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Features
/ 8 years agoPhiladelphia is next stop on rugby’s world tour
Brendan Gallagher takes a look at how club rugby has spread around the world since 2011 Globalisation is one of the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoIrish have the culture to survive says Narraway
Former London Irish back rower Luke Narraway reckons the behind-the-scenes culture being created by coaching supremos Brendan Venter and Nick Kennedy...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoChampionship better than A-League – Melville
Nigel Melville has cast doubt on Premiership proposals to create a fully blown A-League competition from season 2018-19. The RFU‘s director...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoRaising the salary cap would harm the game says Premiership club director
Newcastle managing director Mick Hogan has slammed demands by Saracens to increase the salary cap, describing a suggestion by Sarries boss...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoThe struggles of Premiership rugby in the North West
SALE entertain Newcastle on Friday night in the big northern derby – or the Sharks play the Falcons if you prefer...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSamoan warrior Fotuali’i ready to put his head where it hurts again
Return: Freddie Burns, here playing for Leicester, is back with home town club Bath KAHN Fotuali’ i was Bath’ s most...
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/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ ENGLAND fly-half Alex Lozowski has turned down the chance of signing a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSaints lead race to land Kiwi No.8 Shields
Move? Brad Shields NORTHAMPTON Saints are in pole position to land Hurricanes No.8 Brad Shields. Shields, who holds a British passport...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLions scrum-half Webb is touted around Top 14
Dual contract: Rhys Webb RHYS WEBB looks set to become the latest member of Warren Gatland’s squad to become a target...
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Features
/ 8 years agoKuridrani on Sharks’ shopping wish-list
SALE SHARKS are interested in signing Queensland Reds winger Chris Kuridrani, as Steve Diamond looks to further strengthen his squad. Kuridrani,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSo why has rugby just gone north in the North?
Brendan Gallagher looks at the sad demise of top flight rugby in the North, save for Sale and Newcastle Benefactor: Sir...
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Features
/ 8 years agoThe tale so far… how northern clubs have fared
Injury-hit: Jonny Wilkinson playing for Newcastle SALE Embarking on their 24th straight season of top flight rugby, Sale don’t get enough...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER ENGLAND, NEWCASTLE FALCONS AND BRIVE CENTRE JAMIE NOON Scoring a hat-trick against Scotland in my first Six Nations campaign...
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Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
JOHN BARNES HARTPURY COLLEGE Do How did pre-season go? We came back earlier than we normally do but we had to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
KALEEM BARRETO GLASGOW SCRUM-HALF Kaleem Barreto is not sure which version of the game he will be playing this season just...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSpringboks could call time on Cheika’s reign
COLIN BOAG Crunch time: Michael Cheika faces a difficult match in Perth It has been open season on Australian rugby for...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoHold Manu back until 2018 says top Tiger
England supremo Eddie Jones should resist selecting Manu Tuilagi until the 2018 Six Nations and allow the troubled centre to recapture...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
MATT WILLIAMS, THE LONDON SCOTTISH & FORMER MOSELEY WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Mark...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFrom Sam to Francois, don’t take your eyes of these guys
ANDY GOODE OUR GUEST COLUMNIST LOOKS AHEAD TO THE PREMIERSHIP With the Premiership season nearly upon us, there is a lot...
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Features
/ 8 years ago‘Pinetree’ got his strength by cutting down trees
Brendan Gallagher remembers the great Sir Colin Meads who died last weekend at 81 THE iconic image of Colin Meads is...
