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/ 7 years agoWe’re not underdogs this time, says North
By ROB COLE Big finish: Warren Gatland Learning curve: A teenage George North in action at the 2011 Rugby World Cup...
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/ 7 years agoExile Laidlaw left playing catch-up
By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND scrum-half Greig Laidlaw knows he has some catching up to do to make his second World Cup...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEddie turns ruthless as he banks on versatility
No sentiment: Eddie Jones Under microscope: Joe Marler, below, is back but Danny Cipriani, right, must still prove himself PICTURES: Getty...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEDDIE JONES ON…
400 Caps left out I never think selection is a gamble. It’s a process, a four-year process. There’s some very good...
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/ 7 years agoHopes of nation rest on them
Wooing of strongest loose-head scrummager has paid off -- barring a late u-turn Can be barnstorming in the loose, but still...
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/ 7 years agoYoungs: Cipriani’s ripping up trees in training
By ADAM ELLIS ENGLAND scrum-half Ben Youngs believes every player deserved their place in Eddie Jones’ official World Cup training squad,...
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/ 7 years agoMark may head overseas to land Welsh dream job
By ROB COLE Exile: Mark Jones looks set to leave Wales WELSH rugby could lose another top coach overseas with Mark...
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/ 7 years agoBlues hit by Arms Park rent demand of £200k
CARDIFF Blues have been issued a demand by their landlords over unpaid rent at the Arms Park. Cardiff Athletic Club (CAC)...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
BEN WARREN CARDIFF BLUES TIGHTHEAD PROP NEALE HARVEY Ben Warren will never forget his first experience of an U20s World Championship....
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/ 7 years agoFowles fired up for battle with Falcons
By NEALE HARVEY Experienced campaigner: Nathan Fowles in action for Edinburgh PICTURES: Getty Images Coach: Wigglesworth EAGER No.9 Nathan Fowles is...
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/ 7 years agoTomlinson and Roberts blow for Cardiff
By ROB COLE CARDIFF’S hopes of defending their WRU National Cup title and bidding for Indigo Premiership success have been hit...
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/ 7 years agoCan Rabbit put Cheika back in the running?
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Early promise: A young James O’Connor playing for the Wallabies PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 7 years agoAll change as Eddie dumps his stalwarts
IN THEeuphoric Red Rose aftermath of Eddie Jones winning a Grand Slam at the first attempt, nobody could have imagined that...
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/ 7 years agoBlues fans are feeling All Shook Up
MOREthan 30 years ago Elvis Presley recorded a song called A Mess of Blues. The long-suffering faithful at Cardiff Arms Park...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRob won’t be tempted when Eddie bombs at World Cup
Q&A TONY ROWE ON THE RECORD Chief at Exeter: Tony Rowe Tony Rowe, chief executive and chairman of the Exeter Chiefs,...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks pick Reece ahead of Naholo
STEVE Hansen has named four new caps in a 39-man squad for the Rugby Championship but there is no place for...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoLealiifano back for Wallabies after cancer
By SAM JACKSON Recall: Brumbies captain Christian Lealiifano Out: James O’Connor CHRISTIANLealiifano is back in the Wallabies set-up for the first...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoBoks take it slow with captain Kolisi
Injured: Siya Kolisi SOUTH Africa will ease Siya Kolisi back into action this summer with the injured team captain likely to...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoPumas call in the outsiders at last
ARGENTINA head coach Mario Ledesma has included five European-based players in his 46-man squad. Los Pumas’ group had previously been made...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoErasmus’ squad can do serious damage
New star at No.9: Herschel Jantjies For the first time since 2015, there was no South African representation in the Super...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoA mature O’Connor will still deliver
HE MAY have missed out on the initial squad but the return of James O’Connor, who trained with the Wallabies in...
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/ 7 years agoEvans is Ospreys’ homecoming king
ALEX BYWATER talks to Ospreys new boy Gareth Evans after his move from Gloucester Out to impress: Gareth Evans Star transfer:...
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/ 7 years agoKingston on board to help guide Rams’ young bucks
By NEALE HARVEY Experienced: John Kingston and Greig Tonks, inset FORMER Harlequins supremo John Kingston is back in mainstream rugby after...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGreat journey but what a brutal end
MY LIFEIN RUGBY NICK LLOYD THE FORMER ENGLAND, SARACENS, ROTHERHAM AND WAKEFIELD PROP Premiership class: Nick Lloyd in action for Saracens...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPlay-offs fly in face of player welfare
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Favourites: Newcastle are expected to earn promotion to the 13-team Premiership PICTURE:...
