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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson: Action man Alun-Wyn is charging towards record
If his track record is anything to go by, Alun-Wyn Jones will pass another landmark towards the end of the coming...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoNick Cain: Dangerous for PRO14 to copy Super Rugby conferences
The new PRO14 marks South Africa‘s first steps at shifting from SANZAAR to align with the Northern Hemisphere. The inclusion of...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoDan Robson on track to go distance with Wasps
Wasps scrum-half Dan Robson says he will push the boundaries of endurance in an effort to overcome last season’s double dose...
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Nick Cain
/ 8 years agoNick Cain gets Eddie Jones’ verdict of the summer action
Eddie Jones started the new season by announcing he intends to turn his England squad into trailblazers who will reach fitness...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: I’m puzzled why women’s game needs a World Cup
With the women’s World Cup starting this week, hope is the excitement that the tournament will generate could be great for...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoCatherine Spencer: These professional Red Roses are red hot favourites to defend title
In 2008 we played France away in the Six Nations and recorded England‘s biggest victory over Les Bleus, winning 31-0. We...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoAlex Lozowski fine-tuning basics for England bid
Alex Lozowksi has declared himself ready to rise to the challenge of retaining his hard-won England place after impressing on the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoSaracens fear explosion in wages could wreck team
Saracens coach Alex Sanderson fears the club may struggle to retain their galaxy of England and Lions stars, with the likes...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoAction man Alun-Wyn is charging towards record
If his track record is anything to go by, Alun-Wyn Jones will pass another landmark towards the end of the coming...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoFarewell to Melville, a trendsetter and an honest one
ERIC MELVILLE deserves room in that special place reserved for those global trendsetters who changed the course of rugby history. The...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoWizards weaved magic on field and off it too
EVERY club has its share of characters but only one can lay claim to a Labour life peer as president (Baron...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoCrusaders deny dream ending for Ackermann
By NICK VERDIER Lions …………………17pts Tries: Marx 64, Fourie 73 Conversions: Janjtjies 65, 73 Penalty: Janjtjies 27 Crusaders…………25pts Tries: Tamanivalu 8,...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoRead leads Kiwi charge to restore the world order
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Although it might be a slight exaggeration to claim that the Crusaders’ Super Rugby triumph at Ellis Park...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoO’Flaherty quits Blues to chase dream with England
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY SUPER-CONFIDENT Chiefs new boy Tom O’Flaherty reckons he is ready to lay down a marker by...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTata Steel…5 Ebbw Vale …26
By ED JONHSON CENTRE James Lewis was at the double as former Principality Premiership champions Ebbw Vale opened their pre-season campaign...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoUnderdogs Wales to unleash teenage sensation George
Wales WALES face a huge battle to get out of their pool but head coach Rowland Phillips is desperate to put...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoAberavon …84 Aberavon Past…41
By MATT PORTER IT was tries galore at the Talbot Athletic Ground in a clash between the past and present of...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoConfidence is booming after beating world’s best
By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND will be the team with a target on their back following their successful tour of New Zealand,...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoIslanders unable to stem French tide
By TOM INNES Vannes …………38 Jersey Reds.14 JERSEY Reds headed to Britanny for their first match in the professional era against...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoThese professional Red Roses are red hot favourites to defend title
CATHERINE SPENCER Ordinary people: England lift trophy in 2014 In 2008 we played France away in the Six Nations and recorded...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoYstalyfera …17 Neath…38
By SAM DAVIES NEATH hit Ystalyfera for six in an entertaining warm-up match at the Ynysydaren Ground. Outside centre Richard Smith...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 9 years agoMolloy takes charge after Ireland hit by Briggs withdrawal
New skipper: Claire Molloy Ireland CLAIRE Molloy will have the honour of leading Ireland at their home World Cup following the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWalker try puts Quins on road to victory
By STUART RILEY HARLEQUINS left it late but two tries in the last ten minutes made sure they began their pre-season...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWinter’s content after watching young guns put Lions to the sword
By SAM JACKSON L Lions …19 Coventry …48 COVENTRY began their promotion-chasing season with convincing friendly win on the road at...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGuernsey defences destroyed by Knights firepower
