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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 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
/ 7 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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/ 7 years agoJackson column: Indestructible Faletau gets bad breaks
Taulupe Faletau's seemingly impervious resilience to injury has now been penetrated
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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 years agoWales search for top young talent
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Excited: Humphreys WALES’ new coaching team plan to look far and wide in a bid for success –...
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/ 7 years agoLeicester dig deep to keep Genge
Staying: George Ford LEICESTER Tig ers have been forced to dig deep to keep Ellis Geng e out of the clutches...
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/ 7 years agoSaracens reel in young Sharks ace Wiese
SARACENS have agreed a five-year deal to lure Sharks star Cobus Wiese from Super Rugby next season. The Premiership champions have...
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/ 7 years agoTipuric top of Lyon’s hit list to replace Fearns
Wanted man: Justin Tipuric Return: Carl Fearns LYON are lining up a surprise move for Wales openside flanker Justin Tipuric to...
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/ 7 years agoBidding war begins for Nakarawa
PREMIERSHIP rivals Harlequins and Bath are set to go head to head later this year in the race to land Fijian...
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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
PATRICK SCHICKERLING EXETER CHIEFS PROP Patrick Schickerling had a decision to make over the summer: should he represent Namibia at the...
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/ 7 years agoDan’s the man for Six Nations says Thomas
WAYNE Pivac has been urged to select Dan Thomas in his first Wales Six Nations squad. Openside Thomas – who represented...
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Moseley and ex-Coventry and Boland back Cliffie Hodgson
Willie le Roux features along with some old teammates at Coventry
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Featured
/ 7 years agoYoung Guns: Bath winger Gabriel Hamer-Webb
The Bath speedster talks working with Anthony Watson, Semesa Rokoduguni and Tom Homer
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/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Mike Ruddock can revive ailing Ospreys
Shane Williams believes the addition of Mike Ruddock is just one of the key changes needed at his old club Ospreys
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoGallagher column: Root of Israel Folau case grew from shame of apartheid
Brendan Gallagher examines the vitriol espoused by sacked Wallabies star Israel Folau and how it correlates with attitudes during the apartheid...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoNick Abendanon drawing interest from home as Clermont stay nears end
Nick Abendanon is keen on a return to the UK after five years in France
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/ 7 years agoCain column: PRL secrecy is an insult to club rugby fans
Nick Cain explains why the drip-drip of information issued by Premiership Rugby on Saracens' salary cap breach is riling fans up
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/ 7 years agoProbyn column: Dan Cole will carry the can just like Paul Rendall
Jeff Probyn sympathises with Dan Cole for being made a scapegoat for England's capitulation at the scrum in the World Cup...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoVarsity match: Light Blues’ mighty duo may be godsend or curse
Cambridge have a Test-experience second row ready to take on rivals Oxford in the 138th Varsity match
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/ 7 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol Bears fly-half wonderkid Ioan Iloyd
A big future ahead for Bristol Bears' try-scoring fly-half
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Days of romance, song and drama with Lions
Peter Jackson looks back on the 1955 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa, when attitudes were different but the...
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/ 7 years agoGuscott column: It beggars belief that the Lions are treated so badly
Jeremy Guscott believes it is as important as ever for the Lions to win in South Africa to not fall to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoBristol Bears set to hijack Gloucester’s move for Kyle Sinckler
Gloucester could turn their attention to an Exeter Chiefs prop
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Features
/ 7 years agoWallabies weren’t interested in bringing me back – Jones
ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones says Rugby Australia got in touch with him following news that Michael Cheika was stepping down as...
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/ 7 years agoTigers confident of keeping their key men
HEAD coach Geordan Murphy is ‘hopeful’ Leicester can keep their in-demand England stars at the club despite interest in them intensifying....
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/ 7 years agoUnion review critical of Ireland gameplan
IRELAND’S style of play should have been further developed going into the World Cup, their governing body says. The Irish Rugby...
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/ 7 years agoSHANE WILLIAMS
Ruddock can revive the ailing Ospreys WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Winner: Mike Ruddock with the Six Nations trophy after leading Wales...
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/ 7 years agoFive warm-ups are enough to get the Lions ready
IT WAS interesting to see the eight-game schedule for the British & Irish Lions tour. Five warm-up games is more than...
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/ 7 years agoJapan frustration still eats at Hatley
NEALE HARVEY finds Neal Hatley still asking himself what went wrong in World Cup final Mentor: Neal Hatley has reunited with...
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