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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSoper was All Blacks’ star prospect – better than Meads
ALISTAIR ‘Ack’ Soper died aged 83 in Invercargill this week, an uncapped All Black tourist (number 590) but probably not a...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
GWILYM BRADLEY CARDIFF BLUES NO.7 When Gwilym Bradley suffered a serious wrist injury that wiped out his 2018/19 season and caused...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoWill RFU use snatch squads over Swing Low?
THE decision by the RFU to launch a review of the historical context of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot shows how inept...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSwing Low was song of tribute to black star
THERFU stand accused of many crass decisions and incompetencies over the decades but they really do not have to get their...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRing-fence could reduce the drain on RFU funding
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Ireally enjoyed last week’s article interviewing Plymouth Albion commercial manager Chris Bentley and his...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAltrad’s run for mayor hit by third cap scandal
FRENCH COLUMN Billionaire Mohed Altrad is running to be mayor of Montpellier - a position which would mean giving up the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoBeauden gets a dig from his old mate Coles
SUPER RUGBY By SAMUEL JACKSON NEW Zealand playmaker Beauden Barrett enjoyed victory over former side the Hurricanes on his Blues debut...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoKiwi crowds show they back their players
Igot to speak to Warren Gatland last week in the wake of rugby’s return in New Zealand. He was in great...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRugby must not go soft on the true red card offences
Winning start: Beauden Barrett helped Auckland Blues to victory over his old side the Hurricanes PICTURE: Getty Images ALL those supporters...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoChiefs have look of Euro champs
Europe crown awaits: Sam Simmonds scores Exeter’s fourth try against La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images NOW WE know the PRO14 will...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSerevi was a showboat but also a serial winner
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring photographs, and explains the story behind the iconic image What’s happening here?...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 5-1
Brendan Gallagher reaches No.1 in the countdown and tells the stories behind how the five on this list originated
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Features
/ 6 years agoLions contenders RANKED – Jon Davies can still ruffle Bok feathers
Nick Cain pins Wales centre Jon Davies as the main man for the Lions No.13 shirt
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Features
/ 6 years agoShaun Edwards interview – Coming to France has probably taken me out of the Lions job
In such little time, Shaun Edwards has helped France deal with the intensity of sporting cauldrons
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Rugby has benefitted from ill-gotten gains
Colston College has been one of rugby's strongest schools in the country, but play under an infamous name
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Keith Lyons, the bushfire hero who blazed a trail in rugby analytics
Lyons' influence and keen eye for breaking down rugby helped the likes of Alan Davies, Alec Evans and Kevin Bowring
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 10-6
The national anthems of Italy and Scotland appear next in the next phase of our countdown
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: I shudder at the way Dan Carter destroyed the Lions ’05
Carter's return to New Zealand has cast Shane Williams back to the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour when the fly-half...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoHard as nails Des Seabrook was the scourge of All Blacks
Obituary: Brendan Gallagher writes on the life of Orrell, Lancashire and North rugby figure, Des Seabrook
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: 2023 Rugby World Cup draw can’t be held amid the chaos
Set to be held in November 2020, Nick Cain explains why it wouldn't be moral timing to hold the RWC2023 draw
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Fight the good fight but beware disaster in wage cut negotiations
Jeff Probyn believes young players shouldn't be impacted by the push to reduce wage bills
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Players must be given a voice over salary cuts
Jeremy Guscott asserts why comprising agreed contracts in line with an obvious need to reduce spending is never easy when you...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 15-11
The passionate national anthem of Argnetina features on Brendan Gallagher's countdown
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 rugby anthems countdown: 20-16
'Why, why, why Delilah?' enters the first of our four-part countdown of rugby's great anthems
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoGareth’s team start Millfield’s 7s dynasty
Brendan Gallagher begins a new series looking at rugby’s great schools Carrying the torch: Callum Sheedy lifts the 2014 Rosslyn Park...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Tuilagi has the power to trouble de Allende
Irish duo in tow for battle of Lions No.12 shirt for tour of South Africa
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: In a galaxy far, far away lives World Rugby men
Would the little green men out there in the universe be baffled by rugby?
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Features
/ 6 years agoLuke Cowan-Dickie interview – Hooked on being the best for England
Is the gap closing on Jamie George after the Exeter hooker's form this season?
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: New rule gives spirit of the game a red card
Peter Jackson looks at the thin ice rugby is treading after introducing the orange card
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Eddie Jones makes a good point I’ve been hammering for years
Eddie Jones recently suggested one way rugby could be changed for the better in the second half of contests
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: So Super that rugby is back on the TV
Rugby will be back on our screens this weekend when the Highlanders host the Chiefs
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: So who was really in charge at Gloucester?
Brendan Gallagher looks at how the director of rugby and head coach roles can appear blurred
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: French cash crisis and JIFF rule should halt Racing’s bid for Itoje
Racing 92's recruitment thus far closed their chequebook after the signing of Kurtley Beale, writes James Harrington
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Sam Burgess gets his own back in the end
Nick Cain reacts to Sam Burgess finally giving his account of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, after staying silent until last...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU facing new round of staff cuts in cash crisis at Twickenham
The financial accounts for 2019 show the RFU have next to no reserves
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEddie’s right, cut the subs to open up the game again
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK In the minority: Faf de Klerk is one of only two small Springboks PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoExclusive: I’ll never be like Beauden but I’m a bloody-minded winner, says Dan Biggar
Wales and Northampton fly-half Dan Biggar hasn't looked back since arriving at Franklin's Gardens. The same applies to his Lions 2021...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Owen Farrell has the game to replace Sexton and stay ahead of Biggar
Owen Farrell can live up to the challenge of Dan Biggar and Johnny Sexton on the 2021 Lions tour
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: Give England stars Test fees but keep club pay down
Jeff Probyn looks at how central contracts would factor in today's current circumstances if that's the route the RFU went in...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Lansdown argument all about gaining monopoly
Bristol and Bath hold the advantage in the Premiership with their financial muscle, writes Chris Hewett
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Can Emirati riches pump life into fallen giant Beziers?
Glory days of Beziers gave rise to region removed from French rugby's heartland of the south west, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Back three riches will give Wayne Pivac a problem
The 15 players Wales have in their back three stock
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Givvons spun them a golden yarn in Oldham
The West Indies influence in Britain found its way into rugby league in the 1930s with Alex Givvons, Peter Jackson writes
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Eddie Jones on touchline is a recipe for a riot
Nick Cain on Eddie Jones' suggestion that international coaches should be allowed to stalk the touchline
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: The Top 14 looks the likeliest route for Maro Itoje now
Jeremy Guscott looks at how the Saracens lock can maintain his financial income and international ambitions with England and the Lions
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Tomos can put pressure on Conor Murray
Nick Cain ranks the scrum-halves available to Warren Gatland for the 2021 tour of South Africa
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoBarnard Castle, monument to mystery old and new
Old boy: Underwood ISN’T it great to see Barnard Castle back in the news! Actually there is a long, proud tradition...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoBT show they are true rugby Sports
THESE are nervous cantankerous times with many sounding off before engaging their grey matter while too often reasoned debate descends into...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCan life be pumped back into French titan?
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Dynasty: Beziers captain Richard Astre shows the Bouclier de Brennus after beating Montferrand 31-9 to win the 1978 French...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Expected disaster story turned into a fairytale
Brendan Gallagher recalls the doom-mongering around the 1995 Rugby World Cup, as South Africa grappled with fragile identity after Apartheid's end
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