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/ 9 years agoWales advised to consider Vern Cotter as successor to Gatland
Mike Ruddock urges the WRU to consider the former Scotland boss he describes as a 'class act'
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/ 9 years agoThe rugby people we lost in 2017
In a series of obituaries, we remember the former players and club personnel who graced the sport
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/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER WORCESTER, BRISTOL, ROTHERHAM & DONCASTER SCRUM-HALF CHRIS HALLAM It took me until the final game of my 11-year career...
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/ 9 years agoMore than a tough guy but Meads was tough!
Memorial: Sir Colin Meads and his wife Lady Verna with a new statue of himself Uncompromising: Meads charges down a kick...
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/ 9 years agoSix-month rule can’t stop the talking…
PREMIERSHIP clubs are able to open talks with players they are interested in signing for next season from tomorrow. But directors...
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/ 9 years agoJoost faced death with defiant courage
JOOST VAN DER WESTHUIZEN (Blue Bulls and South Africa) Died February 6 aged 45 One of the best scrumhalves the game...
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/ 9 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
Tank rolls back to New Zealand BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ SALE SHARKS are planning more talks...
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/ 9 years agoStack knew how to make most of his many talents
BRIAN ‘STACK’ STEVENS (Cornish Pirates, Cornwall, England and Lions tourist) Died October 10 aged 76 Cornish farmer and a rock of...
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/ 9 years agoWinger Leonardo is top draw for Premiership
ITALY wing Leonardo Sarto could be on his way to the Premiership when his contract with Glasgow runs out at the...
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/ 9 years agoBroken hand rules out Warrior Lance
RUGBY SHORTS WORCESTER’s Jono Lance may have played his last game for the club after breaking his hand. The Australian flyhalf...
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/ 9 years agoNorth can fire Wales’ Six Nations ambitions
SHANE WILLIAMS Juggernaut: George North is essential to Wales PICTURE: Getty Images IN years gone by, my wish for Welsh rugby...
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/ 9 years agoCockerill brings in prop reinforcement
EDINBURGH boss Richard Cockerill has signed Samoa loosehead Jordan Lay from New Zealand-based outfit Bay of Plenty until the end of...
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/ 9 years agoCall me when you want, Steff – you’re on the way up
THERE are lots of players I’m looking forward to seeing take their game to the next level in 2018, but if...
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/ 9 years agoBath fined £60k for releasing Faletau
BATHhave been fined £60, 000 by Premiership Rugby for allowing No.8 Taulupe Faletau to play for Wales against South Africa in...
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/ 9 years ago2017… THE WINNERS
Captain: Dylan Hartley lifts Six Nations trophy RBS Six Nations Men: England RBS Six Nations Women: England Rugby Championship: New Zealand...
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/ 9 years agoRoberts considering swansong in Japan
WALES centre Jamie Roberts is weighing up a move to Japan at the end of the season when his contract at...
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/ 9 years ago2017 AWARDS
Electric: Rieko Ioane Player of the Year: Rieko Ioane. World Rugby gave the award to Beauden Barrett but for me nothing...
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/ 9 years agoHamstring injury sidelines Bassett
WASPS have been hit by news that winger Josh Bassett faces a spell on the sidelines. Bassett was forced off in...
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/ 9 years ago2017 That was the year that was
Brendan Gallagher picks his most memorable moments from the past 12 months QUOTES OF 2017 “I think we should have won...
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/ 9 years agoPRO14 pair banned following red cards
SCOTLAND prop Simon Berghan will miss the Six Nations opener against Wales after being banned for six weeks. Edinburgh star Berghan,...
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/ 9 years agoANNUAL RANT
Forward passes. It’s not bloody rocket science. All the ball carrier needs to do is propel the ball backwards at a...
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/ 9 years agoNorth have stolen a march on southern pace-setters
JEFF PROBYN Big gains: Stuart McNally scores in Scotland’s eight-try victory over Australia PICTURE: Getty Images Well that’s it, 2017 is...
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/ 9 years agoTEAM OF THE YEAR 2017
15. Israel Folau (Australia) The long-striding Aussie full-back enjoyed a glorious 2017 scoring 12 tries in ten Tests before ‘declaring’ and...
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/ 9 years agoLet TMOs automatically make a call on ALL tries
COLIN BOAG Correct call: Dialling up the TMO should be mandatory for deciding tries The New Year is the time for...
