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/ 6 years agoCheika among candidates for Gloucester job
New name in the frame: Michael Cheika FORMER Wallaby coach Michael Cheika is the surprise name being linked with an interview...
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/ 6 years agoTough-guy Des was scourge of All Blacks
Des Seabrook 1941 – 2020 By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Top of the tree: Coach Martin Green, right, and his assistant Des Seabrook...
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/ 6 years agoSharks set their sights on Eddie
Target: Eddie Jones ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones has been mentioned Down Under as a potential shock candidate for a crosscode switch...
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/ 6 years agoDawn of new age as Captain Kirk’s All Blacks boldly go to world glory
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of rugby: PART 13 1980s...
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/ 6 years agoRobshaw agrees to stay until season end
TRANSFER WRAP CHRIS Robshaw will finish the remainder of the postponed Premiership season with Harlequins after agreeing a contract extension. The...
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/ 6 years agoFive Nations free-for-all after Welsh dominance
THE 1980s, with Wales no longer on their lofty perch of the 70s, was an unpredictable decade in the Five Nations...
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/ 6 years agoI shudder at way Carter destroyed the Lions
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND You can’t keep a good man down – and Dan Carter is one of the...
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/ 6 years agoGareth’s team start Millfield’s 7s dynasty
Brendan Gallagher begins a new series looking at rugby’s great schools Carrying the torch: Callum Sheedy lifts the 2014 Rosslyn Park...
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/ 6 years agoI applaud Ashton for speaking out
Strong message: Ashton Hewitt with Newport Gwent Dragons PICTURE: Getty Images WRU chairman Gareth Davies wrote to clubs last week to...
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/ 6 years agoWHY EDWARDS CHOSE ROSSLYN PARK SEVENS OVER WALES
Great: Gareth Edwards SOME Sevens tournaments are more significant than others and there is no doubt that the 1966 Rosslyn Park...
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/ 6 years agoGreen’s witty classic stays the course as rugby’s bible
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the best rugby books and DVDs TOP 20 ...RUGBY BOOKS AND DVDS...
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/ 6 years agoFight the good fight but beware disaster
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Unflinching: RPA chairman Mark Lambert has threatened legal action PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 6 years agoEdwards: I talk to them with body language
NICK CAIN CALLS A VILLAGE IN FRANCE TO TALK TO THE MAN HELPING FIRE LES BLUES Off: Mohammed Haouas punches Scotland’s...
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/ 6 years agoSarries committed to lifting community spirit
BEHIND THE SCENES Inspiring: Sarries RFC kids in kicking practice PICTURES: Matt Impey - Wired Photos/Saracens Sport What does a Premiership...
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/ 6 years agoSHAUN EDWARDS ON…
...Rob Howley’s potential return to the game after his ban I’m totally pleased. I keep coming back to Dean Richards, who...
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/ 6 years agoMoney row is turning best league in world into a joke
COLIN BOAG Exception: Charles Piutau earns a fortune but scores of others get a lot less Remember that song that starts...
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/ 6 years agoThis Fox can still ruffle Bok feathers
2021 LIONSA YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... OUTSIDE-CENTRES Powerful: Wales’ Jonathan Davies...
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/ 6 years agoRugby has benefitted from ill-gotten gains
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Uprise: Edward Colston’s statue is ripped down in...
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/ 6 years agoPlayers must be given a voice over salary cuts
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Get the finances right: Lord Myners’ report gives Premiership a chance for a rethink...
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/ 6 years agoWinless Namibia escape the repechage
WORLD Rugby have finalised the qualifying procedure for RWC2023 and although the dislocation of Covid-19 means it must remain a little...
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/ 6 years agoLittle Jonny’s huge hits were game changers
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring photographs, and explains the story behind the iconic image Iconic Rugby Pictures:...
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/ 6 years agoLion-heart Lyons was coach guru to the best
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Golden oldie: Dan Carter runs through drills during a Blues training session PICTURE:...
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/ 6 years agoWe will not be silenced in our fight to weed out corruption
Q&A DAN LEO ON THE RECORD Regret: Dan Leo says Samoa should not have played against England in 2014 PICTURES: Getty...
