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/ 7 years agoTake a brave man to call this relegation cliffhanger
JEREMY GUSCOTT Expensive move: Elliott Daly would push up Saracens’ wage bill PICTURE: Getty Images IT promises to be the tensest...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCreevy prices himself out of move to Quins
France bound: Agustin Creevy FORMER Worcester Warriors hooker Agustín Creevy looks set to head to France next season after pricing himself...
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/ 7 years agoBack rower Chick set to fly the coop
Talks: Callum Chick NEWCASTLE Falcons are facing an uphill battle to keep hold of their highly-rated back row Callum Chick at...
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/ 7 years ago3 weeks for Kockott
CASTRES scrum-half Rory Kockott has received a three-week ban for making contact with the eye area of the Munster flanker Chris...
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/ 7 years agoJohnson in above Cheika
MICHAEL Cheika will lead Australia to next year’s World Cup but from now on will work under the supervision of Scott...
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/ 7 years agoIf we can’t have Shaun, Byron is the best option
SHANE WILLIAMS Right man for the job: Scarlets coach Byron Hayward. Wayne Pivac Jonathan Humphreys Stephen Jones STEPHEN Jones and Jonathan...
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/ 7 years agoOne big wish for 2019… and I’m certain it can come true
SO IT’S NEARLY the end of 2018 and it’s been a great year for Welsh rugby. What is my Christmas wish...
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/ 7 years agoPremiership Rugby must think more about boys in the middle
I CAN’T believe that with a World Cup around the corner next year, there is even a semblance of doubt whether...
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/ 7 years agoThe transfer market is destroying English clubs
Swamped: Racing wing Juan Imhoff crosses for the second try as Leicester go down 34-11 at Welford Road PICTURES: Getty Images...
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/ 7 years agoConference system is the way forward
Jon Newcombe talks to Yorkshire Carnegie DoR Chris Stirling about the negative effects of ringfencing Jon Newcombe Game time: Wasps loanee...
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/ 7 years agoExiles returning ‘home’
By SAM JACKSON Vision: Brentford’s new Community Stadium LONDON IRISH will end two decades of playing at Reading’s Madejski Stadium when...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPrem Rugby dig heels in
PREMIERSHIPRugby will not release non-English players for World Cup camps next year unless World Rugby change their ‘false and unfair’ insurance...
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/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
GRANT SEELY THE FORMER NORTHAMPTON BACK ROW NOW DoR AT STOWE SCHOOL GRANT SEELY I WAS invited to train with Northampton’s...
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/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JACK CAPON BRISTOL FLANKER Is there a finer place for a budding No.7 to be right now than Bristol? Not according...
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/ 7 years agoExeter top at Christmas as Cardiff prop up the table
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP THEfinal round of fixtures before the long Christmas break saw the top half of the table...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoShane Williams column: Ospreys pack must deliver carnage over Christmas
Shane Williams looks ahead to the Scarlets v Ospreys clash on Saturday
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Featured
/ 7 years agoMako Vunipola: ‘The gap is closing on New Zealand’
The loosehead prop talks competition for his place in the England squad, Saracens and New Zealand's favourites tag for RWC2019
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Steve Hansen has known ups and downs like no other
Peter Jackson looks at Steve Hansen's time at the WRU
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoExeter Chiefs’ European problems keep raising the same questions for Rob Baxter
Jeremy Guscott on the Chief's form that still leaves them with a mountain to climb despite beating Gloucester
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoScarlets confirm Stephen Jones will leave to join Wayne Pivac at Wales
WRU announce coaching additions to aid Pivac
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Leicester Tigers line up Dave Ellis as defence coach candidate
Defence guru of France's 2011 World Cup final run in frame
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Features
/ 7 years agoOspreys pack must now deliver carnage at Christmas
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Something to prove: Aled Davies IF I WAS Alun Wyn Jones, Justin Tipuric or any...
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/ 7 years agoEdwards will give Dragons tough love
I WROTE last week time was running out for Bernard Jackman at the Dragons. If I’m honest, I didn’t expect to...
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/ 7 years agoNavidi’s back in the hunt for Six Nations
STEFFAN THOMAS finds Josh Navidi in a hurry to make up for lost time on sidelines World Cup target: Josh Navidi...