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/ 9 years agoExiled Buckland waiting for a coaching reprieve
Start of decline: London Welsh were relegated from the Aviva Premiership in May 2016 ON January 1, 2017, London Welsh met...
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/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
RICKY PELLOW, THE EXETER COACH AND FORMER BATH AND CORNISH PIRATES No.9, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS…PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST…...
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/ 9 years agoWarburton wins the Kissinger award 2017
PETER JACKSON Persuasive: Sam Warburton saves the tour. Gareth Steenson, Sergio Parisse, Rassie Erasmus PICTURES: Getty Images Stuffed with turkey and...
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/ 9 years agoObano’s call-up shows Eddie still has slots to fill
JEREMY GUSCOTT Explosive: Ben Obano has rocketed into the England thinking PICTURE: Getty Images THERE won’t be many surprises with Eddie...
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/ 9 years ago…And on a more serious note
Most poignant: Pretoria, February 10 and the death at 45 of the best scrum-half since Gareth, now Sir Gareth Edwards. They...
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/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
CHARLIE WILSON NEWCASTLE CENTRE Charlie Wilson has a photograph on his phone to remind him of the standards he aspires to....
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDark day for Dan Robson if Cipriani leaves Wasps for France
The Wasps scrum-half praises his team-mate as being 'a joy' to work alongside
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years ago‘Old Elthamians can bridge top-flight gap in Kent’, says Mike Friday
The USA 7s head coach on taking on the head of academy role at the National One side
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/ 9 years agoNottingham ace looks for love on Channel 4’s First Dates
Oli Evans applied for the Channel 4 show after being single for the past nine years
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/ 9 years agoWilliams column: Ability of new caps offers Wales reasons to be cheerful after below-par 2017
Shane Williams says Welsh provinces enjoyed a better 2017 than the national team
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCoventry on the roll again after Wasps gave them a sting
Brendan Gallagher on why 15 wins from 15 for the National One side is not the only reason for Coventry to...
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/ 9 years agoJackson column: Call to cut the subs will cull land of the giants
Few replacements able to be named will mean national team coaches require more mobility, writes Peter Jackson
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWales miss out as Dai Young commits to Wales
Huge news for Wasps as their director of rugby counts himself out of the running to replace Wales head coach Gatland
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/ 9 years agoWage cap cheats have been able to prosper
Huge win: Josh Adams is mobbed by Worcester team mates after scoring his second try against London Irish on Friday night...
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/ 9 years agoCov on the roll again after Wasps gave them a sting
BRENDAN GALLAGHER REPORTS ON THE WELCOME REVIVAL OF A ONCE-MIGHTY CLUB IT probably hasn’t escaped your notice that once mighty Coventry...
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/ 9 years agoEngland star Harry, 103, will be there for players’ reunion
REMARKABLY England’s oldest surviving international Harry Walker, right, is still a regular spectator at Coventry home games at Butts Park. Harry,...
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/ 9 years agoAll time Coventry XV
Blond bomber: David Duckham was one of England’s finest wings 15: Peter Rossborough Attack-minded full-back from the local King Henry Vlll...
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/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER ABERTILLERY, LLANELLI AND WALES SCRUM-HALF RUPERT MOON In my youth I’d sit in the clubhouse of Walsall RFC and...
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/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JAMES DUN BRISTOL FLANKER When your dad played in the back row for Bristol, Wasps and England, Chris Robshaw attended the...
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/ 9 years agoBig Game will loom larger than ever for two strugglers
Brendan Gallagher looks at the history of the Big Game and says this year Quins and Saints will be desperate to...
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/ 9 years agoBIG GAME – THE STORY SO FAR
BIG GAME 1 (December 27, 2008) Harlequins 26 Leicester Tigers 26 Nobody knew quite what to expect first off, but on...
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/ 9 years agoWellmen continue charge for another Bowl final
WELSH ROUND-UP TAFFS Well edged to a narrow 14-10 victory over Treharris to claim their place in the last 16 of...
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/ 9 years agoJapan’s safe and silent – and brilliant
Former England lock Geoff Parling tells of his new life in Japan with Sanix Blues ahead of joining Melbourne Rebels Six...
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/ 9 years agoAnscombe ready to end injury misery
NEWS EXTRA ■By ALEX BYWATER Recovered: Gareth Anscombe is fit again GARETH Anscombe hopes his fitness troubles are behind him so...
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