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Features
/ 9 years agoNew-fangled PRO 14 is disaster waiting to happen
COLIN BOAG There is no shortage of top-class rugby players, but my goodness the game seems to be very light on...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
ARTHUR ELLIS, THE EALING & FORMER OSPREYS AND WASPS OPENSIDE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1....
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Features
/ 9 years agoFreddie’s coming home with a game to boost Bath
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK FREDDIE Burns has arrived at Bath as an experienced 10 who has made big improvements...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoUnderdogs Wales to unleash teenage sensation George
Wales WALES face a huge battle to get out of their pool but head coach Rowland Phillips is desperate to put...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoConfidence is booming after beating world’s best
By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND will be the team with a target on their back following their successful tour of New Zealand,...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoThese professional Red Roses are red hot favourites to defend title
CATHERINE SPENCER Ordinary people: England lift trophy in 2014 In 2008 we played France away in the Six Nations and recorded...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoMolloy takes charge after Ireland hit by Briggs withdrawal
New skipper: Claire Molloy Ireland CLAIRE Molloy will have the honour of leading Ireland at their home World Cup following the...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoScarratt: We’re not champions, just contenders
It seems like yesterday that Emily Scarratt was thrust into the rugby limelight as the leading points scorer and player of...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Matt Cornish – Ealing Trailfinders hooker
There are many roads to professional rugby but Matt Cornish has taken it to the extreme going from London 1 to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Johnny lost to Wales because of his colour
They carried Johnny Freeman from St. Mary’s church last week and out of what used to be Tiger Bay on a...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTuilagi returns to England squad
Manu Tuilagi has been named in the England training squad for their camp at the Lensbury Hotel later this week. The...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoFord’s no loss with Freddie at the helm says Banahan
Matt Banahan is convinced Bath have emerged far stronger from the controversial deal that saw George Ford and Freddie Burns swap...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Mike Penn – Moseley full-back
1. Reality TV Love Island is all the lads at Moseley ever talk about. It seems to have taken over from...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoDan Leo: Charitable mindset has held back Pacific rugby
Much of the kiwi media-fare leading up to the third test between New Zealand and the Lions focussed on Kieran Read...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoMike Ford: My love of risk-taking has landed me in the USA
The opportunity to try something new appealed to me when Dallas Griffins owner Phil Camm asked me to head up the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoDenton: I had to quit Bath for Test dream
David Denton wants to wear the Scotland jersey again but as hard as it was to admit, he reckons it would...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoJones wants Tour to help England go the distance
Eddie Jones is back at Twickenham. The silence and calm in the surrounds of England Rugby’s fortress that is now his...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Matt Williams – Worcester hooker
Enjoyed the off season? Very much so. It was quite a weird one as we had five weeks off and then...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWomen’s Premiership ready for Crisp new season
The RFU has today announced Tyrrells as title partner for the new women’s domestic competition, with the official name of the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years ago8 reasons why it’s worth betting on rugby
The year 2017 places rugby second only to football regarding global popularity. The game with a rich and occasionally controversial history...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWilliams is lean, keen and ready to fight for England dream
London Irish midfielder Johnny Williams has vowed to come back fitter, stronger and faster as he aims to get his England...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: Break the bank to keep Biggar at Ospreys
Here’s my message to the Welsh Rugby Union; you have to try and pull out all the stops to help keep...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Kurt Johnson – former Coventry and Orrell wing
With my hair dyed pink and the No.14 shaved into the back of my head, people might have wrongly assumed I...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoTop Boks will follow ‘exodus to Europe’
Super Rugby‘s fading appeal is likely to provoke South Africa‘s major provinces to follow the lead of the Cheetahs and Kings...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoREACTIONS to the Pro12 expansion
