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/ 6 years agoBustling Beno ready to muscle in on prop stars
By NEALE HARVEY Barnstormer: Beno Obano charges upfield for Bath during the Champions Cup match against Ulster PICTURE: Getty Images INSPIRED...
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/ 6 years agoBeat the All Blacks or you’ll be toast!
Matt McIlraith, former All Blacks, Crusaders and Wallabies media manager, writes an open letter to new Australia boss Dave Rennie Dear...
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/ 6 years agoHalaholo’s dancing feet will add wow factor for Wales
WILLIS Halaholo’s ‘unique’ ability to see space and break the line will make him a smash-hit for Wales, says former Hurricanes...
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/ 6 years agoTipuric: Time for some fresh ideas
By STEFFAN THOMAS Welcome change: Justin Tipuric is excited by the arrival of Wayne Pivac, left JUSTIN Tipuric believes the time...
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/ 6 years agoSuddenly Davies has joined the ‘bad guys’
AS CHIEF executive of Cardiff RFC pre-regionalisation, Gareth Davies defied the WRU and put them in the English Premiership alongside Swansea....
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/ 6 years agoHogg-wash Stuart!
Legacy: Siya Kolisi with World Cup. Inset, Tommy Bedford PICTURE: Getty Images NOBODY seems to have advised Stuart Hogg of the...
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/ 6 years agoPathfinder Bedford lay ground for Kolisi
PETER JACKSON Tommy Bedford’s journey of a lifetime began 50 winters ago on the rocks of a Welsh seaside resort, a...
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/ 6 years agoWillis aims to pressurise Undercurry
By NEALE HARVEY Shining light for Wasps: Jack Willis FIRED-UP Wasps back rower Jack Willis is ready to turn up the...
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/ 6 years agoHarry in deadlock over Chiefs deal
HARRY WILLIAMS is weighing up continuing his career away from Exeter Chiefs when his contract runs out at the end of...
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/ 6 years agoSaints put Earle in their sights
The Beast’s price is too high for Prem clubs BY NEILFISSLER Attracting interest: Nathan Earle SPRINGBOK prop Tendai Mtawarira is unlikely...
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/ 6 years agoLoughborough All-Stars XV
Recent graduate: Harry Williams England stars: Andy Robinson and Fran Cotton JEFF BUTTERFIELD: Arrived at Loughborough Colleges from Whitcliff Mount GS...
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/ 6 years agoLoughborough had mighty imprint on 2003 World Cup victory
Boss: Clive Woodward RARELY has the Loughborough influence been more prominent than during RWC2003 when Sir Clive Woodward deliberately surrounded himself...
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/ 6 years agoYes, history truly is made within these wonder walls
Track royalty: Sebastian Coe running for Loughborough University in May 1980, the year of his first Olympic gold PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 6 years agoMy St Luke’s pack would have seen off Loughborough
ELSEWHERE in The Rugby Paper I have offered up lavish praise to Loughborough Students on their 100th anniversary for the remarkable...
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/ 6 years agoO’Shea got selection wrong too many times
ROME was not built in a day and breathing life into Italy’s Test team was always going to be a challenge,...
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/ 6 years agoSarries embodied the old pioneering spirit
RUGBY MATTERS High-fliers: Saracens with the European Cup PICTURE: Getty Images SO Saracens caved in and did the decent thing to...
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/ 6 years agoO’Shea role goes to Smith
ITALY have announced former South Africa international Franco Smith as interim head coach for the 2020 Six Nations. Smith replaces former...
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/ 6 years agoBateman’s back after looking beast in face
By NEALE HARVEY Rejuvenated: Greg Bateman BEER-BREWING Leicester prop Greg Bateman has spoken about how the breakup of his marriage, sleepless...
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/ 6 years agoFond farewell to Thumper, now Martyn will carry the can
Manager: Williams WAYNE Pivac’s Wales revolution continued this week with the appointment of Martyn Williams as team manager – I must...
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/ 6 years agoSupport new lads, don’t give them flak
SHANE WILLIAMS Can make big impact: Willis Halaholo and, inset, Johnny McNicholl PICTURES: Getty Images IN any walk of life, my...
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/ 6 years agoFriends reunited across Irish Sea
Jon Newcombe talks to Munster’s new recruit, former England coach Graham Rowntree Scrum guru: Graham Rowntree works the Munster pack. Inset,...
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/ 6 years agoSimmo’s now got the voice to match his skills – White
By NEALE HARVEY Leader: Joe Simmonds UNSUNG Exeter fly-half Joe Simmonds believes confidence gained from regular starts has improved his game...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 6 years agoSchmidt may quit coaching
JOE Schmidt has revealed he may never return to rugby coaching. Schmidt, who stepped down after Ireland’s World Cup failure, said:...
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/ 6 years agoAshton still hungry for England call
SALE wing Chris Ashton wants a return to the Test arena for the 2020 Six Nations. Ashton, who has scored 20...
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/ 6 years agoRapid Rugby can be game-changer in Asia
By NEALE HARVEY Vision: Mark Evans GLOBAL Rapid Rugby in Asia and the Pacific could change the face of world rugby...
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/ 6 years agoJust magic if Kerevi had not been joking
SAMU Kerevi, the most effective Wallaby in a largely ineffective Australian side at the World Cup, now says he was “having...
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/ 6 years agoHarmony? Eddie has put boys under a bus
CHRIS HEWETT England’s coaching staff do not always sing from the same hymn sheet. Sometimes, they struggle to preach the same...
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/ 6 years agoHardwick on target to frustrate the Blues
By JAMES CANDY In front: Jordan Coghlan goes over to score for Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images A LAST gasp Tom Hardwick...
