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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years ago“Leicester Tigers exit paying off for me,” says Billy Twelvetrees
Leaving Leicester can be considered to be either brave or stupid but, after starting Gloucester‘s first four games this season, Billy...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoRugby Championship round 6: preview and predictions
Argentina v Australia Santiago Phelan has once again named the same starting XV as the Pumas seek their first ever win...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Carlo del Fava – Newcastle and Italy lock
1. Tendai Mtawarira – He’s called the ‘Beast’ because he’s an animal on the pitch, capable of making 22 tackles a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Let Premiership go it alone and free up RFU cash for all
I can’t help thinking that there is something strange in the way that the Premiership chose to announce their potential new...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoPayne and Brady suspended, Powell fined
Tim Payne celebrated his 250th game for London Wasps by getting a two-week ban. The former England prop pleaded guilty to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoWatch out, Saints Courtney Lawes is back and bigger than ever
It was Andy Goode’s misfortune to be in the wrong place at the wrong time last Saturday afternoon. With 60 minutes...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoGeorge Ford may be forced to quit Leicester Tigers says Austin Healey
Austin Healey says Welford Road is not big enough to accommodate both Toby Flood and George Ford. Tigers director of rugby...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoPremiership round 5 review
Bath (beat Sale 31-10) The West Country side were bidding farewell to Olly Barkley who is off to Racing Metro today...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Lee Mears – Bath hooker
1. Planners and Planning applications I want to build a kitchen in the basement of a semi-detached house in Bath and...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoFarrell and Saracens give Harlequins first taste of defeat
Champions Harlequins suffered their first defeat of the season to the hands of Saracens in a 18-16 thriller at The Stoop....
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoLions greatest XV: Willie John Mcbride (1974) and Martin Johnson (1997) – locks
When it comes to the big second row turbines which drive the pack The Lions have been able to call on...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain talks to Exeter blindside Tom Johnson about his remarkable rise from grass roots to Test level
Tom Johnson is not so much a late bloomer as a one-man Indian summer. The Exeter Chiefs blindside flanker was a...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Mike Haywood – Northampton hooker
Mike Haywood is not lacking for mentors when it comes to learning the ropes as a hooker at Northampton with the vast...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: At last, some skills are returning to club rugby
Is it a coincidence that Premiership teams appear to be playing a more expansive game this season, or that the same...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoDean Mumm, an Aussie ‘old-timer’ who became a young Chief
Dean Mumm, at 28, should be reaching his peak as a second row, but in Australian terms he has already been...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoSaints’ scrum put Wasps to the sword
Northampton remains unbeaten and go top of the table with a convincing 24-6 win over London Wasps at Franklin’s Gardens. The...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Anthony Allen – Leicester centre
Good start for Tigers and yourself? Yes. We lost five out of six this time last year so we’ve bettered that,...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years ago“I’ll have to bring my A-game to beat Sarries,” says Harlequins Mike Brown
Harlequins full-back Mike Brown is adamant he will have to be a the top of his game to deal with Saracens...
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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...
