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Features
/ 7 years agoADVERTORIAL
Around the world on a rugby journey RUGBY is the sport’s only quarterly journal, telling long-form stories from around the rugby...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHansen: Brodie may have a fracture
NEW ZEALANDboss Steve Hansen bemoaned the loss of Brodie Retallick and attributed the paucity of his side’s display to rustiness. He...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEmotional as Japan bless their new venue
By ADAM ELLIS Hitting back: Sam Matavesi scores for Fiji JAPAN blessed the first Test match to be played at Kamaishi...
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/ 7 years agoWelfare should be for all, not just stars
NEALE HARVEY talks to a recently-retired Championship star who believes welfare reform for level two professionals is long overdue Crusade: Mike...
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/ 7 years agoWales keep booze ban at Principality Stadium
Demand: Martyn Phillips THE booze ban in one section of the Principality Stadium is here to stay after a successful two-year...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSin bins spell the end of Tonga’s resistance
By ADAM ELLIS SAMOA got the better of their Polynesia neighbours in the mudbath of Apia. The playing surface in the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWelsh clubs need British League to attract fans
PETER JACKSON Ageless: Brock James at La Rochelle THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ten years have come and gone since...
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/ 7 years agoPumas stars ready for a move to Europe
By ADAM ELLIS Senior fly-half: Joaquin Diaz Bonilla THE Premiership could be ready for an influx of more Argentina internationals after...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPeter Pan Brock is holding back the years in France
ACCORDING to official sources last season and every season before that, Brock James was born on October 22, 1981 which would...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMighty Wade bridged giant gap to star for England
Two famous north-west clubs reach significant milestones this coming season with Preston Grasshoppers celebrating their sesquicentenary and Fylde their centenary JON...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks relief as Cake Tin gets tasty crowd
IT IS a sign of the times that the New Zealand Rugby Union chose to issue a statement of the ‘breaking...
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Features
/ 7 years ago’Pantomime villain’ Nelson used Robinson to work a flanker in derby clash
Grudge match: Grasshoppers v Fylde at Lea SEPARATED by ten miles but worlds apart from a rugby point of view, Fylde...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPaid up! Now it’s time to stop the damage to Cardiff Blues’ reputation
FOR all their bluster at being threatened with legal action over some £200,000 in overdue rent for the use of the...
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/ 7 years agoGrasshoppers joined Wasps as rugby insects
LIKE many a good idea, the formation of Preston Grasshoppers came about during a meeting in a pub, The Bull Hotel,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI’ll come back to England one day as a better coach
Q&A On form: Danny Barrett scores for the United States in the bronze medal match with France during the HSBC London...
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/ 7 years agoWales search the world for young talent
Steffan Thomas discusses how Wales are counteracting the English poachers Wake up call: Tomas Francis came through the English system WELSH...
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/ 7 years agoTour of Hell? I was the top try scorer!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY Hometown club: Scott Benton playing for Leeds in 2002M PICTURE: Getty Images “Can you believe Gloucester got me...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHerschel can spark the Boks warns Kruger
By STEFFAN THOMAS HERSCHEL Jantjies can be South Africa’s secret weapon and lead them to World Cup glory, says former Springbok...
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/ 7 years agoHenderson is Ulster’s new captain
IAIN Henderson has taken over from fellow Ireland forward Rory Best as skipper of PRO14 side Ulster The versatile 27-year-old, currently...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAbsurd to think Prem bosses can run rugby
JEFF PROBYN Businessman: Bristol’s billionaire owner Steve Lansdown A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As with all things, there are...
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/ 7 years agoChristian salvation for worried Cheika
By GARY FITZGERALD Inside dart: Reece Hodge scores for the Wallabies PICTURE: Getty Images CHRISTIAN Leaiifano enjoyed a happy and successful...
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/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JJ TONKS NORTHAMPTON BACK ROW As a budding back rower, JJ Tonks could hardly be better placed with role models like...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWe had to dog that one out says happy Hooper
MICHAEL Hooper praised the Wallabies solid and resilient defence for helping them “dog out” a muchneeded, if unspectacular, Rugby Championship victory....
