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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: This can be when North becomes a true great
We could see some of the best rugby ever to be played on this Lions tour. That might sound as if...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoBilly and I can mix it up in back row says Faletau
Taulupe Faletau insists he will have no qualms switching to flanker for the Lions if it means starting alongside his cousin...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Isaac Green – Hull Ionians scrum-half
1. Slow walkers This kills me. There’s nothing worse than being stuck behind slow walkers in town, taking up the whole...
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Latest News
/ 9 years ago2013 Lion retires
Ian Evans has been forced to retire from professional rugby on medical advice following a knee injury. In a career that...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Sorry Scots, but Gatland has gone for power again
Scotland now has exactly as many Lions as the sum total of Conservative and Labour Members of Parliament – two. Even...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoLozowski is ready to state case for England
Alex Lozowski has declared himself ready to stake a claim for England‘s coveted No.10 jersey on the back of a stellar...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Steve Hill – Richmond DoR
How about that for a first season in the Championship? The boys were desperate to prove they deserved to be in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGary Gold to become Warriors’ permanent DoR
Gary Gold will become the Worcester‘s permanent director of rugby after signing a new contract to remain at Sixways until at...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoEllis Genge agrees new Tigers contract
Genge, 22, arrived at Tigers during the closing months of 2015/16, initially on loan before making the move from Bristol permanent...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoQuins scrum-half to retire
Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson will retire from rugby at the end of the current season. Joining Harlequins in 2009 from Bedford...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNorthampton announces new chief executive appointment
Northampton Saints have appointed Mark Darbon as the club’s new chief executive. Darbon arrives at Franklin’s Gardens in late July with...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoO’Callaghan signs new Worcester deal
Worcester have announced that British & Irish Lion Donncha O’Callaghan has signed a new deal with the club. O’Callaghan, who made...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Hansen’s barbs hide All Blacks’ insecurity
Steve Hansen didn’t hang around when it came to giving the 2017 Lions the voodoo doll treatment. No sooner had the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Wage bills will push clubs to the brink
By NEALE HARVEY Leicester Tigers chief executive Simon Cohen warns Premiership finances could “fall off a cliff” unless a handbrake is...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Gary Powell – former Gloucester prop
After countless hours playing Jonah Lomu Rugby on the PlayStation at Llandovery College it was surreal to suddenly find myself sat...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Alex Crockett – former Bath centre
1. David Flatman – He would get you six or nine points per game just by talking to the referee and...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMistake to pick Marler over Evans says Cotton
By PETER JACKSON THELions have made a mistake by failing to pick Wales loosehead Rob Evans, according to the only prop...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoJenkins ramps up pressure on Barrett
By NICK VERDIER BEAUDEN Barrett might be the best player in the world but his goal kicking could be the All...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoBack row dominance will be key for Leinster
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Johnny Sexton in action for Leinster during victory over Wasps. Organiser: Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster Route to the...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoAbendanon: I’m coming home to push bid for 2019 World Cup
By NEALE HARVEY NICK Abendanon could yet compete for an England full-back spot at the 2019 World Cup after revealing he...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoLopez relishing his chance on the big European stage
By NICK VERDIER CLERMONT have not been at their best in recent weeks but fly-half Camille Lopez reckons only one game...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSaint on ‘heritage’ route for England
By NEALE HARVEY IMPOSING Northampton lock David Ribbans has set his heart on an England future after becoming the latest South...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoRed-hot Burns fires Gloucester into final
By GARY FITZGERALD Burn ’em up: Gloucester’s Billy Burns breaks away to score his crucial try PICTURES: Getty Images GLOUCESTER showed...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoPalma-Newport: Bath simply must end the 9-year drought
By NEALE HARVEY Demanding success: Kane Palma Newport LONG-SERVING prop Kane Palma-Newport reckons it is high time Bath shook off their...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoPlissons relishing Ford test
STADE Francais fly-half Jules Plissons is looking forward to once again lock horns with George Ford in the Challenge Cup semifinals...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler WALLABY Tatafu PolotaNau is looking for a move to the Premiership when his contract...
