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/ 7 years agoRoom 101: Chinnor full-back Chris Wolfe-Elder
Wolfe-Elder shares his three picks awaiting entry or blocking from Room 101
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/ 7 years agoYoung Guns: Bath flanker Miles Reid on lessons learned
Set for more game time at Bath after Louw's departure and Underhill on England duty?
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Schalk Brits set for swansong on grandest stage
The former Saracens hooker continues to defy his age as a central character in Rassie Eramus' plans
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/ 7 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Italy full-back Luke McLean
Luke McLean talks World Cups and being coached as a debutant by Nick Mallett
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 years agoGallagher column: Agustin Pichot is right to question his own world rankings
Brendan Gallagher looks at where the World Rugby rankings model is weakest
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: At last, the Tier Two clubs come out fighting
Nick Cain writes about the latest efforts by the Premiership to payoff the Championship into accepting ring-fencing
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/ 7 years agoBig signings won’t hinder London Irish young guns, says Davis
Could the young crop coming through at London Irish be held back by the likes of Waisake Naholo and Sean O'Brien?
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/ 7 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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Columnists
/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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Features
/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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Features
/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 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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/ 7 years agoPolice escort put us on glory road
MY LIFEIN RUGBY NIGEL POMPHREY THE FORMER BRISTOL AND ENGLAND XV LOCK ALL three of our Cup Finals appearances in the...
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/ 7 years agoEquality is what we want, not neutrality
CATHERINE SPENCER FORMER ENGLAND WOMEN’S CAPTAIN What’s in a name? Or, to be more relevant, what’s not in a name? World...
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/ 7 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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/ 7 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...
