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Features
/ 6 years agoHepher expects response from his champions
NEWS EXTRA EXETER head coach Ali Hepher believes his side are over their month of turmoil and ready come out fighting...
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/ 6 years agoPremiership is so brutal, toughest on the planet
Daniel Gallan finds how coming to Irish has changed Nick Phipps’ perceptions Driven: Nick Phipps is determined to push London Irish...
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/ 6 years agoFalcons’ camaraderie reminds me of Quins
Jon Newcombe talks to Nick Easter about his new job as Falcons defence coach Massive moment: Toby Flood scores the winning...
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/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Rotherham Titans head coach Steve Salvin
The Titans head coach reveals his pet hates from the rugby world and beyond
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/ 6 years agoJEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME To be fair, Saracens should stay down another season Surprise: Saracens lose to Ealing...
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/ 6 years agoEaster: Big Billy is still vital to Eddie’s gameplan
NICK EASTER believes Billy Vunipola will still be England’s go-to man at No.8 with Eddie Jones unlikely to shift from his...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRUSSELL EARNSHAW
MY LIFEIN RUGBY Rotherham had real identity - unlike Bath THE FORMER BATH, ROTHERHAM, DONCASTER AND BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL FLANKER Professional...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRising stars hit by double whammy | Brendan Gallagher
Brendan Gallagher can't wait for the return of the Rosslyn Park Sevens and U20 World Championship to resume
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Features
/ 6 years agoJAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN Alldritt’s out of running for Italy with knee injury Blow: Gregory Alldritt must await test results La Rochelle put...
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/ 6 years agoBig lift for the ref as player gets too familiar
HAVING written a column last week about the dangers of over-familiarity between referees and players, it was instructive to see that...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoPRL flying the fairness flag is hard to stomach
Halting relegation this season is the right thing, but PRL's history of fairness is a strange story
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Features
/ 6 years agoNew deal for Danny
RUGBY SHORTS DANNY Care has signed a deal to extend his 15-year stay at Harlequins Care is third on Quins’ all-time...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTesting times all round
THE order of priorities at the RFU are hard to fathom. The Championship clubs are being told to pay the £5,000...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDr Anonymous set wheels in motion for rugby’s first Union
Brendan Gallagher looks at how player welfare and rows over law changes resulted in the formation of the RFU 150 years...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRandox in firing line
PREMIERSHIP Rugby are investigating a number of false positive Covid tests reported by testers Randox Health. Bath self-isolated after 19 players...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: London Irish scrum-half Rory Brand
Brand offers three of his biggest pet peeves up to Room 101
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Chris Hewett
/ 6 years agoThe Boks are all deserting their barren rugby land | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett bemoans the overloading of South African talent across European teams, and the effects on rugby in South Africa itself
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoThe history of women’s rugby: Growth in wartime years
Brendan Gallagher looks at the pioneers who fired rugby past being a sport played only by men and opened the game...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Jonathan Davies: Playing in that World Cup semi-final was worth the pain
Jonathan Davies joins Neale Harvey for a special interview reflecting on his time playing for the Lions, Wales, Scarlets and Clermont
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFight to save Championship: Nick Cain talks to Coventry director Nick Johnston
The managing director of the Championship club fumes over the lack of collective agreement over the TEC and the absence of...
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Northampton Saints and Fiji hooker Sam Matavesi
Sam Matavesi, Northampton, Fiji and former Toulouse, Cornish Pirates, Plymouth Albion, Redruth and Camborne, hooker selects a XV based on the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Kevin Maggs: Connolly and Foley ruined my Bath team
The Bristol, Bath, Ulster and Ireland centre discusses his career which had plenty of twists and bends
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Features
/ 6 years agoHarry Randall has been a key influencer every week for Bristol | Kyran Bracken
Kyran Bracken considers Bristol Bears to have one of the Premiership's best scrum-half departments, and it will only get better once...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCardiff’s defeat to St Peters brought a call from the Vatican | Peter Jackson
'The Miracle' of Cardiff Arms Parks in 1993 had a touch of the unbelievable which stretched as far as the Vatican
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLeave friendships in changing room, ref! | Nick Cain
Referees should feel free to have a beer with players after matches, but on the pitch the formalities should be enforced...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoMaro Itoje’s excellence shows why locks are top earners | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott looks at how personal prosperity in rugby lies in the engine room
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Features
/ 6 years agoJAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN French pick squad as Six Nations gets the OK Medical joker: Gabriel Ibitoye has finally proved rumours right by...