Martin Anayi, CEO of the Guinness PRO14, said: “The arrival of the Toyota Cheetahs and the Southern Kings marks a bold...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCONFIRMED: South African teams to join Pro12 this season
Celtic Rugby and the South African Rugby Union have today confirmed that the Toyota Cheetahs and the Southern Kings will join...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Nick Selway – Jersey hooker
1. Sam Lockwood – The first of many in this team who went from Jersey to the Premiership. Impressive scrummager with...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTop Boks will follow ‘exodus to Europe’
By NEALE HARVEY Views: Edward Griffiths SUPER Rugby’s fading appeal is likely to provoke South Africa’s major provinces to follow the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLydiate ready for action at Ospreys
By PETER JACKSON Gimme some skin: Christian Wade, left, and Dan Robson helped Wasps retain their Premiership Sevens title PICTURE: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRobinson: I couldn’t quit even after club axed Dad
BRISTOL flanker Olly Robinson has revealed why he decided to stay at the club in the wake his father’s sacking as...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoOld pals Catrakalis and Swiel set to battle it out
By NEALE HARVEY Order of the boot: Demetri Catrakilis shows his kicking repertoire for Montpellier against Quins PICTURES: Getty Images NEW...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoBreak the bank to keep Dan at Ospreys
Key man at Ospreys: Dan Biggar PICTURE: Getty Images HERE’S MY message to the Welsh Rugby Union; you have to try...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoHandling of expansion has become a shambles
I COVERED the expansion of the Guinness PRO12 in my column last week, but seven days later we’re no closer to...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWhy help Kiwi coaches? They wouldn’t dream of helping us!
Q&A ALI HEPHER ON THE RECORD Recently promoted Exeter head coach Ali Hepher tells NEALE HARVEY how the Premiership champions are...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
MATT WORLEY RACING 92 FULL-BACK It was a PR stunt that took Matt Worley from Hong Kong to Racing 92, but...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoRuthless Crusaders march into final with Tamanivalu at double
By NICK VERDIER Match-winner: Seta Tamanivalu scored twice to give the Crusaders the win Out: Brodie Retallick picked up the only...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoAckermann has wish come true
By NICK VERDIER Back to back: Kwagga Smith scores to secure a a second consecutive final for the Lions THE Lions...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJones wants Tour to help England go the distance
Rupert Guinness, rugby writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, finds the England coach in the Alps Eddie Jones is back at...
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Features
/ 9 years agoPast glories will count for nothing say England
The memory of 2014 in France might still be fresh with us but women’s rugby has moved on apace and, a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBlack Ferns became the domimant force after early success for the U.S.
IN the early years the USA were a powerhouse and they duly won the inaugural World Cup in 1991, beating England...
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Features
/ 9 years agoScarratt: We’re not champions, just contenders
Breaking through: Emily Scarratt takes on the Italians It seems like yesterday that Emily Scarratt was thrust into the rugby limelight...
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Features
/ 9 years agoTigers swoop for England star May
BY NEIL FISSLER Tigers target: Jonny May ENGLAND wing Jonny May will this week complete his switch from Gloucester to Leicester...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWelsh Union set to step in for Halfpenny
LIONS full-back Leigh Halfpenny could be on the verge of finding a new club according to Blindside sources in South Wales....
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Features
/ 9 years agoBaxter bolsters lock stock with Kings enforcer
TRANSFER WRAP PREMIERSHIP champions Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their squad ahead of the new season with the acquisition of South African...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMy love of risk-taking has landed me in U.S.
Big oak: Toulon’s Mathieu Bastareaud PICTURE: Getty Images The opportunity to try something new appealed to me when Dallas Griffins owner...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJoe ready to take his chance alongside George
ONE downside of going to America is that I won’t be able to see George and Joe play for Leicester as...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBall targeting leadership role for club and country
By ALEX BYWATER Calling the shots: Jake Ball JAKE Ball says the pain of missing out on the Scarlets’ PRO12 title...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoKalamafoni confident he’ll crack it at Tigers
By NICK VERDIER Physical specimen: Sione Kalamafoni PICTURES: Getty Images New boss: Matt O’Connor POWERHOUSE back row Sione Kalamafoni will not...
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