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/ 5 years agoLions contenders RANKED – Adams and May lead the way for wing combination
Nick Cain offers the five wings ready to make life difficult for the Boks' defence in 2021
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoTop 20 Rugby Playing Doctors countdown: 20-11
We begin a new Top 20 feature ranking the greatest medical professionals blessed to rugby
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/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ex-Scotland and Saracens lock Tom Ryder
Jon Newcombe talks to the player who introduced the Tiki Tiki Tonga song to Saracens
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/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Exeter Chiefs back-five forward Christ Tshiunza
A player who is well on Wales' radar after leaving Congo as a child and growing up in Llandaff
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/ 5 years agoWarriors enter the battle for Hastings
Offers: Hastings HARLEQUINS could miss out on signing Super League man of steel Jackson Hastings, who is starting to attract interest...
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/ 5 years agoDays when Goze really threw his weight around
THERE is rather a lot of Paul Goze, appropriately so given his status as one of the larger movers-and-shakers of the...
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/ 5 years agoRobshaw shows rugby’s heavy toll
Letters CHRIS Robshaw, who is leaving English rugby to join San Diego Legion, predicts more senior players could follow him to...
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/ 5 years agoMapimpi opts for Japan over Tigers
Wing ace: Mapimpi SPRINGBOK star Makazole Mapimpi is believed to have turned down a switch to the Premiership to move to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSedbergh had full set of England captains
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Champions: Ed Smith and his Sedbergh side won the Open title...
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/ 5 years agoExpand the Prem to 16 clubs and PRO14 to 20
Expansion: Let the Jaguares join a new PRO20 PICTURE: Getty Images ■ HAVING a global season is all well and good....
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/ 5 years agoJones goes long way round to Wales job
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Pedigree: Crusaders coach Mark Jones reached the top level as a player PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 5 years agoWAVELL WAKEFIELD
Leader: Sedbergh 1916, with captain Wavell Wakefield WAVELL Wakefield was known for his cutting edge training methods during his time with...
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/ 5 years agoShould it really be a ‘Wild West’ shootout?
THEREis no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic has changed much in our lives as well as the sports arena. Rugby has...
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/ 5 years agoSpare a thought for the so-called pariahs of the game
I COULDN’T believe my eyes last week when I read that between them the two Welsh football clubs, Swansea and Cardiff...
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/ 5 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JACKFORSYTHE WORCESTER BACK ROW Worcester are all about youth right now and as one of eight new recruits into the senior...
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/ 5 years agoRugby fans have been left in dark
ENGLISH football has returned along with other sports such as horse racing and snooker. Sadly, I am still unable to see...
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/ 5 years agoJohnno played through pain to get Lions over the line
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the best rugby captains Inspiring: Martin Johnson led from the front during...
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/ 5 years agoMum’s verdict wins captaincy of Lions for ‘honest’ son Martin
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authoritative look at the history of Rugby Union Champions: Rob Andrew and Tony Underwood of...
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/ 5 years agoClubs hold aces in global power game
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK “What is wrong about having two international windows rather than a two-month block?”...
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/ 5 years agoHogg can finally show his Lions credentials
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... FULL-BACKS Waiting his chance:...
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/ 5 years agoJOHN BENTLEY, THE BOLTER WHO MADE GOOD
Bentos-time: John Bentley celebrates Lions’ victory in the second Test against South Africa HEROES comes in many shapes and sizes and...
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/ 5 years agoBiased Booy must step down
THE administrative shortcomings at the professional end of the game in England have been highlighted by the failure of the Professional...
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/ 5 years agoForget protein, players need shrinking pills!
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Human Bowling Ball: England’s Manu Tuilagi PICTURE: Getty Images When it comes to progress, rugby stands on...
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/ 5 years agoWages soar as John Hall enters Premiership fray
NOBODY can accuse rugby’s transition from amateurism to professionalism of being smooth and trouble free. Indeed nearly 25 years on many...
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/ 5 years agoWhat a waste of Beauden
BEAUDEN Barrett being picked at full-back for the Blues, rather than fly-half is one of the riddles of Super Rugby Aotearoa....
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/ 5 years agoBradley gets out of Twitter cesspit
MOST of the rugby news on Twitter, the goto social media “platform” for anyone who enjoys flushing the English language down...
