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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoEuropean Boks have inside gen on the Lions | Chris Hewett
Modern Springbok coaches fall into two camps: far-sighted progressives like Kitch Christie, Jake White and Rassie Erasmus – people who...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Malakai Fekitoa sprinkles his stardust on Monaco
WHAT with Covid doing its worst for the last 15 months or so, Sevens has rather disappeared off the radar with...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRhys Webb counts cost of that Toulon pay-day | Peter Jackson
At the end of the last Lions tour when the entire cast posed for a team photograph, Rhys Webb appeared to...
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/ 5 years ago‘Little fellow’ Bleddyn gets giant farewell from Tigers | Peter Jackson
THEY sat alone with their memories in Leicester Cathedral as the St Anne’s church choir brought Cwm Rhondda to a crescendo,...
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/ 5 years agoBig Joe Cokanasiga must seize his England chance this time | Jeremy Guscott
JOE Cokanasiga on top form is quite simply a lethal rugby player. That is why it is so good to see...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoHeady days before the mighty Oaks tumbled
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 agoRainbow Cup just isn’t worth injury risk | Shane Williams
The Rainbow Cup gives no reason for players who received Lions call-ups to go all-out and risk injury
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLeading lights shining bright at Kingsholm
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools DEAN CLOSE are probably still best known nationally for their hockey...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHearing fans’ roar makes you feel like Superman | Shane Williams
WHEN I played in front of 75,000 screaming Welsh fans at Principality Stadium it used to make me feel like Superman....
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoMacGinty’s great – time his country caught up | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett believes AJ MacGinty is in the form of his life for Sale Sharks
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCJ’s ace in the hole shows laws up | Peter Jackson
Christiaan Johan Stander will long be remembered throughout the Kingdom of Kerry and every other square foot of Munster, his...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMagnificent Morne still has way to go to catch doyen Dusty | Peter Jackson
The stats are hard to overlook for goal-kicker Morne Steyn, called up to the Springboks squad once again to face the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoChampionship is sinking: RFU won’t rescue it! | Nick Cain
Nick Cain's column focusseses on the apparent lack of resistence to ring-fencing the Premiership
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPerpignan power up for return to Top 14 | James Harrington
Perpignan returned to the Top 14 in style after a two-year break, comprehensively beating Biarritz 33-14 in yesterday evening’s ProD2...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMax Malins must force Eddie to make a change at 15 | Jeremy Guscott
The full-back position is wide open to experimentation this summer with Elliot Daly and Anthony Watson away with the Lions, writes...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSkill of Leon Lloyd lit up the bearpit of Max’s Stade | Peter Jackson
As a boy growing up in Coventry, Leon Lloyd had a dream: “To score the winning goal for the Sky Blues...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoBaa-baas’ all-stars go to town in Hong Kong
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 agoBattle for last play-off place goes to the wire | James Harrington
Top 14 rugby returned to broadcast in the UK with tries aplenty being scored
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoStonyhurst College – Rugby aces among the school’s Saints and VCs
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby‘s great schools STONYHURST College in Lancashire can famously claim to have spawned three...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoThe inspirational Pat Lam has built a no-excuses culture | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott examines the strides made by Pat Lam with Bristol Bears three years after their promotion from the Championship
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWhy can’t Japan find home-grown internationals? | Nick Cain
There are 19 foreign-born players named by head coach Jamie Joseph in his Japan squad to tour Europe this summer
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSo good to see Manu Tuilagi back in mint condition | Nick Cain
Tuilagi could still be vital for the Lions should Gatland need to call on a replacement, writes Nick Cain
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoThe 36-man squad Eddie Jones must pick for England this summer | Nick Cain
Nick Cain explains why Eddie Jones must pick a team aged 25 or younger this summer, and how such a squad...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoIt’s ruthless but Booth can’t afford to gamble | Shane Williams
Shane Williams reacts to the release of club stalwart Scott Williams and Cory Allen by Ospreys this week
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSuch a shame I opted for German over French at school! | Shane Williams
After turning down Toulon in his playing career, Shane Williams is now hoping to be able to commentate on the Top...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoAntoine Dupont is Gareth Edwards MkII | Chris Hewett
Does Antoine Dupont remind you of anyone?