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/ 7 years agoHansen has known ups an downs like no other
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Meastro: Steve Hansen could win his third World Cup in 2019 PICTURE: Getty...
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/ 7 years agoCuddy takes the flak for Neath’s continuing troubles
THE GNOLL ought to have been open for business as usual yesterday. Instead its padlocked gates bore grim testimony to the...
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/ 7 years agoMoney talks as Ben heads for France
IN CONFIRMING his long-haul transfer from the deep south of New Zealand’s South Island to the foothills of the French Pyrenees,...
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/ 7 years agoMission too far even for Nonu
LIKE Martin Johnson before him, Ma’a Nonu bowed out at the pinnacle of his profession. Where England’s captain retired after winning...
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/ 7 years agoFast Eddie is in slow lane when picking a scrum-half
NICK CAIN TALKS TO WORLD CUP WINNER KYRAN BRACKEN ABOUT ENGLAND’S No.9s Critic: Kyran Bracken Scores from 50 yards: Ben Spencer...
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/ 7 years agoWHO’S WHO OF THE WORLD CUP-WINNING SCRUM-HALVES
DAVID KIRK NEW ZEALAND CAPTAIN 1987 Fresh-faced but a hard-bitten competitor. Kirk was nippy around the fringes and scored NZ’s second...
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/ 7 years agoThrill to run out alongside those Tigers greats
FORMER LEICESTER, WASPS, LONDON WELSH, NOTTINGHAM & EALING PROP MICHAEL HOLFORD MY LIFEIN RUGBY Premiership winner: Michael Holford in action for...
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/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
KAI OWEN WORCESTER LOOSEHEAD In 2016, Kai Owen suffered the heartbreaking experience of being summoned into the academy office at Worcester...
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/ 7 years agoWard leads Met boys to big derby win in the capital
■By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP CARDIFFMet were crowned the kings of the Welsh capital by completing the double over city rivals...
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/ 7 years agoIt’s not boring Ugo, it’s called winning
Tough conditions: Exeter v Gloucester last week COLIN BOAG Last week I commented on BT Sports’ attitude towards the fare served...
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/ 7 years agoChiefs’ European problems raise questions for Baxter
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Too many mistakes: Exeter were well beaten by Gloucester at Sandy Park PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: The numbers don’t lie, fans snub the regions in PRO14
Peter Jackson examines the drop in attendance figures among the four Welsh regions
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Former Connacht flanker and Bristol Bears defence coach John Muldoon
The best XV he's played with and against
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Featured
/ 7 years agoCain column: Melville understands the dangers of ring-fencing
Nick Cain on the big topic of ring-fencing the Premiership
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Leicester Tigers line up Paul Gustard as director of rugby
The story from our front page on Sunday
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/ 7 years agoEngland after Jones has to be Gatland or McCall
NICK CAIN TALKS TO NIGEL MELVILLE ABOUT THE ENGLAND COACHING SUCCESSION Super coach: Warren Gatland stands tall among his Welsh players...
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/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
JEZ HARRIS THE FORMER ENGLAND A, LEICESTER AND COVENTRY FLY-HALF I used to go down to Welford Road as a kid,...
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/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
GUS WARR SALE SCRUM-HALF Gus Warr can barely believe his luck, for not only has he had a decent taste of...
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/ 7 years agoAll to play for as Hartpury stun Exeter in superb style
■By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP FOUR points separate new leaders Hartpury from fifth-placed Bath after a stunning set of results on...
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/ 7 years agoRayment learning on the job at Cambridge
ADAM ELLIS talks to Cambridge’s rising front row star Alex Rayment Big talent: Alex Rayment celebrates beating Georgia in Tbilisi Released...
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/ 7 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Merthyr …30 Carmarthen …5 MERTHYR returned to winning ways in the Principality Premiership with a bonus-point triumph over Carmarthen Quins. Fly-half...
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/ 7 years agoMurphy’s magic conjures up key win for battling Bridgend
■By ALEX BYWATER Bridgend …16 Aberavon …13 JAMIE Murphy’s last-gasp drop goal gave Bridgend a dramatic victory over his former side...












