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Columnists
/ 9 years agoJackson column: Somme hero Williams was the perfect wing
By Peter Jackson Some of the biggest names in the game have given it their best shot at the most elusive...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoGuscott: The men key to their team’s fortunes – watch out for Schalk
By Jeremy Guscott SARACENS remain the team to beat next year and while they have not gone crazy in the transfer...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoJones column: Visionary Venter can rebuild Irish
By Chris Jones Brendan Venter has never owned a pair of rose tinted glasses. The 1995 World Cup-winning Springbok centre, who...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoShane Williams column: We need success to win back fans from football
By Shane Williams Welsh rugby has a very real battle on its hands next season and I don’t just mean from all-conquering...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoCain column: Burgess effect still rumbling through Bath
By Nick Cain THE saying, “be careful what you wish for” is tailor-made for the wreckage left at the Rec after...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoGuscott column: Eastmond can revive England hopes at Sale
By Jeremy Guscott Kyle Eastmond is a very talented player with a skill set that really suits Rugby Union. When he...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: Spare a thought for those on the treadmill of normal life
As the players finally get to take a break, no matter how short, given the clubs have already started pre-season training,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher looks back at Harlequins’ 150th history
What’s in a shirt? Harlequins launched their special 150th anniversary 1st XV shirt last week and the famous quartered colours remain...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain column: European scales look finely balanced at last
Where’s the ‘pool of death’? That’s the first thought that struck me when looking at the European Cup draw announced this...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain marks the England touring party
Test players Dylan Hartley (c) Top-quality leadership. Attended impressively to the core skills of hooking, and the longer he stayed out...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams column: Scarlets are on a hiding to nothing in Europe
I fear Welsh interest in next season’s European Champions Cup will not last past Christmas. It is bad enough that Wales...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Gregor Townsend could be Warren Gatland’s most important Lions pick
I have been watching and waiting for Wales to get a foothold in the international game again – and just when...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Now England must strive for sustained excellence
If outside praise makes you as weak as Eddie Jones says, then England are in grave danger of shuffling out on...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson column: The Welsh Lions face mauling by England
The last Lions Test team contained ten Welshmen and two English. The numbers for the next one could very easily turn...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher remembers the Battle of the Somme
Today we are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme which history has generally condemned as the greatest...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson column: Welfare is sacrificed on altar of Test cash
For those who survived the World Cup and everything else the fates threw at them, the longest of all seasons ended...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: Eddie’s put basics in place, now let’s add killer instinct
Well that’s it, regular season and summer tour fun finally over with a first-ever series win – and whitewash to boot...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoShakespeare lover Paul Hill is writing his own drama
Paul Hill is a 21-year-old who has relished being stuck between a rock and a hard place during England‘s victorious tour...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson verdict: Promise fades for Wales as Steve Hansen finds a new batch
There will probably be calls this morning from Humanitarian Aid organisations for another referendum in Wales so the people can decide...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams column: We need to take a lead from Liam Williams
Mentally and physically, Wales‘ final Test against New Zealand was a complete miss-match. Wales may want to take on the best...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain column: ‘Respect’ is the key to James Haskell’s rejuvenation
James Haskell is proof that you can’t keep a good man down. The sheer storm-force belligerence with which he bowled over...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott column: You’ll have to take it up a notch to beat All Blacks
For a team in transition just eight months ago, it is remarkable to see England‘s transformation under Eddie Jones and the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher verdict: Thanks to Saracens, Eddie has turned England into natural-born winners
The thing about winning, like any addiction, is that you can’t live without it. You can’t function properly without that regular...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson column: Jonathan Davies loses his mentor and Wales lose a star
A beacon of pure brilliance went out shortly before midnight on Thursday. Peter Corrigan, for so long a permanent fixture among...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: Eddie Jones is making history with every passing week
As a sportsman, you get the chance to write history every time you take part, whether in the Olympics or your...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams column: All Blacks bolstered by bench strength again
