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Featured
/ 12 years agoNew-style Danny Cipriani in frame for England
Danny Cipriani admits he is a different player to the one last capped by England in 2008.
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Mike Williams – Worcester lock/flanker
How’s your first season in England been? Excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Coming to Worcester was a fresh start and they’ve backed...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoJacques Burger ‘plays every game like his last’
Saracens flanker Kelly Brown has hailed his back row partner Jacques Burger as ‘simply incredible’ after the Namibian’s display in the...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Rob Sidoli – Former Pontypridd, Cardiff Blues, Wales and current Dragons lock
I was with Pontypridd when I won my first Wales cap in 2002, and it was all the more special because...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoRelegation will hurt Worcester Warriors’ egos – Dean Ryan
Dean Ryan says relegated Worcester will continue to make the “drastic change” needed to turn them into a competitive top-flight side.
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Paul Doran-Jones – Harlequins and former Leinster, Wasps, Gloucester, Northampton & England prop
1. Fabien Barcella – He was just an unbelievable scrummager. I played against Biarritz in one of my first European matches...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Lewis Boyce – Leeds and England U18s prop
Lewis Boyce wants to forge a career as a loosehead against the grizzled old warhorses in the Championship – so it’s...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoSaints great entertainers aim to shake up the rugby world
Saints bruise brothers George and Ken Pisi have a dream: to team up with older brother Tusi for Samoa at next...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoUS growth is reliant upon winning admits Chris Wyles
Chris Wyles knows qualification for the 2015 World Cup has given USA Eagles the best possible chance of breaking America but...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Paul Sampson – former England, Wasps & London Welsh wing
1. Multi-storey car parks Designers of multi-story car parks need a rethink. For the life of me I can’t understand why...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoHow Will Fraser has grown into the job at Saracens
Super-sized Will Fraser has revealed how piling on the pounds during his recent injury lay-off can help boost his England chances.
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoLightning Tyson Lewis fires Doncaster Knights to promotion
Carlin Isles may be the world’s quickest rugby winger – but he is not as fast as Tyson Lewis when it...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Daniel Browne – London Welsh back row
Just 35… is happy birthday in order? Thanks. I’ve been getting lots of grief off the boys! Quite a few were...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Jonathan Thomas – Worcester captain & former Ospreys and Wales back row
1. Paul James – I’ve been lucky to play with a lot of good looseheads like Gethin Jenkins but Paul is...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoI must play like John Afoa to keep place says Joe Marler
Joe Marler admits he still has a way to go before he can aspire to the level of consistency achieved by...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Chris Whitehead – former Leicester, Bedford, Coventry, Wasps, London Welsh & Exeter hooker
Joining Wasps in 2009 was one of the worst decisions of my career. I was at Coventry and they wanted me...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoSemesa Rokoduguni is aiming to roll his tank onto England’s lawn
Former tank driver Semesa Rokoduguni has destroyed all-comers this season in the Premiership and the Bath speedster has a new target...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoSteve Diamond leads Premiership’s Director of Rugby of the Season shortlist
Steve Diamond has been shortlisted to be named Director of Rugby of the Season on the back of a sensational season...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Lucas Slowik – Bristol and England U18s centre
Bristol‘s Lucas Slowik is no stranger to setbacks but having already taken his place in the record books, the 18-year-old is...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoOld Warhorse Nathan Hines desperate to avenge Toulon ‘body blow’
Clermont second row Nathan Hines believes multi-tasking Saracens are a bigger threat to his side’s league and cup double-winning ambitions than...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Phil Eggleshaw – Doncaster forward
1. One born every minute – TV show This programme is so bad for several reasons. At the end of the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoMike Brown has his heart on sleeve, just like Roy Keane
It is Tuesday afternoon at the Surrey Sports Park and Harlequins’ training finished 45 minutes ago. While the majority of players...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Ian Whitten – Exeter centre
Enjoy your open-top bus ride last week? It was a great crack and a good crowd turned out. Everybody enjoyed it...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoCourtney Lawes still dishes it out but is not so hit and miss
If anyone was in doubt that Courtney Lawes can still deliver big hits with the best of them, then look no...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Declan Danaher – London Irish flanker
Playing international rugby there isn’t much place for modesty. I went to Argentina in 2002 as a 22-year-old and it was...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoBarbarians match bid snubbed by Wales
The Barbarians have been snubbed by Wales after offering them a home match as preparation for their Test series in South...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Paul James – Bath, Wales and former Ospreys prop
1. Cian Healy – A powerhouse of a prop who scores a lot of tries. Has developed a lot in recent...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Jamie Noon calls for leniency on England’s selection policy
Former England centre Jamie Noon believes the RFU should take a more relaxed stance when it comes to picking France-based players.
