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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoMunster coach Stephen Larkham is wanted back by Brumbies
Larkham is under contract at Thomond Park until the end of the coming season
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Features
/ 5 years agoWe ignored coach, played our fast 15-a-side rugby and claimed the day!
MOMENT IN TIME LONDON WELSH 1994-95 NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO KEY PLAYERS THE record books show that Welsh won promotion from...
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Features
/ 5 years ago‘We chased the Prem dream and went bust’
LONDON Welsh might have been a powerhouse in the amateur era of the 1960s and 1970s, supplying seven members of the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Gun: Worcester Warriors centre Oli Morris
Oli Morris discusses his ambitions for the new Premiership season and divulges in how his Warriors career started with a trip...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRoom 101: Harrogate head coach Sam Cox
Harrogate head coach Sam Cox takes us through his pet hates from the rugby world and beyond
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Features
/ 5 years agoScots’ brains trust restoring Uppingham’s former glory
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BACK in the dawn of rugby history Uppingham played their own...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoKolbe’s tax bill set to rocket at Toulon
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CHESLIN Kolbe, below, could find himself worse off following his recordbreaking move to Toulon...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBoobbyer quit at his peak to aid post war reconciliation
BRIAN Boobbyer was arguably Uppingham’s finest ever rugby player – certainly in modern times – but, as a committed Christian who...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSharks move closer to AJ Bell deal
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE Sharks are just ironing out the last few details of the £17m deal...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTime for Exeter Chiefs to ditch the warpaint | Colin Boag
Exeter Chiefs' appropriation of Native American symbolisation is treading a tightrope, explains Colin Boag
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Features
/ 5 years agoSaints sign Springbok flier Skosan
RUGBY SHORTS NORTHAMPTON have made their fourth summer signing by bringing in South Africa wing Courtnall Skosan. The 30-year-old, who has...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoI’m delighted for Cheslin Kolbe, he deserves all the riches | Jeremy Guscott
The newest member of rugby's One Millions Pounds Club, Cheslin Kolbe warrants the rich rewards for his entertaining skillset
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Features
/ 5 years agoIrish boost prop stock
RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have signed props Ryan Bower and Jamie Dever on shortterm contracts. Bower, 30, joins following stints with...
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Former Bath and Northampton prop Charlie Beech
1. David Flatman – Flats was an inspiration during my time at Bath, both as a prop and as a bloke....
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Features
/ 5 years agoOne more for Swinson
RUGBY SHORTS TIM Swinson has signed a contract extension with Saracens to stay to the end of the 2021-22 season. The...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTigers call for Evans
RUGBY SHORTS LEICESTER have signed back row forward Gareth Evans, 29, on a short-term contract from Ospreys. Evans, who started his...
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Features
/ 5 years agoAndy Titterrell swots up on the new England U20s crop
Andy Titterrell took all of two days off to unwind from the scenes of England’s U20 Six Nations glory this summer,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSuperpowers take showdown to tropics
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THIS cursed Pandemic has taken us down some...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDanny’s belief set Cooke on road to Harlequins and England fame
Hard core: David Cooke DAVID Cooke might have looked a little like Jean Pierre Rives and, like the legendary French flanker,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSale Sharks in deal to buy AJ Bell with Salford City
How a stadium carousel in Manchester could leave the Sharks ground-sharing the AJ Bell with Salford City FC
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Features
/ 5 years agoRoom 101: Chinnor back row Ben Manning
THE CHINNOR BACK-ROWER TAKES US THOUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Badly poured Guinness They say...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHeineken Cup? It was Devon Senior Cup that Exeter were after in the Eighties!
