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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoI’d no idea George North was this good, says Alex King
Northampton backs coach Alex King salutes the impact of George North.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: You’ve been in overdrive, BT, but keep the brake on Austin Healey
It’s that time of the year when self-opinionated columnists dispense gongs, and the occasional brickbat, to those who deserve them and...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoVIDEO: Tom Mitchell take on Colin Gregor in kicking challenge
England captain Tom Mitchell goes head to head with his Scottish counterpart Colin Gregor. Video courtesy of CNN’s International’s ‘Rugby Sevens...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoLewis Moody backs Luke Wallace for England No.6 role
One of the biggest gaps Stuart Lancaster has to plug for the first Test in New Zealand is at blindside flanker...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher charts the career of Jonny Wilkinson, the player who has transcended the game
Talk about synchronicity. When confirmation of Jonny Wilkinson’s much-touted retirement was filtering through this week I was actually rummaging around my...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: A moment of brilliance from George North could swing it
There is a certain kind of justice that the top two teams from the nine month league campaign have made it...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoBath chief Bruce Craig will be director of new Champions Cup
An Irish soccer convert, the mayor of a village in Provence and an English multi-millionaire are to play roles in Rugby’s...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoSouth Africa send for Richie Gray to get ready for Welsh collision
Richie Gray is the not-so-secret weapon South Africa have just re-employed to help them overcome Wales this summer on the way...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Less use of the TMO? Then stop these ref witch-hunts
Hard to believe that it is just a week since Leicester‘s Richard Cockerill called for referees to be less reliant on...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Warren Gatland’s Law takes a mauling from WRU!
Warren Gatland made a strange announcement last Tuesday over the resurrection of the Welsh trial match, buried long ago with other...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoIt’ll be a whole new ball game if Bath’s supremo has his way
The battle over Europe has been won but Bath chairman Bruce Craig believes the war over global season structure and how...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to Rob Baxter about the Heineken Cup final
Rob Baxter is in the unique position for an English coach of having done the surgery on the victims-in-common of Heineken...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: So, it’s farewell Heineken, you were already just champion!
Rather in the way journalism is often considered the first draft of history, the Heineken Cup was effectively European Rugby’s first...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoBen Foden can’t wait to link up with old pal Chris Ashton
Northampton full-back Ben Foden admits he misses his pal Chris Ashton – and is thrilled at the prospect of a reunion...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoWorcester Warriors stuck by me so I’ll stay on, says Chris Pennell
The Premiership player of the year nominee has been a model of consistency in an otherwise disastrous Warriors campaign, the only...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoGareth Anscombe told to come now or miss World Cup
Warren Gatland has opened the door for Gareth Anscombe to play his way into Wales’ World Cup squad.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Chris Pennell would find a place on loan in any Premiership squad
It’s not often that a back stands out in a side that hasn’t performed, but Chris Pennell has done so for...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Good to see Danny Cipriani back – now it’s all up to him
Danny Cipriani has been thrown a lifeline by Stuart Lancaster, but it remains to be seen whether it is long enough...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain picks his Premiership Dream Team
Selecting a Team of the Season is always a subjective business, and although statistics tell part of the story, they can...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoJonny Wilkinson to hang up boots
As revealed in The Rugby Paper on March 23, Jonny Wilkinson will retire at the end of the season. Seventeen years...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: A couple of England-Wales tickets, sir? That’ll be £630
The last England-Wales match at Twickenham grossed around £5m in ticket money. The next one will top £20m. For the World...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Worcester and Dean Ryan still have a mountain to climb
The failure of Worcester to survive in this year’s Premiership season was probably the most anticipated relegation since the leagues began....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoCharlie Matthews making up ground on old pal Joe Launchbury
Harlequins second row Charlie Matthews believes he is finally coming of age after putting his injury hell behind him to start...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain discovers what England can expect in New Zealand
Jimmy Cowan has such an intimate knowledge of the workings of All Blacks that it’s surprising Steve Hansen hasn’t had him...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoAmbitious Bismarck du Plessis targets Welsh scrum
Wales beware, Bismarck du Plessis says the Springboks’ front row aims to be the most formidable in the world and will...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Malakai Fekitoa case shows IRB are letting down world game
