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/ 6 years agoEdinburgh’s links with the auld enemy run deep
WHISPER it quietly but Edinburgh Academy have some interesting links with the auld enemy across the wall, the cursed Sassenachs. Not...
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/ 6 years agoParling joins the ambitious exiles
THERE is no bigger home bird than me. I still live in the village in which I was born and home...
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/ 6 years agoFrench row may spark new schism in game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT RAW VIEW OF THE GAME Political: French rugby team are at the centre of a dispute that...
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/ 6 years agoOllie thanks lucky pants for bringing him this far!
TOM VALE TALKS TO WORCESTER WARRIORS’ EXPPLOSIVE YOUNG CENTRE OLLIE LAWRENCE Respect: Worcester’s young captain Ted Hill Worcester Warriors’ highlypromising young...
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/ 6 years agoPainful memories of tackling Jonah!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOM BEIM THE FORMER ENGLAND, GLOUCESTER AND SALE WINGER Grapple: Tom Beim gets to grips with Jonah Lomu....
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/ 6 years agoSolomons: Edddie knows all about him
ALAN Solomons is confident Ollie Lawrence would shine brightly on the international stage if Eddie Jones gives the explosive centre a...
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/ 6 years agoNovalpina bid for a slice of the action
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Dispute: Lock Leone Nakarawa is demanding €1million from Racing 92 With the Top 14 in temporary hiatus...
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/ 6 years agoFIVE OTHER YOUNG PLAYERS TO WATCH…
Gabriel Oghre While Wasps youngster Alfie Barbeary has stolen the recent headlines, hooker Gabriel Oghre is another of the club’s academy...
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/ 6 years agoLolesio ends Brumbies trophy drought
SUPER RUGBY AU By ADAM ELLIS BRUMBIES held off a late Reds fightback to claim the Super Rugby AU trophy, winning...
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/ 6 years agoScarlets pushing Hardy’s claim for Wales
■By ALEX BYWATER KIERAN Hardy is the “full product” ready to make the step-up to international rugby with Wales for the...
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/ 6 years agoMakes no sense to relegate Saracens
COLIN BOAG Small steps forwards: Gloucester play Harlequins in front of 1,000 fans at Kingsholm Sometimes we have to push our...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoBromsgrove prep school stars kick off decade of success
Brendan Gallagher continues his series of articles on rugby's great schools
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/ 6 years agoJimmy Gopperth is having a blast at youth-inspired Premiership challengers Wasps
Nick Cain discusses Wasps revival under Lee Blackett and his hopes for the future now he is 37
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Georgia know the eyes of the world are on them
Brendan Gallagher talks to the man who appointed Rob Baxter as Exeter Chiefs boss, now working on lifting Georgia to higher...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Scarlets can make fresh history with Euro victory
Scarlets can add new history to its record books where victory over the All Blacks stands proudest
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Fiji will bring excitement in Vern era
The Autumn Nations Cup will see Fiji and Georgia take on the Six Nations – who will fare better?
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Featured
/ 6 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Freddie Burns on what went wrong at Bath
The former Bath fly-half, bound for Japan's Top League, was adamant he would not be sitting on the bench no longer
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/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol Bears winger Jack Bates
Bates made his Premiership debut for Bristol against Sale Sharks a fortnight ago, showing impressive defence
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Even being charitable, the Farrell-on-Atkinson tackle was a disgrace
Nick Cain analyses the five-match ban given to Owen Farrell, halved thanks to positive character references
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Features
/ 6 years agoPhil Kingsley Jones, the Welshman who discovered Jonah Lomu as a teenager, dies at 72
Kingsley Jones, who grew up in Blaina, rose to prominence within New Zealand and Tongan rugby
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Handre Pollard a doubt for Lions tour after ACL horror
James Harrington recaps the second round of Top 14 action, in which £1m man Pollard was dealt a cruel blow
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Bill Sweeney’s legacy will hinge on talks with Premiership
Sweeney's skill for collective bargaining will be his biggest test, writes Jeff Probyn
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoBlackrock’s class of ’96 is a story of future Ireland stars and hidden gems
Leo Cullen and Brian O'Driscoll both came through the corridors of Blackrock College
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Rosslyn Park Sevens will be even more prestigious
Brendan Gallagher views how the current health crisis is affecting schools rugby
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Featured
/ 6 years agoBen Curry happy to play waiting game at Test level
Ben Curry says his job involves so much more than being just a 'jackaler'
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/ 6 years agoQ&A – Les Cusworth: World Rugby chair is a job that should be rotated between hemispheres
What has former Leicester and England fly-half taken away from 16 years coaching and living in Argentina?
