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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Andrew Savage – Nottingham full-back
1. Scrumming for penalties Being an outside back I like the game to be an exciting, fast flowing, and high tempo...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoGuru Braam van Straaten re-boots Alex Lozowksi’s career path
Rising Leeds star Alex Lozowski has credited a goal-kicking masterclass with club legend Braam van Straaten as one of the reasons...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: George Watkins – Bristol winger
Pleased to be back after your thumb injury? It’s been frustrating but it’s great to be involved again and there’s a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoHenry Trinder, Luther Burrell and Joel Tomkins in line for England Test debut
Henry Trinder is in line to make his England Test debut after being named in Stuart Lancaster’s England squad ahead of...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoMike Brown: Quins form won’t ruin my England Test dream
Mike Brown has scotched suggestions that Harlequins are in terminal decline, claiming a misfiring backline will not harm his hopes of...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Anthony Buchanan – former Wales and Llanelli prop
The year Wales won the Triple Crown in the 1988 Six Nations I was called up while I was at work...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoWales want more cash to join new European Cup
The Anglo-French promoters of the Champions’ Cup will have to guarantee the Welsh regions a better deal if they join the...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Tom Williams – Harlequins winger
1. Mark Lambert – A very intelligent player who is strong in the scrum and a destructive ball carrier. 2. Dimitri...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoEngland finish third at Gold Coast Sevens
James Rodwell, Dan Bibby and new boy Phil Burgess scored two tries each as England finished the opening round of the...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoPerpignan revival can help James Hook’s Wales bid
James Hook hopes Perpignan’s return to the Heineken Cup can propel him back into Wales reckoning.
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun – Jonny Hill – Gloucester lock
When his college application fell apart Jonny Hill was forced into an unexpected gap year – but it proved a vital...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoMiles Mantella bounces back from pain of rejection
Being released by a Premiership club can be a devastating blow for a young player – but pace ace Miles Mantella...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoWhere do you want me to play? Elliot Daly asks England
With England spoilt for choice at full-back but injury-ravaged in the centres, Elliot Daly admits he would love some clarification from...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Tom Allen – Henley Hawks centre
1. Salary discrepancy with football Wouldn’t it be nice if the salaries in rugby were equivalent to those that you get...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Mark Mapletoft – Harlequins backs coach
Pleased with your coaching career so far? Crikey, yes. I started as an academy coach at Saracens, then worked for the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoDave Ewers follows David Pocock in beating pain of exile
At first glance, Exeter’s powerhouse No.8 Dave Ewers does not appear to have much in common with Australia’s David Pocock. But...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Chris Fortey – former Gloucester, Worcester and Hartpury hooker
I loved playing in the front row with my twin brother Lee at Worcester – it was always enjoyable and pretty...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoWelsh get Euro Cup deadline of October 31
The four Welsh regions are being set a deadline of October 31 for joining the Anglo-French vision of the new Europe,...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Thom Evans – former London Wasps, Glasgow and Scotland wing
1. Cian Healy – Mountain of a man who carries the ball really well. He is so powerful and has a...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoPhil Chesters is quick again after almost dying
Phil Chesters, Ealing’s indestructible try-machine, will not forget Saturday March 30, 2013, in a hurry – it was the day he...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Jacob Rowan – Leeds flanker
1. Name or place droppers We’ve all met them and we’ve all experienced their condescending tone, telling us where they’ve been...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years ago“Henry Trinder can bridge that Manu Tuilagi gap,” say James Simpson-Daniel and Nigel Davies
Gloucester duo James Simpson-Daniel and Nigel Davies are convinced Henry Trinder is the man to fill Manu Tuilagi’s massive shoes this...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Sam Stuart – Harlequins scrum-half
After three anterior cruciate ligament injuries in as many years Sam Stuart is finally ready to start repaying the faith Harlequins...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoSuperman finds he’s outmuscled by Tom Croft
Aaron Penberthy knew he was in for something special when he ended his time with the Cornish Pirates to join upwardly...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Andy Goode – London Wasps fly-half