It was a case of deja vu for Wales in Wellington after another positive start against the All Blacks. Again we...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson verdict: Wales bewitched by Beauden Barrett
There is such a terrible beauty about Beauden Barrett that as soon as he appeared Wales had good reason to fear...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher verdict: Eddie’s made England box-office again
There was a moment early in the game yesterday – the 12th minute to be precise – when you knew for...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott verdict: Now find sharper attacking edge to challenge for that 2019 RWC
Epic is not too big a word for this achievement of becoming the first England side to win a three-Test series...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain column: Eddie Jones turns the tables on his Aussie tricksters
England have won the Test series…and head coach Eddie Jones has won the mind games just as conclusively. Yesterday’s succes in...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson column: Rugby has become too destructive for own good
The human wreckage of one club’s season can be gauged from some brutal facts – 30 significant injuries requiring more than...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher column: For first Lions, cash not glory was top of bill
Whisper it quietly but the first Lions tour to New Zealand in 1888, which took in Australia as well, was all...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain column: Slave-driver Eddie Jones will whip squad into shape
Phil Kearns is no shrinking violet, and this week he launched a clever strike aimed at destabilising the England squad coached...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams verdict: Lively Liam Williams is such a joy to watch
What a game and what an effort from Sam Warburton and his boys but yet again, New Zealand showed why they...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson verdict: The All Blacks got up off the canvas
Peter The cognoscenti had been nodding all over New Zealand all week in agreement with Christian Cullen’s prognosis, that Wales wouldn’t...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott verdict: Ford-Farrell axis is key to an historic Series win
People should not underestimate the magnitude of this first ever Test victory by an England side in Brisbane and it proves...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: England beat the Aussies – and the law changers
England‘s sensational success in Brisbane yesterday was all the more laudable considering they were at a disadvantage because of the ridiculous...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher verdict: England claim redemption
Never underestimate the power of redemption and the urgent bloody-minded need to prove yourself right and the other buggar wrong. It’s...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher on Italy and Scotland’s summer scrutiny
Most eyes will inevitably be looking south this summer with England, Wales and Ireland going head to head with the Southern...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher looks back at the career of Imanol Harinordoquy
So it’s farewell to Imanol Harinordoquy who will be an ex-rugby player by the end of the month, perhaps sooner. His...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain looks at the Wallabies’ key personel
All’s fair in love and war – and baggage searches – when England play Australia in any sport. That’s why, after...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson column: Wales, it’s time to give All Blacks a real Test!
When Wales touched down in Auckland the other day, the All Blacks did their level best to ensure them a soft...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams column: That Twickenham horrow show will be a blessing in disguise
The only positive for Wales to take out of their pretty desperate performance against England last Sunday was at least that...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain column: Self-policing the salary cap wrong from the off
The salary cap “investigation” surrounding Saracens and Bath last season, and the stampede by almost every other club in the Premiership...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 9 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Ford’s bad day shouldn’t stop him driving England
Before George Ford played against Wales last weekend, Eddie Jones was asked whether Bath‘s sacking of his father as their director...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn column: Your players have stepped it up Eddie Jones, now it’s your turn
While reading another interview with Eddie Jones imploring his players to raise the bar yet higher, I must admit to being...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher looks at how Wales have never yet come to terms with touring in New Zealand
Wales don’t travel to New Zealand often and when they do it’s usually calamitous but history will show that their first...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Fans flock to watch match with no meaning
England against Wales at Twickenham last autumn resulted in the hosts being ejected from the World Cup with indecent haste. The...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: It’s another dangerous Maverick manoeuvre
Chris Ashton is a maverick. Ever since he crossed codes by leaving Wigan for Northampton he has never been far from...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Marland Yarde offers better balance to how Eddie Jones wants to play
Selection is something that everyone thinks they are better at than anyone else, and so always causes a stir of emotion....
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