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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoFULL-TIME: Yellow Lions forced to settle for draw in Wellington
A late yellow card to Iain Henderson cost the British and Irish Lions in Wellington this morning as they were forced...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWill new Channel 5 deal put more bums on seats?
COLIN BOAG Dublin-based marketing agency, Atomic Sport, has published some interesting analysis of last season’s Premiership attendance figures, and they appear...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSeb – from raw novice to two-Test warhorse
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Seb Davies could be forgiven for thinking there is nothing much to this...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHow Belfast family have been giving Ireland Stirling service
A FATHER and son from Belfast can now claim a London double of such improbability that it can be safely assumed...
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Features
/ 8 years agoJust two Chicago heroes make cut
WHEN Ireland ended the All Blacks’ winning run last year in one of the greatest Test matches of the professional era,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWales No.9 jersey has Scarlet hue
OF all the assembly lines in the rugby world, there is surely none to compare with the one the Scarlets operate...
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Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
DOUGIE FLOCKHART DONCASTER WING Back in training yet? We’ve been back for a week now. We’re trying to ease the players...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JACOB ATKINS LONDON IRISH FLY-HALF Mistakes can be costly in professional rugby but fly-half Jacob Atkins reckons embracing his is the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER ENGLAND, EXETER AND COVENTRY FLANKER TOM JOHNSON Iwas a bag of nerves before my first Test against South Africa...
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Young Gun
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun: Marcus Street – England U20s prop
Marcus Street is still only 18 and making his Exeter and U20s debut by February already made for a successful season...
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Room 101
/ 8 years agoRoom 101: Rob Louw – Rotherham lock
1. Internet buffering Losing internet connection when you’re out and about is immensely frustrating. This is more of a problem back...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoO’Mahony to lead Lions against All Blacks
Peter O’Mahony will captain the British & Irish Lions against New Zealand in the first Test in Auckland on Saturday. Ireland...
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20 Questions
/ 8 years ago20 Questions: Beno Obano – Bath loosehead
Enjoyed your breakthrough season? I wouldn’t call it a breakthrough season but it’s the beginning of something good hopefully. I enjoyed...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Mike Worsley – former England prop
I was born in Warrington and my uncle, Ken Gill, played Rugby League for Great Britain but I never played the...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoREPORT: Sensational tries help the Lions beat the Chiefs in Hamilton
The British and Irish Lions will go into the Test Series against the All Blacks on the back of two convincing...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Joe Munro – Ealing Trailfinders centre
1. Max Lahiff – Your modern day prop but he takes it to new levels being a complete freak of nature....
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER NEWCASTLE UTILITY BACK TOM CATTERICK Imissed two easy kicks and tore my MCL 15 minutes into my one and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSharks sinner off for new start at Rouen
By NEALE HARVEY OUTCAST Tom Arscott is ready to banish the nightmare of his controversial sacking by Sale by making a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFotuali’i fired up for home shot at Wales
SAMOA scrum-half Kahn Fotuali’i warns Wales his team are ready to turn up the heat when they meet in Apia on...
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Features
/ 8 years agoI do feel for Fearns, but he handled it all poorly
COLIN BOAG The old saying goes that an Englishman’s word is his bond, but those days are long gone as the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
RICH LANE, THE BEDFORD AND FORMER BATH AND JERSEY WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1....
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Features
/ 8 years agoBank on Sam to make up distance like a champion
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW On a wintry Sunday evening late last summer, a bedraggled figure put his...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWatch out Wayne, Hansen’s from that Sir Alf old school
Too easy: Sam Cane is congratulated on his try by Israel Dagg PICTURE: Getty Images STEVE Hansen presided over the All...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMills finally honoured with his cap from Top Cat
THEWelsh Rugby Union have dragged the good name of the game through the mud of some shameful episodes, not least their...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
RALPH ADAMS-HALE ENGLAND U20S PROP TThe road to glory is a long one for a young prop so all Ralph Adams-Hale...
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Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
HAYDEN THOMPSON-STRINGER SARACENS PROP How’s your summer going? Pretty good thanks. I’ve kept up with training even if it was nice...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBad boy Pape signs off in inimitable style
PETER JACKSON reveals his exclusive table of Europe’s saints and sinners Leaving his mark: Stade Francais second row Pascal Pape PICTURE:...
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Features
/ 8 years agoClerc feels driven to repay debt to Toulon
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Most of the good things come in threes for Vincent Clerc, the veteran winger who will share...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoJames Haskell – I’m not here to drink coffee
James Haskell is a Lion who, in his own words, “got in through the back door”, but after hearing him hold...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoLove him, loathe him, SBW is deadly – Lions legend John Taylor
New Zealanders are still not sure about Sonny Bill Williams. Mention his name and, immediately, you are guaranteed a reaction –...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoREPORT: Lions go down to the Highlanders in Dunedin
Marty Banks kicked a late penalty as the Lions have suffered their second defeat of their New Zealand tour going down...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
MARCUS STREET ENGLAND & EXETER TIGHTHEAD Marcus Street is still only 18 and making his Exeter and U20s debut by February...
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Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
BENO OBANO BATH LOOSEHEAD Enjoyed your breakthrough season? I wouldn’t call it a breakthrough season but it’s the beginning of something...
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Features
/ 8 years agoToulon marooned without Halfpenny
PETER JACKSON reveals his exclusive table of Europe’s most prolific points scorers PETER JACKSON Leigh Halfpenny stands today at the top...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCudmore tells North: See brain specialist
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Jamie Cudmore, one of the toughest players the game has known, used to own a bar in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER ORRELL, BRISTOL, LONDON IRISH, HARLEQUINS AND ENGLAND PROP MIKE WORSLEY Iwas born in Warrington and my uncle, Ken Gill,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoStill one Italian team too many in Euro Cup
COLIN BOAG The Lions tour has somewhat overshadowed what is usually one of the highlights of the early part of the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
JOE MUNRO, THE EALING AND FORMER NOTTINGHAM CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Max Lahiff...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHouston back on French trail
FORMER Bath forward Leroy Houston will return to France next season after signing a two-year contract with Bordeaux-Begles. Wallaby Houston has...
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Features
/ 8 years agoChiefs eye Wallaby Simmons
EXETER CHIEFS have been linked with a move for Queenland Reds forward Rob Simmons who is being released by the Super...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTigers set to dump JP and four more
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■WALES autumn international campaign is set to cost the Principality Stadium the chance of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBath lose Fruean but Irish keep building
TRANSFER WRAP ROBBIE Fruean will leave Bath this summer after agreeing a two-year deal with Edinburgh. As revealed in Blindside on...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWonderkid Sam ready for big Test to prove solution at No7
Sam Underhill, the most talked about player yet to be capped by England, is determined to prove he has substance to...
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Young Gun
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun: Josh Bayliss – Bath flanker
Making his first team debut seemed an unachievable goal for fresh-out-of-school Josh Bayliss at the start of the season, but his...
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Room 101
/ 8 years agoRoom 101: Billy Johnson – Old Albanians lock
1.The maul ‘tackle’ This is the main thing that really winds me up on the pitch. The attacking player takes the...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Harry Randall – England U20s scrum-half
How’s preparation going for the Junior World Cup in Georgia? Very well. We had a tough camp in Guildford last week...












