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Features
/ 6 years agoJEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Altrad’s right - it’s time to cancel European Cup No more of this: Exeter...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSuddenly, Oakham find magic of the Cup
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Hand-off: Charlie Walker in full flight during Oakham’s 2011 Daily Mail...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSpeedster Tyrese still waiting to make mark
Rapid: Johnson-Fisher OAKHAM might not have won the NatWest U15 Vase title in 2015 but their speedy centre Tyrese Johnson-Fisher emerged...
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/ 6 years agoGeorgian giant joins Wasps
WASPS have signed Georgian lock Lasha Jaiani. The 22-year-old was a regular starter for his country in the Autumn Nations Cup...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPromotion-relegation must be put on ice
COLIN BOAG Going up: Saracens will rejoin the top flight There have been lots of moans about the way points are...
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Ealing Trailfinders lock Harry Casson
Ealing Trailfinders lock Harry Casson picks a XV comprised of the best he has played alongside or faced as an opponent
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Harlequins scrum-half Scott Steele
Steele picks three of his biggest pet peeves from the rugby world and beyond
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoToby Booth has got my Ospreys playing with pride again | Shane Williams
Shane Williams sees a much more empassioned demeanour about the Ospreys since Booth's arrival
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Wasps tighthead prop Jordan Cordice
Cordice explains how the opportunity to go and play in New Zealand in last year
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoIf Lions can’t roam free on tour then call it off | Shane Williams
Player, management and fans safety has to remain at the forefront of the Lions concerns, as the UK and South Africa...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSanderson: Saracens’ Super Six will be ready for England duty
Nick Cain taps into Saracens' plans for their England stars while they play in the Championship by talking with forwards/defence coach...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Great Schools: ‘Professional’ Colston’s set the bar sky high
Colston's conveyor belt of talent in modern rugby is quite something...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Lyn Jones: World Cup in Russia? That would stir up ‘Old Boys’ club
Russia head coach Lyn Jones discusses the country on the brink of a rugby revolution in Tier 2 circles
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: England U20s head coach Alan Dickens
Former Sale Sharks, Leeds, Saracens and Northampton No.9 Alan Dickens selects a dream XV
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Turbo Teddy Thomas takes try of the year
Brendan Gallagher reflects on some of the finest tries we were blessed to witness in 2020
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Features
/ 6 years agoShamed Matera must go back to school
NEWS EXTRA PABLO Matera must complete educational “restorative measures” before regaining the Argentina captaincy, the country’s rugby governing body has said....
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Features
/ 6 years ago‘Tinners’ always made me man of the match
JON SKURR MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER WAKEFIELD, SEDGLEY PARK AND ROTHERHAM No.8 AND IRELAND SEVENS HEAD COACH Uphill battle: Jon...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJim was just a special person
Jon Newcombe remembers one of the north’s most loved and respected coaches Brilliant advice: Jim Kilfoyle TRIBUTES have poured in for...
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/ 6 years agoIn awe of Matt’s work
A BIT of joyous news, an OBE for the incredible Matt Hampson whose ‘Get Busy Living’ centre up in rural Leicestershire...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoSteve Borthwick in talks to join Warren Gatland’s Lions staff
Neil Fissler reports interest from Warren Gatland in having Steve Borthwick be his Lions forwards coach
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Features
/ 6 years agoPays to play until the final whistle
I WAS reading a recent article which insists that hooker, to the surprise of some, is the worst paid position in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMeritocracy is RFU’s need, not chiselled platitudes | Nick Cain
Nick Cain criticises the lack of leadership shown by RFU chairman Andy Cosslett in the face of urgent financial planning needed...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWeather will test Russian allegiance
EVER since Russia got badly burnt fielding three ineligible players from South Africa during the RWC2003 qualifying tournament – an indiscretion...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLaporte casts cloud over Six Nations | Nick Cain
THE last thing we needed to start the New Year is more stories of pandemic- induced meltdowns, but unfortunately the road...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHero Hampson ‘blown away’ to become an OBE
RUGBY SHORTS MATT Hampson has been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours with an OBE. Hampson, 36, was paralysed from...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHewitt abuser reported to police
DRAGONS have reported a racist social media post aimed at winger Ashton Hewitt to the police. The club are “disgusted and...
