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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: The Welsh way once ruled – not anymore
Peter Jackson on the sorry state of affairs at the Ospreys and how Welsh coaching talent once thrived
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Sale Sharks and ex-Stade Francais back row Jono Ross
This is just a ridiculous team named by the Sale Sharks captain, who has played in England, South Africa and France
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Magical Radradra can cast spell on the Premiership
Jeremy Guscott reflects on what Bristol's signing of the Bordeaux Begles and Fiji star Radradra means for the rest of the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Wayne Pivac hasn’t done bad after one week’s work
Shane Williams saw plenty of positives in Wales' win over the Barbarians
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoNorthampton Saints will move on Ben Youngs should talks with Tigers fail
Cobus Reinach has been offered an eye-watering amount of money by Montpellier, and Saints could turn to Ben Youngs to replace...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Mourad Boudjellal ready to pack his bags at Toulon
Is one of rugby's most eccentric owners set to leave the Top 14?
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Features
/ 6 years agoAki agrees new deal
IRELAND centre Bundee Aki has signed a contract extension with Connacht which will keep him at the club until the end...
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Features
/ 6 years agoI’ll manage Arsenal next jokes Eddie
ENGLAND head coach Eddie Jones says he would ‘love to coach’ Arsenal. The England rugby chief joined Alan Brazil and Ally...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
TOM FRENCH THE FORMER WASPS, NOTTINGHAM, LONDON WELSH & ENGLAND SAXONS PROP THE 2007 Heineken Cup Final was probably my 50th...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
NEALE HARVEY THIBAUD FLAMENT WASPS FLANKER/LOCK At 22, Thibaud Flament would not normally fall into young gun territory. However, the story...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGloucester have eye on top prop Schonert
GLOUCESTER are keen on signing Worcester Warriors tight-head Nick Schonert who is out of contract at the end of the season....
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Features
/ 6 years agoGraham could head back to Scotland
Move: Gary Graham GLASGOW are hoping to temp Scotland flanker Gary Graham back north of the border when his Newcastle Falcons...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSopoaga set to end his stay at Wasps
Bad signing? Lima Sopoaga WASPS could lose former All Black fly-half Lima Sopoaga when his contract runs out at the end...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBurns: I want to play fly-half if I stay
FREDDIE Burns will seek assurances from under-pressure Bath boss Stuart Hopper that he will play in his preferred position of fly-half...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBrown ruled out for season after surgery
HARLEQUINS full-back Mike Brown, below, is set to miss the rest of the season after surgery on a knee injury. The...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoThree years of refining Italy, Conor O’Shea got the selection wrong for Azzurri
A look at Conor O'Shea's time in charge of Italy which yielded a 23 per cent win rate in Tests
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol Bears & England U20 hooker Will Capon
Capon talks to Neale Harvey about working with Harry Thacker and John Afoa at Bristol
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoGallagher column: Saracens embodied the old pioneering spirit
The Premiership has become safe and conservative, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Featured
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Ireland prop Paul Wallace
One of the Lions' victorious tourists to win in South Africa in 1997
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoGloucester in move for unsettled England star Kyle Sinckler
Sinckler is out of contract next season and extension talks with Harlequins have stalled, Neil Fissler reports
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Featured
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Worcester Warriors tighthead prop Nick Schonert
The Durban-born forward offers his three pet peeves awaiting entry to Room 101
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years ago100 years of Loughborough: Yes, history truly is made inside these walls
Brendan Gallagher charts the remarkable 100 year history of Loughborough University and the institution's contribution to British sport
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Pathfinder Bedford lay ground for Siya Kolisi
The Springboks captain during the Apartheid era who was the first to recognise change was needed in South Africa
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: End this secrecy over Saracens
Nick Cain examines the questions that remain as Saracens accept salary cap punishment
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Support new lads, don’t give them flak
Shane Williams urges Wales fans to get behind overseas-born new call-ups Johnny McNicholl and Willis Halaholo
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Features
/ 6 years agoHarry in deadlock over Chiefs deal
HARRY WILLIAMS is weighing up continuing his career away from Exeter Chiefs when his contract runs out at the end of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWillis aims to pressurise Undercurry
By NEALE HARVEY Shining light for Wasps: Jack Willis FIRED-UP Wasps back rower Jack Willis is ready to turn up the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPathfinder Bedford lay ground for Kolisi
PETER JACKSON Tommy Bedford’s journey of a lifetime began 50 winters ago on the rocks of a Welsh seaside resort, a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFriends reunited across Irish Sea
Jon Newcombe talks to Munster’s new recruit, former England coach Graham Rowntree Scrum guru: Graham Rowntree works the Munster pack. Inset,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHogg-wash Stuart!