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/ 6 years agoYarde to be offered one-year Sale deal
Extension: Marland Yarde SALE are close to agreeing an extension with former England winger Marland Yarde who is out of contract...
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/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
CHRIST TSHIUNZA EXETER BACK ROW/LOCK From war-torn Congo to the top of international rugby, that’s the dream of 18-year-old back row-cum-lock...
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/ 6 years agoHooker Hansen joins Bristol
BRISTOL are set to raid West Country rivals Gloucester to strengthen their squad for next season with hooker James Hanson in...
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/ 6 years agoI was unbeaten in a Scotland jersey!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY TOM RYDER FORMER SCOTLAND, SARACENS, GLASGOW, LEEDS, LEICESTER AND NORTHAMPTON LOCK Victory march: Tom Ryder on the charge...
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/ 6 years agoQ&A – Les Kiss: Dec and I have come a long way since our days in an Airbnb
We ask the London Irish head coach about Brentford, the Championship, and the big money outlay last summer paying off
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/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Tuilagi has the power to trouble de Allende
Irish duo in tow for battle of Lions No.12 shirt for tour of South Africa
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/ 6 years agoHewett column: In a galaxy far, far away lives World Rugby men
Would the little green men out there in the universe be baffled by rugby?
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/ 6 years agoLuke Cowan-Dickie interview – Hooked on being the best for England
Is the gap closing on Jamie George after the Exeter hooker's form this season?
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/ 6 years agoJackson column: New rule gives spirit of the game a red card
Peter Jackson looks at the thin ice rugby is treading after introducing the orange card
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/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Eddie Jones makes a good point I’ve been hammering for years
Eddie Jones recently suggested one way rugby could be changed for the better in the second half of contests
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/ 6 years agoRoom 101: BT Sport rugby presenter Tim Cocker
We flip the conversation the way of the man usually asking the players and coaches the questions on BT Sport
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/ 6 years agoWilliams column: So Super that rugby is back on the TV
Rugby will be back on our screens this weekend when the Highlanders host the Chiefs
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/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: So who was really in charge at Gloucester?
Brendan Gallagher looks at how the director of rugby and head coach roles can appear blurred
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/ 6 years agoHarrington column: French cash crisis and JIFF rule should halt Racing’s bid for Itoje
Racing 92's recruitment thus far closed their chequebook after the signing of Kurtley Beale, writes James Harrington
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/ 6 years agoDream Team: USA and former Northampton and Bedford Blues fly-half Will Hooley
Hooley includes a number of players he came through the England age-grade level with earlier in his career
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/ 6 years agoCain column: Sam Burgess gets his own back in the end
Nick Cain reacts to Sam Burgess finally giving his account of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, after staying silent until last...
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/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former USA Eagles captain, Leicester and Cardiff Blues full-back Blaine Scully
Scully explains how his career started Stateside and drew the attention of Leicester in 2013
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/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Worcester Warriors prop Lewis Holsey
A player familiar to those in the Championship at London Scottish last season
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/ 6 years agoTuilagi has the power to trouble De Allende
2021 LIONSA YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... INSIDE-CENTRES Line-breaker: Manu Tuilagi hands...
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/ 6 years agoSo just who WAS in charge at Gloucester?
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Reshuffle: David Humphreys, celebrating a win with Ross...
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/ 6 years agoOne venue for Rugby Championship makes sense for all time
UNIONS around the world are scrambling to devise short term measures to save competitions and generate much needed cash and the...
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/ 6 years agoDelayed salary cap vote goes ahead tomorrow
PREMIERSHIP clubs will vote again tomorrow on proposals that should see them reduce the salary cap and overhaul the ‘marquee’ players...
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/ 6 years agoSave the red cards for real villains
THERE are many contenders for Rugby’s worst law. The accidental offside law is one and my personal bete noire is allowing...
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/ 6 years agoHeffernan must wait for move to Prem
OISIN HEFFERNAN has been left in limbo despite this week being named in the Championship team of the season. The Nottingham...











