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Features
/ 9 years agoFord set to extend his French stay
Wanted: Mike Ford MIKE FORD is a surprise name in the running to be named as the new head coach of...
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/ 9 years agoWales rally to run out easy winners
Wales U18s …29 England U18s …19 WALES U18s will go into the Easter International Series next weekend high on confidence after...
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Features
/ 9 years agoTale of two rugby cities could not be more stark
On a wintry Friday night by the Clyde, Glasgow Warriors and Newport Gwent Dragons played out a 16-all draw. So few...
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/ 9 years agoFarrell greatness made in ‘Heaven’
Andy Farrell believes his son Owen’s growing reputation as one of Rugby Union’s most creative playmakers was born in ‘Heaven’. Or,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFive in a row for squeaky clean Connacht
NOWthat red cards are being spotted in ever greater numbers with the passing of every winter, avoiding one takes some doing...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYes, rugby is physical but it is a force for good
COLIN BOAG The right decision: Elliot Daly comes off after suffering double vision The thing about a bandwagon is that once...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Dominic Morris – England U20s
Being injured at the start of the season, Dominic Morris would not have expected to have made his Saracens debut, won...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoFarrell would make a great leader of Lions says Mako
Mako Vunipola reckons ‘world-class’ Owen Farrell would make a fantastic job of captaining the British & Irish Lions in New Zealand...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoSuper Rugby? I’d rather watch European game, says Mitchell
Former All Blacks coach John Mitchell has bemoaned the demise of Super Rugby and has called on organisers to take a...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Paul Privey – Rosslyn Park lock
1. Economy class flights I’m 6ft 5ins and the seats in economy class are never big enough and it costs too...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoPressure almost led me to suicide admits Leicester star
Leicester scrum-half Jono Kitto is spearheading a campaign aimed at persuading players to open up about mental health issues after revealing...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Steve Boden – Yorkshire Carnegie coach
How has your week been up in Leeds? We had a good training with a lot of players coming back to...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoTwickenham rout ‘will cost Scots their Lions places’
Former Scotland lock Jim Hamilton fears his countrymen’s 62-21 Six Nations thrashing by England has dashed any hope of significant Lions...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoLions ban clubs from using their branding
The Lions are not making friends among the broader rugby community as their commercial team prevent other clubs from ‘unofficial’ use...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Scott Hamilton – former All Blacks and Leicetser wing
The main reason I made the All Blacks team in 2006 was because I was in such a great Crusaders team....
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Topsy Ojo – London Irish wing
1. Clarke Dermody – It can’t be bad when your prop has hands like a centre as well as being able...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMurray is minted in pole position
LIONS WATCH Certainty for Lions: Ireland’s Conor Murray. Inset: Kieran Marmion Given the influence that Conor Murray had on the 2013...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 9 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissle ROELOF SMIT, the Blue Bulls flanker who is out of contract at the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDuffie strikes to set Blues on 6-try romp
Super Rugby By NICK VERDIER MATT Duffie sparked a second-half revival with two tries to help give the Blues a 38-14...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 9 years agoSharks in talks with Scots ace Jackson
Off north? Jackson SALE SHARKS are having talks with Scotland fly-half Ruaridh Jackson about a switch to the North-West from Harlequins....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 9 years agoGloucester make big money move to land Parisse
GLOUCESTER have emerged as surprise suitors for Italian skipper Sergio Parisse with Stade Francais struggling to stay in business. The Paris...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
JON PHILLIPS THE FORMER NORTHAMPTON AND BEDFORD LOCK Times have changed a bit since I played (and scored) in Saints’ first-ever...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 9 years agoGriffiths goes to Paris in bid for Steyn
WORCESTER WARRIORS have held talks with Springbok fly-half Morne Steyn about moving to Sixways Stadium from the start of next season....
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
RUARIDH McCONNOCHIE ENGLAND SEVENS How about that for a first half of the World Series? We’ve already won two tournaments and...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JAMIE BARDEN CRANLEIGH SCHOOL FLANKER A broken leg cost him his place in the Harlequins academy but Jamie Barden proved he...
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Features
/ 9 years agoThat extra 20 minutes? Enthralling rugby drama
COLIN BOAG I’ve always believed that all three matches in the final round of the Six Nations should kick off at...
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/ 9 years agoO’Mahony had a hunger England never showed
JEREMY GUSCOTT THERE are as many questions after the Six Nations as there were before it in terms of selection for...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHartley’s run will end as Eddie starts stage two
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS ENGLISH LIONS AS EDDIE JONES REACHES A WATERSHED Hooker choice: Dylan Hartley in action against Australia last...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWorcester rejuvenated after Gold makeover
Gary Gold has revealed he discovered a Worcester squad training poorly and unprepared for the physical intensity of the Premiership when...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoPremiership must take control of Championship
Nottingham chairman Alistair Bow fears Championship rugby will continue its downward spiral unless Premiership Rugby are handed control of the league....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoBeale determined to deliver the goods at Wasps before departing
Kurtley Beale reckons the addition of Springbok superstar Willie Le Roux to an already electrifying backline has given Wasps the extra...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■GARY GOLD looks like staying on at Worcester Warriors next season after being...
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Features
/ 9 years agoIrish step up recruitment for assault on top-flight
LONDON IRISH have been busy recruiting players ahead of their impending return to the Premiership next season. But I understand that...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFalcons looking to lure Flood home
Heading home? Toby Flood TOBY FLOOD could this summer be heading back to Newcastle Falcons where he started his career when...
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Features
/ 9 years agoEasterby next on Kingsholm wanted list
Wanted: Ackermann GLOUCESTER have got a list of alternatives for their head coach job if they are turned down by South...
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Features
/ 9 years agoAnglo-Welsh Cup needs to rethink playing rules
COLIN BOAG I’ve made no secret of the fact I don’t much like the Anglo-Welsh Cup in its present form, and...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
TOPSY OJO, LONDON IRISH AND FORMER ENGLAND WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Clarke Dermody...
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/ 9 years agoCan we find the new Barry John?
THE Six Nations provides Warren Gatland with the most exacting series of trials that any Lions chief selector could wish for....
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/ 9 years agoEngland have game to beat the All Blacks – but not yet!
THE England team rescued and brought back to rude health by Eddie Jones is in danger of being sold down the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoNick Cain’s player ratings
ENGLAND 1-MAKO VUNIPOLA 7.5 Trailblazing front row playmaker. The best handling prop around, and scrummaging stronger 2-DYLAN HARTLEY (capt) 6 Weird...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
SCOTT HAMILTON THE FORMER ALL BLACK, CRUSADERS AND LEICESTER WINGER/FULL-BACK The main reason I made the All Blacks team in 2006...
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/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
STEVE BODEN YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE FORWARDS COACH How has your week been up in Leeds? We had a good training with a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
DOMINIC MORRIS ENGLAND U20s WING Being injured at the start of the season, Dominic Morris would not have expected to have...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Will Jones – Wales U20s captain
Enjoying the student life while trying to become a professional rugby player is not easy but Wales U20s captain Will Jones...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Gareth Steenson – Exeter fly-half
1. Traffic I’m lucky that I don’t have too far to travel to get to work because I live close to...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Nick Haining – Jersey No.8
Big win against Yorkshire Carnegie last week? It was a great home win for us and it raised the confidence levels...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Anthony Allen – former England and Leicester centre
With hindsight, getting capped by England at 20, just over a year after leaving school, was way too soon. But you...
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