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Features
/ 9 years agoEngland fans face Puma tour black out
THE RFU are working to ensure that England fans don’t suffer a telly black out of the two-game summer tour to...
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Features
/ 9 years agoChiefs join bidding war for Woodward
Wanted: Jason Woodward EXETER are believed to have joined the race to land highly-rated full-back Jason Woodward who has got a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFruean set for move to Edinburgh
RICHARD Cockerill is working to strengthen his Edinburgh squad for next season and is looking to do some of his shopping...
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Features
/ 9 years agoNew batch can be Eddie’s game changers for RWC
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME W ell that’s it, speculation over finally and a squad picked that...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWarriors must cut out excuse mentality warns O’Callaghan
By NEALE HARVEY FORTHRIGHT lock forward Donncha O’Callaghan has delivered a withering critique of Worcester’s substandard season, declaring they cannot use...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoIslanders denied by Munster comeback
By TOM INNES Cup delight: Munster’s Cian Bohane lifts the British & Irish Cup PICTURES: Getty Images MUNSTER ‘A’ staged a...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoSmith aiming to bow out in style
By JON NEWCOMBE Chasing another contract: Yorkshire Carnegie’s second row Matt Smith YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE centurion Matt Smith hopes he and his...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoMunro thrilled to be in shop window
USING Bristol’s Will Hurrell as an inspiration, Ealing centre Joe Munro hopes that a series of good performances in the Championship...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoCusack confident of upset
THE odds will be against Doncaster in the semi-final but fly-half Declan Cusack is adamant they have what it takes to...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoThis won’t be an easy ride – Jebb
By NICK VERDIER LONDON Irish were clear winners of the regular season but flanker Jebb Sinclair knows the Knights will be...
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Features
/ 9 years agoIn words and pictures, the pain and glory of life on tour
Brendan Gallagher looks through his library to assess coverage of the Lions over the decades Part of the Lions tradition, for...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWhen the Lions were truly on song
So it’s July 1977 and the beleaguered Lions, enduring one of the wettest, coldest winters on record in New Zealand and...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBilly and I can mix it up in back row says Faletau
BRITISH & IRISH LIONS By NEALE HARVEY 12-PAGE GUIDE INCLUDING PLAYER-BY-PLAYER ANALYSIS TAULUPE Faletau insists he will have no qualms switching...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWage bills will push clubs to the brink warns Cohen
EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY LEICESTER Tigers chief executive Simon Cohen warns Premiership finances could “fall off a cliff” unless a handbrake...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoAll Black Williams fined again for buying cocaine
FORMER All Black lock Ali Williams has been slapped with another €1,500 (£1,255) fine for buying cocaine in Paris in February...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSubscriptions…
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoThese All Blacks aren’t invincibles that they are cracked up to be
Nick Cain says Lions coach Warren Gatland is the man to convince his squad Kiwis are beatable Nick Cain By the...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoHowley backs power and pace of Lions
By NICK VERDIER All Black conquerer: Ireland centre Jared Payne ROB Howley will soon have to make his mind up about...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoLions have the talent, do they have the time?
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Head start at No.6: Ireland blindside CJ Stander It was always going to be...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoScots unlucky that Twickenham defeat was not considered a blip
BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT Brilliant: Stuart Hogg one of only two Scots to tour My heart sunk a little for the Scots...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoLIONS SQUAD
SAM WARBURTON (c) Position: Flanker Age: 28 Height: 6ft 2in Weight: 16st 3lbs Caps: 73 Lions Caps: 2 CARDIFF BLUES/WALES Emulates...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoFarrell: Lions must impose own game on New Zealand
Winner: Andy Farrell ANDY Farrell was the main instigator of two of New Zealand’s most famous defeats in recent years and...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoWarburton: I’m ready now to captain this side again
Captain Sam Warburton on form, fitness and accepting the honour to lead the Lions’ challenge in New Zealand Sam Warburton became...
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