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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Decline of Samoa is sad to see
Despite the expansion of the World Cup to 24 teams for RWC 2027, Samoa now run a serious risk of not...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Why it’s right time to invest in the ‘have nots’
A massive hat-tip to all those involved in both organising the Women’s World Cup and those behind England’s triumph, on and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: The legacy of Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu’s grandfather
Sensational fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is going to be a household name in South Africa – if not already – but we...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoJeremy Guscott: Bath are looking good as the bunfight begins
Bath started the defence of their Prem title with a bang by scoring seven tries against Harlequins at The Stoop on...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoNick Cain: Sorry, Saracens, but you weren’t the first
The attempts by Saracens to rebrand themselves this week as “The Original Club of North London” extends poetic licence beyond the...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 months agoChris Hewett: Change is the only permanent thing
It is 15 years since Bruce Craig, not obviously a man to be found wanting in the ambition department, bought himself...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: Regan Grace struggling to prove he’s still got it
During the hardest of the hard times endured by Wales, one of their broken ranks somehow survived the experience with an...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: Final throw of the dice for Liam Williams
Newcastle Red Bulls opened the Prem season on Friday without their latest signing.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 months agoBrendan Gallagher: World Cup 2035 has to be held in Europe
World Rugby fires the starting gun next week for those with dreams of hosting RWC2035, which seems an eternity away but...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoJeremy Guscott: Sky’s the limit for fantastic Tommy Freeman
There’s been a big fanfare around Tommy Freeman’s potential move from wing to outside centre following the Lions tour, starting this...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoNick Cain: Game facing fight to retain its integrity
The Filipo Daugunu try which gave Australia two losing bonus points against Argentina in Sydney last weekend crossed a red line...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 months agoChris Hewett: The pantomime villain who stole the show
It seems we must bid another fond farewell to Nic White, a modern master of scrum-half jiggery-pokery who first called it...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoRassie’s new show: Beauty and the beast
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW NINE TESTS OF TWO HALVES Sep 2025: Rugby Championship, Wellington: New Zealand 10...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 months agoTwickenham finale will be a rare treat
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER NARRATIVES can move very quickly in sport, and...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoJeremy Guscott: Centre combinations now so hard to unlock
The midfield is still a centre of attention in international rugby, but it seems that the long-standing 12-13 partnerships that were...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoNick Cain: Four roaring Lions make my star-studded World XV
Two years out from the 2027 World Cup, at the midway point of the 2025 Rugby Championship, with the 2025 Lions...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 months agoChris Hewett: Ollie Lawrence looks a good fit for 13 shirt
Nearly there. Ollie Lawrence, the talented Bath and England centre, is within touching distance of a return to competitive rugby after...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 months agoBrendan Gallagher: In my book, you’re a beauty, Beauden Barrett
I nearly choked on my coffee the other morning when watching the All Blacks against South Africa at Eden Park.
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoPeter Jackson: Rhys Patchell – I knew it was time to bow out
Rhys Patchell tells a story from a time long gone when family members would inquire about what he wanted from life...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoJeff Probyn: One-sided games not what we want
I hate to be the one that says this, but as much as I want the Red Roses to win this...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoJeremy Guscott: Henry Arundell can lead charge for Bath’s young guns
You have to give your top players the right amount of rest, and therefore the Prem Cup – which kicks off...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoNick Cain: Steve Borthwick snared in unworkable fudge with new player welfare stipulation
If international rugby union is the “shop window of the game”, the part that fires the imaginations and ambitions of young...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 months agoChris Hewett: Captains need the consent of others
There are almost as many good jokes about leadership as there are leaders who fall into the “bad joke” category. Here’s...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoPeter Jackson: Four famous names facing firing squad
Only four clubs ever beat the All Blacks during their 15 European tours throughout the 20th century. How ironic that all...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 months agoWhat if England had won the Rugby World Cup back in 2015?
It comes as a surprise – shock almost – to realise that it’s ten years give or take that Rugby World...