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Stanley South – Harlequins
The Harlequins Academy is fast becoming a conveyor belt of talent within the Premiership – and teenage lock Stanley South cannot...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoDon’t pick Steffon Armitage for England, says Nick Easter
Nick Easter is a fully paid-up member of the Steffon Armitage fan club but is not clamouring for the openside to...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Lee Dickson – Northampton scrum-half
1. The ‘Choke’ Tackle The ‘catch tackle’, as we call it at Saints, is just so negative and takes all the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoEnglish kids can end Gavin Henson’s Wales dream
Gavin Henson hopes a fresh contract and new found stability at Bath can pave the way for a Wales recall before...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoBristol’s big guns ‘will fire them to promotion’
Bristol’s experience on and off the field will carry them across the Championship promotion line to the Aviva Premiership, according to...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Dave Ward – Harlequins hooker
Is this your best season? Think so. I played some pretty good stuff at Cornish Pirates but playing regularly for Quins...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 years agoNow the Turks want to get slice of new European Cup
The new European Rugby Champions’ Cup is preparing for take-off with the airline who signed Lionel Messi during their sponsorship of...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Brett Deacon – former Leicester and Gloucester back-row
I had never played second row in my career and on my Premiership debut I was thrown in at the deep...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Jebb Sinclair – London Irish and Canada flanker
1. Tendai Mtawarira – The Beast, there’s no way he was not going to be in my team. But it’s not...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Maro Itoje – Saracens lock
Until the U20s Six Nations, lock Maro Itoje, 19, didn’t list try-scoring among his strengths but after touchdowns in all five...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoMemo to Stuart Lancaster: Michael Paterson’s available
Not many outside of Wales realised quite what an exceptional bit of business Sale supremo Steve Diamond had done last summer...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoMark Bright became exile after his hopes were dimmed by Thomas Waldrom
London Scottish No.8 Mark Bright has few regrets, but he can still recall how Thomas Waldrom once cost him the chance...
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European Rugby
/ 12 years agoEuropean Rugby Statement
After months of negotiation, the future of European rugby has been decided today with the release of the following statement from...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Karl Dickson – Harlequins scrum-half
1. IKEA We moved into our new home three weeks ago and I’m up to my ears in IKEA boxes and...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years ago“Year long slog left me in dip,” says Mako Vunipola
Mako Vunipola has revealed how post-Lions fatigue caused his form to dip dramatically.
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: James Shanahan – Plymouth Ablion head coach
Enjoying your first season in charge? Lots of ups and downs but good fun. It’s a new team and a new...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Paul Burke – Leicester backs coach and former Harlequins & Ireland fly-half
1. Jason Leonard – Played together at Harlequins and he is simply incredible. He is the most capped prop in the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoAnthony Watson will be star for England says Nick Abendanon
Nick Abendanon admits that Anthony Watson’s emergence proved a decisive factor in taking the plunge with European giants Clermont.
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Hendre Fourie – former England, Sale, Leeds & Rotherham flanker
The pinnacle of my career came in the summer of 2010 – Leeds had just stayed in the Premiership and Martin...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoRFU fail in bid to get All Blacks Test switch
Concerted attempts by the RFU to change the Test schedule for England’s summer tour of New Zealand in June have failed.
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Seb Adeniran-Olule – Harlequins hooker
Young English props moving to hooker are all the rage and in Seb Adeniran-Olule, Harlequins hope they have unearthed yet another....
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Featured
/ 12 years agoJames Hook can freshen up Warren Gatland’s game-plan
Sonny Parker believes Wales are going stale under head coach Warren Gatland and calls for a return of James Hook.












