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Columnists
/ 8 years agoDavid Barnes column: It’s got to be Sarries for the Cup, says Yachvili
The former France maestro on Richard Wigglesworth's integral role in the Saracens squad
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoWilliams column: Time for Warren Gatland to blood new Dragons
By Shane Williams NOW IS the time for Wales to roll the selection dice. Warren Gatland will name his squad for...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoCain column: ‘Teflon Rob’ could have done so much more
By Nick Cain ROB Andrew’s reputation as the Teflon man of English rugby may have taken a knock when he was...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoGuscott column: Let’s play Farrell at 10 with Te’o power outside him
By Jeremy Guscott OWEN Farrell plays fly-half for Saracens – which is where he will be for the big all- English...
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Features
/ 9 years agoScottish RFU could step in to boost Worcester
WORCESTER Warriots could find an unlikely saviour in the form of the Scottish Rugby Union according to Blindside sources. We understand...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWhy should club men take pay cut to help big earners?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME With the Champions Cup having kicked off, the focus is again on...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBath prop Auterac a target for Quins
Wanted: Auterac HARLEQUINS are believed to be heading a queue of clubs interested in signing loose-head prop Nick Auterac from Bath...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRyan joins French sevens revolution
NEWSEXTRA OLYMPIC gold medal coach Ben Ryan has joined the France sevens coaching team as a consultant. Ryan, who enjoyed terrific...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDylan’s out to derail Jamie’s juggernaut
DYLAN Hartley says he is not taking questions on the England captaincy ahead of his European Cup head-to-head with Jamie George....
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Features
/ 9 years agoBaaBaas coaches reunite for All Blacks encounter
NEWS EXTRA WILL Greenwood has been added to the Barbarians coaching team for the Killik Cup match against New Zealand at...
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Features
/ 9 years agoStack had his own way of playing the game
STACK Stevens – a Cornish legend who helped England to Test wins in South Africa and New Zealand and toured with...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWarriors’ plight shows rugby finances on brink
COLIN BOAG It’s no secret that Worcester Warriors are up for sale – sorry, ‘seeking further investment’ – but things took...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWho knew Jan Ellis was such a dainty dish?
Delicious: Jan Ellis sponge NOT many rugby stars have had a culinary dish named after them but that was the high...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Star of the future: Jacob Stockdale Try of the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLet’s play Farrell at 10 with Te’o power outside him
OWEN Farrell plays fly-half for Saracens – which is where he will be for the big all- English European Cup clash...
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Features
/ 9 years agoItaly helps restore careers of striken half-back talents
Return: Brive fly-half Florian Cazenave ITALIAN rugby can be proud of the part it has played in the rehabilitation – physically...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLedesma has strong claim to be the greatest Puma ever
MARO LEDESMA has been appointed coach to the Jaguares Super Rugby franchise and is keen to keep on a couple of...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBurger is face of Namibia’s fighting spirit
BRENDAN GALLAGHER traces the rugged history of Nambian rugby as it celebrates 150 years THE Namibian Rugby Union are celebrating their...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSchalk head-butted a lion, so
THERE has always been a sniff of the rugged about Namibia with the Namib Desert and Skeleton coast to the West...
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Features
/ 9 years agoOpponents were no problem
To play and train with club and country – he played 24 Tests and appeared in two World Cups –Van der...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMy All-time Namibia XV
Chrysander Botha Tempting to pick Springbok great Percy Montgomery but in truth being born in Walvis Bay was his only real...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JARED ROSSER DRAGONS WING Jared Rosser is one of the bright young stars the Dragons hope can fire them into a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBeckett turn up the second-half intensity to trounce Trent
BUCS ROUND-UP ■By JOE BYRNES LEEDS Beckett should start a bus company. Having waited 12 months for their first BSR win,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoPersistence paid off at age of 30
MY LIFEIN RUGBY PHIL DOWSON THE FORMER ENGLAND, NEWCASTLE, NORTHAMPTON AND WORCESTER BACK ROWER Calcutta king: Phil Dowson, right, with his...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■VETERAN Western Force prop Pek Cowan appears to be unlikely to be heading to...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFab five join exclusive Hall of Fame club
FIVE of England’s finest have been inducted into the Premiership Hall of Fame. World Cup winners Jason Robinson, Ben Kay and...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoYes, it’s time for Jamie George to become king
Dylan Hartley or Jamie George? Past England hookers have their say
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoJackson column: Time to end Scarlets’ Euro Cup heartbreaks
By Peter Jackson No contender for Europe’s blue riband trophy can have endured more heartache in their pursuit than the Scarlets,...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoWilliams column: Losing one is unfortunate, losing two may be catastrophic
Shane Williams on the situation at Ospreys with Biggar and Webb set to leave
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoCain column: Kyle Sinckler can consider himself lucky as inconsistency in bans perpetuate
By Nick Cain KYLE Sinckler can consider himself fortunate to get off with a seven-week ban after making contact with Northampton...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoGuscott column: Champions Cup pools draw make it sure to be a thrilling start
By Jeremy Guscott THE European Cup is a tougher, harder tournament under EPCR than it was four years ago when the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoByron McGuigan’s out to steal march on Scotland
By Jon Newcombe BYRON McGuigan is hoping his terrific try-scoring form with Sale Sharks will catch the eye of the Scotland...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSix Nations still looking for new title sponsor
SIX NATIONS big wigs are facing a race against time to find a new sponsor in time for the first round...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ LONDON IRISH might find it difficult to keep hold of highly rated winger...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLozowski holding out for more cash
SARACENS are planning more talks with England squad man Alex Lozowski in a bid to keep him at the club when...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMostert puts Premiership on red alert
SPRINGBOK lock Franco Mostert is attracting the interest of a host of Premiership clubs for when his contract in Japan and...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYes, it’s time for George to become king
DYLAN Hartley or Jamie George? The selection dilemma at hooker, and its impact on the captaincy, is the burning question for...
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Features
/ 9 years ago3 HOOKERS ON CAPTAINCY
GEORGE CHUTER There are not many players picked for their captaincy above their playing ability. You don’t have the luxury in...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMighty Montpellier are team to beat
BRENDAN GALLAGHER casts his eye over the main contenders for this season’s European crown Super signing at Montpellier: Ruan Pienaar THE...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
HARROGATE DoR AND EX-LEEDS, WASPS, SALE, JERSEY & PIRATES WING/FULL-BACK DAVE DOHERTY Iplayed both League and Union growing up but eventually...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
BEN STEVENSON NEWCASTLE CENTRE Ben Stevenson is well on his way to fulfilling his boyhood dream of becoming a professional rugby...
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Features
/ 9 years agoExeter remain unbeaten but Northumbria run them close
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES THE points came thick and fast as the second round of matches opened with a thriller...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMealy-mouthed friends make Kyle’s ‘dig’ worse
COLIN BOAG As a confirmed grumpy old man, the list of things that irritate me beyond belief is a lengthy one,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoThrilling to have a re-run of last year’s final so early
Battle royal: Saracens take on Clermont in the pool this season PICTURE: Getty Images THE European Cup is a tougher, harder...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoRob Baxter plans to make Exeter Chiefs one of Europe’s elite
By Nick Cain EXETER Chiefs are rolling towards Europe’s elite clubs like a dislodged boulder of Dartmoor granite. The newly- crowned...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoCain column: Players have not been consulted over extending the season
By Nick Cain PLAYERS and coaches in the Premiership have started to align in their resistance to the World Rugby blueprint...
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