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/ 5 years agoResurgent Vikings forge an outpost fortress
NEWS EXTRA By JEREMY BLACKMORE NORTH Walsham boss James Knight says the club’s remote location has helped forge a strong bond...
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/ 5 years agoKiwis prove derbies pull the crowds
CROWDS for the domestic Super Rugby Aotearoa tournament in New Zealand are more than 100 per cent up on those for...
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/ 5 years agoWorld Cup run put Samoa on the map
MY LIFEIN RUGBY APOLLO PERELINI THE FORMER SAMOA AND SALE SHARKS BACK ROWER AND ST HELENS RL PROP Double handed: Apollo...
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/ 5 years agoLions beware, thes Boks are strong
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS COMPOSITE TEAM FROM THESPRINGBOKS AND POTENTIAL LIONS Loose-head: Steven Kitshoff (SA) Hooker: Bongi Mbonambi (SA) Tight-head: Tadhg...
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/ 5 years agoTakeover soap opera rumbles on at Beziers
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Rivals: Christophe Dominici and, inset, former Toulouse president Rene Bouscatel Alot can happen in a month. A...
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/ 5 years agoIslanders snub reeks of a new apartheid
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Shameful: Segregated crowds in South Africa The Lions...
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/ 5 years agoWill sets sights on Goode’s roving role at Saracens
Jeff Probyn: Carling era was really the Geoff Cooke era TRP By JON NEWCOMBE WILL HOOLEY sees himself serving Saracens in...
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/ 5 years agoFrance set to launch their third pro league
WHILE all the talk in England is of contraction and putting the financial squeeze on the Championship, the French Federation have...
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/ 5 years agoSaints partner up with Blues
BEDFORD Blues say they have been ‘given a lifeline’ by Northampton. The new partnership will see the clubs cooperate on a...
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/ 5 years agoWinning the World Cup made it right time to go
Q&A FRANCOIS LOUW ON THE RECORD Elation: Francois Louw with Prince Harry after winning the 2019 World Cup PICTURES: Getty Images...
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/ 5 years agoSalary cap cuts? Sadly they’re just an illusion
COLIN BOAG Mr Loyalty: Mark Lambert was a one-club man at Quins Remember the temporary cut in the salary cap that...
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/ 5 years agoDragons confirm deal for Tompkins
Loan deal: Tompkins WALES centre Nick Tompkins is spending next season at the Dragons, as we revealed on April 24, and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoCotton and co wallow in not-so-glorious mud
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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/ 5 years agoAmbitious Beziers sound out England stars
BEZIERS have been busy seeing if England players are unhappy with their contract arrangements. The Pro D2 club are in the...
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/ 5 years agoAled still hoping to brew up business
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Athletic: Aled Brew takes a high ball for Bath PICTURE: Getty Images “I...
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/ 5 years agoLam has the ability to turn his Bears into champions
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Spectacular: Semi Radradra playing for Bordeaux PICTURE: Getty Images Iwouldn’t underestimate anything about Pat...
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/ 5 years agoLeicester move for powerhouse Puma Montoya
Switch: Julian Montoya is heading to Welford Road LEICESTER Tigers have signed Argentina hooker Julian Montoya who will move to Welford...
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/ 5 years agoCan Robbo be crowd pleaser San Diego and USA need?
IT might not have been uppermost in his decision but social-distancing is unlikely to be an issue when Chris Robshaw joins...
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/ 5 years agoTyro No.10 McBryde ready for battle with the Knights
NEWS EXTRA BILLY McBryde is using Josh Adams as his inspiration as he keeps on working his way north to try...
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/ 5 years agoQ&A – John Inverdale: We must make NCA clubs more user-friendly to local fans
The new chairman of NCA Rugby talks about the areas where National League clubs require immediate attention
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/ 5 years agoLewis Ludlam interview – I was called some bad names but it never held me back
The England and Northampton flanker talks in-depth about his experience as a mixed-race British man and his education at St Joseph's
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/ 5 years agoJackson column: Leinster were breaking new ground in unprecedented season
Forget Liverpool, Leinster's 2019-20 season should be considered remarkable in any team sport
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