MOMENTINTIME EXETER, DEVON SENIOR CUP WINNERS 1979-80 NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO JOHN LOCKYER TIM WOODROW’S programme notes for the visit of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoHoward Packman will join Blackheath
Set to play National League One rugby this season after leaving Doncaster Knights
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoNeil Back’s son in Forest debut
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FIN Back, the son of England World Cup winner Neil, last week made his...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe Baxter family have Exeter blood flowing in their veins
How the Baxters have impacted Exeter Chiefs since the 1960s
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoBaldwin quits for a life in the City
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Calling time: Luke Baldwin, playing here for Worcester, has left the Dragons LUKE Baldwin,...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWhen we lost in France the butcher blanked me
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER ROTHERHAM, SALE, BOURGOIN, LONDON WELSH AND LEICESTER HOOKER NEIL BRIGGS When you think about the carefully...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoAgents and clubs go to mediation
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER RUGBY players agents are set to have a mediation meeting with Premiership Rugby to...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLet stars go abroad AND play for their countries
COLIN BOAG It seems to be part of rugby’s culture that the Unions like to flaunt their muscle and tell players...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoMeihuizen tells Quins it’s no go
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER HARLEQUINS have missed out on signing Stormers lock David Meihuizen, below, who is now...
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Doncaster Knights centre Mark Best
MARK BEST, THE DONCASTER, ULSTER &, JERSEY CENTRE CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1. Logovi’i Mulipola...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTigers tie up gives kids route through
Paul Rees finds out more about Nottingham’s new partnership with Leicester Tigers Nottingham were among the leading clubs in England 30...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCipriani magic can get Bath back in the title mix | Jeremy Guscott
Can Danny Cipriani marshal Bath's backline to its potential and a top-four finish in the Premiership?
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Features
/ 5 years agoJP Doyle available ‘for a pie and a pint’ after return from Major League Rugby
What next for the former Premiership referee who spent 17 weeks officiating in Major League Rugby
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoJoke isn’t on fun figure Cockerill any more | Chris Hewett
Richard Cockerill in as England's forwards coach? Chris Hewett on a bullish Midlander transitioning into coaching
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMichael Hooper shows his class in best Wallaby tradition | Peter Jackson
Another Bledisloe Cup series leaves the Wallabies captain on the losing side
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Features
/ 5 years agoLaw changes will help players take more risks says Exiles star
PAUL REES TALKS TO LONDON IRISH FULL-BACK TOM PARTON ABOUT HIS PASSION FOR EXCITING RUGBY Tom Parton is part of a...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWith these young stars set to break through, Eddie has real options this season
Class: Tom Parton playing for England U20 TOM Parton was one of four backs who started England’s 2017 World U20 final...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe magnificent men of England’s swinging 20s
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 5 years agoName-change for Cardiff is a home-coming for legend Peter
Q&A ON THE RECORD PETER THOMAS Benefactor: Peter Thomas is Cardiff’s geatest backer Peter Thomas played for Cardiff in the 1960s...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players LYDIA THOMPSON THIS WEEK... WORCESTER WINGER Winger Lydia Thompson has...
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Features
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Wasps centre Will Simonds
Will Simonds appears well set to excel at Wasps this season with John Mitchell now joining a coaching group that puts...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHaileybury go from VCs to courage of Danny Hearn
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Although also an enthusiastic football school, Haileybury College, just a few...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoThe club hoping to make Scotland ace Finn Russell rugby’s richest man
Michael Cheika wants to bring the star of the third Lions Test to Japan
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSilence over Erasmus punishment is deafening | Shane Williams
Mixed messages from World Rugby have given the wrong impression of what rugby's core values are, writes Shane Williams
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoKick-fests will make us all turn off the TV | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott on rugby's beige kicking game
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Features
/ 5 years agoInnovation in grassroots: Bowdon breaking new ground to aid recovery
Paul Rees discovers how Altrincham-based Bowdon are using a new technology to boost member numbers
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Features
/ 5 years agoBig question for Eddie is, where will Owen Farrell play?
After he did not start a Lions Test, Paul Rees gauges whether Owen Farrell's England place could be under threat
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Features
/ 5 years agoDavies: Lions should get Prem clubs on board now for 2025
Appeal: Gareth Davies GARETH Davies believes the plans for the 2025 tour to Australia by the Lions should be sorted out...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoQ&A – Matt Dawson: What might have been if Finn was fit from start?
The three-time Lions tourist gives his verdict on the series defeat in South Africa
