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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoEngland toiling in the foothills
RUGBY MATTERS I will leave it to others to do the heavy lifting in dissecting the sacking of Eddie Jones but...
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Guest columnists
/ 3 years agoTime for the forgotten men to return
Tom Bradshaw urges the new England coaching team to give these players a chance Decisions, decisions, decisions. Or maybe that should...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoWales simply have to take Rowlands to the World Cup
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Those who drew up the four top seedings for the World Cup defied...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoSo where have all the Welsh coaches gone?
PETER JACKSON By the time Warren Gatland’s second coming runs its contractual course, Wales will have gone 20 whole years without...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoWhy did RFU hold an autumn review?
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME On his way: Eddie Jones was sacked by the RFU and, below,...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoKpoku on alert as he gets set for Saracens
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Raring to go: I’m massively excited about our match against my old club, says Lyon’s Joel Kpoku...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoEngland need to bring the roar back
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK I WAS knocked for six at Twickenham last weekend after watching England lose to...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime for a parting of the ways is overdue
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The RFU has finally recognised that when Eddie Jones talked after defeat by...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoStart by getting it right in the front row
NICK CAIN England's priorities as Eddie Jones departs are to find an interim head coach, and to unearth a front row...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoEngland heading for hit and hope land
CHRIS HEWETT Form is temporary, class is permanent”. Who says? Not Mike Tindall. The World Cup-winning centre’s form may have been...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoPriceless! Doddie was worth every penny
CHRIS HEWETT Reflecting on the rugby life and times of dear Doddie Weir in last week’s paper, Brendan Gallagher made reference...
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Features
/ 3 years agoOn a wing but without a prayer
Peter Jackson finds little to cheer for the speed merchants when it comes to checking the stats from the Autumn Series...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoOut-of-date 60-cap rule is holding Wales back
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The time has come for the regions and the WRU to finally make their peace...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoRemarkable band of Rogue Heroes
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The BBC drama series Rogue Heroes concluded on Sunday...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoOnly the pin-ups win top awards
RUGBY MATTERS What have the following got in common? Brian O’Driscoll, Eben Etzebeth, Malcolm Marx, Fourie Du Preez, Taulupe Faletau, Ma’a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoNo change as Pivac is next in the firing line
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW At home on Lake Wanaka half a world away from his former employers,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoClassy All Blacks show how it should be done
PETER JACKSON Two days before they began their European tour by taking Wales to the cleaners, eight All Blacks turned up...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoIt’s a miracle Sweeney has kept the RFU afloat
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS great as the game of rugby is, it seems that there...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoClermont face fight to hold on to Penaud
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Star player: Damian Penaud is one of the hottest properties in French rugby PICTURE: Getty Images Damian...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years ago11 months out and Jones has it all to do
PAUL REES England finished their worst year since 2008 in terms of results by becoming the only Six Nations team not...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoTime’s up for Pivac, bring back Gatland
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Wayne Pivac looked a dejected man at the end of the defeat to Australia even...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoDoddie Weir, a giant among the big men
Brendan Gallagher remembers the hugely popular Scottish and Lions forward who passed away on Saturday It was the moment we all...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoEngland are spoilt for choice with this top trio
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK The RFU have said recently that they would like the next England coach to...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoAngry MPs censure ‘shambolic’ leadership
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK It would be reasonable to expect that, by the time RFU chief executive...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime for RFU to be more proactive
The RFU has a habit of letting the Twickenham grass grow under its feet for too long when it comes to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoRoberts goes in hard, like he always did
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Some ex-internationals looking to reinvent themselves as pundits struggle because they fail to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoWill’s way: This is how you do it, Jase
PETER JACKSON Scoring machine: Will Stuart goes over against New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images As befitting a man in his position,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoGone for a Burton! Rugby is struggling for a future
PETER JACKSON Pontrhydyfen is a village in the Afan Valley where a local boy failed to realise his rugby dream and...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoTop two in right place to rule at World Cup
Paul Rees sees Ireland and France consolidate their position as leaders of the North Ireland and France were the only two...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoGeorgia’s triumph shouldn’t be wasted
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was bittersweet bordering on intensely frustrating to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoGive me a break! It’s time we had much more clarity on the advantage law
What's happening with the advantage law? It’s even more all over the place than usual this season. Have we missed a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoEngland got draw they didn’t deserve
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME How has the world of rugby become so predictable that you can...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoToulon’s Kolbe has Japan in his sights
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FIFTEEN months ago, news of Cheslin Kolbe’s switch from Toulouse to Top 14 rivals Toulon delivered an...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years ago15 minutes that had Twickenham rocking
BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHY LESS CAN MEAN MORE WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNATIONALS Hard man: Will Stuart powers over PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoPivac hasn’t learned from error of his ways
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Take that: Georgia celebrate after beating Wales in Cardiff yesterday PICTURE: Getty Images Are Wales...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoToo much bish, bash, bosh but it works
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUT SPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK South Africa are deserved world champions, and they showed it by going on...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoJohnson’s 2003 team better than Eddie’s lot
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There are those who believe that today’s international players are bigger, better, faster,...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoEngland’s all-court game was not good enough
NICK CAIN England showed great dignity – captain Sarah Hunter in particular – after being beaten 34-31 by New Zealand in...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhy the South Seas need to feel the love
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST When Western Samoa surprised Wales by beating them in Cardiff during the pool stage of the 1991...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoIt’s time to look at the line-out drive
It was interesting to hear Graham Henry, the venerable New Zealand coach who ended almost a quarter of a century of...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoAfter that shambles, AWJ must surely start
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Hand up for selection: Alun Wyn Jones PICTURE: Getty Images By making an...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoJohn Ryan, the Wales coach who lost his stars to rugby league
John Ryan could have been forgiven had he likened coaching the Wales rugby team of the late Eighties to steering Titanic...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoIt’s all a California dream for Nonu, 40
PETER JACKSON Had its release been better timed, a news item from Southern California would have avoided burial beneath the avalanche...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoTime to stop hectoring ref
PETER JACKSON World Rugby, having acted swiftly to punish Rassie Erasmus for his latest video refereeing rant, the governing body must...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoYoung guns show the way ahead
PAUL REES LOOKS FORWARD TO THE WORLD RUGBY AWARDS WHICH ARE ANNOUNCED IN MONTE CARLO TONIGHT SELDOM has a missed conversion...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoLos Lobos keep cool and take their place in France
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Life with Los Lobos is never dull and,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoPainful defeat but a lesson Red Roses can learn from
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What a weekend of rugby we had last week with the women’s...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoLucu gets chance to show what he can do
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Opportunity: Maxime Lucu steps up for France in today’s match against Japan PICTURE: Getty Images When an...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoThat’s what you call a birthday celebration…
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Man of the match: Taulupe Faletau takes on Juan Martin Gonzalez and Julian Montoya HAPPY...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoEngland need to get a lot better, very quickly
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK ENGLAND making root-and-branch changes to their coaching team so close to a World Cup...
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