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Features
/ 9 years agoWe’re locked and loaded in forwards
THE giants of the second row have always loomed large in the folklore of the Lions as the driving force behind...
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Features
/ 9 years agoEvans: These backs can test my All Blacks
Nick Evans tells Neale Harvey the areas in which the Lions can dominate Harlequins flyhalf Nick Evans never bets against the...
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/ 9 years agoMugford aims to prove Sale were wrong to dump him
FRUSTRATED fly-half Dan Mugford insists he still has a Premiership future despite the disappointment of being deemed surplus to requirements by...
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/ 9 years agoMaiming of O’Driscoll was cynical, the cover-up was simply shameful
Anatomy of an assault: Long after the ball has gone Tana Umaga and Kevin Mealamu spear tackle Brian O’Driscoll, who is...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLions humbled by best side ever
Brendan Gallagher looks back on the harsh reality of Clive Woodward’s 2005 Lions tour to New Zealand Broken ankle: Lawrence Dallaglio...
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/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER WALES, CARDIFF BLUES, NORTHAMPTON AND WORCESTER SCRUM-HALF RYAN POWELL Neil Jenkins told me he’d get me capped if I...
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
BEN MORRIS NOTTINGHAM BACK ROW So one game to go in what has been a mixed season? Yes, we want to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years ago‘I was close to being an LA drop-out’
Monster hooker Joe Taufete’e has been a massive hit at Sixways but it was not so long ago that the huge...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Jamie Barden – Cranleigh School
A broken leg cost him his place in the Harlequins academy but Jamie Barden proved he is full of resource by...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoCohen comes out fighting in defence of Mauger axe
Leicester chief executive Simon Cohen has defended the sackings of Richard Cockerill and Aaron Mauger, claiming both decisions were “robust” and...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Will Spencer – Worcester lock
1. Hesitation at roundabouts I get frustrated when people come to a stop at roundabouts regardless of whether there’s any traffic...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoSooner England switch Watson to full-back the better
Mike Brown‘s days as England‘s first choice full-back are numbered according to Matt Perry, who reckons it is time for Bath...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Ruaridh McConnoghie – England Sevens
How about that for a first half of the World Series? We’ve already won two tournaments and we’re the only team...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoOnly question is, which tour will Denny be on?
Denny Solomona would be a more than useful weapon in the Lions armoury if Warren Gatland was to make him his...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jon Phillips – former Northampton and Bedford lock
Times have changed a bit since I played (and scored) in Saints’ first-ever Premiership match back in August 1997. There were...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoFrustrated Fisher tells Gloucester to get real
Laurie Fisher says Gloucester have a long way to go before they can be considered a powerhouse of English rugby after...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Jim Evans – former Harlequins lock
1. Ceri Jones – He has to be the hairiest player to play the game. I was never quite sure if...
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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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Features
/ 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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Features
/ 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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Features
/ 9 years agoAll Blacks coach who bowed out undefeated
HIS name never seemed to merit a mention in relation to the best New Zealand coaches and yet Eric Watson could...
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/ 9 years agoGroundhog Day as Lions are ambushed by Aussie ref
Brendan Gallagher looks back on the heroics and heartbreak of the 1993 Lions tour to New Zealand THE last truly amateur...
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Features
/ 9 years agoGeech points way ahead for future tours
The 1993 Lions tour of New Zealand was Ian McGeechan’s second as coach and the first time a Lions coach had...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFurlong clear in race to be the pack pillar
New Zealand have the highest strike rate off set piece possession in the world game. That is why it is imperative...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWilkinson: Lions will need a team full of captains to defeat All Blacks
Been there: Jonny Wilkinson on Lions duty in 2005 By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA JONNY Wilkinson claims the Lions will need...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER EXETER, BATH, HARLEQUINS AND LONDON IRISH FLY-HALF CHRIS MALONE Icame to England in 2001 and had 10 great years,...
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
BIYI ALO WORCESTER PROP How do you look back at that entertaining game at Wasps last Sunday? It must have been...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
AARON HINKLEY ENGLAND U18S OPENSIDE Aaron Hinkley is fully aware making it at senior level will not be a walk in...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMitchell and Co extend deals with England
By SAM JACKSON ENGLANDSevens captain Tom Mitchell is one of six senior players to sign a new contract ahead of next...
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/ 9 years agoElectrifying Adams is ready for Wales tour says Gold
NEWS EXTRA WORCESTER boss Gary Gold says Josh Adams is good enough to play for Wales this Summer. The 21-year-old has...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler CARL FEARNS is unlikely to be seen in a Gloucester shirt next season despite...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRandall’s double helps fire Hartpury to a treble
UNIVERSITY BUCS FINAL HARRYRandall rounded up a fine month by leading Hartpury College to BUCS glory two weeks after winning the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFlood’s return in doubt with Bordeaux interested
FORMER England flyhalf Toby Flood is a target for French club Bordeaux, who want to scupper a return to Newcastle Falcons...
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Features
/ 9 years agoGolden crop triumph again at Twickenham
By NICK VERDIER WARWICK School’s class of 2017 will long be remembered in the West Midlands after they claimed the NatWest...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSale seek closure to Solomona issue
SALE SHARKS are going into mediation with Castleford Tigers later this month in a bid to avoid a costly legal action...
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Features
/ 9 years agoEngland serve up a mess in Massy
France U19s …35 England U19s …22 A SLOPPY start set the tone for England U19s yesterday as they were convincingly beaten...
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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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