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/ 6 years agoRobshaw agrees to stay until season end
TRANSFER WRAP CHRIS Robshaw will finish the remainder of the postponed Premiership season with Harlequins after agreeing a contract extension. The...
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/ 6 years agoI shudder at way Carter destroyed the Lions
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND You can’t keep a good man down – and Dan Carter is one of the...
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/ 6 years agoI applaud Ashton for speaking out
Strong message: Ashton Hewitt with Newport Gwent Dragons PICTURE: Getty Images WRU chairman Gareth Davies wrote to clubs last week to...
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/ 6 years agoGreen’s witty classic stays the course as rugby’s bible
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the best rugby books and DVDs TOP 20 ...RUGBY BOOKS AND DVDS...
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/ 6 years agoAJ Bell was wrong move for Sale says Kennedy
By JON NEWCOMBE Money man: Kennedy Hopeful: Diamond Unloved: AJ Bell Stadium failed to hit expectations AS SALE Sharks announce plans...
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/ 6 years agoGill’s off-field venture brings in extra green
By ROB COLE Lawn maker: Blues prop Rhys Gill Partner: Ross Johnson RHYS Gill hasn’t had a chance to miss the...
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/ 6 years agoPoirot calls time on France
FORMER France captain Jefferson Poirot has retired from international rugby at the age 27 because of a lack of motivation. The...
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/ 6 years ago4-year doping ban
HAYWARDS Heath player Max Drage has been banned from all sport for four years until January 9, 2024 for steroid abuse....
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/ 6 years agoIt’s heresy, but 71 Lions were fairly ordinary
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Not at his best: Gareth Edwards in the third Test in 1971 PICTURE: Getty Images “Barry John,...
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/ 6 years agoTruculent props? We have bigger problems!
IT’S official: the props are revolting. As the coronavirus- driven realities of wage restraint and salary cap reduction kick in, it...
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/ 6 years agoA fitting reward for Robshaw
BY extending Chris Robshaw’s contract to cover the remaining weeks of the suspended Premiership season, Quins have done their best to...
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/ 6 years agoEdwards: I talk to them with body language
NICK CAIN CALLS A VILLAGE IN FRANCE TO TALK TO THE MAN HELPING FIRE LES BLUES Off: Mohammed Haouas punches Scotland’s...
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/ 6 years agoSHAUN EDWARDS ON…
...Rob Howley’s potential return to the game after his ban I’m totally pleased. I keep coming back to Dean Richards, who...
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/ 6 years agoThis Fox can still ruffle Bok feathers
2021 LIONSA YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... OUTSIDE-CENTRES Powerful: Wales’ Jonathan Davies...
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/ 6 years agoRugby has benefitted from ill-gotten gains
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Uprise: Edward Colston’s statue is ripped down in...
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/ 6 years agoWinless Namibia escape the repechage
WORLD Rugby have finalised the qualifying procedure for RWC2023 and although the dislocation of Covid-19 means it must remain a little...
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/ 6 years agoLittle Jonny’s huge hits were game changers
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring photographs, and explains the story behind the iconic image Iconic Rugby Pictures:...
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/ 6 years agoLion-heart Lyons was coach guru to the best
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Golden oldie: Dan Carter runs through drills during a Blues training session PICTURE:...
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/ 6 years agoWe will not be silenced in our fight to weed out corruption
Q&A DAN LEO ON THE RECORD Regret: Dan Leo says Samoa should not have played against England in 2014 PICTURES: Getty...
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/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
CHRIST TSHIUNZA EXETER BACK ROW/LOCK From war-torn Congo to the top of international rugby, that’s the dream of 18-year-old back row-cum-lock...
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/ 6 years agoI was unbeaten in a Scotland jersey!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOM RYDER FORMER SCOTLAND, SARACENS, GLASGOW, LEEDS, LEICESTER AND NORTHAMPTON LOCK Victory march: Tom Ryder on the charge...
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/ 6 years agoTough-guy Des was scourge of All Blacks
Des Seabrook 1941 – 2020 By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Top of the tree: Coach Martin Green, right, and his assistant Des Seabrook...
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/ 6 years agoDawn of new age as Captain Kirk’s All Blacks boldly go to world glory
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of rugby: PART 13 1980s...
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/ 6 years agoFive Nations free-for-all after Welsh dominance
THE 1980s, with Wales no longer on their lofty perch of the 70s, was an unpredictable decade in the Five Nations...
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/ 6 years agoClubs rage as lost TV deal costs them £Ms
By NEALE HARVEY Pressure: Darren Childs PREMIERSHIP clubs and players face further financial meltdown after it emerged that the offer of...