New Zealand protests that they do not poach from the Pacific Islands should always be taken with a block of salt,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Why I’ve learned to love the Premiership play-offs
How quickly time moves on and blazing rows of yesteryear recede. For many it was the blackest of days midway through...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Super George North can help Northampton Saints reach another Premiership final
The bridesmaid tag is an easy one to hang on Northampton, and it’s there because although they have attracted some big-name...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoUgo Monye backs Manu Tuilagi to wing it for England
The auditions are in full swing but Ugo Monye believes Manu Tuilagi’s X-factor means he should line up on the wing...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoI’ve not won the super 8s battle yet, admits Billy Vunipola
Billy Vunipola is England’s premier ball-carrier but he knows all this could change in an instant and that any number of...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland finish third at London Sevens
England put their semi-final disappointment at the London Sevens beating Fiji 26-19 to finish third. With tries from James Rodwell, Howard...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: IRB must raise qualification period to at least eight years
The two biggest spending clubs in France and England, Toulon and Saracens, have proved that money can buy success. Although it...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: On the march with Trelawny’s Army, rugby’s great outsiders
So the European legislators, God bless, have finally caught up with the rugby world and officially recognised Cornwall as being very...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoJonathan Joseph can talk his way back into EPS
Jonathan Joseph reckons his X-factor with ball in hand will boost his chances of an England recall – a claim backed...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoDoncaster Knights’ workhorse may need to lighten his load
Having become the first coach to bounce his side back into the Championship following relegation, Clive Griffiths is now busy with...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to three great English Lions to gather their views about the England back-row
Back-row expertise does not come with better credentials than that offered by Roger Uttley, Mike Teague and Peter Winterbottom. The trio...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Murder on the dancefloor as Harlequins try to get a grip
The Murderball challenge is on. Mike Brown, already proud ambassador for Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby, wants to celebrate Harlequins‘ coming on...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: I’ll be back, says David Moffett as ceasefire is called
The hierarchy of the Welsh Rugby Union could have been excused for heaving a collective sigh of relief last Wednesday evening....
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Featured
/ 12 years agoNew-style Danny Cipriani in frame for England
Danny Cipriani admits he is a different player to the one last capped by England in 2008.
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland Sevens captain Tom Mitchell nominated for IRB Player of the Year
Tom Mitchell has been nominated for the IRB Sevens Player of the Year. The England Sevens captain, who is the leading...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: These new-look Saracens can lift the Heineken Cup
Saracens have made a massive swing in their playing style, and it has been reflected in their fortunes following their crushing...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: I tell you straight, this refs’ dereliction harms game
The middle line has been crossed. Infringements at the lineout and scrum are now so endemic that it leaves you wondering...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoJacques Burger ‘plays every game like his last’
Saracens flanker Kelly Brown has hailed his back row partner Jacques Burger as ‘simply incredible’ after the Namibian’s display in the...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland recall experienced trio for London Sevens
Chris Cracknell, Mat Turner and Christian Lewis-Pratt return to the England squad for the Marriott London Sevens this weekend where a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoRelegation will hurt Worcester Warriors’ egos – Dean Ryan
Dean Ryan says relegated Worcester will continue to make the “drastic change” needed to turn them into a competitive top-flight side.
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland Sevens lift plate in Glasgow
England lifted the plate at the Emirates Airline Glasgow 7s yesterday after beating Kenya 26-5 in the final. There were tries...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: England stance is vital for developing young talent
The increasing call on the RFU to change its stance and pick players who choose to ply their trade in another...
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Sevens World Series
/ 12 years agoTom Mitchell: Keep the pathway clear for students to reach very top
We are a few days away from the penultimate tournament of the 2013/14 HSBC World Sevens Series in Glasgow and therefore...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: So, have the roaring 40s blown Brad Thorn off course?
Brad Thorn was saying only the other day how he planned to be playing ‘top level footy’ at 40, a long-distance...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoSaints great entertainers aim to shake up the rugby world
Saints bruise brothers George and Ken Pisi have a dream: to team up with older brother Tusi for Samoa at next...
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