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/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
ROSS MORIARTY GLOUCESTER BACK ROW How was your summer? It was great to go on tour with the Lions but saying...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
STUART GRIMES THE FORMER SCOTLAND, NEWCASTLE AND WATSONIANS LOCK I celebrated the highlight of my Scotland playing career with Gregor Townsend...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDeano’s winning strategy? Buys, banter and barbies
Stewart McCullough charts the rise of Newcastle under their owner and coach Eye-catching: Toby Flood is returning to the North-east PICTURES:...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNew captains in West Country
WORCESTER and Gloucester were the latest clubs to announce their captains for the upcoming season this week with Donncha O’Callaghan and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAce Cruden in control as Montpellier make mark
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Montpellier, under the new control of former Clermont and Scotland boss Vern Cotter, are generally considered to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ADAM RADWAN NEWCASTLE WING Adam Radwan has been a revelation for Newcastle this summer, so it is hard to imagine the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBristol pay differentials won’t cause disharmony says Lam
By NEALE HARVEY Probyn: Marler shows value of old-fashioned drinking! BRISTOL supremo Pat Lam insists that motivation will prove no issue...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEnd of the road for Will Fraser
WILL Fraser has announced his retirement from professional rugby after failing to recover from a neck injury. The Saracens openside has...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIf you don’t like scrums, watch Rugby League!
COLIN BOAG With the new Aviva Premiership just five days away, it’s good to hear directors of rugby fighting back against...
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Young Gun
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun: Ben Jones – Wales U20s fly-half
Ben Jones is after game time in his first season at senior level and with three sides to play for he...
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Room 101
/ 8 years agoRoom 101: Colin Quigley – Doncaster prop
1. Pre-season It’s become a bit of an in-joke that I try and get an operation booked in during the summer...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoNeck injury forces Will Fraser to retire
Will Fraser has announced his retirement from professional rugby after failing to recover from a neck injury. The Saracens openside has...
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20 Questions
/ 8 years ago20 Questions: Arthur Ellis – Ealing Trailfinders openside
How has pre-season been going? Everyone is pretty excited to get started and play some games now after a lot of...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Benefactor set to offer Red Roses contracts
Investor Simon Pennock flew to Belfast yesterday to present the England Women squad with an ambitious new venture to give them...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Gavin Cattle – Cornish Pirates legend
I always thought of myself as more of a game manager rather than a game changer, feeding off the good work...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoHartley to Manu and Solomona – Follow code of conduct or pay the price!
England and Northampton captain Dylan Hartley tells NEALE HARVEY why Saints are targeting the Premiership play-offs and how he will never...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Ryan Bevington – Bristol and former Ospreys prop
1. Ryan Bevington – I’d love to play in the team I’m about to pick so I’d have to select myself...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTownsend overlooks Scott for Test camp
GLOUCESTER star Matt Scott has been left out of Scotland’s 41-man squad for a two-day training camp in St Andrews this...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAbendanon: I could be onway back to England
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Nick Abendanon faces a decision on his future next month and has not closed the door on...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPlease, let’s have an end to this phony war
COLIN BOAG It’s the waiting that’s the hardest part. The long summer break with next to no meaningful rugby is drawing...
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Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
ETHAN WALLER WORCESTER LOOSEHEAD How’s pre-season going? Very well. We’ve kicked things off in terms of warm-up games and everything is...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
NIC WHITE, THE EXETER CHIEFS AND AUSTRALIA SCRUM–HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Scott Sio...
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Features
/ 8 years agoJonny on rampage Down Under
BRENDAN GALLAGHER REMEMBERS THE OUTSTANDING ENGLAND SCHOOLS TEAM OF 1997 It’s 20 years ago this month that one of the strongest...
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/ 8 years agoCheika has to sort out his sorry Wallabies – and fast
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK It is not all doom and gloom yet for Australia despite that 54-34 hammering by...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCaptaining my beloved Saints should boost England claim
DYLAN HARTLEY ENGLAND & NORTHAMPTON CAPTAIN Q&A England and Northampton captain Dylan Hartley tells NEALE HARVEY why Saints are targeting the...
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/ 8 years agoYou won’t outscrum us warns Du Plessis
NEALE HARVEY finds London Irish’s veteran prop star in defiant mood ahead of the new season NEALE HARVEY Indestructible prop Petrus...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRonaldo’s just lucky it wasn’t on rugby field
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Cristiano Ronaldo may never have heard of Neil Back nor Percy Montgomery but...











