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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWe’re backing England insist Wasps, despite foreign legion
Wasps insist they remain committed to developing England-qualified players despite falling well short of RFU targets for season 2015-16. The Coventry-based...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Championship playoffs set to be scrapped
By NEALE HARVEY The controversial Championship play-offs are set to be discarded as part of a new £220m, eight-year agreement between...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoSpeed king Marcus Watson on track to claim prized Rio Olympics spot
Marcus Watson returned to the World Sevens circuit last week, and although it was a shock to the system, the Newcastle...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher looks at how Wales have never yet come to terms with touring in New Zealand
Wales don’t travel to New Zealand often and when they do it’s usually calamitous but history will show that their first...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Fans flock to watch match with no meaning
England against Wales at Twickenham last autumn resulted in the hosts being ejected from the World Cup with indecent haste. The...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoPlayoff pain will work in our favour long term says Dai Young
Dai Young believes Wasps‘ double dose of semi-final heartache will strengthen their bid to recapture the cub’s glory days. Defeat in...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: It’s another dangerous Maverick manoeuvre
Chris Ashton is a maverick. Ever since he crossed codes by leaving Wigan for Northampton he has never been far from...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Marland Yarde offers better balance to how Eddie Jones wants to play
Selection is something that everyone thinks they are better at than anyone else, and so always causes a stir of emotion....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoSigns pointing up for Sale after tough ten years
Sale legend Dean Schofield believes his former club are on course to challenge for domestic silverware again ten years after they...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Ben Te’o comes from League but he’s not Sam Burgess Mkll
Ben Te’o is an athlete who has the presence to be an international centre, which is what he will hope to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher column: Alex Goode now epitomises the modern day attacking No.15
The outstanding Alex Goode has always struck me as a slightly unlucky player. First, he is blessed with an all court...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain’s Team of the Year
When Saracens became the first Premiership side to win the European Cup for eight years in Lyon a fortnight ago, they...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoDean Ryan looking to flick the power switch at Worcester
Worcester boss Dean Ryan has called on his home-grown stars to step up physically and match the power game of their...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoSRU pulls out of London Scottish partnership
The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) Board has ended the Development Partnership they had been operating with London Scottish since January. However,...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoNew boys backed to spark Freddie Burns’ Test bid
Freddie Burns still has an England future according to Leicester head coach Aaron Mauger, who reckons the summer arrivals of Test...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: England’s colourful history of touring Australia
Compared with New Zealand and South Africa, an England trip to Australia is sometimes seen as a ‘softer’ tour but the...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Lions tour schedule devised by donkeys
A year from now the 2017 Lions will be travelling to the other end of the world with the aim of...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoAaron Mauger: Reduce fixtures or risk injury increase
Leicester head coach Aaron Mauger has demanded a reduction in the number of games in order to reduce the risk of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Premiership final preview
It’s been a long haul but nobody can question that the two best and most consistent club sides in England will...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: The Welshman who helped spark Saracens’ revolution
Mark Evans has never forgotten his first night of European football, watching Cardiff City beat Real Madrid from the blue-collar Grange...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Bill Beaumont’s got a big job balancing demands to suit everyone
Over the last week the rugby world has had a real shake-up which has the potential to transform when and where...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoOwen Farrell’s fast becoming undroppable like Jonny Wilkinson says Ugo Monye
Owen Farrell is a “champion player” who is on track to emulate the achievements of Jonny Wilkinson, according to former England...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: South African route may lead Bath down another dead end
Mike Ford said throughout the season that he was meeting with Bath‘s owner, Bruce Craig, on a weekly basis, and that...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams column: Bradley Davies’ so right to play with Alun Wyn Jones
The return of Bradley Davies to Wales on a national dual contract next season came as a surprise to some, especially...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoDave Ewers stepping up his challenge to Chris Robshaw
Dave Ewers will challenge Chris Robshaw for his England place according to Exeter Chiefs teammate Don Armand, who describes Stuart Lancaster‘s...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoHeavyweight Ben Glynn ready to land the knockout in Round 2
Bristol may already have one foot in the Premiership, but lock Ben Glynn has challenged his teammates to leave nothing to...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoMatt Challinor remains resolute on mammoth task ahead
Doncaster stalwart Matt Challinor says the Knights are determined to round their season off on a high note against Bristol at...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoSimon Amor urged to pick Joe Simpson for Olympic showpiece
Charles Piutau reckons Wasps teammate Joe Simpson is more than capable of making the transition to Sevens rugby for the Rio...
