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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: Fitness tells and so do Jonathan Joseph’s twinkle toes
England’s victory over Wales in Cardiff was about energy, discipline and defence, and they proved that when those three elements come...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoNick Abendanon still hopes for an England recall
Europe’s in-form full-back questions the rationale behind England’s policy on overseas-based players.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: ‘Bridesmaid’ Sam Burgess must be judged next season
There is always a sense of excitement as we enter the New Year and await the announcement of the squad that...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoWhy Maro Itoje’s rugby is improving by degree
Saracens lock determined to finish full-time degree besides making his way into professional rugby.
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Silence greeted the hero of Cardiff
When they come to write the colourful history of Anglo-Welsh rivalry, one of England‘s forgotten full-backs will justify a chapter all...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: The demons of Cardiff that will forever haunt England
England have found the going tough in Cardiff over years both at the Arms Park and the Millennium Stadium. Indeed at...
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Featured
/ 12 years ago£1m bonus spur for Wales and England
Wales and England will be playing for a £1m Grand Slam bonus when the Six Nations kicks off in Cardiff on...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Championship needs help but who supplies the cash?
I read with interest Dean Ryan’s take on the Championship in last week’s Rugby Paper and how he believes blame should...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoI’m No1 at Wasps, Joe Simpson warns Dan Robson
Incumbent Simpson warns incoming Robson that he intends to remain top dog at Wasps.
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Pied Piper of Wasps leads them to new era
Dai Young and his ailing Wasps were bumping along on skid row three years ago, losing around £50,000-a-week and almost disappearing...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Medicine gives Tom Rees a challenge he craves
He was, all the critics were agreed, going to be the England rugby captain for a very long time. That rare...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoCalum Clark will not give up until he has earned that No.7 jersey
Northampton’s openside reckons he is in the form of his life and is doing everything possible to win his first England...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Tom Who? can make a name for the Exiles
Tom Coventry’s appointment as the new coach of London Irish following the early departure of Brian Smith has probably prompted a...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Suddenly Danny Cipriani can tackle – shame about his kicking
The best thing that’s happened to Danny Cipriani this season is that we are talking about him being good rugby player...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoFreddie Burns won’t blame Leicester Tigers switch for England axe
Fly-half confident the long-term gain of moving will reignite his international claims.
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Featured
/ 12 years agoBad boy Dylan Hartley gets England all clear
England's bad boy looks certain to start for England against Wales.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Concussion findings could bring back drift defences
As a former Wasp it’s hard to say… but here goes: Well done, Saracens, not for how you play or the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Warren Gatland’s Law only applies to James Hook
The writing has been on the wall for so long now that James Hook could be forgiven for ignoring it and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: The Test job? It’s a real loss but mavericks need not apply
Last November Jim Greenwood, who died in 2010, was voted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame and next week his...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoNo ambush in Cardiff this time, vows Chris Robshaw
England will be ready for anything fired-up Wales can throw at them.
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Featured
/ 12 years agoNick Easter and Danny Cipriani included in Six Nations squad
Harlequins No.8 and Sale fly-half named in 34-man squad by Stuart Lancaster.
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: A global season must still cater for the British & Irish Lions
A global season is one of the items at the top of World Rugby‘s new year agenda, and great institutions like...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Luther Burell must tackle his weight to be world class
Luther Burrell is playing well in a Northampton team that is sitting on top of the league with 48 points having...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoJoe Schmidt’s steer put Exiles on Tom Coventry’s trail
Exiles chairman reveals appointment came on the recommendation of Ireland boss.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoDai Young said ‘no’ to national job to stay at Wasps
DoR turned down an international coaching offer before re-signing with Wasps to run their Coventry revolution.
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Give promoted teams more money to level playing field
Here we are at the start of another year and, as usual, the hopes and aspirations of all rugby players and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Get ready for a crescendo…. just like the Olympics
Suddenly it’s World Cup year and the tournament is hurtling towards us as the pace quickens. No longer can we talk...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain meets Jamie Gibson who has left academia to chase his rugby dream
Jamie Gibson is a scholar and a gentleman, a true blue Oxford University-educated boffin who, inspired by the philosophy of Socrates,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Ryan Bevington still has time to climb out of the wreckage
The old year took an unusually savage toll of the toughest, meanest, ugliest breed in the game, the prop. From the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoMatt Banahan’s backing Bath masterplan
Winger is adamant Sam Burgess’s Union integration will not detract from Bath’s charge for silverware.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Bring back rucking and watch the game take off
My New Year’s rugby resolutions start with a return to rucking. To this day I don’t understand why rucking ever changed....
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: C’mon Joel Jutge get a grip of your referees!
Forget New Year wish lists, because where the current crisis in elite refereeing is concerned what we need is a hit...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoArrogance took over in the autumn admits Billy Vunipola
England No.8 opens his heart over the reasons behind his dramatic slump in form during the autumn internationals.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Tom Coventry to be handed London Irish job
Chiefs (NZ) assistant coach to join on three-year deal after Super Rugby season.
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Featured
/ 12 years agoFlying Joe Simpson eager to exploit gap in the No.9s market
Wasps scrum-half knows he has it all to do to claim a place in England’s World Cup squad but his form...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Yes, Henry Slade has England potential – but at fly-half
Henry Slade is one of those naturally talented, instinctive players who coaches will only get the best out of if they...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: OK, relax the cap but make it fair for ALL
There is a cartel-like stench attached to the double standards employed in the English Premiership, and it intensified just before Christmas...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoLuther Burrell has a lethal mix that England need – Alex King
Centre should be England’s starting No.12 during the Six Nations according to Northampton backs coach
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Featured
/ 12 years agoNo England costs Wales £5m World Cup bonus
Peter Jackson reveals the full extent of Wales’ financial calamity at losing their pre-World Cup matches against England.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoDylan Hartley banned for three weeks
Hooker to miss Premiership games but will return for Champions Cup and Six Nations.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Michael Green gets right to the heart of Coarse rugby
According to my calculations only one layman – ie somebody who didn’t play or coach at the top level or wasn’t...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Progress? Surely not if we are still relying on Manu Tuilagi
Hype, hope and more than a little desperation seems to be the recipe for English rugby as Stuart Lancaster plots the...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoStephen Myler insists Northampton Saints can challenge for Double
Fly-half believes Saints have a squad capable of challenging for both the Premiership and the Champions Cup.
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Warren, it’s time to take leaf out of Irish book
Warren Gatland takes his first Southern Hemisphere scalp for six years and immediately talks about Wales winning the World Cup. Across...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain gives his post-autumn verdict on where England are with just eight games to go until RWC2015
When Stuart Lancaster was asked about the one added extra he would have wanted in his England team for the autumn...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoI’m here on merit, Dave Attwood warns his England rivals
England lock believes an impressive series of autumn displays has thrust him into pole position for a Six Nations starting spot.
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Ritchie keeps the faith with Lancaster…for now
Ian Ritchie delivered an intriguing line in double-speak as he delivered his verdict on England‘s autumn return of two losses and...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott: Tyro tens are the big plusses of the autumn
These days it seems to be impossible to make a judgement on any of the Home Union teams without referring to...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoTier two players must be ‘part of the union’ – Christian Day
Plans to provide Championship players with full trade union support could become a reality in 2016.
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoDisappointing finish for England Sevens in Port Elizabeth
England suffered losses to hosts South Africa and then Fiji on Day Two of the South Africa Sevens in Port Elizabeth....
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