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/ 6 years agoNow I can try to follow my hero Thompson, says Jack Singleton
"You only find out you're in the England squad when you get added to the WhatsApp group" - Singleton
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/ 6 years agoAshes hero Ben Stokes shows Ben Youngs how to hit peak
Ben Stokes produced heroics at Headingley when the England cricket team needed it - and the same might be for Ben...
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/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Jarrod Evans has the ability to be a star in Japan
Shane Williams spells the attributes which make Jarrod Evans an able back-up to Dan Biggar
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/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Pack display was poetry
Jeremy Guscott's verdict on England's barnstorming performance from the pack against Ireland
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/ 6 years agoVitalised Attwood comes full circle
NEALE HARVEY talks to Bristol’s new lock star Dave Attwood about his return home Renaissance man: Dave Attwood enjoyed a good...
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/ 6 years agoPichot’s right to question his own world rankings!
RUGBY MATTERS Rout: Italy’s Luca Morisi and Michele Campagnaro celebrate a try against Russia BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the...
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/ 6 years agoCarnival time calling as the Baa-Baas go to Brazil
The Barbarians famously enjoy a spot of relaxed team bonding before their big games and that approach could reach a new...
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/ 6 years agoHardy dares to take on SAS hero Paddy
TOM Hardy might or might not be the next James Bond when Daniel Craig steps down but the Mad Max and...
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/ 6 years agoTop four finish is a must says Bath prop Obano
By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA BENO Obano has warned Bath anything other than a Premiership semi-final place would constitute failure this...
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/ 6 years agoFined 50 for not speaking Italian!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY High point: Luke McLean playing for Italy against Ireland at RWC2015 PICTURE: Getty Images LUKE McLEAN THE FORMER...
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/ 6 years agoNo moping, I need to keep mentally steady
Neil Fissler finds Harry Williams in work mode after a disappointing end to his summer Combative: Harry Williams in World Cup...
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/ 6 years agoFranks cut by All Blacks
NEW Zealand have left Northampton-bound prop Owen Franks out of their 31-man World Cup squad. Franks, 31, has won 108 caps...
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/ 6 years agoControversial Te’o finds it tough going in Top 14 debut
FRENCH WRAP A WEEKLY ROUND-UP OF ALL THE ACTION FROM THE TOP 14 Axed England centre Ben Te’o was thrust straight...
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/ 6 years agoAt last, the Tier Two clubs come out fighting
THERE was a three-pronged attack this week which culminated in a significant victory for the English Championship clubs, and a bloody...
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/ 6 years agoFarming stock keep Wharfedale solvent
Threshfield legend:John Spencer PICTURE: John Ashton @ickledot MY CLUB WHARFEDALE JON NEWCOMBE SPEAKS WITH A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RUGBY FIGURES ABOUT...
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/ 6 years agoMercenary Te’o puts cash before country
Mercenary Te’o puts cash before country PICTURE: Getty Images BEN TE’O’S decision to turn his back on England during the World...
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/ 6 years agoFord and Farrell look right call for England
JEFF PROBYN With the warm up games almost done and dusted and the team’s focus set on Japan, what did we...
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/ 6 years agoOnly the word Yorkshire saved Carnegie’s bacon
COLIN BOAG Struggling: Yorkshire Carnegie have become the Championship’s problem child In his column last weekend, Jeff Probyn made the case...
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/ 6 years agoJarrod has the ability to be a star in Japan
Self-belief: Jarrod Evans has that little bit of arrogance that’s priceless in a No.10 PICTURE: Getty Images WARREN Gatland names his...
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/ 6 years agoAshes hero Ben shows Youngs how to improve
On stand by: Richard Wigglesworth, Dan Robson, Danny Care ENGLAND’S stand-by No.9s like the Saracens duo Ben Spencer and Richard Wigglesworth,...
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/ 6 years agoSurvivors from 2015 ‘have learned from their mistakes’
BEN Youngs is England’s senior player, and, as a veteran of the 2011 and 2015 World Cup disappointments, the 88-cap scrum-half...
