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Columnists
/ 4 years agoEngland lack thrust to get to destination
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NEXT year will be the 20th anniversary of England’s single World Cup-winning campaign,...
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/ 4 years agoNienaber has his team on right track
NICK CAIN Consistent, coherent selection is a hallmark of the most successful teams at international level, and right now there is...
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/ 4 years agoIt’s gold for South Africa & Aussies at Games
SOUTH Africa continued their hot streak as they swept aside double Olympic champions Fiji in the men’s rugby Sevens final last...
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/ 4 years agoMitchell: I’d love to play in World Cup
By BEN JAYCOCK Former England captain Tom Mitchell is hoping his Sevens career isn’t over yet and is keen to be...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoThis is one derby I just can’t wait to see
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The fixtures and kick-off times for the 2022/23 United Rugby Championship season were finally announced...
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/ 4 years agoWilliams has a vital role to play at Scarlets
SHANE WILLIAMS This week the worst kept secret in Welsh rugby was announced with the WRU confirming that Gareth Williams has...
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/ 4 years agoGrace will come back even stronger
Shane Williams Last week I made the prediction that Regan Grace could be the ace up Wayne Pivac’s sleeve at the...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoHoppers set early pace but Kendal dig in
By JOHN LE PAGE Preston G..............36 Kendal ..................26 Newly promoted Preston Grasshoppers began their pre-season programme with a home win against...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSuper sub Isaac scorches in for four
■By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde Hawks ......53 Perthshire ..............5 Fylde welcomed a touring, well kilted Perthshire Eagles squad to the Woodlands for...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoDominant third period puts Shelford clear
■By JOSH BARNES Shelford................47 Rochford H............29 SHELFORD showed their season ambitions with an impressive win against National 2 opponents. The game...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFree-scoring All Blacks finish on high
■By SUZANNE CLEAVE Cornish AB............24 Barnstaple............12 RUGBY returned to Polson with a three-way friendly line up of the Cornish All Blacks,...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoJarvis shines behind powerful Pooler pack
■By JOHN WHITE Dings ......................21 Pontypool ............67 DINGS suffered a heavy defeat in their opening preseason fixture in front of a...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoStudents turn on style to down Raiders
■By MAX COURTIS Exeter Uni ......47 Guernsey ........12 THE young men from Devon came out on top with a fine display...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoRugby has a proper fight on its hands now
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Anyone out there remember Sean Kerly? It’s just about possible, but only if your joints are seizing...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoIt’s Castro’s abilities we should remember
CHRIS HEWETT Back in 2008, when a Labour government was running the country and the Rugby Football Union couldn’t run a...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoSuck out the joy and people will turn away
Paul Rees talks to Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill about the game’s future Then it came, the question was why...
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Features
/ 4 years agoYoungs Guns: Bath and Scotland U18s scrum-half Murdoch Lock
Having represented the U18s earlier this year, Bath academy scrum-half Murdoch Lock has set a clear goal to become the first...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoWilson happy to be a new Knight
By JON NEWCOMBE Doncaster may be worlds apart from south-west London but former astrophysics student and Harlequins prop Mak Wilson is...
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/ 4 years agoJones calls for resilience
ENGLAND head coach Eddie Jones believes English rugby’s reliance on private schools has led to a less resilient culture among the...
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/ 4 years agoWe need more attacking space coaches – Ashton
Former England head coach Brian Ashton (right) has criticised the number of recruitment adverts for contact skills coaches in rugby and...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoHare’s world record keeps on growing
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Dusty Hare retired more than 30 years ago and yet his world points...
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/ 4 years agoThe silent treatment for Hansen
PETER JACKSON The mucky stuff really hit fans all over New Zealand last week when Sir Steve Hansen said what he...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFans left at the bottom of the pile when it comes to kick-off times
PETER JACKSON A summer of sorrow over Llanelli draws towards a close, leaving the Scarlets to prepare for their 150th anniversary...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBig names moving into a new home
Ben Jaycock looks at how the Championship squads are shaping up for the coming season As a consequence of the Premiership...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHow I loved my journey to the top of the world
ROCKY CLARK ENGLAND WORLD CUP WINNER After a long and illustrious international career, I’ve seen and been part of countless tournaments,...
