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/ 5 years agoWINTERBOTTOM RATES HIS RIVALS AT NO.8
THE best No.8s Peter Winterbottom played with, and against, reads like a Who’s Who of one of the most influential positions...
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/ 5 years agoI’m thrilled rugby’s back – but I want it fast and open
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK NOTHING will ever quell my excitement at good rugby played at pace by smart,...
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/ 5 years agoBAFTA got it right – ITV were spot on
On camera: Owen Farrell tries to grab try-scorer Cheslin Kolbe in the final PICTURE: Getty Images ONE of the marvels of...
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/ 5 years agoHodge’s little and large act ready for big stage
NEWS EXTRA By GARY HEATLY EDINBURGH’S star wingers Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe are on a mission to return...
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/ 5 years agoLevula will be honoured in Fiji on Aug 9
Pace to burn: Josefa Levula FIJI famously declared a national holiday when they won the Olympic Sevens but the date that...
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/ 5 years agoHaden knew how to make rugby pay
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THERE was far more to Andy Haden than his theatrics at Cardiff Arms...
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/ 5 years agoQuins aim to lure in Exiles ace Loader
Wanted: Ben Loader HARLEQUINS are HARLEQUINS are weighing up a move for London Irish winger Ben Loader as they search for...
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/ 5 years agoBlues go quiet on Roberts’ Dragons move
JAMIE Roberts talking to The Rugby Paper in late March: “I told myself as soon as I left Cardiff that I’d...
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/ 5 years agoIrish players set for pay-cut crisis talks
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler LONDON IRISH are poised to have more talks with their squad to push through...
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/ 5 years agoNick calls it a day after six clubs
Success: Nick Williams celebrates after retaining the Ranfurly Shield for North Harbour in 2007 PICTURE: Getty Images ONE of his brothers,...
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/ 5 years agoPollard is Bath’s first-choice with Goosen back-up
Target: Handre Pollard BATH are attempting to lure World Cup-winning fly-half Handre Pollard to the Rec even though the move appears...
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/ 5 years agoThe invisible stars are letting down PRO14
The PRO14 can boast a dual headline act beyond compare, a pair of players born 35 years ago on opposite sides...
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/ 5 years agoAnother salary cap investigation
ENGLISH rugby could be set for another salary cap storm just a week before the Premiership returns to action. Blindside understands...
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/ 5 years agoSale can time their run and nick title off Exeter
Brendan Gallagher looks ahead to next weekend’s restart of the Premiership Last hurrah: Bristol beat Harlequins on March 8, the final...
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/ 5 years agoBlackett closing on deal for Bok lock
New signing: Mills WASPS head coach Lee Blackett is looking towards the South African market to strengthen his squad as he...
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/ 5 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s Premiership restart preview
BATH Director of rugby: Stuart Hooper Captain: Charlie Ewels Stadium: The Recreation Ground Current position: 6th Form guide last 5 games:...
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/ 5 years agoListen Jim, Lions will be packed with Welsh
SHANE WILLIAMS THE BRITISH & IRISH Lions tour to South Africa next summer is going to come around quickly. After the...
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/ 5 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JACK ROWNTREE LEICESTER TIGHTHEAD Jack Rowntree does not have far to look for advice. In fact, given his dad is the...
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/ 5 years agoBelieve me, Jamie hasn’t siged for the pay cheque
I SPENT A lot of time with Jamie Roberts at last year’s World Cup in Japan. We did media work together...
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/ 5 years agoI nearly quit after missing the cut with Orrell Colts
MY LIFEIN RUGBY GERRY AINSCOUGH THE FORMER ORRELL, LEICESTER AND ENGLAND B FLY-HALF Letting loose: Gerry Ainscough in action for Orrell...
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/ 5 years agoI’m no Manu but I have my strengths
Jon Newcombe talks to Scotland centre Matt Scott about filling the Tuilagi void in Tigers’ midfield STRONG-RUNNING centre Matt Scott is...
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/ 5 years agoAmpleforth got Dallaglio tuned up for greatness
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Top talent: John Macaulay playing for Quins soon after inspiring Ampleforth’s...
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/ 5 years agoSuccess with Tigers would propel Steve Borthwick into the realms of super coaches
Nick Cain meets the new head coach getting to grips with things at Leicester, and how their rubbing off on lock...