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/ 7 years agoRifleman Bean takes aim at Prem big guns
By NEALE HARVEY Coming force: Saints signing Lewis Bean in action for the Army Comrade: Rokoduguni POWERHOUSE Army lock Lewis Bean...
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/ 7 years agoFoden boy-band set for X factor
CELEBRITY X Factor will see rugby stars Ben Foden, Thom Evans and Levi Davis form a boyband. A celebrity version of...
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/ 7 years agoOwens: We’ll run ourselves into the ground
By ALEX BYWATER KEN OWENS will take a mantra of ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ into Wales’ World Cup...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSuccess in France keeps Joe on radar
NEALE HARVEY finds Oyonnax boss Joe El Abd hungry for another chance with England Success: Joe El Abd helped coach England...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRichard’s the Conquerer of Normandy wasteland
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Taking on the big boys: Richard Hill has led Rouen to two promotions Richard Hill is a...
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/ 7 years agoOcean life helps Sam build trust in his crew
By NICK CAIN Rowing the boat: Sam Underhill, in black life jacket with, from left: Dan Robson, Willie Heinz, Tom Curry,...
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/ 7 years agoRobshaw should be in Japan says Lasike
By GARY FITZGERALD Snubbed: Chris Robshaw PAUL Lasike admits he is surprised and disappointed Harlequins team-mate Chris Robshaw will not be...
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/ 7 years agoRejuvenated Harry gets ready to square the circle
By NEALE HARVEY Motivated: Exeter prop Harry Williams TEAK-TOUGH tighthead Harry Williams says he is in the shape of his life...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoGet Jones, Woodward to discuss way ahead
AFTER England won the 2003 World Cup, coach Clive Woodward said the victory was despite England’s domestic structure, not because of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWilson could have stayed
JEFF Probyn wrote last week that Championship players can now be selected for England after all. So why does Mark Wilson...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoHow can Marler just walk back in?
I WANT England to do well in Japan as much as the next man, but I do wonder why Joe Marler...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNo signs yet of Premiership clubs coining it
SO the Premiership clubs are going to ride a wave of growing support to break out into sunlit uplands, where they...
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Features
/ 7 years agoReece call up stinks – Hansen’s so wrong
COLIN BOAG Try power: Sevu Reece has been called into the All Black squad Does off-field behaviour matter in professional rugby,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMcConnochie’s enthusiasm would galvanise England
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT Consistently good: Ruaridh McConnochie has a complete skill set PICTURE: Getty Images I’M much more...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoBeaten, but Jaguares still give Eddie lots to think about
By NICK CAIN ASKED whether he was concer ned about the improvements made by a Jaguares side which is virtually England’s...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoRead signs off after 12 years
KIERAN Read thanked the Crusaders as his 12- year stint came to and end as he prepares to leave New Zealand...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoTears show how much we care says Quesada
By SAM JACKSON Dejected: Jaguares captain Pablo Matera and coach Gonzalo Quesada EMOTIONS ran high in the Jaguares changing room after...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoSonny Bill may not last pace
NEWS EXTRA ALL BLACKS coach Steve Hansen admits he has doubts over Sonny Bill Williams’ ‘durability’. Injuries have been an ongoing...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoOverseeing the development of Delon Armitage and Charlie Ewels has been one of my proudest achievements, says Toby Booth
In this lengthy feature, we talk to the departing Bath assistant coach about his time at the Rec and his past...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoMarler, Cipriani and McConnochie all in England’s Rugby World Cup training squad
There are plenty of talking points in Eddie Jones' Rugby World Cup training squad
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRelegation holds back young talent warns Newcastle Falcons Darren Barry
The new arrival at Kingston Park shares his reasoning for ring-fencing the Premiership
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoProbyn column: The week that was for Eddie Jones and Leicester Tigers
Jeff Probyn reflects on Leicester Tigers being put up for £60m
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks to partner with troubled Yorkshire Carnegie?
There are concerns for the future of Carnegie's famed academy after members agree CVA
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks Tests will bring £20m bonanza
■By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND and Wales are to play the All Blacks at home next year – fixtures guaranteed to break...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoRivals say Carnegie could still go down
By JON NEWCOMBE RIVAL clubs believe that Yorkshire Carnegie could still be relegated from the Championship even though their members have...
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