Legacy: Siya Kolisi with World Cup. Inset, Tommy Bedford PICTURE: Getty Images NOBODY seems to have advised Stuart Hogg of the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSupport new lads, don’t give them flak
SHANE WILLIAMS Can make big impact: Willis Halaholo and, inset, Johnny McNicholl PICTURES: Getty Images IN any walk of life, my...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSuddenly Davies has joined the ‘bad guys’
AS CHIEF executive of Cardiff RFC pre-regionalisation, Gareth Davies defied the WRU and put them in the English Premiership alongside Swansea....
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Features
/ 6 years agoFond farewell to Thumper, now Martyn will carry the can
Manager: Williams WAYNE Pivac’s Wales revolution continued this week with the appointment of Martyn Williams as team manager – I must...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTipuric: Time for some fresh ideas
By STEFFAN THOMAS Welcome change: Justin Tipuric is excited by the arrival of Wayne Pivac, left JUSTIN Tipuric believes the time...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBateman’s back after looking beast in face
By NEALE HARVEY Rejuvenated: Greg Bateman BEER-BREWING Leicester prop Greg Bateman has spoken about how the breakup of his marriage, sleepless...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHalaholo’s dancing feet will add wow factor for Wales
WILLIS Halaholo’s ‘unique’ ability to see space and break the line will make him a smash-hit for Wales, says former Hurricanes...
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Features
/ 6 years agoO’Shea role goes to Smith
ITALY have announced former South Africa international Franco Smith as interim head coach for the 2020 Six Nations. Smith replaces former...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDrug abuse is far worse than Saracens ‘crime’
COLIN BOAG EPS: Maro Itoje, Jamie George, the Vunipolas and Owen Farrell make money for clubs The two big words in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSarries embodied the old pioneering spirit
RUGBY MATTERS High-fliers: Saracens with the European Cup PICTURE: Getty Images SO Saracens caved in and did the decent thing to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoO’Shea got selection wrong too many times
ROME was not built in a day and breathing life into Italy’s Test team was always going to be a challenge,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoOne of the big beasts could take the drop this season
JEREMY GUSCOTT Struggles: The loss of Elliot Daly could hit Wasps hard PICTURE: Getty Images Exeter will be favourites to win...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy St Luke’s pack would have seen off Loughborough
ELSEWHERE in The Rugby Paper I have offered up lavish praise to Loughborough Students on their 100th anniversary for the remarkable...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYes, history truly is made within these wonder walls
Track royalty: Sebastian Coe running for Loughborough University in May 1980, the year of his first Olympic gold PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLoughborough had mighty imprint on 2003 World Cup victory
Boss: Clive Woodward RARELY has the Loughborough influence been more prominent than during RWC2003 when Sir Clive Woodward deliberately surrounded himself...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLoughborough All-Stars XV
Recent graduate: Harry Williams England stars: Andy Robinson and Fran Cotton JEFF BUTTERFIELD: Arrived at Loughborough Colleges from Whitcliff Mount GS...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSaints put Earle in their sights
The Beast’s price is too high for Prem clubs BY NEILFISSLER Attracting interest: Nathan Earle SPRINGBOK prop Tendai Mtawarira is unlikely...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Elliot Daly handed first start for Saracens in Champions Cup
Elliot Daly returns after World Cup rest period to start at full-back for Saracens
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