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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: New breed of coaches take centre stage in 2020
Only Eddie Jones and Gregor Townsend remain from the World Cup as the Six Nations nears
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoA wishlist for rugby in 2020: Nick Cain’s wants an England Grand Slam
Nick Cain reveals his wishlist for England and the sport of rugby in general this year
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: A strong Dragons team can help Pivac make strides
Shane Williams shares his view on how Aaron Wainwright and Taine Basham can take Wales to the next level
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Six Nations excitement can light up the New Year
Jeremy Guscott lends some advice for any players set to grace the Test stage for the first time in the upcoming...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHomecoming for Rhys Webb at Ospreys
Toulon agree to release the Welsh scrum-half a year early from his contract
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Featured
/ 6 years agoEllis Genge and George Ford agree Leicester Tigers extensions
George Worth and Sam Aspland-Robinson have also signed contract renewals to stay at Welford Road
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoPeter Jackson’s alternative list for Winners of 2019
An alternative take on the year's events sees Peter Jackson crown Doddie Weir for his fight in defiance of MND
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Features
/ 6 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
MIKE McCARTHY FORMER IRELAND, WASPS, NEWCASTLE, CONNACHT & LEINSTER LOOSE FORWARD IWAS a late bloomer with Ireland. I thought that ship...
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Features
/ 6 years agoChiefs ‘have learnt how to rule Europe’
Are Exeter Chiefs ready to win the Heineken Champions Cup? NEALE HARVEY talks to two of their coaches who believe their...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLet’s hear it for my winners of 2019!
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Silent assassin: Danny Cipriani has heard nothing from Eddie jones. Inset left: Sebastien...
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Features
/ 6 years agoUnions should concentrate on amateur side of game
COLIN BOAG Last week’s Rugby Paper gave fuel to those who want to claim that the game is in rude health,...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoWhy some Premiership clubs are angling for a format change to the Champions Cup
Saracens owner Nigel Wray details how player welfare grounds affect Premiership clubs in the Champions Cup
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Macho Makis can make their mark in Sevens
Brendan Gallagher marks Madagascar as one of rugby's growing nations who can utilise the creation of the Challenger Sevens Series
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Featured
/ 6 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s team of the 2010s
Brendan Gallagher has watched a lot - and we mean, a lot - of rugby this decade. So we asked him...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Bath second row Elliott Stooke
Semesa Rokodoguni has one prank which the Bath lock doesn't take too kindly to
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Ross Moriarty should stay in Wales with Dragons
Shane Williams praises the back-row forward for filling in for Taulupe Faletau, but that he should turn down interest from overseas
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: We got over 1991 – now the class of 2019 must develop
Jeremy Guscott on how Owen Farrell can lead England to a new level in the Six Nations
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Rugby is forgiving and Rob Howley deserves that
Corruption had nothing to do with Howley's suspension handed by World Rugby, writes Nick Cain
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoJonny May is latest Leicester Tigers star to be targetted
SARACENS are weighing up a move for England winger Jonny May who is coming into the last six months of his...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Rugby as Wales’ national sport? Not with these crowd numbers!
Can we expect a full house at any of the regions' this festive period?
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Features
/ 6 years agoLaidlaw set to stay in France
Switch: Laidlaw GREIG LAIDLAW called time on his Scotland career last week but it would appear the scrumhalf wants to stay...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGlasgow triumph in game of cards
GLASGOWWarriors put in a big defensive shift to defeat old rivals Edinburgh Rugby in a match that saw five yellow cards....
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Features
/ 6 years agoSkilful Sam gets drop on Scarlets at death
Threat: Will Talbot of Dragons nears the line PICTURE: Huw Evans A LAST-minute Sam Davies drop-goal snatched victory for the Dragons...
