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English Championship
/ 9 years agoLondon Irish confirm Championship squad
London Irish have confirmed their first team squad ahead of their first ever season in the Championship. Director of Rugby Nick...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoBath boss Bruce Craig NOT selling up at the Rec
Bruce Craig has categorically denied he is selling Bath after rumours emerged he was on the verge of offloading his controlling...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoDylan Hartley can challenge captain Sam Warburton says Fran Cotton
Dylan Hartley‘s conversion from serial offender into a challenger to Sam Warburton as Lions captain is given a ringing endorsement today...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoHow Yorkshire Carnegie find those JWC gems
Made in Yorkshire, won in Lancashire. It may be stretching the point, but, with five players involved, there’s no disputing Yorkshire...
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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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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoRob Cook’s backing Jonny May to break into Eddie Jones’ elite
Jonny May is set to roar back fit, firing and ready to reclaim his England wing spot, according to former Gloucester...
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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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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoSuper heroes who can be marvels with Lions
Saracens coach Alex Sanderson expects his real life ‘Fantastic Five’ of George Kruis, Maro Itoje, Owen Farrell and brothers Mako and...
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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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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoPlayers heading for another post-Lions burnout say RPA
Damian Hopley believes England’s top stars are facing inevitable burnout unless steps are taken to limit the number of appearances they...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoEddie Jones must look at Saxons stars Danny Cipriani and Dave Attwood
Fresh from leading England Saxons to a 2-0 series win in South Africa, head coach Ali Hepher reckons at least half...
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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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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoI was a fat-arse at Bath admits Stephen Donald
Stephen Donald outdid Warren Gatland in the home hero stakes in Hamilton, leaving the field to a standing ovation after guiding...
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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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English Championship
/ 9 years agoTop agent calls for RFU to address Tier Two welfare
The supply line of Championship players to the Premiership will dry up unless England’s second tier undergoes a major overhaul.
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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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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoShane Monahan gets cagey in search for new career
Former Gloucester and Rotherham winger Shane Monahan is to swap the rugby field for the octagon after embarking on a career...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Tom Coventry quits to leave London Irish in turmoil
By Neale Harvey London Irish‘s plans have been plunged into turmoil following director of rugby Tom Coventry‘s decision to quit ahead...
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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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English Championship
/ 9 years agoGloucester stint made me a better player says Stevie McColl
Two years after leaving for Gloucester, Stevie McColl says he returns to the north for a second spell with Yorkshire Carnegie...
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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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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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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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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoDonncha O’Callaghan battles to give war-torn kids better life
Warrior Donncha O’Callaghan brought down the curtain on a gruelling first season at Worcester and then set off on a more...
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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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Featured
/ 9 years agoStuart Lancaster confirms job target
Stuart Lancaster wants to coach in the Southern Hemisphere to prove English coaches are “good enough to work there”. The former...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoMark Bennett plans rendezvous in Rio with Sonny Bill Williams
Mark Bennett is hoping to take on his boyhood hero Sonny Bill Williams at the Rio Olympics. But he has serious...
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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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Featured
/ 9 years agoWide boys will worry Wallabies says Jonathan Joseph
Jonathan Joseph believes England‘s cut-and-thrust style is perfectly suited to the fast grounds of Australia as they aim for a first...
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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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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWill Fraser: We can double up just like Leicester
Will Fraser says Saracens are determined to make their critics eat humble pie by becoming first side since Leicester in 2002...
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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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