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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: I can’t wait to see new back row in action
Being injured sucks! Not just because you miss out on all the tours. No it sucks because you end-up working harder...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Wales have been down and laid out Down Under
The Welsh usually run into trouble in Australia, big trouble. As a sport, trying to tie the Wallaby down in his...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Sorry, but I just can’t see any Englishman starting first Test
With the horse trading over at last we can now focus on a squad that we all hope will bring home...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: No more squabbles, let’s all just get behind our squad
I like the look of Warren Gatland‘s 2013 Lions squad, which has physicality as well as speed and skill. Like all...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Football could yet kick RWC 2015 into touch
There were cautionary notes amid the fanfare for England‘s 2015 World Cup when the schedule and venues were announced at Twickenham...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: These slabs of meat will be mighty mouthfuls
Slabs of red meat? More like slabs of gristle. The sort of tough, unpalatable stuff that the Aussies, who like the...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: Power of music puts me in mood for a battle
Once on tour, the pressure and nervous excitement will start to creep up on the Lions players, building to a crescendo...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Blame Sarries fan base not ERC for no-show, Edward
As the majority of the Aviva Premiership took a well- earned break this weekend, the expectation was that the only major...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Black time for Blues underlines Euro row
Cardiff Blues have played 30 matches in all competitions this season and lost 20 of them – two defeats in every...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Give Danny loving care the same as Quade
Danny Cipriani must be cursing his luck that he wasn’t born an Aussie. Cipriani is a less divisive and outspoken character...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Make cuts now, Exiles, or you may face ruin later
Like the scene from Titanic after the ship hit the iceberg, the relegation of London Welsh has seen many of those associated with...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: It’s Wade or Care as my man of the season
Coming to the business-end of the season means finals, tours and awards. The shortlist of names for this year’s Premiership Player...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: All Blacks rest cure will cost WRU £4m
The All Blacks have torn a gaping hole in Wales‘ autumn schedule, one damaging enough to run into seven figures. Instead...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Be brave and blood more kids against Pumas
Should England go to Argentina with purely a development side, or should they go with enough experience and firepower to ensure...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Quins must answer questions on squad depth and mentality
Qualification for the Aviva Premiership play-offs is pretty much all over bar the shouting. Sarries and Tigers will finish one and...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain meets Paul Gustard, the man responsible for Saracens’ famous defence
Paul Gustard may not be in quite the same league as Crocodile Dundee when it comes to animal magic, but the...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: Lions must be wary of these Aussie dangermen
So what sort of side will the Lions face Down Under? Having played Super Rugby against many of their guys when...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: You’re lucky George, they said Lewis sold his soul
Lewis Jones remembers what it was like when he left Llanelli, how all hell broke loose over his transfer to Leeds...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott looks at the contenders for the Lions captaincy and selects his man
For the first in a long time whoever Warren Gatland selects as his Lions captain will not be a majority pick...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Where do English clubs go if they quit Heineken Cup?
This week saw the traditional end to the rugby season at club level with the vast majority of England‘s clubs playing...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: Magic of the Lions transcends everything
As the end of this season approaches, the elephant is in the room. The topic being touched upon with baited breath...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Come on Leicester, prove that Toulon are just mercenaries
Two fantastic European fixtures will be taking place today, Toulon v Tigers and Harlequins v Munster. In both cases it’s old...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Give me just a little more time, begs Olly
Olly Kohn has no intention of ending up as cannon-fodder for any bright sparks on Brain of Britain or University Challenge...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Baxter can improve England’s set-piece
Stuart Lancaster has made a smart move in asking Rob Baxter to join the England set-up as forwards coach for the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Ref scrums as laws say and all will be fine again
The scrum statistics from the Six Nations makes grim reading and tell us a great deal about the state of the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Drumrolls, but the big act has yet to appear
The Welsh Rugby Union considered their announcement important enough to carry a ‘strict embargo’ until one minute past midnight on the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Surely it’s best for Wales that North’s in England not France
Why is it that when clubs or regions have a disagreement with their Unions they always appear to threaten a new...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: RFU must step in and end this financial ring-fencing
As the disappointments of the Six Nations fades into memory, club rugby comes back into focus as we approach the business...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: Wasps fall in classic episode of Euro thrills
The Premiership is fantastically competitive week-in- week-out. It’s hard, it’s physical and many of the weekly match-ups could easily be described...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: Let’s play in summer and watch skills grow
You wake-up. It’s Saturday morning. Your bedroom’s freezing, but at least it is only 10.00am, so you can ease back for...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: The pain of defeat will drive England on
I was asked in the build up to the game with Wales: “Have the players who had been involved with the...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain picks his 2013 Lions tour party with some surprising ins and outs
No Brian O’Driscoll. No Chris Robshaw. Neither men make my 2013 Lions tour party for the straightforward reason that others are...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lancaster must take risks to find a true cutting edge
It must be incredibly disappointing for this England side to get that close to a Grand Slam and lose in the...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Change now or else!
There’s been a marked reluctance in English rugby ranks to accept that the 2015 Rugby World Cup draw is by far...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Hold it all! England have won the title…
When the Six Nations discuss the ‘on-going’ issue of bonus points, they would be well advised to examine the distorted impact...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain assesses the potential outcomes of the Heineken Cup quarter-finals
Can England’s leading club sides come up trumps when it is all on the line, or will they follow in the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Selection of Marler cost England the game
As the wheels fell off England‘s Chariot in Cardiff I couldn’t help thinking that it was probably for the best. The...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Don’t despair, we will come good
Stuart Lancaster has said he wants his England side to have amassed 600 caps between them before the 2015 World Cup…and...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Gatland must think French
There are not many Lions coaches who go into a tour on the back of a vintage Six Nations, and Warren...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Welsh will grab Lions share for Australia
After smashing the team that smashed the All Blacks, Wales will take the Lions’ share when the Test series begins against...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: End this cult of ‘superstar’ refs and sort out the scrum
If there is one thing that has made this Six Nations Championship more memorable than most, it is the controversy that has...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain assesses the relative strengths and weaknesses of England and Italy
Italy have yet to beat England in the Six Nations, and, given that their only away win in the tournament since...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Grand Slam won’t faze this England
Wales are a dangerous side if they bring their best game to Cardiff on Saturday against England because they have ability...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Let Welsh go Scott-free and return their points
Tyson Keats is innocent. Mike Scott is not. That was the only verdict that was clear in the Friday night disciplinary...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Trust me, Cardiff jinx waits for Lancaster!
At a dinner in London some years ago, the English defined their rugby relationship with the Welsh as one based on...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: These ‘hospitality’ packages are just fleecing the fans
It would seem that Nick Cain’s expose of the Lion’s tour ticket price rigging is just the tip of the ‘rip-off...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain looks at the England build-up to Italy – and beyond to the Lions
When teams which have battled to get within reach of big prizes start to batten down the hatches and ban words...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Launchbury has been the find of the season
Joe Launchbury has been the find of the international season. The England lock has a great range of skills for a...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Welsh are embroiled in new fight for justice
There are times, as we all know, when the law is an ass. Usually this coincides with legal technicalities getting in...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: It’s whisky galore if Telfer tribe triumph
When Scotland last won three matches on the bounce in the same Championship, they showed their gratitude to Wales by sending...
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