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Features
/ 6 years agoScotland suffer triple injury blow
GLASGOWtrio Fraser Brown, George Horne and Alex Allan have been ruled out of Scotland’s Six Nations campaign through injury. Hooker Brown...
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Chris Hewett
/ 6 years agoAlfie Barbeary could become The Boss – but not yet | Chris Hewett
Barbeary's time out with gives teams plenty of changes to identify weaknesses to his seemingly unstoppable game
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Features
/ 6 years agoDragons fear arm fracture to Basham
DRAGONSback row Taine Basham suffered a suspected forearm fracture in Friday’s PRO14 20-3 defeat at Scarlets. The 21-year-old was forced off...
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Chris Hewett
/ 6 years agoMatera’s new video won’t hide his nasties | Chris Hewett
THIS column is no friend of Pablo Matera and his fellow Pumas, the lock Guido Petti and the hooker Santiago Socino....
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Features
/ 6 years agoJoyce targets special double
WALES wing Jasmine Joyce is targeting an Olympics and World Cup double in 2021. Joyce, 25, wants to appear for Team...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSporting warmth in the cold, empty stadium
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 agoJEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Hopefully by spring all levels of game will return Ray of sunshine: England win...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKayser’s a star TV find in any language
BEFORE the festive spirit of seasonal goodwill runs out, this column raises a jar of stout in suitably humble acknowledgement of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCavani case shows how to beat racism
RUGBY, like football, says it is serious about tackling racism. Events in the last few days would suggest one sport is...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN Jalibert in box seat to replace Ntamack Blow: Romain Ntamack broke his jaw playing for Toulouse on Boxing Day...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Damian Hopley: Horror year underlined players’ need for the RPA
Neale Harvey talks to RPA chief executive Damian Hopley about the challenges the players' body faced in 2020
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoSale Sharks may stick with Paul Deacon for the rest of the season
Premiership club may hold off on bringing in a permanent replacement for Steve Diamond until next summer
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoWorcester Warriors hunt second Scotland international signing
Prop Rory Sutherland is a top target for Warriors director of rugby Alan Solomons
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoHarlequins stalwart Danny Care set to extend stay
Veteran scrum-half has secured new terms at the Stoop
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Features
/ 6 years agoDREAM TEAM
CALLUM PATTERSON, CORNISH PIRATES AND FORMER ULSTER, BALLYMENA AND NEWPORT SALOP CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTragedy on the Andes became story of heroism
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 agoJEREMY GUSCOTT
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Mavericks like Danny must choose their battlegrounds Such promise: Danny Cipriani playing for England v Ireland...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFrom amateur to pro: Kyran Bracken outlines 12-month challenge
Kyran Bracken explains the audacious plan to turn George Hardy, a player he unearthed while coaching at Wanstead RFC, into a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKyran’s relit the fire in me to become a professional
George Hardy says: THE height of my playing career came at university level with Swansea and my three years there in...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGreats of game, never forgotten
Brendan Gallgher looks back over 2020 and chronicles the outstanding figures lost to rugby Trademark moustache: Mike Slemen with England Mercurial:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBeing mangled by Gats was good career move
MY LIFE IN RUGBY BERNARD JACKMAN THE FORMER IRELAND, SALE SHARKS, CONNACHT AND LEINSTER HOOKER Charge: Leinster’s Bernard Jackman is tackled...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Try these hidden joys of the Championship BRENDAN GALLAGHER What a cracker:...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCare’s not a former player yet, so Quins job comes first
QUINS boss Paul Gustard spent this week looking for answers after his side’s miserable non-performance against Racing last week. His side...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFirst lady Mavis is pride of the Pirates
WHILE doffing their caps to Gillian Burns at Waterloo and Eileen Shepherd at Percy Park, Cornish Pirates are going in to...
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