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Features
/ 7 years agoWhy England don’t make fly-halves like Barrett
Attacking DNA: Marcus Smith is the nearest thing England have to an All Black fly-half PICTURES: Getty Image Danny Cipriani George...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWe need virtuosos like Ashton and Cips
Entertainer: Chris Ashton training with England PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLAND are looking to bounce back from a season to forget and...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI’m making a new PRO14 debut!
I’VE REALLY enjoyed the first two weekends of the new PRO14 season and now it’s my chance to get in amongst...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWarren will mix his teams to beat fatigue
WALES’ final preparations for the 2019 World Cup will see them play four warm-up fixtures, two against Ireland and two with...
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Features
/ 7 years agoStar players line up for the fame game
Brendan Gallagher takes a close look at Rugby’s Hall of Fame and its latest batch of inductees Munster and Ireland legend:...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHall of Famers you might be a bit hazy about
Donald and Ian Campbell (Chile): Ex-pat family long domiciled in Santiago, Donald Campbell was the founding father of Chilean Rugby before...
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Features
/ 7 years ago…And a dozen who need to be inducted asap
Captain fantastic: Will Carling led England to three Grand Slams PICTURE: Getty Images World Rugby Hall of Fame Inductees 2006: William...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Nottingham and Saracens back Tim Streather
The ex-Sarries centre talks about how back and knee injury proved an obstacle too difficult to overcome
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoShane Williams column: It’s right to let regions take control once more
Is the timing right to move past National Dual Contracts?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTom Youngs wants his Tigers to be home boys again
'Fortress Welford Road' wasn't a phrase you heard last season in rugby circles
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Featured
/ 7 years agoThe magic of Mark McCall – chronicling the Ulsterman’s time at Saracens
Schalk Brits, Rob Baxter and Clive Woodward all have their say on the legacy built by McCall in north London
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: A back-row conundrum that even has Sam Warburton scratching his head
Peter Jackson on the multiple combinations used by Wales in the lead up to Japan
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Exeter and Wallabies back row Dave Dennis
A XV stacked with Australian talent and the odd Chief
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoBristol win will intensify ring-fence campaign
Bristol Bears downed Bath at Ashton Gate last Friday, and Nick Cain writes why that will fuel a debate that has...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: My hope is Paul Gustard gets Harlequins playing without fear
If successful at the Stoop, Jeremy Guscott writes why he can see no reason for Gustard to eventually return to the...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 7 years agoLions Tour 2021: Springboks are considering hosting a Test at 95,000-capacity stadium
The SARU are seeking to reap the financial rewards when the Lions tour South Africa in three years' time
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEx-owners of Formula 1 propose £275m takeover of Premiership Rugby
Luxembourg-based company values Premiership Rugby at £550m and aims to attain 51% majority
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Featured
/ 7 years agoRFU confirm World Cup warm-up match to be held in the North
St James' Park, not Twickenham, will host England's international against Italy in September 2019
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBath pin down Zach Mercer with two-year contract extension
Blackadder: 'Zach has attributes that can make he a world-class player'
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJonathan Davies to miss Scarlets clash with Leinster
Wayne Pivac says it is 'smart' to not risk the centre against the PRO14 champions
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMatt O’Connor leaves Leicester Tigers one game into the Premiership season
Geordan Murphy has been put in charge as interim head coach
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Features
/ 7 years agoBackrow battle will keep all of Wales agog
PETER JACKSON Million dollar man: Gavin Henson. PICTURE: Getty Images Since Sam Warburton made his last stand in the Six Nations...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHigh-speed Beauden leaves even Carter in slip stream
DAN Carter took 12 years to assemble his collection of 29 Test tries. Beauden Barrett has gone one better in half...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAt 37, Brock just keeps rolling on
PLAYERS come and players go but, like Old Man River, Brock James keeps rolling along. The uncapped Australian began his 13th...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSociety darling Maro shows his caring side
Learning: Maro Itoje misses Faf de Klerk in the first Test Maro Itoje insists that outside the game he is, “a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
TIM STREATHER THE FORMER NOTTINGHAM AND SARACENS CENTRE It was clear that Worcester didn’t rate me when they made me a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JOE MORRIS WORCESTER TIGHT-HEAD Joe Morris is likely to be a busy man this season, for not only is he hoping...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMarquee players are driving up the debts
COLIN BOAG Unfit: The Australians looked exhausted against the All Blacks In among the Premiership previews whetting our appetites for the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDREAM TEAM
DAVE DENNIS, EXETER AND FORMER WARATAHS AND AUSTRALIA BACK ROW, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Tony...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoWasps eye Vellacott as Simpson replacement
BY NEIL FISSLER GLOUCESTER scrum-half Ben Vellacott could be off when his contract runs out at the end of the season....
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Features
/ 7 years agoMy hope is Gustard gets Quins playing without fear
JEREMY GUSCOTT Expectation: Paul Gustard with his Quins squad PICTURE: Getty Images HARLEQUINS have a great tradition as the aristocrats of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoFerreira set to join Lions exodus to Premiership
On move? Ferreira LIONS lock Andries Ferreira wants to join the exodus of players leaving Gauteng to move to the Premiership...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoLangkilde’s date for court return
SAMOA Sevens player Gordon Langkilde could learn his fate this week after his alleged assault on three Wales players during the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoNowell close to agreeing new Chiefs’ contract
Negotiations: Jack Nowell JACK NOWELL looks set to become the first of the large number of Eddie Jones England squad who...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIt’s right to let regions take control once more
SHANE WILLIAMS Back home: Leigh Halfpenny PICTURE: Getty Images THERE is no doubt in my mind the National Dual Contract system...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoBath start talks to keep ace Watson at the Rec
Options: Watson BATH have opened talks with England star Anthony Watson about his extending his stay at The Rec beyond the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPremiership promises to be highly exciting
THE 2018-19 Principality Premiership began at the weekend amid a serious discussion over whether the league has any future in Welsh...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMcCall factor is magic ingredient for Sarries
BRENDAN GALLAGHER charts the remarkable rise of Mark McCall and his methods at Saracens Champions: Saracens celebrate with the Premiership trophy...
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Features
/ 7 years agoOn McCall’s watch
2009-10: Regular season: 3rd. Premiership Play-offs: Runners up losing 32-27 to Leicester Tigers. Europe: European Challenge Cup semi-finalists, losing 16-13 to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThe other men in the hot seat this season
BATH: Director of Rugby Todd Blackadder: Beginning his third season in charge at Bath with a 5th and 6th to his...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWest Country foes set to rekindle rivalry in Ashton Gate near sell-out
26,000 tickets and counting have been sold for the Premiership season opener between Bristol and Bath
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoThe Beast has shown Kyle Sinckler the route to the top
The Harlequins prop explains what he learnt playing opposite the Springboks stalwart during the June tour
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership preview: Saracens
The champions have focussed their recruitment on tying down their current stars during the off-season
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Eddie Jones has no grounds to dump his bad boys
The end of Eddie Jones' "clean slate" approach?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership preview: Wasps
This summer’s big spenders will be looking for a return on their investment in trophies. With All Black fly-half Lima Sopoaga...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 years agoSteve Diamond can shine rough edges with his talent-spotting
Brendan Gallagher's assessment of Sale Sharks heading into the new season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAckermann relieved as scan shows Tom Savage injury not as bad as first feared
Ackermann had feared the forward could be out for "six to nine months"