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Is there a role for Scott Robertson with the Lions?
Jeremy Guscott puts across the argument to have Scott Robertson involved as a specialist coach on the 2021 Lions tour
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: How could the mighty Ospreys fall so far?
The Ospreys enter a new decade disheveled from the glory days of ten years ago
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Ealing Trailfinders centre Ruben Moxham
Moxham was in Premier League Southampton's academy with ex-Bath teammate Gabe Hamer-Webb, before rugby became his path
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Why mess with a format that made the Champions Cup great?
Home and away knockout legs in the Champions Cup? Oh EPCR, what have you done?
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Louis Rees-Zammit is on track to be Wales’ next wing king
Shane Williams casts his eye over Wales' options at wing as Louis Rees-Zammit goes from strength to strength at Gloucester
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Saracens loan signing Robin Hislop
Robin Hislop selects a dream XV based on the best and brightest he has faced or played alongside
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Tynedale second row Chris Wearmouth
Three pet hates Bill Beaumont Cup winner Chris Wearmouth wants to see banished to Room 101
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/ 6 years agoNew season, new format for European tournament
SUCH are the strange times that we live in that next season’s European Champions Cup will get underway on December 11,...
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/ 6 years agoKnife in the back from Gloucester still so raw
DAVE SIMS THE FORMER ENGLAND, GLOUCESTER, WORCESTER, EXETER & LAUNCESTON LOCK MY LIFEIN RUGBY Proud moment: Dave Sims in action for...
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/ 6 years agoIbitoye off to a flyer on debut for Agen
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN There has been actual, genuine, Top 14 rugby to talk about this week, as – after a...
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/ 6 years agoWarriors look south for new lock
BY NEILFISSLER ON THE BLIND SIDE Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler WORCESTER Warriors are looking to strengthen their squad for the...
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/ 6 years agoEloff’s late try earns Rebels a date with the Reds
By ADAM ELLIS SUPER RUGBY CABOUS Eloff was the hero for the Rebels against the Western Force with his late try...
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/ 6 years agoLuther could opt to play semi-pro
Exit: Luther Burrell FORMER England international Luther Burrell is set to leave Super League outfit Warrington Wolves just over a year...
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/ 6 years agoSA are powering Sale but is that good for England?
COLIN BOAG South African recruits: Sale’s Faf de Klerk, right, and Lood de Jager Am I the only one who is...
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/ 6 years agoSharks bide time to sign Manu long-term
New Shark: Manu Tuilagi DRAGONS have signed prop Greg Bateman, who will join Dean Ryan’s side after leaving Leicester. Newcastle have...
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/ 6 years agoEdinburgh talking to Blue Bull Ferreira
ANDRIES Ferreira, the Blue Bulls lock and former South Africa A international, is looking to move to the United Kingdom. Ferreira,...
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/ 6 years agoRobertson as consultant would be good Lions call
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Massive character: Scott Robertson breakdancing after his Crusaders beat the Jaguares in 2019 PICTURE:...
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/ 6 years agoLuke may try XVs to keep dream alive
By ALEX BYWATER LUKE Treharne refuses to give up on his Olympic dream but has called on Wales to contract their...
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/ 6 years agoRosslyn Park 7s will be even more prestigious
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Team to beat: Sedbergh won back-to-back Rosslyn Park...
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/ 6 years agoRugby’s looking at rocky ride to Tokyo
AND it was all going so smoothly! The reintroduction of rugby, in the form of Sevens, to the Olympic movement has...
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/ 6 years agoItalian powerhouse Pierluigi was a man of many talents
Lock star: Camiscioni ONE of the more colourful Italian internationals of recent years, Pierluigi Camiscioni, has passed away aged just 67....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoNapoleonic air of disdain from diminutive Dominici
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...













