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English Championship
/ 7 years agoTalent-spotter Paul Turner seeking more gems for WRU
"The Welsh Exiles programme has gone from strength to strength" - how can Wales find more Tompkins and Rowlands?
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Cornish Pirates and ex-Bristol hooker Tom Channon
Cornish Pirates hooker Tom Channon takes us through his Dream Team formed of the best players he has taken to the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoGallagher column: Small, strong – Dupont is ideal for the French way
Morgan Parra, Maxime Machenaud and Jonathan Pelissie have all come and gone – Antoine Dupont represents the real France
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoNick Tompkins must start for Wales, says Shane Williams
Nick Tompkins is a must-start for Saturday's trip to Ireland after impressing on debut
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Furbank’s got a high tackle rate – and needs it in Paris
Jeremy Guscott previews Le Crunch by examining how George Furbank can deputise for Anthony Watson
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Features
/ 7 years agoKvesic back to Warriors?
WORCESTER Warriors are weighing up whether to enter the race to tempt former England flanker Matt Kvesic, right, back to Sixways...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPRL must hand over control of salary cap
COLIN BOAG Under scrutiny: Saracens in better times. Lord Myners I have questioned whether Premiership Rugby would include supporters in their...
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Features
/ 7 years agoStars saddle up for epic Calcutta Cup challenge
Jon Newcombe talks to John Hall about his gruelling charity bike ride Tartan rider: Rob Wainright carries the ball during last...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLove of all rugby keeps Wayne in the game
NICK CAIN TALKS TO REFEREE WAYNE BARNES ABOUT THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF HIS OUTSTANDING CAREER Inner steel: Wayne Barnes sends...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRavaged by war, the heroes return
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the Five Nations Championship one hundred years ago Magnificent men: Royal Flying Corps pilots had a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
CEIRON THOMAS FORMER SCARLETS, LEEDS CARNEGIE AND CORNISH PIRATES FLY-HALF I always dreamt of being a Scarlets player growing up around...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
LUKE GREEN LONDON IRISH PROP As a budding England tighthead prop, ask 18-yearold London Irish tyro Luke Green who his ideal...
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Features
/ 7 years agoVermeulen kicking on under Chiefs tutelage
NEALE HARVEY on Exeter’s two unsung South Africans who are more than proving their worth Star signing: Jacques Vermeulen. Nick Easter...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPremiership open salary cap consultation to the fans
PREMIERSHIP Rugby have opened a public consultation into their salary cap regulations in the wake of Saracens’ relegation for spending over...
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Features
/ 7 years agoQuins want Wilco to replace Sinckler
ON THE BLING SIDE Bok star: Wilco Louw HARLEQUINS are in advanced discussions to sign Stormers tight-head Wilco Louw as they...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFlament flies Wasps for Toulouse
WASPS are set to lose Thibaud Flament who went from being Loughborough University’s fifth team’s flyhalf to playing flanker in the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTigers heading the chase to land Ross
Attracting attention: Ross Moriarty. Matias Alemanno Leicester target: Jack Singleton LEICESTER TIGERS have emerged as favourites to tempt British Lions back...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBath take a look at Hill
BATH are interested in signing Northampton Saints prop Paul Hill, right, when his contract runs out at the end of the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoRugby Matters: Can lieutenant Andy Farrell cut it as head honcho?
Brendan Gallagher on why Andy Farrell should be wary of the trap of being labelled a No.2
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoThe two serious flaws in Eddie Jones’ masterplan to make England the best in the world
Nick Cain points out the two areas clearly holding back Eddie Jones from his endgame
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoSpencer column: France will relish early shot at Red Roses
Former England captain Catherine Spencer previews the Six Nations, with the Red Roses travelling to France this weekend
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Old dog Dan Biggar can drive new Wales era forth
Chris Boyd has got Dan Biggar playing with no limits, writes Shane Williams
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: PRL lynch mob make Saracens climb scaffold
Level playing field? The Premiership is about as level as the north face of the Eiger, writes Nick Cain
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: No bumps in the road for Wayne Pivac in his first match
As Wales prepare to face Italy in the Six Nations, Peter Jackson looks at how Pivac's predecessors fared in their first...
