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/ 5 years agoI was only non-cap in Cov’s back line
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER COVENTRY AND ENGLAND U23 WINGER SIMON MAISEY I’LL never forget the only time I ‘played’ prop – it...
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/ 5 years agoHistory insists Eddie Jones is heading for 2023 defeat | Nick Cain
SOUTH Africa bucked the overall World Cup trend twice at the 2019 tournament. The first time they did so was by...
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/ 5 years agoBayonne push Agen one step nearer the inevitable | James Harrington
Midway through the second half of Italy v Wales, the Top 14 caught up with its Covid-hit schedule as the final...
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/ 5 years agoQ&A – Ethan Waller: Player welfare is priority issue in any talks of expansion
New chairman of the RPA, Ethan Waller, talks about his vision for protecting players
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoFickou move blocks Manu Tuilagi’s hopes of Racing 92 move
Gael Fickou's switch across the Paris divide from Stade Francais to Racing 92 allays Tuilagi's hopes of a move to the...
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/ 5 years agoCardiff Blues want big pay-off for Dwayne Peel
CARDIFF BLUES are holding out for substantial compensation before allowing Dwayne Peel to make an emotional return to the Scarlets. The...
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/ 5 years agoRoom 101: Doncaster Knights hooker Will Holling
Middle lane motorway drivers are offered up for banishment to Room 101
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/ 5 years agoProp Healy agrees one-year extension
RUGBY SHORTS IRELAND and Leinster prop Cian Healy has signed a one-year extension to his IRFU contract up to the end of...
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/ 5 years agoQuins get young guns locked in long-term
RUGBY SHORTS HARLEQUINS winger Louis Lynagh and back row Archie White have signed contract extensions. Lynagh, 20, son of former Australia...
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/ 5 years agoBrown excited by Dragons potential
RUGBY SHORTS WALES prop Leon Brown has signed a new three-year deal to stay with Dragons at Rodney Parade. Brown joins...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWasps in bid for Exeter Chiefs’ scrum-half Stu Townsend
A replacement for the outgoing Ben Vellacott?
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Features
/ 5 years agoSaints seal deals to keep their front men
RUGBY SHORTS NORTHAMPTON’S front row pair, hooker Reece Marshall and prop Danny Hobbs- Awoyemi, have signed new contracts. Marshall, 26, made...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAnnihilate Italy then Grand Slam beckons | Shane Williams
Two matches await Wales in their crusade for a second Six Nations Grand Slam in three years
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Features
/ 5 years agoEdinburgh match delayed by Covid
RUGBY SHORTS EDINBURGH’S PRO14 match against Benetton today has been postponed after a positive Covid-19 test in the Benetton camp. The...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoFarrell’s red mist is black spot in captaincy traits | Chris Hewett
How many bases need to be covered in what makes a Test-level captain? Chris Hewett explores after seeing the likes of...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Ian Nimmo: Leicester lads had me labelled as strange
THE FORMER LEICESTER, COVENTRY, NOTTINGHAM, CORNISH PIRATES, NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS, LONDON IRISH AND LONDON WELSH LOCK RIGHT the way through my...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSonja’s tears shame odious oafs on Twitter
COLIN BOAG Target of abuse: Sonia Mclaughlan’s tweets after she was trolled following her interview with Owen Farrell What’s happening to rugby?After...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMalins and Lawrence can fire the England line | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott urges Eddie Jones to unleash his skill players and his own thoughts about selection with France and Ireland to...
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/ 5 years agoQ&A – Danny Care: I’m a glass half full guy, I dream of call from Eddie
At 34, the Harlequins scrum-half is not ready to leave the chapter on his England career unfinished
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoEngland’s eruption of joy as Billy Whizz explodes
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoNo tantrums from Callum Sheedy just a focus on the team | Peter Jackson
It's been a rapid rise for Callum Sheedy to the Wales Six Nations set-up, Peter Jackson looks at the Bristol No.10's...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWill Peel still join Cardiff?
CARDIFF added the Blues bit to their name a generation ago. They have now dropped it because the new name gives...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPullin stood in line of duty | Peter Jackson
SOME of Bristol’s grand old rugby men accompanied one of England’s most revered captains on his final journey, from the family...