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Summer Tours
/ 10 years agoEngland Saxons squad named for South Africa tour
The squad for England Saxons’ tour to South Africa in June has been announced together with its coaching staff. The 27-man...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Modern pros would do well to remember the old days
With the season over for all but the chosen few in the Premiership playoffs or the various tours in the next...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher column: Connacht, the ‘poor relations’ of Irish rugby
That which doesn’t break you, makes you. My favourite rugby pictures, and indeed story of the season so far, were the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: James Davies can use Warren Gatland snub to star in Olympics
According to Warren Gatland, New Zealand is no country for young men to be initiated into the ranks of Test rugby,...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoChris Robshaw indebted to ‘honest’ Eddie Jones for his revival
Revitalised Chris Robshaw cannot wait to tackle Australia again after bouncing back from his personal World Cup nightmare. Robshaw suffered a...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Wallabies will be formidable on fast ground Down Under
George Smith has always defied convention, and the 35-year-old veteran Aussie openside continues to do so, capping his first – and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher column: Return to the Exeter Championship title in 2010
The last time Exeter finished second in a regular season and contested the play-offs we witnessed a master class from Rob...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoWe’re ready for Aussies thanks to guru Eddie Jones
Bullish Ben Youngs reckons England’s tourists are ready to shock Australia next month under the belligerent leadership of Eddie Jones. Having...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher column: Raise a glass to the Bramley Road faithful
It’s a long way from Bramley Road Southgate to the Grande Stadium Lyon and that journey has taken the best part...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Mercenaries under fire as Agustin Pichot cries foul
Agustin Pichot was always a visionary scrum-half and the former Argentine captain has wasted no time in getting stuck into the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Peak fitness has enabled George Kruis to scale new heights
George Kruis gets my vote for Player of the Year. Great players are defined by consistency of performance and what they...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoSteffon Armitage? We’d take him, says Dallaglio
A move by Wasps to sign Steffon Armitage would make sense to everyone involved according to club legend.
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Featured
/ 10 years agoSix Nations heads for talks on relegation
The organisers of the Six Nations are to consider introducing promotion and relegation to the world’s oldest annual international championship. After...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams column: Gregor Townsend’s got his Glasgow Warriors battle-ready for Galway
As the dust settles on a pretty miserable Welsh effort in the Pro12, defending champions Glasgow Warriors are my tip to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoLuke Narraway upbeat despite London Irish relegation
Luke Narraway is convinced relegated London Irish can follow the examples of Harlequins and Northampton by bouncing back to the top-flight...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Even with TMOs, referees still miss foul play
At close of play on Friday night, 23 players had been sent off in European club competition this season compared to...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Play-offs should be used to assess tier two quality
The end of the season always spells triumph or disaster for one club or another and this year is no exception....
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams column: Final day meltdown was just not acceptable
There’s no escaping the harsh reality that this has been the worst season in the history of Welsh regional rugby. Wales...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoDanny Care boy destined to get ton up says Nick Evans
Livewire Danny Care will become England‘s most capped scrum-half and the first to win a century of caps, according to Harlequins...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher on the love story between Harlequins and Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup in its many guises has been good to Harlequins and vice versa. Quins have won Europe’s second tier...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Saracens can batter down the gates of Europe
Two years ago Saracens hit the wall. Then, as now, there was a European and Premiership double for the taking, but...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoGareth Anscombe is facing a ‘warm’ welcome home
Gareth Anscombe is braced for a rocky return to New Zealand after turning his back on the All Blacks. Anscombe is...
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