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Sale Sharks hooker Rob Webber
A blend of players from Webber's days at Wasps and Bath feature in his Dream Team
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Featured
/ 7 years agoIsrael Folau finds new club in Catalan Dragons
Catalan Dragons wanted to give Folau 'a new opportunity to shine on the pitch'
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Overall, there is sadness at end of Saracens’ era
The trophies Saracens won will be tarnished but their unity shouldn't be questioned, writes Jeremy Guscott
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Features
/ 7 years agoWalder’s name in the frame
NEWCASTLE Falcons head coach Dave Walder could be on the move as his CV has been doing the rounds of Premiership...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWales at 14-1 is looking like a sporting bet
FINN Russell’s expulsion from the Scotland camp increases the number of Test fly-halves missing from the Six Nations starting grid to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCan lieutenant Andy cut it as the head honcho?
His Master’s Voice: Andy Farrell chats to new captain Johnny Sexton PICTURE: Getty Images You will hear much talk over the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGood cop, bad cop – Pivac knows how to handle players
Wales Gary Fitzgerald looks at the likely impact Wayne Pivac will have on Wales New boss: Wayne Pivac and Wales consultant...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTV joins the American rugby fray
THE birth of Major League Rugby in North America has not been without its challenges but with its third season nearly...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLane ruled out by injury but Louis in line for debut
Fit: Louis Rees-Zammit WING Owen Lane has been released from Wales’ Six Nations squad following a ‘significant hamstring injury’ sustained in...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI’m banking on Myners to end this Sarries saga
BEING both a proud Cornishman – and therefore surely a rugby man – and a razor sharp former Financial Services Minister,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoOld dog Biggar can drive new era forth
Main man: Dan Biggar has developed his game under Chris Boyd at Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images DAN Biggar is the old...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGeorgia will use the Boks to gatecrash Six Nations
Brendan Gallagher looks at the strength of the countries playing in the European Nations Cup WHILE the clamour for Georgia to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLes Bleues will relish early shot at England
Lightning start: Jess Breach scores the first try in England’s 41-26 win over France last year PICTURE: Getty Images The women’s...
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Features
/ 7 years agoJones brings the Russian Bear back to basics in bid to claim their first title
By JON NEWCOMBE RUSSIA head coach Lyn Jones says his team will adopt a win-atall costs mentality as they look to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
THEODORE DAN SARACENS HOOKER Brought up as a centre/ wing while coming through the junior ranks at Blackheath RFC, Theodore Dan...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI’ts England – if they can escape Paris!
Wise men? From left, Peter Jackson, Nick Cain, Matt Emery and Jerry Guscott The Rugby Paper’s brains trust reconvened for the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
RICHIE VERNON THE FORMER SCOTLAND, BORDER REIVERS, GLASGOW, SALE & LONDON SCOTTISH BACK ROWER/CENTRE ISTARTED my career at Border Reivers and...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSexton: If I keep healthy I can go on a lot longer
Ireland GARY FITZGERALD talks to Ireland’s new captain about his hopes Ambitions: Johnny Sexton is still driven for success PICTURE: Getty...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHundred hit the heights as they stay top of pile
REGIONAL PREMIER ROUND-UP By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT AND BEN GODDARD ROCHFORD Hundred continued to set the pace in the south east following...
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Features
/ 7 years agoGavin will keep me in touch says Hogg
Scotland New Scotland captain Stuart Hogg will seek expert advice about his job Man and mentor: Stuart Hogg and Gavin Hastings,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDrugs cheats outweigh salary cap fraudsters
COLIN BOAG Missing link man: Billy Vunipola is injured against Racing Cheat has been the word of the past few weeks,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFranco was lined up for months to replace O’Shea
Italy Brendan Gallagher charts background of new Italian head coach Franco Smith New broom: Franco Smith with his squad NICK CAIN...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDREAM TEAM
ROB WEBBER, SALE SHARKS AND FORMER ENGLAND, POCKLINGTON, LEEDS, WASPS AND BATH HOOKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBigi gets the job of replacing Parisse
By GARY FITZGERALD NEW Italy captain, hooker Luca Bigi, hopes the arrival of Franco Smith will herald a successful era for...
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