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/ 8 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Tigers beef up forwards LEICESTER have signed Wasps back rower Guy Thompson and Worcester lock Will Spencer for the start of...
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/ 8 years agoOwen Williams can be Wales’ flexible back, says Gloucester partner Burns
By Neale Harvey Owen Williams’ flexibility across the back-line can propel him into Six Nations starting contention for Wales, says Gloucester...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: French teen-star Matthieu Jalibert can light up the Six Nations
The Bordeaux-Begles fly-half has been turning heads in the Top 14 this season
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDavid Strettle to make the move back to Saracens after three years with Clermont
Saracens' favourite re-signs after three successful seasons in France
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Eddie won’t hang about if England flop again
Nick Cain gives his thoughts about England renewing Eddie Jones' contract and including a get-out clause should the team disappoint in...
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/ 8 years agoInjury-hit England sweat on fitness of Robshaw and Brown
Eddie Jones left with selection worries ahead of Six Nations opener as injury list grows to 16
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/ 8 years agoHalfpenny ‘needs to offer more ball in hand’ warns JJ Williams
Welsh rugby great says Halfpenny hasn't been the same since returning from Toulon
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSaracens legend Chris Wyles says this season will be his last in rugby
Mark McCall speaks highly of 34-year-old who will conclude his career in testimonial year for Saracens
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: I wouldn’t ask Jack Nowell to play outside centre, Eddie
(Photo: Getty Images) By Jeremy Guscott IT is interesting that Jack Nowell is now being talked about by Eddie Jones as...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoOspreys sack Steve Tandy after Champions Cup exit
Defeat at Stade Marcel Michelin spells the end for Tandy's six years in charge
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Features
/ 8 years agoCan Eddie find one more minor miracle with his jaded squad?
NICK CAIN TALKS TO ENGLAND’S HEAD COACH ABOUT HIS SIX NATIONS HOPES Upbeat: Eddie Jones IF Eddie Jones sees any Six...
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/ 8 years agoAmid all the tension and turmoil French rugby had its finest hour
Brendan Gallagher recalls the times rugby exploded in France with the 1968 Grand Slam Heroes: How the French media hailed the...
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/ 8 years agoThe class of 68 – the team that took the Grand Slam in Cardiff
I5 Claude Lacaze (Angouleme): A fixture in the French side during most of the 60s until he retired in 1969 with...
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/ 8 years agoThose who also manned the barricades during the 1968 Five Nations
Bernard Duprat (Bayonne): Proud Basque who made over 400 appearance for Bayonne in a 15-year career. Scored nine tries in 15...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER CARDIFF, PONTYPRIDD, TREORCHY, NEATH AND BRIDGEND FLANKER JUSTIN BURNELL I’m thoroughly enjoying my third spell back at Pontypridd, having...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JOE SNOW EXETER SCRUM-HALF As one of five scrum-halves fighting for firstteam game time at Exeter, Joe Snow might be forgiven...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNorthumbria grab points after Howarth try clinches it
BUCS ROUND-UP ■By JOE BYRNES WITH the festive break over, Wednesday marked the return of BUCS Super Rugby. But the first...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBanning Bastareaud was surely the wrong call
COLIN BOAG There were more big questions raised during the week about rugby’s disciplinary process, with everyone seemingly having a view...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
LUKE MORAHAN, BRISTOL AND FORMER REDS AND FORCE WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. James...
