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/ 4 years agoOleksiy is one of the real heroes
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY is usually pretty good at acknowledging the good guys and gals so hopefully some time very...
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/ 4 years agoRugby is crying out for global database
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER So here we go again, I did warn...
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/ 4 years agoCult hero ‘Dick’ was first Italian to star at Grenoble
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The rise and rise of Ange Capuozzo at...
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/ 4 years agoDark Blues armed with American firepower
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A YANK at Oxford is not an unknown phenomenon rugby wise but the Dark Blues have gone...
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/ 4 years agoLeones licked wounds and came back fighting
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IF at first you don’t succeed... roll up...
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/ 4 years agoProtecting No.9s has killed the dive pass
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Whatever happened to the dive pass? I was...
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/ 4 years agoIberian derby is key to the race
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE qualifying process for RWC from Europe is rarely a straightforward process and this time round is...
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/ 4 years agoRugby’s big boys show bullying side
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER No contest: Italy hooker Hame Faiva is sent...
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/ 4 years agoNothing too much trouble for Colin
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY lost a great and good servant earlier this week when Colin Herridge died suddenly of a...
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/ 4 years agoShining a light on the lives of King’s legends
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER DON’T you just love old school team reunions?...
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/ 4 years agoBeing rubbish is not an offence
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A FEW weeks ago Shane Williams of this parish was railing against those sneaky goalkickers and those...
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/ 4 years agoSurely it’s time for Italy to hit the road
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER MY little trip down memory lane last week which took in the much missed Flamino Stadium in...
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/ 4 years agoWorld Cup qualifiers require TV exposure
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE are many out there who argue for...
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/ 4 years ago‘B team’ at Flaminio was rich experience
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY in the 21st century continues to develop...
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/ 4 years agoStress-free Premiership muddles the mind
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE reasons for England’s demise in the final quarter against Scotland have been minutely dissected all week...
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/ 4 years agoJourney through history has been educational
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Well that was fun. Way back in the...
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/ 4 years agoCan Crowley revive Italy’s serial losers?
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Kieran Crowley will become the eighth Italy coach...
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/ 4 years agoRivals grab the ones that got away
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER EVEN in these difficult cash-strapped times, with many redundancies and cuts at the RFU in recent years...
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/ 4 years agoWatching over his teammates, a giant tribute to Kawa
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER AMPO Ordizia –a small Basque club riding high...
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/ 4 years agoBarnstorming ‘Bill’ put even the Liddells in the shade
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I am indebted to Andrew Beattie, the archivist at Eltham College, for more ‘gen’ on AL ‘Bill’...
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/ 4 years agoThe genius of Liddell is recognised at last
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THIS column has long argued there should be...
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/ 4 years agoSound the gong for two women pioneers
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE were gongs aplenty for sporting folk in the New Year’s honours list and it would have...
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/ 4 years agoA mop-top Gower rises from the past
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Star turn: King’s 1974-75 with David Gower fourth...
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/ 4 years agoSanderson’s right – this sleeping dog should be left
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER ALEX Sanderson is a straight shooter so it was striking to hear his plea to ‘let sleeping...
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/ 4 years agoMy inspirational man of the year is Marcus
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER EVERY December Time magazine nominates their Person of...
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/ 4 years agoAny rugby schools I have missed? Let me know now
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER AND finally for this year…a last call to our brilliant rugby playing schools out there. I’m calling...
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/ 4 years agoSpain will dedicate RWC bid to Kawa
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SPANISH rugby is reeling this Christmas at the shock death of their New Zealand-reared back five forward...
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/ 4 years agoTen reasons why ‘oldies’ remain the gold standard
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER WILL Greenwood has been there, done it and...
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/ 4 years agoFord can rival Everitt mark after Eddie axe
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Pace setter: George Ford scores a try for...
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/ 4 years agoCrying out for candid cameras to shed light
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IF nothing else, this week has shown the extraordinary effect of secret tapes and recordings or...
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/ 4 years agoGav took his Varsity blues out on France
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEITHER Covid nor an unexpected cold snap –...
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/ 4 years agoWalker’s jersey baits the big cats
RUGBY MATTERS Brendan Gallagher THERE’S another world out there. I was recently scrolling through the online brochure for this week’s sports...
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/ 4 years agoFearless French kids inspiring their elders
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Golden boy: Romain Ntamack scores against New Zealand...
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/ 4 years agoNothing wrong with hitting pause for key moments
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I’M all for speeding up play when possible but still remain puzzled as to when the TMO...
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/ 4 years agoConnacht stars light up the ball
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S probably fair to say that the late Ray McLoughlin, who died earlier this week aged 82,...
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/ 4 years agoAt long last, the in-depth story about Obolensky
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was back in February 2009 that a...
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/ 4 years agoScots pioneers took the game global, now it’s rewards time
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The eclectic nature of Scotland’s teams these days...
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/ 4 years agoBlackie went into battle with programme notes!
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE irony will not be lost on Wasps legend Alan Black, who passed away this week, but...
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/ 4 years agoGeorgian war hero Yachvili helped forge special bond
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER FRANCE and Georgia square up on Sunday in...
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/ 4 years agoNone of this touchy feely nonsense in Spain
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHAT’S in a word? For decades those coming off the bench used to be called replacements or...
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/ 4 years agoTreat to see return of glorious Black Ferns
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The New Zealand women’s side – the Black...
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/ 4 years agoPioneer Flores put women on world map
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHILE singing the praises of the Black Ferns it would be remiss not to tip a hat...
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/ 4 years agoMillfield boys top of the class again
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE were all sorts of sports to enjoy...
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/ 4 years agoThree months on, the game is crying out for clarity
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO the World Rugby Independent Judicial Panel will meet next week to consider misconduct charges against Rassie...
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/ 4 years agoCanucks deserve all our sympathy
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Canada’s failure to qualify for the World Cup...
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/ 4 years agoRugby Matters: Pro game in this country owes Nigel Wray a huge debt
I’ve always maintained that the long lens of rugby history will view Nigel Wray as a giant amongst pygmies and see...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoRugby Matters: Rugby’s rich Jewish ancestry runs deep
Mention of Jewish rugby players last week, in connection with the forming of the Tel Aviv Heat franchise, centred mainly on...
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/ 4 years agoStar ref Sara’s common sense is breath of fresh air
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER ONE of the things that marks out Sarah Cox as one of the best young refs in...
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/ 4 years agoAzzurre continue trend of summer
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE Eatate Italiana – Italian summer – continued with a late burst last week when the Italian...
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/ 4 years agoSnowmen build for Olympics
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Cool runnings: The Rugby Europe snow championship, 2019...
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