An ex-Leicester man at Wasps… how? I know. If you’d told me when I was playing for Leicester that I’d end...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Andy Goode – London Wasps fly-half
An ex-Leicester man at Wasps… how? I know. If you’d told me when I was playing for Leicester that I’d end...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoToulon in ‘illegal’ move for Leigh Halfpenny
European champions Toulon were at the centre of an illegal approach row last Saturday over a cheeky attempt to sign Leigh...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Kevin Barrett – former Exeter, London Irish, Saracens and England Sevens scum-half
Making my 100th league appearance for Exeter Chiefs has to rank up there as one of the proudest achievements of my...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoNigel Wray warns the IRB a Euro Cup veto would end in court
Saracens chairman Nigel Wray has warned that any attempt by the International Rugby Board to veto the proposed Rugby Champions Cup...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Simon Keogh – former Leinster, Harlequins and Ireland winger
1. Cian Healy – Absolute powerhouse. It feels like he has been around for years but is still just 25. Equally...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Aaron Liffchak – Rosslyn Park prop
1. Rubbish barber chat From childhood I have used the same barbers, but two years ago I moved to East London...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoFaith of Saints puts Luther Burrell on fast-track to Twickenham
Saints centre Luther Burrell believes the faith being shown in him by Northampton’s coaching staff is benefitting his game massively.
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: George Catchpole – Leicester back
North Walsham is a famed breeding ground for Leicester Tigers but it was two of their Lions that inspired centre George...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years ago“I’d say No to England if they called,” says James Simpson-Daniel
James Simpson-Daniel believes he would turn England down if Stuart Lancaster came calling, even if the national side was ravaged by...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoNew coffee-shop owner Chris Robshaw determined not to become a has-bean
For Chris Robshaw, the coffee entrepreneur, it’s a case of better latte than never.
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Jebb Sinclair – London Irish flanker
Had an interesting summer? It’s been busy. I played six games for Canada, helping us qualify for the World Cup against...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Andy Long – former Bath, Munster, Northampton & England hooker
I am very, very proud of my England debut in 1997 and what it meant to me and my family, but...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoWelsh clubs in talks over Heineken breakaway
Two Welsh regions have declared their interest in joining the new Europe under Anglo-French direction from next season. PRL chief executive...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Craig Newby – former Leicester, Blues, Highlanders & New Zealand flanker
1. Tony Woodcock – He has played 100 tests for the All Blacks and is my best mate. We played in...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Chapman – Worcester wing/scrum-half
Tom Chapman is only 19 but the speedster has already been on the books of Saracens, Bath and Blackheath. But after...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: I’ll never give up fight to play for England
James Haskell was quick to brush off his latest England snub and with Tom Croft now ruled out for the season,...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Ruairi Cushion – Plymouth Albion captain
1. Facebook These days it seems that every time I scroll down my news feed on Facebook all that comes up...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoAndy Gomarsall: Freddie Burns can give England vital spark
Now is the time for England to let Freddie Burns off the leash, according to World Cup winner Andy Gomarsall, who...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Russell Earnshaw – former England Sevens coach
You left England 7s last month. Why? A family decision. Last year I was away 140 days and in my last...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoA red wave rolls off the Solent to remember Cliff
Towards the end of an inspirational life, Cliff Morgan found himself confronted one day by the question of mortality and his...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jamie Noon – former Newcastle, Brive and England centre
My defence was always good but my attack was sometimes questioned. But that’s what I did, I was known as a...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoWelsh clubs urged: Join Heineken breakaway
The four Welsh regions are being invited to break Celtic ranks and join the Anglo-French plan for a new Europe.
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Leon Lloyd – former Leicester, Gloucester and England centre
1. Graham Rowntree – When I first went to Leicester as a 17-year-old Graham took me under his wing – for...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Ed Hoadley – London Irish scrum-half
There are not many better places to learn your trade as a scrum-half than at London Irish and Ed Hoadley does...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoConor O’Shea: Chris Robshaw will see off his England pretenders
Frustrated Quins boss Conor O’Shea has mounted a furious defence of club captain Chris Robshaw and backed him to see off...