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Features
/ 8 years agoI wouldn’t ask Nowell to play outside centre, Eddie
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK IT is interesting that Jack Nowell is now being talked about by Eddie Jones as...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBen Youngs pens new Leicester Tigers deal
England international commits to Welford Road to the delight of coach Matt O'Connor
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGaffney challenges Northampton Saints to earn European cup spot
Northampton's interim director of rugby praises the impression Phil Dowson has made on him since his arrival
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Blackadder must beef up front five
Jeremy Guscott reacts to Bath being overwhelmed by the Scarlets in the Champions Cup on home turf
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/ 8 years agoWatch out Robshaw, Michael Rhodes is ‘best blindside in England’ says Saracens coach
The South African flanker will become eligible for England selection in July
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoRugby Matters: Hartpury production line set for more Test success
Brendan Gallagher on why the Gloucestershire college isn't just creating international players for England anymore...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years ago‘Sort out season to end injury mayhem’ says Bath coach Toby Booth
Booth explains how the demanding physicality of Premiership rugby has changed his training programme
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones signs contract extension as England head coach
Australian signs on to 2021 and RFU confirm steps being taken to bed in his successor for smooth transition
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSenior Munster stars show public support for team-mate who served steroid doping ban
Irish rugby in hot debate over whether past dopers should be signed by provinces and the role of IRFU
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Featured
/ 8 years agoBarclay continues as Scotland captain despite Laidlaw’s inclusion for Six Nations
Gregor Townsend also names four uncapped players in squad expected to challenge for Six Nations title
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Featured
/ 8 years agoGatland hands Worcester wing Josh Adams Six Nations call-up
Full details of the Wales squad named by Warren Gatland
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Features
/ 8 years agoBlackadder must beef up front five – and coaches too
JEREMY GUSCOTT Ferocious: Scarlets flanker Aaron Shingler swats away the challenge from Chris Cook PICTURE: Getty Images TODD Blackadder has some...
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Features
/ 8 years agoON THE BLING SIDE
BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ ULSTER have sounded out former Wallaby international Quade Cooper about a potential...
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Features
/ 8 years agoGloucester and Sharks scrap over Springbok
ROHAN JANSE van Rensburg is at the centre of a tug of war between Premiership rivals Gloucester and Sale Sharks to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoStrettle on way back to Sarries
Return: David Strettle FORMER England winger David Strettle is returning to European Champions Saracens next season. The former Rotherham Titans and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFly-half Jono set to stay with Warriors
Wanted: Jono Lance WORCESTER Warriors appear to have secured the services of Australian Jono Lance after calling off their search for...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTrailfinders lose their props to Premiership
Loose-head: Will Davis Tight-head: Lewis Thiede CHAMPIONSHIP highflyers Ealing Trailfinders are set to lose both their frontline props to the Premiership...
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Features
/ 8 years agoGive James a chance to prove he’s Test ready
SHANE WILLIAMS All-action flanker: Scarlets openside James Davies PICTURE: Getty Images WALES announce their Six Nations squad this week but if...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTurn these Dragons into Lions and watch them go on rampage again
Old maestro: Paul Turner YOU would never know it from their lowly position in the PRO14 – just two wins this...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTHE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN RUGBY CLUBS IN THE COUNTY OF GWENT
Abertillery (Founded 1883): Early rugby hotbed, the town boasted five separate rugby teams before they amalgamated to form the one club...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWhen Bath spoiled the French party in Bordeaux
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to Bath captain Andy Nicol about their European glory night 20 years ago Brive …18pts Penalties: C Lamaison...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER OSPREYS, EXETER, SCARLETS AND WALES SEVENS PLAYER AND CURRENT ASSISTANT COACH OF WALES SEVENS RICHIE PUGH We’re in a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
GLOUCESTER HOOKER HENRY WALKER As a schoolboy cricket all-rounder of some repute, Henry Walker was faced with a tough choice: don...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSense of adventure is driving Gloucester on
COLIN BOAG Revelation: Willi Heinz scores for new-look Gloucester We’re one week into the Premiership’s five-week break, with two rounds of...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Danny Cipriani is capable of pulling the strings
Jeremy Guscott is willing Danny Cipriaini on to add to his 14 Test caps for England
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Bedford Blues and former Northampton scrum-half Lee Dickson
The ex-England international picks his best XV based on players he's played with and against
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoWilliams column: George North blow means we’ll rely more on Steff Evans
Shane Williams explains why George North is a 'world-class' player and why he is vital to Wales
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