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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoThere’s no stopping Ramos
PETER JACKSON Thomas Ramos is en route to finishing the season 100 or so points clear of his nearest challenger across...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoAfter this, Prince Harry could be calling AWJ
PETER JACKSON Alun Wyn Jones continues to treat ‘the media’ with such contempt that it may be but a matter of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWhen Kirk took the All Blacks right to the top of the world
Brendan Gallagher begins a series on the star man at each global gathering Being the first in anything often confers iconic...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoHow a boat trip on the Seine swung the vote
The IRB took the momentous decision to stage a first World Cup in March 1985 in strange circumstances. Prior to their...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Wayne Kilford: ‘Moore told me – The work starts now’
The former Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry and Midlands full-back talks about his life in the game My first captain in senior rugby...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWe must find a way to stop vicious spiral
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Heaven knows The Rugby Paper has been warning...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWhen I needed a helping hand…
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER You could fill a noisy bar with the journalists past and present queuing to buy David Emery...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoBrady’s Bream bunch capture stunning haul
By BEN JAYCOCK Bream RFC have made a miraculous rise through the leagues in recent years with their youthful squad and...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoFolau call was TV turn-off for Gareth
By NICK POWELL Gareth Thomas “refused” to watch the Barbarians vs World XV match last month due to the “contradiction” of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoGame is spending above its means
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Just as we all thought it couldn’t get any worse now the...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoTop two get set to put on the glitz
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It's the final the Top 14 wanted and needed. Toulouse and La Rochelle – the two best...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoHeroic Brumbies fly the flag for Australia
By CAMERON STEPHENS Super Rugby Pacific round-up The Brumbies produced a heroic goal line stand to book their place in this...
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World
/ 3 years agoCheetahs ruin it for Steyn to bag first position
By CAMERON STEPHENS Currie Cup round-up The Cheetahs spoiled Morne Steyn’s Loftus swansong as they mounted a 19-point comeback to win...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSeries 2, Episode 22: Nick Abendanon on his career and French vs English domestic rugby, tributes to David Emery
In April earlier this year Bath and Clermont legend Nick Abendanon called time on a stellar 17-year career. Nick joins host...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoI would have always aimed for a career in rugby – O’Driscoll
Brian O’Driscoll has said he would’ve got involved in rugby in some capacity regardless of whether he was a player or...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPremiership in freefall as Irish suspended
London Irish became the third club in eight months to be removed from the Premiership for financial reasons as the RFU...
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Feature
/ 3 years agoStigma, not disease, that is now HIV’s killer – Thomas
Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas says it is the stigma around HIV, rather than the illness itself, that poses the greatest...
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Schools / Universities
/ 3 years agoAnniversary celebrations set for Rugby School
Rugby School and the children’s charity Wooden Spoon will jointly celebrate two significant milestones on Saturday, June 24th. The event will...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoEaling look to pick up Caulfield
ON THE BLINDSIDE - NEIL FISSLER Ealing Trailfinders are still looking to strengthen their squad for next season despite finding their...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoFollowing famous footsteps
PETER JACKSON When he lived in one of London’s swishest hotels at the height of his trans-Atlantic stardom, Richard Harris made...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘England are dark horses for big prize’
By GARY FITZGERALD England can be World Cup dark horses who “sneak up” on the rail and gallop off with rugby’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoOspreys to demand a transfer fee for Francis
By PETER JACKSON Ospreys are demanding a transfer fee for Wales prop Tomas Francis, France-bound after completing business at the World...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTax bill pushes Irish to the brink
By SAM JACKSON London Irish’s hopes of Premiership survival are hanging by a thread after the club was hit with winding-up...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoCall to hold all county finals at Twickenham
By LUKE JARMYN All men’s and women’s County Championship finals should take place at Twickenham as part of a weekend festival...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDickens raring to get going at Tigers
By BEN JAYCOCK Leicester Tigers new attack and backs coach Alan Dickens is excited about reuniting with the multitude of players...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJones can fire up Aussies, says Cooper
By GARY FITZGERALD Quade Cooper is bubbling about Australia’s World Cup chances, now they have Eddie Jones back holding the reins....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWe will have to front up, says Laidlaw
By BRYN PALMER Scotland's players need to swiftly “front up” to the reality of their World Cup pool if they are...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson: We want to improve and not just be one-off wonders
By PAUL REES Sale took their pain to Spain. The day after the Premiership final defeat to Saracens at Twickenham, the...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoEnforce laws and game will be safer
WORLD Rugby should abandon their ‘player welfare’ platitudes and make the game safer by merely enforcing its own laws. A fortnight...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoSale’s time will come
SARACENS proved they are still ahead of the field with last Saturday’s triumph over Sale, but I back Alex Sanderson’s side...