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Features
/ 6 years agoScreech looms on the Cardiff radar
CARDIFF Blues have targeted Dragons second row Matthew Screech as they seek to strengthen their front five. Screech has impressed for...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRefs should pay price for poor performances
COLIN BOAG Red card? Karl Dickson repremands Kyle Sinckler for swearing When a player gets cited, it means one of two...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBring back old guard to steady the ship | Shane Williams
A number of Dragons players can hold a big value in Wayne Pivac's Six Nations plans, writes Shane Williams
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years ago‘Yoga-trance’ saw Tim smash kicking records
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
/ 6 years agoWe stuck with the battle as long as we could says Ward
BEN WARD had assured those who would listen that his club were proof that ring-fencing the Premiership was a bad idea....
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Features
/ 6 years agoLiam’s lack of remorse as bad as his offence
Human missile: Liam Williams is sent off for his head charge LIAMWilliams’ reaction to his latest red card was almost as...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDead hand of PRL is no help to the game
THE self-importance of the Premiership, reflected in its self-serving administrative approach, is not winning it many friends. Where coaches like Pat...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFeminist Dr Marie fought hard to make ‘rugby’ accessible for all
Pioneer: Dr Marie Houdre and her Hirondelles in 1923 ONEof the few countries to see a version of women’s rugby flourish...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Wasps fly-half Florence Williams
Sarah Rendell talks to the Premier 15s player who sparked debate around the marketing of women rugby players last year
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
Dad’s happy for me to play where, and for who, I want LUCAS BROOKE LONDON IRISH FLANKER Lucas Brooke has a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRay French devoted adult life to Cowley
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Rosslyn Park champs in 1973: Back from left: J Curley, J...
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Features
/ 6 years agoInvincibles…55 wins, a ton of tries and a triumphant tour of Oz
THE 1979-82 period were vintage years with 55 consecutive wins over the best part of three seasons, a run which started...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHave boots will travel was school rugby motto
IF THERE was one defining characteristic that sets Cowley Rugby apart, it was their willingness to travel far and wide in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Gavin Cattle & Alan Paver : We’ve had top-flight offers but our loyalty is with Dicky
The Cornish Pirates coaching duo of Cattle and Paver discuss their time in Penzance and the coming Championship season
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins tighthead prop Fin Baxter
Being part of a 49-7 home defeat might not live long in the memory of some people, but try telling 18-year-old...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoWillGriff John tells Sharks he’s off back to Wales
Plus, the future of Wasps hooker Tommy Taylor at the Ricoh Arena
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoToulon in chase for Wasps prop Kieran Brookes
Brookes' contract at Wasps is due to expire this summer, with a move to the Top 14 on the card
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Plymouth Albion fly-half Conor Eastgate
Plymouth Albion back Eastgate picks three of his biggest pet hates for Room 101 entry
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoZack Henry out as Leicester Tigers keep Bonilla longer
Leicester are setting out their recruitment plans in the fly-half department, with Diaz Bonilla preferred to Zack Henry
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEddie Jones is right, power is only part of the answer | Shane Williams
Shane Williams says physicality is an easy route to take in rugby and emphasis between the north and south hemisphere vary
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoWhen the Prince made England Sevens kings
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
/ 6 years agoLittle tough nut Ivor had the Gloucester giants quaking in their boots – Mike Burton
TRP columnist Peter Jackson remembers the great Gloucester trainer of 50 years ago, with former England and Lions prop Mike Burton
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Features
/ 6 years agoLeap Year put curse on Wasps as we won
MY LIFE IN RUGBY MARK WOODROW THE FORMER PERTEMPS BEES, BRISTOL, DONCASTER, VIADANA AND DINGS CRUSADERS FLY-HALF Man-of-match: Mark Woodrow converts...
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