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Featured
/ 9 years agoScarratt: We’re not champions, just contenders
It seems like yesterday that Emily Scarratt was thrust into the rugby limelight as the leading points scorer and player of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 9 years agoJeff Probyn: Replace women’s contracts with individual match fees
As I prepare to write this article, I have a feeling of impending doom as the last time I broached this...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Johnny lost to Wales because of his colour
They carried Johnny Freeman from St. Mary’s church last week and out of what used to be Tiger Bay on a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoFord’s no loss with Freddie at the helm says Banahan
Matt Banahan is convinced Bath have emerged far stronger from the controversial deal that saw George Ford and Freddie Burns swap...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoDan Leo: Charitable mindset has held back Pacific rugby
Much of the kiwi media-fare leading up to the third test between New Zealand and the Lions focussed on Kieran Read...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher previews the Women’s World Cup
The memory of 2014 in France might still be fresh with us but women’s rugby has moved on apace and, a...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoMike Ford: My love of risk-taking has landed me in the USA
The opportunity to try something new appealed to me when Dallas Griffins owner Phil Camm asked me to head up the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoDenton: I had to quit Bath for Test dream
David Denton wants to wear the Scotland jersey again but as hard as it was to admit, he reckons it would...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoJones wants Tour to help England go the distance
Eddie Jones is back at Twickenham. The silence and calm in the surrounds of England Rugby‘s fortress that is now his...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: England have only two world class players in their squad
This week heralds the announcement of the 45- strong England EPS squad and it feels like a big staging post, the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWilliams is lean, keen and ready to fight for England dream
London Irish midfielder Johnny Williams has vowed to come back fitter, stronger and faster as he aims to get his England...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: Break the bank to keep Biggar at Ospreys
Here’s my message to the Welsh Rugby Union; you have to try and pull out all the stops to help keep...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoBreak the bank to keep Dan at Ospreys
Key man at Ospreys: Dan Biggar PICTURE: Getty Images HERE’S MY message to the Welsh Rugby Union; you have to try...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoRuthless Crusaders march into final with Tamanivalu at double
By NICK VERDIER Match-winner: Seta Tamanivalu scored twice to give the Crusaders the win Out: Brodie Retallick picked up the only...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoFreestyle Wasps are cut above the rest
By NICK VERDIER Back-to-back: Wasps lift the Premiership Sevens trophy for the second year running PICTURES: Getty Images WASPS will once...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoHandling of expansion has become a shambles
I COVERED the expansion of the Guinness PRO12 in my column last week, but seven days later we’re no closer to...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoAckermann has wish come true
By NICK VERDIER Back to back: Kwagga Smith scores to secure a a second consecutive final for the Lions THE Lions...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLivewire Randall presses case for first team action
PLATE ROUND-UP A BLISTERING start handed Gloucester a 22-12 win over Saracens to win the Plate at the Premiership Sevens in...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoLate Collins try earns local bragging rights for Saints
BOWL ROUND-UP NORTHAMPTON won the first East Midlands derby of the season as a late try from Tom Collins helped them...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoCharitable mindset has held back Pacific rugby
Fifty up: Akapusi Qera, with insets David Lemi, Census Johnston and Nili Latu PICTURE: Getty Images Much of the kiwi media-fare...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoReplace women’s contracts with individiual match fees
World cup captain: England No.8 Sarah Hunter, World Rugby’s player of the year for 2016 PICTURE: Getty Images As I prepare...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoOnly world beaters will get tickets for this ride
THIS week heralds the announcement of the 45- strong England EPS squad and it feels like a big staging post, the...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoFar from fun as Wild era kicks off in controversy
In the spotlight: Stade’s Fijian wing Waisea Nayacalevu PICTURE: Getty Images It wasn’t quite what Dr. Hans- Peter Wild ordered this...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoAbington celebrates the life of Saints hero Mobbs
THE 100th anniversary of Edgar Mobbs’ death at the Third Battle off Ypres falls tomorrow and the town of Northampton will...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoJohnny lost to Wales because of his colour
Halifax record-breaker: Cardiff’s Johnny Freeman They carried Johnny Freeman from St. Mary’s church last week and out of what used to...
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