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/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins flanker Jack Kenningham
Awarded a senior contract by Harlequins this month, Neale Harvey catches up with the flanker who was inspired by Chris Robshaw
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/ 5 years agoClifton’s hackers caused public school stand-off
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ALTHOUGH Clifton will reluctantly concede that the annual game between Edinburgh...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoGordon will swap Edinburgh for Ealing
EALING Trailfinders have agreed a deal that will see Edinburgh centre Matt Gordon move to west London. The crash ball Australian,...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Gloucester-Hartpury flanker Georgia Brock
Sarah Rendell talks to the Gloucester-Hartpury flanker who harbours hopes of representing England, just like teammates Natasha Hunt and Tatyana Heard
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoThe chickens are coming home to roost for Eddie Jones | Nick Cain
How close should England be to pushing the panic button with their Saracens stars and high penalty count?
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Features
/ 5 years agoChief Yeandle cops three-week breather
RUGBY SHORTS EXETER Chiefs hooker Jack Yeandle has been given a three-week ban for dangerous play at a ruck. The 31-year-old was...
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/ 5 years agoFour Lions put roar into Surrey’s big day
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHEN it comes to the old, full bore...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoFiji magic’s everywhere – except in World Cup | Chris Hewett
Could England hand a call-up to Bristol Bears flyer Siva Naulago?
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/ 5 years agoRoom 101: Hartpury head coach Mark Cornwell
1. Seafood I went to New Zealand to play club rugby when I was 21 and the club there got me...
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/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Sale Sharks captain Beth Stafford
From being left without a club at Firwood Waterloo to being named captain at Sale Sharks, Stafford opens up about the...
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/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: London Irish centre Will Joseph
The younger brother of England centre Jonathan tells Neale Harvey why the Exiles No.13 jersey is one he wants to make...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGuildford make history in Daily Mail U15 Cup
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools GUILDFORD’S finest hour, and major claim to rugby fame, was winning...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHeinz deal confirmed
RUGBY SHORTS WORCESTER confirmed they have signed Gloucester No.9 Willi Heinz for next season as revealed in Blindside last week. To counter-balance...
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/ 5 years agoFour weeks for Williams
RUGBY SHORTS BATH lock Mike Williams has been banned for four weeks after his red card for a high tackle on Gloucester’s...
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/ 5 years agoWasps snap up Thomas
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS have signed Ospreys tighthead Nicky Thomas on a short-term loan deal. The 26-year-old joined Ospreys at the start of...
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/ 5 years agoItaly prop to Saracens
RUGBY SHORTS SARACENS have signed Italy prop Marco Riccioni from PRO14 side Benetton. The 23-year-old tighthead has 12 Test caps and started...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMarquee men mock the salary cap principles | Nick Cain
Nick Cain examines the proposterous regulation of marquee players under the Premiership salary cap
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/ 5 years agoFly-half pair join Pirates
RUGBY SHORTS CORNISH Pirates have signed Cardiff Blues flyhalf Luke Scully on loan. The 20-year-old joins the Championship side a day after...
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Taunton Titans back row Dan Lee
The former Crediton, Exeter, Plymouth, Cornish Pirates back row selects his Dream Team...
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/ 5 years agoWorld Cup win left me totally shattered
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER SOUTH AFRICA, LIONS AND LEEDS TYKES CENTRE JAPIE MULDER My uncle, Boet Muller, was a Springbok on...
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/ 5 years agoReviving the England Saxons would help Eddie’s arousal plan
Nick Cain looks at the defunct England Saxons programme, and asks notable figures Ali Hepher and George Skivington about their time...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMinister of Sport may withdraw support for Six Nations | James Harrington
French rugby has been in chaos for the past week, James Harrington explains
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoAt last, Slattery gets the title his amazing skill deserved
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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Columnists
/ 5 years agoDrop a few, Eddie that will shake them up | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott implores Eddie Jones to give Ollie Lawrence and Max Malins their chance in an England shirt, after defeat to...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoFuture of rugby is threated by cheap shots | Chris Hewett
MIDWAY through the blizzard of red cards that carpeted the Premiership last weekend, one of the commentators was heard to say...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTriple Crown in the bag, now Wales can land that Grand Slam | Shane Williams
Shane Williams says Wales supporters should savour this victory over England, after a down 2020 followed World Cup agony
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/ 5 years agoLife of Terry was worth a hit film all of its own
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER And now for something completely different. A long...
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