugby, after recent comments by Tonga's head coach that he would...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHarmony at Toulouse is music to Kaino’s ears | James Harrington
Earlier this week, both Toulouse and Clermont head coaches insisted that their sides are underdogs for today’s Champions Cup quarter-final at...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTownsend’s experience can spark Lions attack | Jeremy Guscott
Gregor Townsend is on the ticket list for the South Africa tour, a wise choice made by Warren Gatland in the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTime to get the rules right over TV replays | Nick Cain
THE confused protocols surrounding camera angles, TV match directors, referees, and TMOs have been a contentious area throughout the professional era....
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoEvaluating how ready the Springboks are for the Lions
NICK CAIN EVALUATES THE SPRINGBOKS PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING LIONS SERIES WHEN Faf de Klerk was buried by a brutal Jake Ball...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarlequins get away with letting Europe down again | Peter Jackson
HARLEQUINS’ Champions Cup went belly-up from the start, a pointless sortie to Thomond Park yielding little more than three yellow cards,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSpotlight rightly falls on women’s game now | Shane Williams
Wasn’t it great to see the Women’s Six Nations finally kick-off yesterday. And wasn’t it interesting to see it standing alone...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoFaletau is back to his brilliant best – with years in front of him | Shane Williams
Taulupe Faletau is stuck, for now, on 99 Test caps – let's hope he doesn't follow Mike Phillips in not reaching...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoFranck Azema exit confirmed, destination unknown | James Harrington
Jono Gibbes is high among the favourites to replace Azema at Clermont Auvergne, writes James Harrington
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTough to find dead certs but Taulupe one of them | Jeremy Guscott
The Wales No.8 is the first name on the Lions teamsheet at this point in time, writes Jeremy Guscott
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEngland’s ‘power’ scrum looks more powder puff | Nick Cain
Nick Cain looks at England's troubles at the scrum, with the same errors holding back the front row that occurred at...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoThat Rome weekend puts block on Georgia | Chris Hewett
If Italy are not all washed up as a permanent member of the Six Nations elite –a sporting society so exclusive,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoWayne Smith may spark new Kiwi dominance | Chris Hewett
Wayne Smith played a bigger role in the 2015 All Blacks side than you may think, writes Chris Hewett
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoJohn Eales was the best | Chris Hewett
ANOTHER Wayne Smith, the highly accomplished rugby correspondent of The Australian, is calling it a day after half a century on...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoThe Ash Splash, loved by many, hated by some
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What is...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoI’d tell Eddie – you’ve got until Christmas to get it right | Jeremy Guscott
RUGBY coaches do not change dramatically in terms of personality – even if they have life-changing moments. So, it is unlikely...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCredit Pivac, he made big calls and they paid off | Shane Williams
What a brilliant finish that was to the 2021 Six Nations! Scotland were superb and deserved their victory in France. Even...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTen Welsh will make the Lions squad now | Shane Williams
THE British & Irish Lions have confirmed they intend to tour South Africa this summer. If it does take place, there...
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