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/ 5 years agoHigh time Cardiff put up a statue for Billy
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Exceptional: Billy Boston on the rampage for Wigan. Inset, above, with Cardiff &...
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/ 5 years agoWilliams column: Mark Jones follows in ROG’s footsteps with Crusaders
Shane Williams asks why no-one in Wales spotted Mark Jones, snapped up by Scott Robertson and the Crusaders
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/ 5 years agoJackson column: Aled still hoping to brew up business
Aled Brew is at the crossroads of his career after being released by Bath at 33
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/ 5 years agoCain column: Clubs hold the aces in global power struggle
EPCR have long be banging the drum for a seat on World Rugby's council – not unreasonable, but is it realistic?
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoTop 20 Rugby Playing Doctors countdown: 10-1
The second and final part shining the light on the remarkable medical professionals who played rugby for their national team
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/ 5 years agoGuscott column: Pat Lam has clear ability to turn Bristol into champions
Resources aside, Lam has built a special culture at Bristol which has progressed from their promotion in 2017
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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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