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/ 7 years agoMurrayfield could bid for Euro Cup
SCOTTISHRugby will consider bidding to host the Champions League final at Murrayfield, says chief operating officer Dominic McKay. A pre-season friendly...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThe Russian bear must be strong all match long
James Candy talks to Russia coach Lyn Jones about his hopes – and fears – at RWC Consistent performer: Vasily Artemyev...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: New chance for Welsh clubs to join British League
After TRP's front page story last Sunday, Peter Jackson travels back in time to when the Welsh regions passed over joining...
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Bedford Blues flanker Daniel Temm
New Bedford Blues signing Daniel Temm picks a XV
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Featured
/ 7 years agoQ&A: Underdogs Ampthill are ready for the fight
Ampthill head coach Paul Turner talks to TRP about the club's prospects in the Championship this season and Wales at the...
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/ 7 years agoWarriors call time on Duncan
WORCESTER head coach Rory Duncan is no longer part of the club’s plans. South African PRO 14 side Southern Kings are...
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/ 7 years agoNew chance for Welsh clubs to join a British Lge
Of all the lamentable decisions taken since professionalism, the one lamented in Wales more than any other revolves around the abolition...
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/ 7 years agoFarewell to Tigers’ life and soul’
THEY came from near and far to a 12th century church in the heart of England last week to pay tribute...
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/ 7 years agoPortrush golfers take a love of rugby onto the fairways
Sharp shooter: Ryan Fox THREE golfers from three continents with connections to international rugby converged on Royal Portrush for the Open...
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/ 7 years agoStars searching for a place to shine
Former Leicester hooker Ross McMillan, who counts Northampton and Gloucester among his other clubs, is lending his support to fellow jobseekers...
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/ 7 years agoHighs and lows on
Lions tour in ‘74 RIGHT up until my early 20s, when I was playing professionally for Middlesbrough, I seemed to be...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIncome protection insurance is a must
At a time when there is little happening in the world of rugby as we wait for the excitement of the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
SAM WOLSTENHOLME WASPS SCRUM-HALF Twenty-year-old Sam Wolstenholme has packed a lot of life experience into his tender years. As an outstanding...
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/ 7 years agoWeight of a nation won’t faze Fonotia
STEFFAN THOMAS meets centre Kieron Fonotia as he prepares for battle with Samoa SAMOA are very much the underdogs in a...
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/ 7 years agoWales are getting fit in a fairyland torture chamber
James Candy watches Wales put through their World Cup paces in Fiesch, Switzerland Picturesque: Gareth Davies practises his passing in the...
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/ 7 years agoBRETT HERRON
HARLEQUINS’ NEW FLY-HALF TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND. 1. People that are chronically late...
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/ 7 years agoRoll the dice but risky to gamble with specialists
WHEN IT COMES to a Rugby World Cup squad the key to success is getting the right balance between versatility and...
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/ 7 years agoNo Jeff, rugby was not better in 1991
COLIN BOAG Made good in New Zealand: Northampton’s Piers Francis was let go by the Saracens Academy PICTURE: Getty Images During...
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/ 7 years agoRocket man has booked a trip to stardom with Red Rose mates
JONNY May is England’s very own Rocket-Man, the most prolific elite Test finisher on the planet going into the 2019 World...
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/ 7 years agoEddie needs Hughes match fit in case the worst happens
Destructive ball carrier: Billy Vunipola can break tackles PICTURE: Getty Images BILLY Vunipola is as good a player as I have...
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/ 7 years agoJONNY MAY ON…
…If his reign as England’s speed king is in jeopardy from his back three mates They are all quick. I know...
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/ 7 years agoPhil’s aiming to defy rugby gods for once
Rob Cole talks to Namibia coach Phil Davies about their prospects in Japan As he prepares for his fourth World Cup...
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/ 7 years agoStrauss off to join the Blue Bulls
SALE Sharks back row Josh Strauss has left the club with a season remaining on his three-year contract to join Super...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoColumn: Jeremy Guscott gives his prediction for Wales at the Rugby World Cup
Do Wales deserve to be among the favourites?
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Featured
/ 7 years agoBone graft surgery fixes up Taulupe Faletau for Wales’ big push
The Lions no.8 was back in training with Wales earlier this month as he works his way back from a broken...













