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Four changes for Argentina as they take on All Blacks again

1 September 2022 0 comments

Argentina have made four changes to the team that earned a first-ever away win against New Zealand as they look to repeat the feat once […]

All Blacks unchanged as Pumas head to Christchurch

25 August 2022 1 comment

New Zealand have kept faith in the same team that beat South Africa while Argentina have made three changes, ahead of the first of two […]

Foley’s return smacks of Aussie desperation

21 August 2022 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Ever since Australia made him carry the can for their last World Cup, it can hardly have […]

A rugby soap opera that has us hooked

21 August 2022 1 comment

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER For a tournament that is meant to be struggling, past its sell […]

Experienced Imhoff in as Pumas re-shuffle backline

11 August 2022 0 comments

Experienced winger Juan Imhoff is one of four players to come in for Argentina, as they look to bounce back from their defeat to Australia […]

Wallabies fight back to secure bonus point victory

7 August 2022 1 comment

By SAM JACKSON Argentina ……..26pts Tries: Matera 6, Gonzalez 55 Conversions: Boffelli 7, 58 Penalties: Boffelli 12, 16, 22, 42 Australia ……….41pts Tries: Petaia 18, […]

The Rugby Championship Previews: Round One

6 August 2022 0 comments

So often these days sporting competitions are given a tag of the ‘most unpredictable in living memory’, but it really seems that applies to this […]

Summer Tours Week 4 Preview: Deciders for all Home Nations as series’ reach climax

15 July 2022 0 comments

Few could have predicted that all four Home Nations would hit back to win in the manner that they did last weekend, and now they […]

Summer Tours Week 2 Preview: All top tier teams in action for huge weekend

1 July 2022 0 comments

If last week was the warm up, then this one is undoubtedly the grand opening to proceedings as all Six Nations, all Rugby Championship teams […]

Rennie has a healthy selection headache

12 June 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST History, we are told, is just one damned thing after another. And by way of rubbing it in, eminent thinkers argue […]

Gas, power and guts are key

22 May 2022 0 comments

PAUL REES HEARS ENGLAND COACH EDDIE JONES EXPLAIN WHAT HE EXPECTS TO SEE FROM HIS 36-MAN TRAINING SQUAD England’s team in the 2019 World Cup […]

Phipps in talks with Rockets

8 May 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LONDON Irish appear to be in the market for another scrum-half with former Wallaby star Nick Phipps now […]

Chiefs are fired up to take down the leaders

27 March 2022 0 comments

By PAUL REES PREVIEW…Exeter v LeicesterToday. Kick-off 3pm, Sandy Park SANTIAGO Grondona is making the most of his time in the Premiership with Exeter after […]

Suddenly, stability is in fashion for coaches

26 December 2021 2 comments

CHRIS HEWETTGUEST COLUMNIST It would be stretching things just a little to describe rugby’s pre-World Cup era as an age of innocence: the mass slugfests […]

Training with the SAS very nearly killed me!

5 December 2021 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER LEINSTER, ROTHERHAM, GLOUCESTER AND MUNSTER WINGER SHANE MONAHAN IDEFINITELY experienced the fickle nature of professional sport at first hand, […]

Rona calls for ‘golden try’ to boost excitement

28 November 2021 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD CURTIS Rona has urged rugby chiefs to adopt a “golden try” system to resign “unhappy” draws to history.The former Wallaby who is […]

England must be at their best to beat the Wallabies

7 November 2021 1 comment

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK AUSTRALIA has always had unbelievable potential as a Rugby Union nation, because the skill-set of the players is […]

Journeymen Saffers won’t excite the Celtic fans

3 October 2021 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETTGUEST COLUMNIST As the first of this season’s Billionaires’ Row derbies between Bristol and Bath, two wealthy clubs separated by a 12-mile stretch of […]

Finn Russell says no to Japan’s offer of ‘at least’ £1m

26 September 2021 0 comments

FINN Russell has turned down the chance to become the best-paid player in the world and will see out the remaining two years of his […]

Dave Rennie may find principles changing | Chris Hewett

13 June 2021 0 comments

DAVE RENNIE is a New Zealander from the Tana Umaga corner of Wellington’s metropolitan area and like virtually ever other Kiwi coach on the face […]

Wallabies Rugby World Cup challenge is blooming in Brisbane sun | Chris Hewett

21 March 2021 0 comments

Success in France in two years’ time for Australia will rest on the crop of young players emerging under Brad Thorn at Queensland Reds, writes Chris Hewett

History insists Eddie Jones is heading for 2023 defeat | Nick Cain

14 March 2021 0 comments

SOUTH Africa bucked the overall World Cup trend twice at the 2019 tournament. The first time they did so was by appointing Rassie Erasmus as […]

JAMES HARRINGTON

17 January 2021 1 comment

FRENCH COLUMN French pick squad as Six Nations gets the OK Medical joker: Gabriel Ibitoye has finally proved rumours right by joining Montpellier French rugby […]

