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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Why Manu Tuilagi deserves just a little sympathy
If any England player was likely to stray off the straight-and-narrow then Manu Tuilagi was always a prime candidate. That was...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: This Bath side has the ability, now they must finish the job
Bath have arrived as true Premiership contenders again, and with a home semi-final already secured I would bet on them at...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoGlenn Delaney: The salary cap cheats must be hammered
London Irish coach insists there can be no second chances for Premiership salary cap cheats beyond the end of this season.
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain looks at the likely composition of Stuart Lancaster’s World Cup squad
There’s a spaghetti of conflicting views surrounding the long-squad of around 50 players – initially billed as 45 – that Stuart...
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Shane Williams
/ 11 years agoShane Williams’ column: World-class Matthew Morgan needs to play in Premiership
I don’t say this lightly but Matthew Morgan is one of the most naturally gifted players in the world. Yes, I...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoManu Tuilagi ‘will be worried about his big brother’
Leicester Tigers are to ask Tuilagi’s elder brother Freddie to keep a closer eye on their young star and ensure he...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoAlex Corbisiero set to miss World Cup – Trevor Woodman
Lions prop set for World Cup heartbreak according to former England prop who believes Joe Marler and Mako Vunipola will be...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoManu Tuilagi kicked out of England squad for assaulting police officer
Leicester centre convicted this week of three charges of assault and one of criminal damage.
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson’s column: Poachers at work on both sides of Severn
One day long ago during a break from curing toothache at his dental practice in Newbridge, Derek Morgan found himself asked...
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Shane Williams
/ 11 years agoShane Williams’ column: Why a Scarlets victory is vital for Wales cause
Scarlets face two ‘cup finals’ in the next seven days and for the sake of Welsh rugby, it is vital they...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: What’s the money on Toulon making it four on the spin?
As the dust settles on the first ever Champions Cup and the remarkable but unsurprising success of Toulon in winning their...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoEngland shouldn’t pension off old guard says Ugo Monye
Ugo Monye believes England‘s World Cup wing selections are potentially set in stone but has urged boss Stuart Lancaster not to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s feature: How the RAF revived spirit of Bader and Cooler King
Through adversity to the stars, as the RAF motto proclaims. Taking on the might of the Army and Navy has always...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to Saracens wing Chris Ashton about England and the Premiership title race
Chris Ashton has spent all season looking-in at the England squad from the outside, and the Saracens wing yearns to be...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoTom Varndell: I won’t quit England until I beat Mark Cueto’s record
Tom Varndell wants to end his career abroad but he will not leave English rugby until he is the most prolific...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Contract blackmail harms World Cup
The parlous state of the Tier Two nations was emphasised this week by Dan Leo, the Samoa and London Irish lock....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: Marland Yarde and Christian Wade deserve another look by Stuart Lancaster
The England back three is still a work in progress, and with Manu Tuilagi not back from injury until just before...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoCharlie Sharples blasts Euro bosses for play-off grind
Gloucester wing Charlie Sharples has slammed European Cup chiefs for plunging the Cherry & Whites into play-offs at the expense of...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoMartin Haag: Don’t stop clubs from daring to dream
No clubs should be denied the chance of ‘doing a Bournemouth’.
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International Rugby
/ 11 years agoVIDEO: Interview with TV broadcaster John Inverdale
The latest Killik Rugby interview is with the broadcaster John Inverdale, who will front ITV’s coverage of this year’s World Cup....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Sorry, but is all this legislation making the game any safer?
There are times when I worry for the future of our great sport with all the accusations and promises banded about...
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Shane Williams
/ 11 years agoShane Williams: Outstanding Liam Williams deserves run at No.15
Liam Williams is playing so well right now that he could do the unimaginable and grab the Wales No.15 jersey off...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Regions feel the love at last from Team Wales
Six months after his installation as chairman, Gareth Davies has succeeded in putting the Union back into Welsh rugby. His is...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoLong-shot Joe Simpson looking to close gap on No.9 rivals
Wasps scrum-half believes his ability to be a game-changing ‘super sub’ is the point of difference that will propel him into...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Clear the air? No, Fartgate only left a very nasty smell!