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/ 6 years agoBlues face crippling £6,000,000 black hole
By PETER JACKSON CARDIFF Blues are in danger of losing up to £6m amid fears of Welsh rugby being stuck behind...
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/ 6 years agoGareth’s team start Millfield’s 7s dynasty
Brendan Gallagher begins a new series looking at rugby’s great schools Carrying the torch: Callum Sheedy lifts the 2014 Rosslyn Park...
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/ 6 years agoWHY EDWARDS CHOSE ROSSLYN PARK SEVENS OVER WALES
Great: Gareth Edwards SOME Sevens tournaments are more significant than others and there is no doubt that the 1966 Rosslyn Park...
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/ 6 years agoFight the good fight but beware disaster
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Unflinching: RPA chairman Mark Lambert has threatened legal action PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 6 years agoSarries committed to lifting community spirit
BEHIND THE SCENES Inspiring: Sarries RFC kids in kicking practice PICTURES: Matt Impey - Wired Photos/Saracens Sport What does a Premiership...
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/ 6 years agoAshley aims to help Wales live healthier
By ALEX BYWATER Man on a mission: Lloyd Ashley PICTURES: Getty Images WHILE most rugby players have tried as best they...
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/ 6 years agoScapegoat Botica left Llanelli having lost money
Steffan Thomas talks to Frano Botica about his time in Wales FRANO Botica is remembered as one of New Zealand’s best...
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/ 6 years agoIt’s time to get real and ring-fence Premiership – Bentley
By NEALE HARVEY Realist: Chris Bentley Reaching the top: Chris Bentley was part of the Exeter side promoted in 2010 PICTURE:...
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/ 6 years agoCotterill’s Aussie strategy expands Shelford horizons
By JEREMY BLACKMORE SHELFORD boss Will Cotterill credits a new expansive style of rugby with the transformation which brought the Peacocks...
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/ 6 years agoPRL have strung us along says players’ chief Hopley
By COLIN BOAG Concern: Damian Hopley RPA chief executive Damien Hopley has accused PRL of taking them for a ride as...
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/ 6 years agoKiss: We have to protect league rugby
By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish head coach Les Kiss says World Rugby must not sacrifice league rugby on the altar of...
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/ 6 years agoAlex aims to conquer England after France
By JON NEWCOMBE Channel-hopper: Alex Lozowski of Saracens skips the tackle of Munster’s Chris Farrell Inset: Chris Ashton PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 6 years agoLance’s switch to Edinburgh collapses
JONO Lance will not be joining Edinburgh after the Australian failed to get a UK visa. The 29-year-old fly-half spent two...
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/ 6 years agoSpencer cuts ties for sake of his family
By NEALE HARVEY Changes: Eddie Jones On the move: Ben Spencer runs in a try for Saracens against Harlequins PICTURE: Getty...
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/ 6 years agoWill’s return to Bath feels like it’s meant to be
Reunited: Stuart Hooper, Will Spencer and Neal Hatley WILL Spencer aims to put two disappointing years at Leicester behind him as...
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/ 6 years agoCollier banking on scrum supremacy for Test recall
By NEALE HARVEY Rock solid: Quins tighthead Will Collier PICTURE: Getty Images Highlight: Marland Yarde, Chris Robshaw, Danny Care, Will Collier...
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/ 6 years agoCarter can play on until 40 says Anscombe
By SAMUEL JACKSON In shape: Dan Carter DAN CARTER’S return to top-flight rugby in New Zealand might not be as brief...
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/ 6 years agoScarlets poised for legal battle
By ROB COLE THEScarlets are preparing to go to war with their regional colleagues and the WRU after seeing their mediation...
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/ 6 years agoCarleton tribute to friend and mentor Seabrook
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Orrell and England Grand Slam winger John Carleton has paid tribute to his long-time coach and friend...
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/ 6 years agoMoney row is turning best league in world into a joke
COLIN BOAG Exception: Charles Piutau earns a fortune but scores of others get a lot less Remember that song that starts...
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/ 6 years agoPlayers must be given a voice over salary cuts
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Get the finances right: Lord Myners’ report gives Premiership a chance for a rethink...
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/ 6 years agoHighlanders’ Bryn Gatland crushes Chiefs hopes of victory
Warren Gatland's Chiefs condemned to defeat by son Bryn's last-minute heroics
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/ 6 years agoRPA issues statement accusing Premiership of ‘lack of governance’
Premiership clubs and RPA in complete breakdown as pay dispute escalates
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