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/ 9 years agoDai Lama is wonderful fun, just don’t drink with him!
COLIN BOAG Well, it has started, and for the next seven weeks rugby will feature on terrestrial television on five weekends...
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/ 9 years agoLam track record led me to Bristol – Stirzaker
By NEALE HARVEY NEWS EXTRA AUSSIE Super Rugby star Nic Stirzaker has revealed how Pat Lam’s record of success persuaded him...
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/ 9 years agoAllister Coetzee’s fruitless reign in charge of Springboks ends
Rift between Coetzee and SARU in wake of damning letter sees contract terminated
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/ 9 years agoEddie Jones names England squad to take on Italy
Ben Te'o beats Jonathan Joseph to start at inside centre
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/ 9 years agoStockdale and Aki named in Ireland team to play France
Ireland's last trip to Paris in the Six Nations ended in a 10-9 defeat
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/ 9 years agoJacques Brunel must turn France’s Cup aces into champs
Can the 64-year-old turn France into a team to fear? He's certainly making changes in selection
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/ 9 years agoDeano: Eddie Jones can do the Slam and win the World Cup if Farrell and Vunipola stay fit
Newcastle Falcons head coach Dean Richards talks England's prospects in Six Nations and beyond
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoJackson column: Rhys Webb has become the victim of politics
Peter Jackson suggests Rhys Webb may never play for Wales in Cardiff again given he will be 32 when his Toulon...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoGuscott column: Scotland can beat Wales if they play fast and error-free rugby
Jeremy Guscott pins Scotland's hopes of victory in Cardiff on the axis of Price-Russell and dangerman Huw Jones
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoJames Haskell to leave Wasps at the end of the season
England flanker has been linked with a move to a Premiership rival
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/ 9 years agoCourtney Lawes has big appetite for success – Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones on the upward trend of Courtney Lawes since he took over the England job
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/ 9 years agoHalfpenny’s kicking can win it for Wales, says Sir Gareth Edwards
Wales legend gives his backing to the Scarlets full-back to kick Wales to victory against Scotland
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/ 9 years agoWales name squad for Six Nations opener
Scarlets players dominate Warren Gatland's squad for Scotland match
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoNorthampton Saints appoint Chris Boyd as new director of rugby
(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis 2016 Super Rugby mastermind Chris Boyd will leave the Hurricanes at the end of the...
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/ 9 years agoHartpury show better form as Trent are hit by weather again
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP NOTTINGHAM Trent will be fizzing to get on the paddock next week as their fixture once...
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/ 9 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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/ 9 years agoFowkesy right man to lead us forward – Hooper
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWS EXTRA NOTTINGHAM prop Ben Hooper is confident the club will have a smooth transition under forwards coach...
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/ 9 years agoDavidson begins his hunt for next wave of Latvians
NEWS EXTRA THEY are a big name in the world of ice hockey and basketball and now the small Baltic nation...
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/ 9 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler JOSH Charnley will be seeing out the rest of his Sale contract after the...
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/ 9 years agoRichards staying put as Saints eye Meyer
Sought: Heyneke Meyer NEWCASTLE Falcons appear to have won their tug of war with Northampton Saints to retain the services of...
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/ 9 years agoHaley on wanted list as Chiefs look for new full-back
Saxons star: Mike Haley EXETER Chiefs have been linked with a move for Sale Sharks full-back Mike Haley despite him having...
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/ 9 years agoBigger squad sizes are answer to injury crisis
COLIN BOAG One positive: Freddie Clarke got his chance at Gloucester through injuries In last weekend’s Sunday Times, Stephen Jones highlighted...
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/ 9 years agoForget ring-fencing and just cut wages instead
THE price of freedom in Rugby Union, as with freedom in a wider context, is eternal vigilance. Nothing underlines this more...
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/ 9 years agoLima to Wasps gets NZ alarms buzzing
WITH two seasoned All Black fly-halves, Aaron Cruden (Montpellier) and Colin Slade (Pau), already playing in France’s Top 14, the decision...
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/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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
/ 9 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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/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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Club Rugby
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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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/ 9 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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