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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Sort out this mess or risk destroying the 2012 vibe
Mark McCafferty has come under withering fire after negotiating a unilateral £152m television rights deal for English club rugby with BT...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoPremiership round 5: preview and predictions
Bath v Sale Olly Barkley, who is moving to Racing Metro on Monday, will start his final game for Bath Rugby...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoRaboDirect Pro12 round 5: preview and predictions
Cardiff v Ulster Second row forward Bradley Davies will make his 100th appearance for the Blues tonight alongside club captain Andries...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoRugby Championship round 5: preview and predictions
Argentina v New Zealand Argentina coach Santiago Phelan has named the same starting XV that narrowly lost to Australia two weeks...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoTop 14 round 7: preview and predictions
Welsh star Mike Phillips has been suspended until further notice by Bayonne for repeatedly breaking team rules and going on night...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoLeicester Manu Tuilagi is the best says Saracens Joel Tomkins
Joel Tomkins admits that Manu Tuilagi has set the benchmark for English centres but the Saracens cross-coder maintains it will not...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Martin Haag Nottingham head-coach
Being part of the first English team to win the European Cup was an incredible feeling – especially up against a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Welshman Brian disarmed the last great TV conflict
Brian Baister was sitting behind his desk at home on Wednesday morning when a news item leapt out of the page...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years ago“Martin Johnson is not bitter about axe,” says Brian Smith
Martin Johnson bears no bitterness to those who forced his departure as England team manager according to Brian Smith who argues...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Warren Spragg – Fylde and former Italy, Sale and Calvisano full-back
1. Ali McKenzie – He came over to Calvisano after spending the majority of his career at Wasps. He injected intensity...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Extending power of TMOs allows refs to pass the buck
I watched Sale christen their new home at the Salford City stadium with an unfortunate loss against Saracens last Saturday. A...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 13 years agoHow Jonny Wilkinson helped Joe Gray see the light
Harlequins hooker Joe Gray has revealed how Jonny Wilkinson’s dedication to training inspired him to become one of the finest lineout...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoHanks, Hipkiss and Classens’ cases all dismissed
Exeter James Hanks and Bath duo Dan Hipkiss and Michael Classens disciplinary cases have all been dismissed tonight. Hanks had been...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoVision of TV cash helps London Welsh chase targets
Lyn Jones has been the green light to make further signings to bolster London Welsh‘s survival bid after details of the...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoHipkiss and Classens cited after Irish game
Bath Rugby‘s Dan Hipkiss and Michael Claassens are to appear at an RFU disciplinary hearing after being cited following Saturday’s match...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoPremiership round 4 review
Bath (Lost 22-29 to London Irish) The West country boys couldn’t get into the game for most of the match against...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: James Merriman – Bristol flanker
1. Greedy supermarkets I fully support the campaign by dairy farmers to get a fair price for their milk from Supermarkets....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoNaqelevuki helps Exeter to gritty win over Saracens in woeful conditions
A crucial second half from Sireli Naqelevuki helped Exeter claim a spirited 14-12 win over Saracens in horrendous weather conditions at...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoStruggling Sharks sack forwards coach
Sale Sharks Forwards Coach Steve Scott has been sacked today and has left his role with the club with immediate effect....
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoLions greatest XV: Jason Leonard (1989) – tighthead
L ions tight head props are the strongest of the strong, the men with iron-girder necks, backs and legs who have...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain assesses some early problems for the 2013 lions
Will a Lions tour party ever leave these shores without having a ball-and-chain clapped to their ankle? This week’s coach-naming Press...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Rory Lynn – Nottingham fly-half
Nottingham fly-half Rory Lynn admits he is relishing the opportunity of first-team rugby at Meadow Lane – and stepping out of...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Gatland musn’t go looking for problems
I was surprised when Warren Gatland came out with the view that overseas-based players, especially those in France, could rule themselves...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Chris Budgen – Exeter prop
Happy with that big win over Sale? Couldn’t have done much better. We’ve talked about learning how to finish things off...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoWe’re on the cuff of doing something special – Worcester Richard Hill
Worcester head-coach confessed it was hard to pick up the players’ spirit on Monday morning but he is adamant the Warriors...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoPremiership round 4: preview and predictions
Exeter v Saracens Injuries to Craig Mitchell and Tom Johnson mean Carl Rimmer and James Phillips come into the pack while...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoRaboDirect Pro12 round 4: preview and predictions
Cardiff v Treviso Weslh international centre Jamie Roberts will get his first start since his knee injury on the back of...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoTop 14 round 6: preview and predictions
This week the duel between Jonny Wilkinson and Frederic Michalak won’t happen as both will start for Toulon and form the...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Half-baked TMO trial needs re-focussing
It is the duty of a modern professional sport to use technology to arrive at fair rulings and eliminate errors by...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years ago“Be ready put your body on the line,” Conor O’Shea tells his players
Harlequins director of rugby Conor O’Shea is looking forward to the challenge Leicester will set but pleads his player to be...














