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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Wales Morgan Stoddart deserves to avoid scrapheap
After 20 Tests spanning 46 weeks, the curtain came down in Sydney yesterday on the busiest and longest Welsh international season....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: The spirit of braveheart England will not be broken
At no point in this Test did England look like winning. And at no stage did their spirit look like waning....
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: This should have been child’s play for England
Containment is a very dangerous game in an 80-minute sport, and the England U20s paid the price of a policy as...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Yes, winning is important, but the 2015 World Cup is the real target
Following last week’s defeat the headlines in almost every paper was about the reality check that England had faced when playing...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 13 years agoMan Behind the Match: Brian O’Driscoll and the 2000 Six Nations’ France Ireland
There are certain moments in sport when a realisation dawns that what you are watching is not run-of-the-mill; an extraordinary talent...
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Moment In Time
/ 13 years agoMoment in Time: Leeds and the 2005 Powergen Cup final
An epic day for the Tykes. Bath, whose record in senior Cup finals prior to this read played 10, won 10,...
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South Africa Memories
/ 13 years agoSouth Africa Memories: Jason Robinson at the 2003 World Cup
We had hammered the South Africans 53-3 the year before at Twickenham, but we knew this game would be different. To...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Dave Hilton – former Scorland, Bath, Bristol and Glasgow prop
1. Tom Smith – Worked hard on his scrummaging and got the better of some huge Springbok props for the 1997...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: James Percival – Worcester lock
Been anywhere nice on holiday? Ten days in Marbella. The weather was amazing and now I’ve come back to this rubbish....
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Top 14
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Christopher Tolofua – France and Toulouse hooker
There are few tougher tests for a young front rower than away in Argentina but after a remarkable rise through the...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: David Flatman – England and Bath prop
1. Try-scoring celebrations I have to contest Dave Jackson’s claim that celebrations have a place in rugby (TRP, June 3). I...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Catherine Spencer – former England women’s captain
I was half-way out the door to go training when England coach Gary Street asked me to captain my country. He...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Let’s all start screeching for Wales tonight
On their day off at the Junior World Cup in Cape Town, the Welsh giant-killers could be found at the top...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Dead-eye Dan Biggar can be the man for Wales again
He finished the season in thoroughbred style sith seven straight wins, running an attack responsible for averaging almost four tries a...
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Dream Team
/ 14 years agoDream Team: Dave Baldwin – former Sale lock
1. Martin Whitcombe – One of the first out and out ball-playing props. He was great around the field and a...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 14 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jon Dawson – former Saracens, Herlquins, Wasps, Bath, England U21 and Cambridge Uni prop
If an England cap had been on the cards I wouldn’t have called time on my career at 27. In the...
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Room 101
/ 14 years agoRoom 101: Dave Jackson – Nottingham full-back
1. Try scoring celebration critics We are now in the professional era, meaning that we have an obligation to entertain those...
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20 Questions
/ 14 years ago20 Questions: Brad Barritt – Saracens and England centre
Looking forward to the England tour? Hugely excited… it’s a massive opportunity for this young squad. A Test series in SA...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 14 years agoJeremy Guscott: Owen Farrell must play flatter and Ben Morgan needs help
Stuart Lancaster has a dilemma going into Saturday’s second Test in Johannesburg – does he take a step back in development...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 14 years agoJeff Probyn: Why do we always have this hype about brutality?
As the England players are recovering from the first of their three Tests they might well be wondering what all the...
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Nick Cain
/ 14 years agoNick Cain: Country is divided on inflexible Heyneke Meyer
Heyneke Meyer knows that ultimately his reign as Springbok coach will be defined not on whether he produces a South Africa...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 14 years agoJeremy Guscott: Come on Stuart Lancaster, make us more like Harlequins than Sarries
Listening to Stuart Lancaster talk about his England rugby team, the words are pretty familiar. There’s nothing unusual, nothing that makes...
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Nick Cain
/ 14 years agoNick Cain: A sizeable problem is wrecking our game
Bigger is better. That is the false mantra that coaches and talent scouts appear to be chanting with the brainless devotion...
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Peter Jackson
/ 14 years agoPeter Jackson: Bad refs and punch-ups scar Wales tours of Australia
The last time Wales sent their Grand Slam champions to Australia, the Wallabies subjected them to all manner of mayhem. What...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoGeorge Ford’s boot hand Tigers Cup glory
Teenage sensation George Ford kicked 12 points from the tee to help Leicester Tigers beat Northampron 26-14 and win the LV=...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoEngland put Ireland to the sword
England claimed second place in this year’s Six Nations with a crushing 30-9 victory over Ireland at Twickenham. Owen Farrell kicked 20 points...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoEngland battle to win in France
England produced a heroic performance to defeat France 24-22 in Paris on Sunday afternoon. Tries from Manu Tuilagi and Ben Foden...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoLast-gasp Wales break English hearts
A late Scott Williams try was enough for Wales to claim a 19-12 victory over England at Twickenham and take the Triple Crown...
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Featured
/ 14 years agoEngland rally to beat Italy
England made it two wins from two in this year’s Six Nations with a 19-15 victory over Italy in a wintry Rome on...