Being mangled by Gats was good career move

27 December 2020 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY BERNARD JACKMAN THE FORMER IRELAND, SALE SHARKS, CONNACHT AND LEINSTER HOOKER Charge: Leinster’s Bernard Jackman is tackled by Riki Flutey and […]

Records fail to hide Tri-Nations letdown

6 December 2020 1 comment

MATT McILRAITH SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE EXPERTSo, what did we learn? While many aspects of the 26th edition of the annual southern hemisphere Rugby Championship were unique, […]

Greg Growden’s heavyweight stature in the press gallery touched English-Aussie rivalry and had healthy cameraderie at its heart

18 November 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson pens an obituary of the life of respected Australian sports writer Greg Growden, who passed away last week

Long: I couldn’t get my way at Stoop

15 November 2020 0 comments

SEAN LONG says he could return to Rugby Union one day – even though his time at Harlequins left him “frustrated”. The ex-St Helens and […]

Baabaas become part of rugby’s omnishambles

25 October 2020 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Frailties: Wallabies v All Blacks matches just keep coming The madness that plagues our game continues to deepen: after doubts about yesterday’s Premiership […]

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‘Having an opinion in this day and age is not a good thing’ – James Haskell

15 October 2020 0 comments

Now his autobiography is out, James Haskell is unabating in his value of being himself after adhering to RFU and club values for much of his rugby career

Brash? Yes, I don’t want to be boring!

11 October 2020 0 comments

ADAM ELLIS talks to England flanker turned author James Haskell Man of many talents: James Haskell in England action, MMA training top right, in the […]

Garbajosa position in jeopardy

11 October 2020 0 comments

MONTPELLIER have sounded out which British coaches might be available for a move to the Top 14 with pressure mounting on head coach Xavier Garbajosa. […]

Howley signs for Kingsley’s Canada

27 September 2020 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA FORMER Wales coach Rob Howley has been named assistant Canada coach following his return to the sport after being banned for a betting […]

Day the towering red army tasted epic defeat

23 August 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 22 World […]

Nerdvana is far from providing a paradise

16 August 2020 2 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Professional rugby is fast becoming a game of gadgets and gizmos: a bewildering array of cutting- edge thingamajigs, super-advanced thingamabobs and […]

Guscott column: These young coaches can make Gloucester special

28 July 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott examines the youthful coaches at the helm of Gloucester

These young coaches can make Gloucester special

26 July 2020 0 comments

Strong inside centre: Dom Waldouck was a hit with Wasps and England Saxons PICTURE: Getty Images Gloucester showed they were willing to take a risk […]

The multiple talking points of Gloucester’s summer so far

10 July 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain looks at the change in direction taken by the Gloucester boardroom over the summer

Harrington column: Tuilagi and Faletau wanted in France, as clubs vote on lowering salary cap

7 July 2020 0 comments

Top 14 and Pro D2 presidents to meet in Toulouse for salary cap vote

‘We needed Jonny May like a hole in the head’

5 July 2020 0 comments

NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE UPHEAVAL BROUGHT BY A NEW BROOM AT GLOUCESTER GLOUCESTER have been at the epicentre of the coronavirus storm threatening to […]

Now Manu and Faletau are wanted in France

5 July 2020 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Target: Manu Tuilagi is currently a free agent after quitting Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images Even in a normal year, this week […]

Ambitious Beziers sound out England stars

28 June 2020 0 comments

BEZIERS have been busy seeing if England players are unhappy with their contract arrangements. The Pro D2 club are in the middle of a takeover […]

Takeover soap opera rumbles on at Beziers

28 June 2020 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Rivals: Christophe Dominici and, inset, former Toulouse president Rene Bouscatel Alot can happen in a month. A month ago, French clubs […]

Saint-Andre will like ‘man with money’

21 June 2020 1 comment

MOHED Altrad, the moneybags of Montpellier, has been talking up the talents of Philippe-Saint Andre, the latest man charged with bringing the French title to […]

Rennie wants Australian rugby to end public spats

31 May 2020 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON NEW Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has urged Australian rugby to unite and stop airing their differences in public. The New Zealander – […]

Taqele Naiyaravoro keen to switch allegiance to Fiji

28 April 2020 0 comments

Wallabies wing Naiyaravoro has expressed his desire to play for Fiji depending on the outcome of the World Rugby election

Q&A – Lee Blackett: Wasps can show the director of rugby role isn’t essential

23 April 2020 0 comments

Wasps head coach Lee Blackett wants his squad to play to his philosophy of ‘attacking fear’

Wasps must play without fear to get the fans behind us

19 April 2020 0 comments

Q&ALEE BLACKETTON THE RECORDNew head coach Lee Blackett tells NEALE HARVEY how he intends rising to the challenge of bringing back the glory days to […]

Banks leads the way for resurgent Aussies

23 February 2020 0 comments

By ADAM ELLIS HEAD coach Dan McKellar is determined to make sure his Brumbies side ‘buck the trend’ of Australian rugby’s decline following their impressive […]

Family first for Exiles star-signing Coleman

16 February 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Top of his game: Australian lock Adam Coleman PICTURES: Getty Images MARQUEE-SIGNING Adam Coleman aims to help London Irish become a “world-class […]