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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoRFU right to get rid of Jones – Cotton
By PETER JACKSON One of England’s all-time greats has backed the RFU over Eddie Jones with one reservation – that they...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoYoung fears Wales exodus
Some of Wales’ brightest stars are being allowed to fall through the cracks, while the WRU has leant heavily on player...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBow: ‘P share’ model needs to be scrapped
By LUKE JARMYN Premiership Rugby’s ‘P share’ ownership model must be scrapped if reforms to the top tier are to have...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSigning Russell isn’t reckless, insist Bath
By JON NEWCOMBE BATH CEO Tarquin McDonald has defended Bath’s signing of Finn Russell as not only being good for the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBaxter: We change the game at our peril
By PAUL REES Rob Baxter says Premiership Rugby needs to be careful as it plots a relaunch of the league from...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoScots short up front after Fagerson injury
By BRYN PALMER Big loss: Injured Scotland prop Zander Fagerson Zander Fagerson’s likely absence for the start of Scotland’s Six Nations...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years ago‘South Africa a step from Six Nations’
By PAUL REES South Africa’s involvement in the Heineken Champions Cup this season is a step to the Springboks joining the...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoPlease listen to Peter’s proposal
PETER Jackson may have given rugby the best possible Christmas present it could receive with his advocacy of a British and...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoPrivileged clubs are abusing their position
PREMIERSHIP clubs are given the privilege of representing English rugby in Europe, yet some abuse that privilege by fielding weakened sides....
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Letters
/ 3 years agoHow could Ramos call for knock on?
WITH the change from Premiership to European Cup games we get the problem of having to suffer poor french referees. How...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Scott Van Breda
The Jersey Reds and former Eastern Province, Western Province, Stormers, Southern Kings and Worcester utility back, chooses the best XV he...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoSteward is everyone’s pick at 15 for England
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK You get a good measure of a player in their day-to-day club environment, and...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBath in the mood to face Exeter challenge
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Exeter v Bath Saturday December 24. Kick-off 3pm Vision: Bath coach Johann van Graan Johann Van Graan...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBaxter enjoying life to the full after swapping sides
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Harlequins v Bristol Tuesday December 27. Kick-off 3pm, The Stoop Happy: Fin Baxter FIN Baxter made his...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoSelection maze the big test for Borthwick
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK STEVE Borthwick’s brave new world, launched on Monday when he was confirmed as...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFalling player numbers the real issue
BURIED deep in the RFU website is its “2022- 23 – Targets”, which is a woefully inadequate document because it fails...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoNo Borthwick but Tigers will still be fierce – Skivington
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Leicester v Gloucester Saturday December 24. Kick-off 3pm Learning fast: Skivington George Skivington does not expect the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPearson’s eager to impress new boss
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... London Irish v Saracens Friday December 23. Kick-off 7.45pm It may not have been a year to...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoBilly’s the kid when it comes to resistance
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMN Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings,” says the doctor to his patient, “but you have...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBarmiest fixture list that makes no sense
YOU don’t get to be Jake White if you’re wrong more often than you’re right. The South African, currently in charge...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWasps are staying in Midlands for the long run
■ By BEN JAYCOCK NEW Wasps CEO Andy Scott has ruled out a return to London and says that the club...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMessi has Falcons Pumas flying high
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Newcastle v Sale Friday Decemeber 23. Kick-off 8pm, Kingston Park Brett Connon is hoping for some Messi-like...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoOspreys win points to happier New Year
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Christmas certainly has come early in Welsh rugby. Firstly, Warren Gatland rides in on Santa’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRepresentative body for match officials
THE first representative body for international high-performance match officials launched this week. Supported by World Rugby and led by Wayne Barnes,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoJapanese interested in taking Williams back
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former Wales fly-half Owen Williams is a target for Japanese...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoGatland likely to target Gustard