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/ 5 years agoIt’s just as well West and Ntamack aren’t slow kickers | Peter Jackson
The Champions Cup final went on and on...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoUlster all about zero once again | Peter Jackson
Ulster's wait for silverware drags on with a miserable way to end their season
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAcademy scattergun not best way to find talent | Jeff Probyn
Putting a value on EQP within the Premiership
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Nick Cain
/ 5 years agoThis lurking wolf will gobble up our game | Nick Cain
THE fantasists who believe that Premiership Rugby is ‘on fire’ with great games of the highest quality are in urgent need...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHobbits can slay the Bok orcs again | Nick Cain
WHEN it comes to setting your team up for a fall, there is no media quite like South Africa’s. The slagging...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWatch out world, game in Japan will sky rocket | Shane Williams
WHEN I moved to Japan in 2012 to play for Mitsubishi Dynaboars, I was one of the first northern hemisphere players to try...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTurnbull’s Cardiff form deserves recognition | Shane Williams
I REMEMBER before the 2011 World Cup with Wales we went on a brutal training camp to Poland. The work we...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoReferees go upstairs more than Casanova | Chris Hewett
Half an hour into a bristling, bruising West Country derby in the early 1990s, the genial Bristol beanpole Andy Blackmore was...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoLions 1997 – from the players themselves
WE’VE seen and heard so much of it, so many times: Ian McGeechan’s “No words, just a look” speech; Jim Telfer’s...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Wigan Warriors gave Union their wake-up call
Brendan Gallagher recalls the illustrious players who shone in the battle of the codes for Wigan Warriors
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoGavin fires the dream for Wood’s Raiders | Peter Jackson
If he so wished, Aaron Wood could put one hand on his heart, the other on the bible and solemnly swear...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRecord man Sam Simmonds reminds me of my old pal ‘Backy’ | Jeremy Guscott
WHAT Sam Simmonds did this week in breaking the Premiership try-scoring record for a season is pretty exceptional. The Exeter Chiefs...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLam helps launch the dazzling rise of Samoa
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What happening...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoSmall numbers, but big success at Bryanston
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BRYANSTON is not a venerable institution, it was only founded in...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoTackling is important too, Quins and Wasps! | Chris Hewett
Matches of anarchy and a more balanced proportion between attack and defence can serve us two very different specatcles, equally entertaining
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSinckler was not good enough when it really mattered | Nick Cain
Are England counting the cost of a poor Six Nations despite having 11 players selected by Lions head coach Warren Gatland?
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU need to source other players to end this ransom | Jeff Probyn
The past few weeks have provided interesting reading re Francis Baron’s thoughts of how things have got out of hand at...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU ignore fact the players voted for the name Saxons | Nick Cain
ONE of the dangers with diversity politics, as illustrated by the RFU decision this week to dispense with the name ‘Saxons’,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRestrict ‘England A’ selection to players aged under 25 | Colin Boag
How best to approach using the revived England A programme for maximum benefit to the elite level
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoToulouse can edge this fascinating French battle | Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott looks ahead to an all-France Champions Cup final between Toulouse and La Rochelle
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoNow Wayne Pivac must build with some new faces | Shane Williams
Experimentation must be central to Wayne Pivac's plans for Wales this summer, writes Shane Williams
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGarish scenes in France enough to send shivers
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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Columnists
/ 5 years agoO’Driscoll puts boot into PRO14 | Peter Jackson
Shrinking TV audiences has seen the exposure of the PRO14 dwindle since it was taken off BBC
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoLewis was poetry in motion | Peter Jackson
PETER JACKSON KEITH McLellan is a fair dinkum Aussie from Bondi Beach, who spent most of the Fifties at Headingley, captaining...
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