It was 20 years ago today – the Sunday of the early May Bank Holiday – that one of the strangest...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Let’s unhitch this truck and trailer for good
The truck-and-trailer maul has been the scourge of the modern game. In a nutshell, it allows a wedge of offside players...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoWatch us finish World Sevens Series with a flourish, says Tom Mitchell
England Sevens captain warns rivals that, having been good enough to win in Tokyo, they will be in much better shape...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoRichie McCaw will be hungry to end on high warns Neal Back
Former England flanker has warned New Zealand’s World Cup rivals to write off Richie McCaw at their peril.
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoFive years? That’s a prison term argue Championship bosses
Championship clubs react furiously to suggestions of a five-year moratorium on promotion and relegation in Premiership.
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoDanny Cipriani’s advice helps Cooper Vuna get up to speed
Worcester wing sensation Cooper Vuna says advice from former Melbourne Rebels teammate Danny Cipriani has helped him settle into English rugby...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoKevin Sinfield can’t wait to kick off challenge at Yorkshire Carnegie
Leeds outfit the best chance possible of being a success in Rugby Union.
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to Wasps No.8 Nathan Hughes about his international choices
Nathan Hughes is a wanted man. Wanted by England as well as Fiji, the land of his father, and where he...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott: Stuart Lancaster must not bow to PRL double-standards
Stuart Lancaster should bring Steffon Armitage into the World Cup training squad he will announce later this month using the ‘exceptional...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s verdict on Toulon’s Champions Cup win: The old Sea Wolves are simply majestic
I ceased caring about how many millions Toulon allegedly spend on their squad a long time ago. In fact the more...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoNewcastle defiant despite Premiership clubs’ deficit nearing £25m
Newcastle managing director confident Falcons can become Premiership force despite incurring huge losses for a second successive year.
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoExodus of stars at Leicester Tigers is alarming says Neil Back
Leicester legend accuses old club of standing still and fears they will fall even further behind their rivals if top players...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoBen Youngs is confident that Leicester ‘culture’ won’t be diluted by foreign recruits
The Tigers announced the capture of six players and only one is English-born.
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Shane Williams
/ 11 years agoShane Williams’ column: Lee Byrne paid heavy price for chasing Euro glory
Lee Byrne’s career is both a model and a warning to young Welsh players. For a time, Lee was the best...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson’s column: Leigh Halfpenny’s £5 note has been repaid with interest
Leigh Halfpenny won his first goalkicking prize from the most acute of angles at the age of ten – a £5...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Ring-fencing would damage potential World Cup legacy
The almost universal acceptance by the media that ring-fencing the Premiership will actually take place, even if it’s just for a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years ago“I rejected big money move for England,” says Nick Easter
Steffon Armitage’s decision to play in France should preclude him from an England call up, according to Harlequins back-rower.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s Champions Cup team of the tournament
15 Nick Abendanon (above) – Clermont For some reason his stellar performances for Clermont seem to have attracted more attention than...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s feature: Never call Carl Hayman a mercenary… he’s been a galactico!
Three giants of the game – metaphorically and physically – depart the European scene at Twickenham on Saturday as the clock...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain examines the implications of Australia’s U-turn on overseas players
The tectonic plates shifted this week not just in the Pool A fight between England, Wales and Australia for their tripartite...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoSemesa Rokoduguni’s form warranted a fairer crack blasts Neal Hatley
Bath win must not become a ‘one-cap wonder’
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s column: Wallabies were always going to pick star names
New Zealand will not be panicking as much as Australia about the talent drain to Top 14, Premiership and Pro12 clubs...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain’s column: Such double standards wreck PRL credibility
When it comes to putting on a show of home-town partisan support there is no club, or province, in England, Ireland,...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoTony Spreadbury: I got it wrong… but give young refs a break
RFU referees supremo still intends giving up-and-coming whistlers a chance.
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Featured
/ 11 years agoElton Flatley: Matt Giteau’s recall damages Wales’ chances
Matt Giteau’s Australian reinstatement will put Wales in greater World Cup danger than England, according to the Wallaby who almost changed...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoBuccaneer Sam Burgess tailor-made for No.6 – Francois Louw
Sam Burgess‘s future lies on the blindside flank, according to Bath openside Francois Louw, who was hugely impressed with the former...
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