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/ 5 years agoQ&A – Joe Launchbury: ‘I’m pretty locked in at Wasps’
The Wasps captain speaks up on Dai Young's exit and new forwards coach Richard Blaze
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/ 5 years agoBarnard Castle have Twickenham hoodoo but are Kings of the north at Rosslyn Park Sevens
A trial of Daily Mail Cup shortcomings but success at Rosslyn Park
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/ 5 years agoWilliams column: 239 days later we can all look forward to seeing Wales in action
The Six Nations finale between Wales and Scotland gives Wayne Pivac a chance to get his plans back in motion
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/ 5 years agoJackson column: Survivor Sonny Billy Williams finds new payday in NRL
After his stint in Toronto came to an end, the former All Black is back in 'footy' with the Sydney Roosters
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/ 5 years agoCain column: Ed Griffiths must bin four-year promotion-relegation moratorium in proposal
The 76-page Championship revamp proposal drafted by Ed Griffiths would see promotion to the Premiership offset for four years
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/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Barrett boys face split in North-South divide
Brendan Gallagher looks at the yearly highlights within New Zealand
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/ 5 years agoBath to enter race with Racing 92 for Pumas star?
The exodus of players from the Jaguares to the Premiership is set to continue, with London Irish nearing a deal for...
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/ 5 years agoGuscott column: Will Eddie Jones be able to pick Exeter players for Rome finale?
Jeremy Guscott looks at how the Premiership final could clash with England's Six Nations match with Italy
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/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ex-Wallabies, Reds, and Worcester full-back Chris Latham
Latham shares the stadium where he delighted in playing rugby and how Jason Robinson was one of his toughest tests in...
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/ 5 years agoTop 20 Rugby Captains countdown: Part Two
Sam Warburton lands inside the Top 10 of Brendan Gallagher's rankings
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/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Leicester Tigers hooker Archie Vanes
A player likely to be in the England U20s set-up for next year's Six Nations after starring for the U18s
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/ 5 years agoPay row must be sorted out quickly
WE ALWAYS seem to be lurching from one crisis to another in a Welsh drama. As a nation we never seem...
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/ 5 years agoRocky ride at times, but rugby is the best team game in the world
Brendan Gallagher concludes his expert and authoritative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of Rugby: PART 20 STORY...
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/ 5 years agoMr Motivator Telfer scales the peaks of rugby rhetoric
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s ‘goosebump’ moments 1: Jim Telfer’s Everest speech (1997) Like many games...
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/ 5 years agoTough act trying to be Leeds’ next Maradona
MY LIFEIN RUGBY ALBERTO DI BERNARDO THE FORMER ITALY, CORNISH PIRATES, LEEDS CARNEGIE, BOURGOIN & TREVISO FLY-HALF Special day: Alberto di...
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/ 5 years agoTigers success would propel Borthwick into the realms of super coaches
NICK CAIN TALKS TO NEW LEICESTER BOSS STEVE BORTHWICK AND SECOND ROW CALUM GREEN STEVE Borthwick is more about hard graft...
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/ 5 years agoBattle lines drawn in star player release row
JAMES HARRINGTON “A form of squad rotation could be agreed limiting the number of internationals for which a player can be...
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/ 5 years agoRing-fence and cash flow are the big issues
Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton tells Colin Boag why change is needed Every rugby fan will have dreamt at one time...
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/ 5 years agoHero Isi wins it for Rebels in extra time thriller
By SAM JACKSON ISI Naisarani scored a try in ‘super time’ as the Melbourne Rebels sealed a 25-20 win over the...
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/ 5 years agoBarrett boys face split in North-South divide
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Brothers in arms: Jordie Barrett, Scott Barrett and Beauden Barrett...
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/ 5 years agoCan Gatland survive the storm to lead the Lions?
COLIN BOAG Under fire: Warren Gatland with the Chiefs From hero to zero in just a few short months has been...
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/ 5 years agoWarrior Haden was a serial loser in Britain!
LET’S sidestep Cardiff 1978 just for once and admit that Andy Haden, who died this week, was an absolute beast of...
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/ 5 years agoPutin puts his might behind RWC2027
THE ‘news’ that Russia is to launch a bid to host RWC2027 seems to have caught some by surprise although it...
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/ 5 years agoWill Eddie be able to pick Exeter players for Rome?
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT IT will be great when Rugby Union gets going again in England on August...
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