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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoMatson is welcome addition to melting pot
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Younger readers will find this hard to believe, but the art historian Kenneth Clark knew so much...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoDefibrillators are essential, every club should have one | Shane Williams
An issue that is personal for Shane Williams that has raised awareness once again after the passing of Alex Evans at...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSean Fitzpatrick raises key question for regions | Peter Jackson
The role of central contracts and players actually playing for their region has been an issue that has long negated the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoRFU funds needed to maintain leagues
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The way it was: a great Championship clash between Ealing Trailfinders and...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoGeorgians dominate Top 14 pack | Peter Jackson
SHOULD a strange sound be heard in the Kremlin, it will probably be Stalin spinning in his grave. The brutal Soviet...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoVoters ‘No’ to Dexter and Carwyn | Peter Jackson
TED DEXTER would have been amused to be classed in the same bracket as Carwyn James and Clem Thomas. By standing...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRonan O’Gara’s diamonds can come up trumps | James Harrington
James Harrington previews the new Top 14 season and sees promise in La Rochell's hopes of banishing heartbreak in the final
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoI’m delighted for Cheslin Kolbe, he deserves all the riches | Jeremy Guscott
The newest member of rugby's One Millions Pounds Club, Cheslin Kolbe warrants the rich rewards for his entertaining skillset
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoSean Fitzpatrick is talking heresy and real sense | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett on Sean Fitzpatrick's comments of how rugby can lead itself to greater growth by reducing international fixtures
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWhy no fixtures out yet for URC?
ONE month to go and still no word of the fixtures for the opening round of the United Rugby Championship. At...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoI can’t wait for Gareth Anscombe to return, but go slowly! | Shane Williams
The Wales fly-half is back in full training at the Ospreys ahead of the autumn
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoThreat to pro rugby in Biarritz is very real | James Harrington
On paper, there was little out of the ordinary about Friday’s preseason friendly between impending Top 14 rivals Biarritz and Bordeaux....
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCipriani magic can get Bath back in the title mix | Jeremy Guscott
Can Danny Cipriani marshal Bath's backline to its potential and a top-four finish in the Premiership?
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoJoke isn’t on fun figure Cockerill any more | Chris Hewett
Richard Cockerill in as England's forwards coach? Chris Hewett on a bullish Midlander transitioning into coaching
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoI sat on the bench for four years unused! | Jeff Probyn
Substitutes, replacements, tactical subs, impact players or finishers... whatever you like to call them they are the bone of contention for...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMichael Hooper shows his class in best Wallaby tradition | Peter Jackson
Another Bledisloe Cup series leaves the Wallabies captain on the losing side
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoLions should have put pressure on Boks’ backs
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What we hoped would be a successful Lions series turned into a...
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoCouncil steps in to take care of Beziers after Emirati takeover collapse | James Harrington
Thirteen months ago, you probably recall, a proposed mega-money takeover of French ProD2 side Béziers dominated the rugby headlines on the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWales can feed off grassroots energy | Shane Williams
Can the feel-good return of rugby to the grassroots permeate to the top level of the game in Wales?
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSilence over Erasmus punishment is deafening | Shane Williams
Mixed messages from World Rugby have given the wrong impression of what rugby's core values are, writes Shane Williams
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoExodus of the props brings era to an end | Chris Hewett
THERE was a time, not so long ago, when Premiership clubs would pay tighthead props in Bitcoin, provided they were good...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLions tour 2025: These Lions would thrill in Australia with Lam’s magic
Brendan Gallagher picks his Lions coach and starting XV for the 2025 tour TRYING to anticipate a Lions starting fifteen is...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThis smearing of Gatland as conservative is claptrap | Nick Cain
Nick Cain fails to understand how people can question Warren Gatland as a coach given his record at the Test level
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Features
/ 5 years agoBig question for Eddie is, where will Owen Farrell play?
After he did not start a Lions Test, Paul Rees gauges whether Owen Farrell's England place could be under threat
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoNo risk, no reward for Gatland’s stolid Lions | Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson looks at some of the contentious moments on the field during the 2021 Lions tour
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Peter Jackson
/ 5 years agoAlun Wyn Jones four letter faux-pas | Peter Jackson
TWELVE men – four Irish, four Welsh, two English, two Scottish – have captained the Lions over the last 50 years,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoUltimate warrior JPR enters the world stage
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoThe sterile Lions Tests are killing the game | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett on how the boredom set in watching the three Lions Tests this summer
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoKick-fests will make us all turn off the TV | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott on rugby's beige kicking game
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWill Greenwood needed mute button | Peter Jackson
AMONG the massed ranks of Englishspeaking sportsmen and women, few can match Will Greenwood’s command of the language. His ever-readiness to...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoTimes when the Lions were fouled by the officials
Nick Cain on why the neutrality of referees is imperative to Lions tours, as history can attest
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoLions series needed Buzz Aldrin at full-back | Chris Hewett
There are those revered for their kicking ability over the decades, but the sport has changed its dynamics and expectations since...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoA draw can signify honour, just ask the Olympians | Chris Hewett
CONTRARY to the spirit of an age obsessed with winners and losers, there is nothing wrong with a draw. Ask Mutaz...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLions should ditch Boks slog for Buenos Aires party | Brendan Gallagher
If Rassie Erasmus deems it fit to tarnish the integrity of a Lions tour with his crashing bore of a video,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoOwen Farrell Lions snub means he misses a major milestone | Peter Jackson
Owen Farrell stands in some esteemed company as England and Lions fly-half
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoOur water breaks were called half-time!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well just as I suggested two weeks ago, we have had a...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEven the All Blacks honoured the quality of full-back Terry Price | Peter Jackson
The Welsh full-back revered by the Kiwis during the late 1950s
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoBrookes in to power up Toulon set-piece | James Harrington
A Toulouse-like revival at Toulon doesn't look set to happen this season on paper
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSpringboks are best one-trick pony in world rugby | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott on just how difficult the Springboks are to beat
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMorne Steyn did same to me 12 years ago | Shane Williams
Shane Williams knows exactly how the 2021 Lions will have been feeling once they collected their thoughts back in the dressing...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoIt’s high time globetrotter Eddie honed home stars | Nick Cain
After surviving a review into a poor Six Nations campaign, Nick Cain is stumped by Eddie Jones' continued day-tripping to other...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoBattle-weary Springboks are one of great modern sides | Daniel Gallan
Daniel Gallan wraps up the meaning of the Springboks to South Africa after their triumph in the third Test
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoVerdict: Two tries in three Tests don’t win Lions tours
Brendan Gallagher picks apart how the Lions lost the third Test, after leading at half-time
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoUnion game is on a hiding in Australia | Nick Cain
AUSTRALIAN rugby will always be measured against that of their closest neighbours – which unluckily for them happens to be New...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoWho’d want to see this lot waiting for them?
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEverything was stacked against Lions from the start | Nick Cain
No, rugby is not coming to an end. This Lions tour posed significant challenges to both teams, it was just the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSevens wizards had a spell on Rosslyn Park
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT’S time to sing the praises of a remarkable school and...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHome-grown talent at Bristol Bears? Don’t make me laugh | Jeff Probyn
Jeff Probyn's take on the philosophy at Bristol Bears
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoVerdict: Waterboy Rassie Erasmus can’t gloss over this
Brendan Gallagher's view on the second Test and how the signs were there from the off that Rassie's video had an...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSuch brilliant rugby deserved the mightiest of crowds to applaud it
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the Olympics and 30 minutes of the most intense sevens rugby he's seen
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