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/ 6 years agoThis is my last contract at Wasps then I want Test side
Q&ADAI YOUNG ON THE RECORD Wasps supremo Dai Young tells NEALE HARVEY how he aims to take Wasps back to the...
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/ 6 years agoProbyn column: This Italy warm-up game should be in Yorkshire
Jeff Probyn shares his view on Newcastle United's St James' Park hosting England's match against Italy
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: The day the floodgates opened on the pro rugby era
Peter Jackson digs deep into the story of how rugby turned professional 25 years ago
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/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Manu Tuilagi must be wearing the 12 shirt for the big Pool games
Jeremy Guscott shares his thoughts on when it would be best for England to deplot the Ford-Farrell combination
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/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Saracens wing Elliott Obatoyinbo
Elliott Obatoyinbo is a man in a hurry, metaphorically as well as physically, and a big season lies ahead for the...
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/ 6 years agoSpencer column: Equality is what the women’s game wants not ‘neutrality’
Catherine Spencer writes on World Rugby's branding change for the Women's Rugby World Cup and Rocky Clark's new career move
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/ 6 years agoCain column: Sorry, Bill but men and women are different
Have World Rugby blurred the lines in the pursuit of gender neutrality?
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/ 6 years agoFast tempo impressed me, it’s key to success
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WALES are set to make a host of changes for Saturday’s World Cup warm-up clash...
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/ 6 years agoCarnegie? It’s frustrating and a dark time for RFU
STEVE HILL Q&A ON THE RECORD Richmond rugby director Steve Hill tells NEALE HARVEY why the fallout from the Yorkshire Carnegie...
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/ 6 years agoEddie’s still a work in progress
NICK CAIN PROBES ENGLAND’S AREAS OF WEAKNES JUST A MONTH BEFORE THE WORLD CUP THE biggest challenge of England’s World Cup...
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/ 6 years agoCruden fails with last-gasp kick to hand Castres win
Seventy days after Toulouse lifted the Boucliers de Brennus for the first time in nine years, the new Top 14 season...
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/ 6 years agoGlobetrotter Luke learns from best
Steffan Thomas talks to Luke Charteris about his quest to become a top coach LUKE Charteris hopes picking the brains of...
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/ 6 years agoSpurrell saved me from a real kicking
MY CLUB BATH WE SPEAK WITH A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RUGBY FIGURES ABOUT THE CLUB THEY CALL THEIR OWN. THIS WEEK...
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/ 6 years agoCheika takes chance on veteran Pocock
AUSTRALIA coach Michael Cheika has named back rower David Pocock in his World Cup squad, despite the forward’s fitness concerns. Pocock,...
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/ 6 years agoThis Italy warm-up should be in Yorkshire
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As the England team head towards their last warm-up game against Italy...
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/ 6 years agoDay the floodgates opened on the pro era
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW On this very Sunday almost a quarter of a century ago, Rugby Union...
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/ 6 years agoGatland needs to learn his history
SPEAKING your mind can be a hazardous business in any walk of life, all the more so in sport given its...
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/ 6 years agoPainter brushing up on his eye for detail
By NEALE HARVEY Big talent: Saints prop Ehren Painter PICTURES: Getty Images NORTHAMPTONtighthead Ehren Painter believes learning from the best New...
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/ 6 years agoMennaye remains at heart of Pirates plans
By MIKE SINCLAIR CORNISH Pirates are going full steam ahead to be playing at the new Stadium for Cornwall in Truro...
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/ 6 years agoItaly must show steel to make RWC impact
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT’s difficult to think of any nation that...
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/ 6 years agoSpare a thought for speedsters who will miss World Cup
THERE is no question that some bright new shiny stars on the wing will announce themselves in Japan next month so...
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/ 6 years agoExtreme analysis paralysis will be too much
RUGBY World Cup have been boasting this week that the semi-finals and final of the forthcoming tournament will be covered by...
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/ 6 years agoStresses and strains have never been higher in sport
RICHARD CRAMER SPORTS LAWYER We are now less than a month from the start of the Rugby Union World Cup. Every...
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/ 6 years agoThis was the season to scrap Premiership Cup
COLIN BOAG We ought to be getting the replica shirts out of the wardrobe in anticipation of the start of the...
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