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Features
/ 6 years agoUlster’s late surge leaves Cullen sullen
By JOHN FALLON IT’S a measure of how far Leinster have progressed that even when a secondstring side runs in eight...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBlues ride luck after triple yellow
By ALEX BYWATER Decisive: Jarrod Evans scores for Blues PICTURE: Huw Evans CARDIFF Blues sealed a first league win at the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTyro Casey drives Munster to victory
By JOHN FALLON CAPTAIN CJ Stander praised 20-year old No.9 Craig Casey, starting his first game for Munster, for steering them...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFaiva try punishes Violi’s inaccuracy
By ADAM ELLIS BENETTON remain top dogs in Italy after edging out Zebre in horrid conditions. Hooker Hame Faiva delivered the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSherratt: Ospreys will be back for Christmas
■By STEFFAN THOMAS MATT Sherratt knows all about the “carnival” of Welsh rugby after a stint at Cardiff Blues and a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJenkins fears WRU are failing the clubs
Steffan Thomas talks to Gareth Jenkins about his crusade to boost Welsh rugby The way it was: Then Wales head coach...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
FREDDIESTEWARD LEICESTER FULL-BACK Norfolk has provided a rich seam of talent to Leicester down the years with the Youngs brothers, Ben...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRFU delay Borthwick to Leicester
Notice period: Borthwick LEICESTER TIGERS are having to wait before they can appoint Steve Borthwick to their coaching staff after failing...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBears in move for Cruse
BRISTOL BEARS have switched their attentions to Wasps hooker Tom Cruse as they look to bolster their front row next season....
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Features
/ 6 years agoMay is latest Tigers star to be targeted
SARACENS are weighing up a move for England winger Jonny May who is coming into the last six months of his...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAusterity takes festive fun out of the RFU
BORIS JOHNSON has signalled an end to the government’s decade long austerity but there is no end in sight to the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: No more false starts, cull the scrum cheats
Brendan Gallagher points to the outright disqualification for false starting in athletics as something rugby should adhere with scrum resets
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: It’s time to be realistic about Lions tours
Jeff Probyn ponders how quickly the Lions will adapt to playing at altitude in their 2021 tour of South Africa
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Indestructible Faletau gets bad breaks
Taulupe Faletau's seemingly impervious resilience to injury has now been penetrated
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Gatland is waiting for any All Blacks implosion under Foster
Ian Foster must navigate his two-year contract without some of the key names associated with the All Blacks
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Stuart Hogg can be the missing link for Exeter in chase for Champions Cup success
Four wins out of four for Exeter Chiefs in Europe - Jeremy Guscott looks into how Stuart Hogg is part of...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: A real blow to Scarlets if Brad Mooar heads home
Shane Williams feels the Scarlets have an exceptional coach on their hands, so it's no wonder the All Blacks are calling
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Features
/ 6 years agoBalmain wanted as cover for Williams
Off? Fraser Balmain Suitors: England’s Harry Williams EXETER Chiefs are among a clutch of clubs interested in signing Gloucester prop Fraser...
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Features
/ 6 years agoReal blow to Scarlets if Mooar heads home
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Inspirational: Brad Mooar coaching Scarlets PICTURE: Huw Evans EARLIER this season I headed down to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGatland’s high praise means so much to me
I WAS hugely honoured to be name checked by Warren Gatland as the best player he coached during his time with...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNo more false starts, cull the scrum cheats
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I suspect I’m about to hack off all front rowers past and present but hopefully they will...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks of the year all come from Fiji!
Swapped allegiance: Sevu Reece PICTURE: Getty Images I OCCASIONALLY get taken to task – I’m being as polite as possible –...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNot all rosy in Rainbow nation
Decision: Aphiwe Dyantyi and Chiliboy Ralepelle THESE are heady days for South African rugby but there is one very dark cloud...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEddie’s little helpers will need to be strong men
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE MEN ENGLAND COULD CA ALL ON AS THEY SEEK NEW COACHES Scrum gurus: Richard Cockerill, above,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER WASPS, BATH, YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE, DONCASTER & COVENTRY PROP CHARLIE BEECH TWO weeks ago I started my new life, as...
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