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Rugby Matters
/ 4 years agoSevens shows just how great it can be
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Occasionally, I question the value of Sevens in...
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Rugby Matters
/ 4 years agoIt’s time to get rid of these flat passes
MUCH discussion, and rightly so, recently about concussion and brain related injuries and once again I find myself pondering on rugby’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSt Luke’s left Exeter with a proud legacy
CLUB OF THE WEEK EXETER UNIVERSITY BY BRENDAN GALLAGHER Founded: 1860 (as St Luke’s College) Colours: Green and white Director of...
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Features
/ 4 years agoFierce rivalry with Loughborough produced rugby of highest order
There were 19 annual St Luke’s College v Loughborough College challenge matches before St Luke’s became absorbed by Exeter University and...
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Features
/ 4 years ago“I learned my trade on the world’s big stages” – My Life in Rugby with Simon Hunt
The former England Sevens/U21s, Rosslyn Park, Narbonne, Perpignan, Pertemps Bees, Ebbw Vale, Newport, Bristol, Moseley & Dings Crusaders winger Playing a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoA lesson in how to build your audience
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, if ever there was a lesson for rugby to learn from...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoMoment in Time: Psycho front row set platform for Sale’s return to top flight
Sale – Courage League 2 Champions 1993/94 Sale had been out of the top flight for six seasons after being relegated...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoWhen Sale wanted to be Man U’s rugby team
Sale have always had one very big shadow on their doorstep. Just over four miles from their Heywood Road ground was...
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Features
/ 4 years agoArms Park undergoes radical transformation
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoToulouse spoilt for choice at full-back
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN How do you solve a problem like three current international full-backs competing for the only available 15...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoMatson tweaks masterplan to keep Quins competitive
By Gary Fitzgerald Tabai Matson insists Harlequins must “get the nuts and bolts right” to ensure they stay in the top...
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Features
/ 4 years agoYoung guns ready to fire in South Africa
England U18s have named a 26-man squad for the tour of South Africa later this month. The three-match series takes place...
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/ 4 years agoLawsuits for injuries may carry on rising
By PETER JACKSON Another acclaimed Wales international has cited his own alarming reasons for taking legal action over rugby’s brain injury...
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/ 4 years agoFarrell agrees new deal with Irish
By NICK POWELL Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has signed a two-year contract extension which will see him remain in charge...
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/ 4 years agoOffiah seeking clarity in Burrell race claims
By GARY FITZGERALD The RFU is to investigate claims from former Newcastle Falcons centre Luther Burrell regarding racism within the sport....
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/ 4 years agoPremier ace Mayor banned for substance use
Former Premiership ace Chris Mayor has been banned from professional sport for four years after being found to have attempted to...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSimpson happy to join the monsters
By JON NEWCOMBE Joe Simpson is looking forward to playing behind a “monster” pack after prolonging his Premiership career at Sale...
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/ 4 years agoRFU vote to force out Trans women
The Rugby Football Union has banned transgender women from competing in female-only forms of the game for Under-12s and above....
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoLethargic England fade from view
MEN’S SEVENS POOL A ROUND-UP Any hopes that England might be able to upset the predicted domination of the big four...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoThere’s no 7s heaven for our Home Nations
Up and at ‘em: New Zealand’s Regan Ware wriggles free during the Rugby Sevens quarter-final match against Kenya PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoExciting Scotland open up in fine style
POOL B ROUND-UP Scotland’s exciting, hungry squad were arguably the talk of the tournament on the opening day, hammering Tonga and...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoCanada too strong for Wales
POOL C ROUND-UP Wales might have been confident of emulating Scotland’s achievement of clinching second in their group. Although they sit...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoUganda keep Wallabies in check
POOL D ROUND-UP Australia recorded the biggest win of the entire competition in their very first game, scoring ten tries in...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoAussies set up Fiji showdown
WOMEN’S SEVENS There will be a new Commonwealth Games gold medal winner in the Women’s 7s after Australia and Fiji reached...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 4 years agoBig guns cruise into final stages
POOL B ROUND-UP Pool B had two clear favourites and it was ultimately followed a predictable pattern, with Australia and Fiji...
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