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/ 7 years agoDiane’s smile caps a glorious debut for Scotland’s star man
ALL sorts of contenders for the jouer de rugby gallant t-shirt this week. The ever smiling Schalk Brits enjoyed what could...
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/ 7 years agoSadness behind Klim’s big journey
Alex Bywater talks to Namibia’s Lesley Klim about the problems he faced in his early life World stage: George Bridge of...
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/ 7 years agoWhitelock just keeps on winning
NEWS EXTRA THE All Blacks victory over Namibia was stand-in captain Sam Whitelock’s 17th World Cup win in a row. Whitelock...
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/ 7 years agoMy hotel was swaying like a huge concrete tree
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK A PART from the spatterings of rain on the glass window of my...
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/ 7 years agoNonu joins San Diego
FORMER New Zealand centre Ma’a Nonu has joined San Diego Legion for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The two-time World...
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/ 7 years agoOwen and Billy are Eddie problems
Nick Cain arrives in Tokyo to find Eddie Jones confronted by some big selectorial decisions Not at their best: Owen Farrell,...
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/ 7 years agoForce majeure…life is a calculated risk!
Brendan Gallagher recalls other cases when extreme weather or random events have affected sport THE great and the good, not to...
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/ 7 years agoCancelled game will help Welsh chances
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS WALES are battered and bruised, but they are also battle-hardened for the World Cup’s quarter-finals...
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/ 7 years agoIt’s a shambles and that’s all down to World Rugby
COLIN BOAG It’s six years since the Oxford English Dictionary first included ‘omnishambles’ in its pages, and there can rarely have...
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/ 7 years agoKamikaze man Siggy has made real impact
Just before the collision it is essential that you do not shut your eyes for a moment so as not to...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoProbyn column: The truth about why Mendez punched Paul Ackford
The first shock result of the World Cup fittingly provided by the hosts, Japan, against Ireland will certainly have focused the minds...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Coventry and former Northampton Saints forward Ben Nutley
We talk to Ben Nutley and ask him to pick a XV of the top players he's played alongside or against
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoExeter Chiefs keeping an eye on Welsh scrum-half Rhys Webb
Current first-choice scrum-half Nic White will leave Sandy Park at the end of the season and here's why Webb could leave...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby cancels England’s clash with France as ‘violent’ Typhoon Hagibis stays on course
Tournament organisers cancel two matches with concerns now being raised about Scotland's crunch match against Japan
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: England v Wales in World Cup final, says John Gallagher
As the first Englishman to win the World Cup and the only one to retire unbeaten, John Gallagher made the most...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: There’s no pleasure in Domes full of sweat
Nick Cain explores the sweltering conditions of Japan made more energy-sapping by the closure of the roof at stadiums such as...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Hope has turned into belief after win over Aussies
How Wales' win over the Wallabies changed their outlook for the rest of the World Cup
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Featured
/ 7 years agoProblems will exist in the Pacific until we get a professional team, says Fiji coach McKee
John McKee reflects on the issues facing Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, with all three nations set to exit the World Cup...
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/ 7 years agoCut out the Pools and go straight to quarter-finals
COLIN BOAG Humiliation: New Zealand blitz Canada as Rieko Ioane goes over for their fifth try Are you enjoying the RWC...
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/ 7 years agoAshton still keen to make Test splash
CHRIS ASHTON has told Blindside that he still has ambitions to add to his 44 England caps next season. The 32-year-old...
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/ 7 years agoChiefs keep eye on Webb
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Coming home? Rhys Webb RHYS WEBB could be set to leave Toulon at the...
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/ 7 years agoLeague ace Sivo tempted by Prem
MAIKA SIVO, the Parramatta Eels winger who is the leading try-scorer in the NRL, has got his CV doing the rounds...
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/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
FORMER SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH, SCARLETS, KOBE STEELERS AND NEWCASTLE LOCK SCOTT MACLEOD BILL McLAREN taught me at primary school and I played...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
BARRIE KAREA EXETER CHIEFS CENTRE The tiny Pacific Ocean republic of Kiribati is not renowned for producing rugby players but talented...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoYoung Guns: Leicester Tigers tighthead prop Osman Dimen
Dimen talks about his time at Loughborough Students last season in National One and his future at Welford Road
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Featured
/ 7 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Hugo Southwell: Former Scotland, Edinburgh, Stade Francais and Wasps full-back
Southwell recalls the World Cup heartache of 2007 when the Scots were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Argentina
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Class act as Manuel Diana remembers the fallen
Uruguay back row Manuel Diana paid tribute to the people of Kamaishi as a player who heralds from a club devastated...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Bravo Japan… now give us World Cup for Tier 2
Nick Cain outlines why a World Cup exclusive to Tier 2 nations is needed in the wake of Japan's shock win...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoProbyn column: Aggressive scrums are a recipe for more injuries
Jeff Probyn airs his view on how the scrum is functioning under the current laws
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Ealing Trailfinders and former Rebels back row Jordy Reid
The flanker picks a XV based on who has played against and alongside
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Ford-Farrell combination is dependent on Manu’s defence
Jeremy Guscott talks England's plans for their back-line with games against tougher opposition beckoning
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoExeter Chiefs hunt for successor to veteran Gareth Steenson
Rob Baxter is leading the race for a highly-rated fly-half at a Premiership rival
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: This Wales side have got Michael Cheika worried
Shane Williams previews the big clash in Pool A between Wales and Australia
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby must take blame for tackle farce
Let off: Samoa’s Rey Lee-Lo should have been red-carded I’m not a fan of World Rugby, primarily because it seems to...
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/ 7 years agoDenton works out his options
DAVE DENTON tells Blindside he will wait until the New Year to decide what he wants to do next after concussion...
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/ 7 years agoChiefs lead chase for fly-half Malins
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Wanted: Max Malins EXETER are leading the hunt to tempt highlyr...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBath seek new Ruaridh
BATH have their spies out in Japan seeking a bargain signing in the mould of Ruaridh McConnochie. Olympic silver medalist McConnochie...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLandry in spotlight
USA international Ben Landry, 28, knows another of couple of impressive performances in Japan could secure him a dream Premiership move....
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
HUGO SOUTHWELL THE FORMER SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH, STADE FRANCAIS AND WASPS FULL-BACK. LIKE so many Scotland players of my generation some wonderful...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoGallagher column: Tonga and Samoa should have a base in Auckland
Brendan Gallagher's focusses on the lineage of Tonga, Samoa and Fiji's squads, most of whom are based in New Zealand and...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers send head of recruitment shopping for players in Australia
Tigers already have an eye on the 2020-21 season and are targeting some Wallabies
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Japan gets its sense of proportion just right
Nick Cain looks at how Japan is embracing its role as host nation of the World Cup in its own unique...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Phil Davies is admired as a glutton for punishment
Peter Jackson journeys back to 1987 when Wales and Phil Davies met the All Blacks
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Smart All Blacks kick the Springboks into disarray
Jeremy Guscott pinpoints the kicking game as an area where Steve Hansen outsmarted Rassie Erasmus
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Expect a reaction from Wales after Rob Howley’s departure
Shane Williams backs Jonathan Davies to provide a big impact for Wales in their World Cup opener with Georgia
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