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Features
/ 3 months agoOwen Farrell’s fiery Racing 92 send-off is par for the course
A case of sour grapes? Jacky Lorenzetti, the owner of Racing 92 since 2006 as well as four Bordeaux wine chateaux,...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoJeremy Guscott: Dynamic duo of Handre Pollard and Beauden Barrett can still rule at No.10
The dominance of South Africa and New Zealand in winning World Cups is a statistical reality and, because of their track...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoNick Cain: Two-team model in Welsh rugby has little chance of success
The precipice on which Welsh rugby is perched rests on two disastrous decisions made on either side of the Millennium which...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 months agoExeter Chiefs All-Time XV: All hail to best of the Chiefs
What would be the greatest all-time XV your club could field if you could travel back in time and select everybody...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 months agoChris Hewett: Rassie Erasmus is in search of a brave new world with the Springboks
There is something unashamedly Old Testament about South Africa’s first-choice pack, possibly because its most accomplished components are more ancient than...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoNew Zealand vs South Africa Preview: Springboks out to storm All Blacks’ Eden Park citadel
Paul Rees looks forward to this weekend's monumental clash between New Zealand and South Africa in Auckland It is no longer...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Remarkable Los Pumas an example to us all
I've always eyed the World Rugby rankings with a little suspicion, possibly because I’ve never fully understood their machinations and how...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 months agoDavies has one more mountain to climb
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Loving life: Sam Davies playing for Grenoble PICTURE: Alamy ONE day soon, Sam...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 months agoDon’t blame RFU for selection dilemma
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IAGREE with Nick Cain that England or any other country should not...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoJeremy Guscott: England’s attack looks like it is ready to fire
England's attack is in a good spot following the victorious Lions tour to Australia and England’s 2-0 series victory over Argentina...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Hats off to England – a great first night at the Women’s World Cup
So England started with an 11 try romp, a World Cup record attendance of 42,723 and a performance to send a...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoNick Cain: Steve Borthwick must not select this Bristol Bok, Benhard Janse van Rensburg
Benhard Janse van Rensburg is as South African as “boerewors”, and the idea of the Bristol centre being picked by England,...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoNick Cain: Wallabies too slow to make most of Will Skelton
The 2025 Lions gave the Wallabies a long overdue wake-up call on the pitch, as well as doing them a favour...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 months agoChris Hewett: Bonus points? They are entirely pointless
Would we be in any way impoverished if they disappeared tomorrow? Unusually, we are not referring to our glorious leaders at...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoPaul Rees: Mavericks like Louis Rees-Zammit must seize the day
Paul Rees reports on the return of Louis Rees-Zammit and says it's time for the players to call the shots Bristol's...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoPeter Jackson: When a drop goal was all you needed to see
Paul Turner dropped his first goal in senior rugby on September 13, 1979, for Newbridge against Newport, and his last on...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 months agoBrendan Gallagher: Pioneers of Women’s rugby deserve to take the credit
I had to smile recently when reading that World Rugby had quickly stepped in to ensure that the teams from New...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoJeff Probyn: Red Roses boss John Mitchell’s crowd comment unhelpful
Sometimes, I really can’t understand why some coaches feel they have to play to the crowd and make a point that...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoCharles Rylands: New stars who will light up Champ Rugby
As another week of pre-season ticks by and the new Championship campaign edges ever closer, this week we’re taking a look...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoFrench Column: Baptiste Jauneau and Lenni Nouchi to stay where they are
Last weekend, the futures of two of France's most sought-after young stars was a major topic of conversation. Montpellier flanker Lenni...
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoThe future is Orange in the Top 14 – at least for now
French domestic rugby’s ‘orange card’ – a protest-level variation on World Rugby’s 20-minute red card theme – will be the headline...
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoKyran Bracken: Steve Borthwick bolstered by wealth of options
I’ll be honest, England’s summer was a bit of a shock. A great one, but still unexpected. After the opening Lions...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 months agoBristol’s All-Time XV: Bears who can pack a punch
What would be the greatest All-time XV your club could field if you could travel back in time and select everybody...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 months agoChris Hewett: France and England lead charge for 2027 World Cup
The last time the World Cup was played out on Australian soil, a little over two decades and a thousand poison-dart...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoRay’s dilemma: How to attack a lobster…
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW OVER the course of a lifetime on both sides of the Rubicon, Ray...
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