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former Harlequins boss Paul Gustard has emerged as a target for Wales chief Warren Gatland...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLawes considers options and may head abroad
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Courtney Lawes is mulling over his future after revealing that he has got an escape clause...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoCrossdale staying put
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Former England prospect Ali Crossdale could remain in France next season, with Perpignan who could take...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBath keep Stuart and Underhill
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER New deal: Underhill Bath are set for another shot in the arm after agreeing to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLoader close to Irish deal
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER London Irish are close to agreeing to a new contract with Ben Loader as they...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCoach who put heart and soul into north
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Steve Borthwick’s anointment revives England’s tradition of northern head coaches, the most colourful...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoCole’s 15 years at the workface
By Peter Jackson Dan Cole’s 300 matches for Leicester took him a few weeks longer than 15 years to compile. Few...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoImitation games are so sad for real fans
By Peter Jackson Once upon a time, the Heineken Cup was so good that there were weekends when it surpassed the...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoBorthwick’s challenge is to lift England hearts again
Paul Rees looks back on a rugby year which was very good for some, but not so good for others... At...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoFreescoring Royle up for the Knights’ challenge
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Donc v Caldy Monday December 26. Kick-off 2pm Prolific winger: Nick Royle CALDY’S Nick Royle is thriving...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoBarnes ready for strong set piece battle with old foes
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Hartpury University v Cornish Friday December 23. Kick-off 7.45pm The first game of the round kicks off...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoUzokwe’s excited for top of the table clash
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Ealing v Jersey Saturday December 24. Kick-off 12pm, Trailfinders Sports Ground Ealing Trailfinders star Simon Uzokwe has...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoChristmas on hold as Jersey target leaders
By LUKE JARMYN THE festive break and other distractions need to be ignored to give Jersey Reds’ the best possible chance...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTyro French awaits first Boxing Day bonanza
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Bedf v Ampthill Monday December 26. Kick-off 3pm SEAN French is relishing his first Bedford Blues Boxing...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoArchers gear up for red hot Cov
Preview Nott’ham v Coventry Monday December 26. KO 3pm NOTTINGHAM coach Craig Hammond is relising Monday’s challenge at home to in-form...
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Guest columnists
/ 3 years agoWe must keep building on World Cup success
ROCKY CLARK ENGLAND WORLD CUP WINNER AS women’s rugby ripped through the world this autumn, and New Zealand were crowned world...
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Young Gun
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Worcester Warriors fly-half Jack Condcliffe
YOUNG GUNS WORCESTER WARRIORS FLY-HALF Worcester Warriors' academy player Jack Condcliffe is distraught witnessing his club’s demise as he realises his...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRed Army prevail in feisty affair
By NATHAN EDWARDS Northampton S ....... 6 Munter..................... 17 MUNSTER battled past Northampton Saints in a great defensive display in the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSharks given a reality check
By SAM JACKSON Toulouse ................45 Sale Sharks ........... 19 ANTOINE Dupont scored two tries in Toulouse’s bonus-point thumping of Sale Sharks,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoAndre the giant wins it for Quins
By NATHAN EDWARDS Harlequins ............. 14 Racing 92 ............... 10 ANDRE Esterhuizen scored a crucial second-half try for Harlequins to edge...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoClinical Bears go back to back
By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol ......................35 Zebre........................ 19 BRISTOL Bears strengthened their chances of progression to the next stage of the Challenge...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWhen the old European Cup was just the ticket
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER This column has been warning about the decline...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoHamza improves on rugby’s record
RUGBY MATTERS Rugby has a decent record in Strictly Come Dancing – think Austin Healey and Matt Dawson although perhaps not...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoChristmas miracle in the Andes: 50 years on… a tale of survival
By BRENDAN GALLAGER For those of us of a certain age there were possibly two global stories that dominated our adolescence...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe survivors – what happened next
Heroes: Nando Parrado, left, and Roberto Canessa Roberto Canessa: An alpha male by any criteria, the team’s star winger, dashing medical...
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