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Features
/ 6 years agoIn a galaxy far, far way lives World Rugby men
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST In search of intelligent life: Elon Musk’s rocket takes off Now that Elon Musk has ushered in...
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/ 6 years agoEnforcing the breakdown laws should be automatic
COLIN BOAG Obsession: Australian Rugby League is envied by Rugby Australia World Rugby’s Covid-19 trial laws got pretty short shrift from...
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Features
/ 6 years agoI wouldn’t call Lions draw in NZ boring
NEW Zealand have a long history as market leaders in rugby’s “bright ideas” department. Sadly, their latest brainwave is of a...
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/ 6 years agoBarriere was Beziers pussycat!
BRENDANGallagher’s piece about Beziers in last week’s issue, accompanied by a mugshot of the formidable coach Raoul Barriere, called to mind...
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/ 6 years agoLuke’s hooked on being best
NICK CAIN TALKS TO EXETER’S LUKE COWAN-DICKIE ABOUT HIS IMPRESSIVE TRY-SCORING RECORD Try-time: The headbanded Luke Cowan-Dickie is buried as he...
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/ 6 years agoA different Call of Duty put him on top of the world
LUKE Cowan-Dickie once occupied top spot in the Call of Duty war-based video game’s global rankings, and his interest in gaming...
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/ 6 years agoTuilagi has the power to trouble De Allende
2021 LIONSA YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... INSIDE-CENTRES Line-breaker: Manu Tuilagi hands...
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/ 6 years agoSo just who WAS in charge at Gloucester?
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Reshuffle: David Humphreys, celebrating a win with Ross...
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/ 6 years agoOne venue for Rugby Championship makes sense for all time
UNIONS around the world are scrambling to devise short term measures to save competitions and generate much needed cash and the...
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/ 6 years agoDelayed salary cap vote goes ahead tomorrow
PREMIERSHIP clubs will vote again tomorrow on proposals that should see them reduce the salary cap and overhaul the ‘marquee’ players...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSave the red cards for real villains
THERE are many contenders for Rugby’s worst law. The accidental offside law is one and my personal bete noire is allowing...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHeffernan must wait for move to Prem
OISIN HEFFERNAN has been left in limbo despite this week being named in the Championship team of the season. The Nottingham...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDec and I have come a long way since our days in an Airbnb
Q&A LES KISS ON THE RECORD Building: Les Kiss London Irish head coach, former Ireland assistant and proud Aussie Les Kiss...
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/ 6 years agoSkivington is new target forGloucs
Wanted: London Irish coach George Skivington GEORGE Skivington has emerged as a target for Gloucester who are set to revamp their...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCampo, the maverick, about to break loose
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 agoVan Vuuren joins the Trailfinders revamp
Signed: Van Vuuren EALING have continued the massive overhaul of their squad next season by signing Michael van Vuuren from Northampton...
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/ 6 years agoNew rule gives spirit of the game a red card
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Deserved: Sebastien Vahaamahina is sent off against Wales PICTURE: Getty Images As from...
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/ 6 years agoSo Super that rugby is back on the box!
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Back on home soil: New Blues signing Dan Carter PICTURE: Getty Images Forget about the...
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/ 6 years agoPress box pros were Wales’ other stars
WHENWales shared the Five Nations title in 1964, they had an unbeaten team on the field and another one off it....
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoExclusive: I’ll never be like Beauden but I’m a bloody-minded winner, says Dan Biggar
Wales and Northampton fly-half Dan Biggar hasn't looked back since arriving at Franklin's Gardens. The same applies to his Lions 2021...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Owen Farrell has the game to replace Sexton and stay ahead of Biggar
Owen Farrell can live up to the challenge of Dan Biggar and Johnny Sexton on the 2021 Lions tour
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Give England stars Test fees but keep club pay down
Jeff Probyn looks at how central contracts would factor in today's current circumstances if that's the route the RFU went in...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Lansdown argument all about gaining monopoly
Bristol and Bath hold the advantage in the Premiership with their financial muscle, writes Chris Hewett
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Redruth fly-half Fraser Honey
The playmaker wants one thing from a teammate: know your role
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Featured
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Brad Mooar: I’m leaving Scarlets with them ready to explode
We ask the outgoing Scarlets head coach about what he's leaving behind in west Wales and his final message to fans
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Cornish Pirates scrum-half JB Bruzulier
Contracted for another two seasons at Pirates, JB Bruzulier reflects on his career to pick a best XV
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins find tighthead to fill void left by Kyle Sinckler
The Premiership club are set to bolster their front row across all three positions
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Can Emirati riches pump life into fallen giant Beziers?
Glory days of Beziers gave rise to region removed from French rugby's heartland of the south west, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Back three riches will give Wayne Pivac a problem
The 15 players Wales have in their back three stock
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Givvons spun them a golden yarn in Oldham
The West Indies influence in Britain found its way into rugby league in the 1930s with Alex Givvons, Peter Jackson writes
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Eddie Jones on touchline is a recipe for a riot
Nick Cain on Eddie Jones' suggestion that international coaches should be allowed to stalk the touchline
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: The Top 14 looks the likeliest route for Maro Itoje now
Jeremy Guscott looks at how the Saracens lock can maintain his financial income and international ambitions with England and the Lions
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Sedgley Park fly-half Steve Collins
Nobody wants brick-sized phones like the 1980s, Collins argues
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Features
/ 6 years agoTRP’s National Two South Team of the Season
We can reveal the National Two North XV voted for their standout individual campaigns in 2019-20
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Tomos can put pressure on Conor Murray
Nick Cain ranks the scrum-halves available to Warren Gatland for the 2021 tour of South Africa
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Features
/ 6 years agoSaracens make a bid for Bok lock Flip
Offer: Flip van der Merwe SARACENS are set to make a bid to tempt former Springbok second row Flip van der...
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/ 6 years agoWas this the greatest club Seven of all time?
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 agoYou read it all in Blindside first, folks!
BLINDSIDE has once again proven this week that nobody comes close to us to providing transfer news. We reported last Sunday...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGivvons spun them a golden yarn in Oldham
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Star man: Alec Givvons, bottom row, third left, with the Oldham team of...
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/ 6 years agoFive clubs in a queue for Lucas
Wanted: Isaac Lucas LONDON Irish and Bath are among the clubs who are interested in signing former Queensland Reds fly-half Isaac...
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/ 6 years agoWhere have all the Welsh coaches gone?
NO MATTER how different it may look or when it will start, next season will have a depressingly familiar look about...
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/ 6 years agoBack three riches will give Pivac a problem
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND There was a time not so long ago when Wales were worried about their back...
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/ 6 years agoBattlefields to playing fields, medics with double lives
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the most impressive rugby doctors TOP 20 ...RUGBY PLAYING DOCTORS NEXT WEEK...
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/ 6 years agoSideburns,big hair and huge talent the 70s Lions were show-stoppers
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union Flying doctor: JPR in full flow in...
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/ 6 years agoTyrrells are toast for the women
TYRRELLS have chosen not to renewtheir threeyear sponsorship of the Women’s Premier 15s when it comes to end in August. The...
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/ 6 years agoANATOMY OF THAT BARBARIANS 1973 TRY
THE 1971 Lions re-mustered in all but name for the Barbarians match against New Zealand in January 1973 with Phil Bennett...
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/ 6 years agoHolmes in at Dragons
DRAGONSconfirmed the signing of Wales wing Jonah Holmes following his release from Leicester. The 27-year-old scored 24 tries in three seasons...
