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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoIntense rivalry which never loses its edge
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK SOUTH Africa and New Zealand are never far away from being the top one...
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/ 1 year agoIt’s time for Itoje to stand up and prove his worth
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoToo much of a good thing can be overkill
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED "People might think it’s arrogant,” said Rian Oberholzer, the chief executive of the Springbok domain, just the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoTime we stopped indulging the haka
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE is so much disingenuous hypocritical twaddle surrounding...
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/ 1 year agoNucifora shows the way forward
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Master: David Nucifora will start work with Scotland in December PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Features
/ 1 year agoPGP analysis – Borthwick given strong hand
Analysis Paul Rees looks at the new men's Professional Game Partnership Gand says it's a deal which suits the RFU more...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoHard to pin the blame on unions
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS IF things in the game aren’t bad enough, the BBC’s Rugby...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoJeremy Guscott: England Rugby and clubs must collaborate
Once upon a time, when rugby went pro, the national unions took control of their biggest asset, which was the players,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEngland must find answers …and fast
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Left in the lurch: England boss Steve Borthwick and, inset, Felix Jones, left,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoEnergetic thinking urgently required
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED CRITICAL supporters of Bristol in the late amateur era believed their team was being straitjacketed by a...
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Features
/ 1 year agoPrice glad he played under old regime
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AT Pontypool Park on September 24, 1986, with the sweet chestnut trees in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoCatch this team of nations on camera
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER FLY on the wall sporting documentaries seem to...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoIt looks good – for the Premiership
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/ 1 year agoRevived Genge is raring to go
By Paul Rees Ellis Genge spent a rare summer off fishing and intends to make a ‘turbot’ charged start to the...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoFarrell in danger of being lost in France
Jeremy Guscott Outspoken and unmissable... Every week Finn Russell’s statement about how much he’d like to reunite with Owen Farrell for...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoIt’s time to call for three-man scrum
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Uncontested scrums are a blight on the fifteens game, and my solution to...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoRobertson needs to redress the balance
Chris Hewett Thinking allowed It was a cheap shot, admittedly, but only a pacifist or a fool would spurn the opportunity...
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Features
/ 1 year agoStick or twist? The choice at 10
Paul Rees looks ahead to New Zealand's heavyweight matches against world champions South Africa The Rugby Championship title could be decided...
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/ 1 year agoBoulton’s respect for game he loves
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW COLIN Boulton of Derby County stands astride the Himalayan peaks of Football League...
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Features
/ 1 year agoSaints are ready to open new chapter
Paul Rees reports on how things are changing at Franklin's Gardens ahead of the new season Northampton's early season form gave...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoJames will prove to be a star at Racing
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoTainton is right to highlight problems
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME TOM Tainton, Bristol Bears’ chief operating officer, has said that the professional...
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Features
/ 1 year agoThe culture of playing through pain has got to stop – it is so outdated
Barney Davies, a 24-year-old who retired from the game with concussion issues, is urging a new approach The stigma around toughness...
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James Harrington
/ 1 year agoCarbonel will add the flair for Stade
James Harrington French column Last season, Stade Francais finished second in the Top 14 to qualify directly for the semi-finals –...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoAussies on a long road to recovery
EXPECTATIONS in Australia will be pretty low after back-to-back defeats to South Africa in the opening rounds of the Rugby Championship,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAn age-old problem for Farrell and Lions
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ‘Dad’s Army’: Bundee Aki will be 35 when the Lions arrive in Australia....
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoPoor terrestrial coverage is doing the game no favours
NICK CAIN THE NFL has infiltrated free-to-air broadcast channels in the UK, such as the BBC and ITV, using weekly content...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoErasmus now the creator supreme
NICK CAIN RASSIE Erasmus is a breath of fresh air, a coach who combines innovative out-of-the-box thinking with a detailed understanding...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoAge of protectionism must come to an end
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Powered up: Argentina scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou celebrates victory over the All Blacks last weekend PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoGlad to see clock ticking on scrum
CHRIS HEWETT THOSE of us who have spent our entire careers writing against deadline know all there is to know about...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAs fit as a Lion in the Congo
PETER JACKSON THEY stood outside a 7th century church perched above St Bride’s Bay for hours on Friday, the old Lions...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEight reasons to be cheerful for Cardiff
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW What a start: Efan Daniel playing for Cardiff last season PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoVivre Le Stade! I’m smitten by fabulous stadium
RUGBY MATTERS Stunning: The Stade de France during the Olympics closing ceremony PICTURE: Alamy IT has taken decades to fall in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoRoad to next World Cup lacks jeopardy
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoI can’t remember a thing after I was kicked in head
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS WE all take a break for the summer and thoughts of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoItoje has chance to captain the Lions
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THERE will be a special edge to the coming season because of the 2025...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoA sporting heritage that needs protection
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoWhat counts is how the money is spent
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED IT WAS a close-run thing but, after crunching the numbers harder than a caffeine-fuelled psephologist on election...
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Features
/ 1 year agoBerry’s briefest of brief encounters…
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW TEN summer Olympiads have come and all but gone since Marty Berry went...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoHow the sun keeps shining for Spain
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoSponsorship deal will really help grassroots
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoJeremy Guscott: Current All Blacks lack the fear factor
New Zealand don’t carry the same fear factor that they had in the 2011-2015 era going into this season’s Rugby Championship.
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 years agoJoe Schmidt’s Wallabies will provide a tough test for Lions
Nick Cain gives his thoughts on the 2025 British Lions series against Australia, saying the Aussies will be hard to beat...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFrance show us how to do it – again
NICK CAIN THE 2024 Olympic Sevens was a massive showcase for Antoine Dupont’s extraordinary sporting talent, but also for rugby union,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoWhy SVNS makes sense for the future
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Rugby sevens – or SVNS, as a London-based team of funkily-dressed marketing executives have somehow succeeded in...
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/ 2 years agoFearless beach boy who ran with Lions
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER Morgan’s day would begin at the crack of dawn on a Pembrokeshire...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoIt was good to see Scotland support for T2
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoGood to see women winning more awards
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT WAS disappointing that Team GB women’s sevens side were unable to...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoBuild the future on front row brilliance
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE England U20 scrum is the best in the world, and in winning...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoDay when the Real McCoys stood up
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED THE governing bodies of the union game are not renowned for their speed off the mark –...
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