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Club Rugby
/ 11 months agoOllie Lawrence’s play-acting was shameful to watch
Ollie Lawrence’s sham injury in the closing minutes of a knife-edge finish between Northampton and Bath at Franklin’s Gardens last weekend...
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Chris Hewett
/ 11 months agoWe need to watch rugby in the raw
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed According to Inkoo Kang, a leading critic at The New Yorker magazine and, almost by definition,...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoLet’s hope the best of Regan Grace is yet to come
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know Ever since St Helens discovered him in Port Talbot playing for...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 months agoHeroes deserve highest accolade
Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points The second series of BBC’s SAS...
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Features
/ 11 months agoWe can learn a lot from French
By Jeff Probyn - A front row view on the game There is so much that is wrong with the game...
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James Harrington
/ 11 months agoFabien Galthie’s Six Nations dilemma: Who gets the vote at 10?
French Column - By James Harrington There are bigger rugby weeks to come in 2025, but the Wednesday between January’s twin...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 months agoTime for Northampton Saints to push Bath up front
By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week Northampton are the Premiership’s reigning champions, and when you are in that...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoHybrid Hash will tie Steve Borthwick in knots
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The description ‘Hybrid Central Contracts’ does not inspire confidence. Hybrid usually...
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Chris Hewett
/ 11 months agoA star-studded XV that would lead by example
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Like “business ethics” and “military intelligence”, the phrase “rugby leadership” is not an oxymoron. Almost,...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoGlorious Gerald Davies, a man of true class
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know Every now and then, Gerald Davies would take a stroll through...
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Features
/ 11 months agoSpringboks and Ireland to still lead the way in 2025
Paul Rees looks forward to 2025 and sees South Africa and Ireland keeping their places at the top of the tree...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 months agoA Tier Two XV to have you out of your seat
Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points By Brendan Gallagher You won’t ever see my 2024...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 months agoLondon Welsh rise from ashes
Brendan Gallagher remembers when the exiles were the whipping boys - and how things have changed... A tale of redemption, what...
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Features
/ 11 months agoWe need to see a complete shake-up
By Jeff Probyn - A front-row view of the game A new year and change is on the way across many...
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International Rugby
/ 11 months agoOllie Sleightholme is the right man for England
By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week... Since Ollie Sleightholme won his first two England caps against New Zealand...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoSteve Diamond adjusts the cap to fit
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The season of good cheer got a kick-start last week with...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoNo surprise as France show how it’s done
By Nick Cain Vannes versus Bordeaux is one of my highlights of the 2024-25 season so far, because if you want...
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Chris Hewett
/ 11 months agoLet’s hope Brizball can stay in fashion
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed This is not obviously the time to be talking balls – the Twickenham elite have...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 months agoMy take on the good, the bad and the ugly of rugby in 2024
Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher - A Weekly look at the game's other talking points The Good Lorenzo Pani: His exquisitely...
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Latest News
/ 11 months agoA humble hero who had a big heart …
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW One of a kind: Geoff Wheel in his days playing for Wales and,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 months agoChoice of ‘popular’ Bill Beaumont a surprise
By Jeff Probyn - A front-row view on the game I may be wrong but the speed at which the RFU...
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James Harrington
/ 11 months agoStuart Lancaster looks like he will hang on
French Column, By James Harrington In the end, after weeks of speculation, chairman Laurent Travers will leave Racing 92 at the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 months agoEngland’s outsiders deserve a chance
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IT’S just six weeks before the start of the 2025 Six Nations, and since...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 months agoEngland’s outsiders deserve a chance
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IT’S just six weeks before the start of the 2025 Six Nations, and since...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 months agoEngland’s outsiders deserve a chance
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IT’S just six weeks before the start of the 2025 Six Nations, and since...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoBeaumont needs to show clear thinking
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK BILL Beaumont is stepping into a saloon in which the tables and chairs...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoBill Beaumont needs to show clear thinking
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week Bill Beaumont is stepping into a saloon in which the tables...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoBeaumont needs to show clear thinking
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK BILL Beaumont is stepping into a saloon in which the tables and chairs...
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Chris Hewett
/ 12 months agoNo Franco Mostert? That’s got to be a mistake
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Here's a funny thing: one of the more prominent rugby sites on the worldwide web...
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Chris Hewett
/ 12 months agoNo Mostert? That’s got to be a mistake
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Class act: Franco Mostert scoring for South Africa PICTURE: Getty Images HERE’S a funny thing: one of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 12 months agoNo Mostert? That’s got to be a mistake
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Class act: Franco Mostert scoring for South Africa PICTURE: Getty Images HERE’S a funny thing: one of...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoWhen a World Cup triumph got you a washing machine
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know So America’s golfers will be paid £400,000-a-man at the Ryder Cup...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoWhen a World Cup triumph got you a washing machine
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW SO America’s golfers will be paid £400,000-a-man at the Ryder Cup next year...
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Latest News
/ 12 months agoWhen a World Cup triumph got you a washing machine
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW SO America’s golfers will be paid £400,000-a-man at the Ryder Cup next year...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoAt least the French are going full-bore in Champions Cup
By Peter Jackson Neutrals the world over will relish the prospect of Toulouse and La Rochelle invading Cardiff at season’s end...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 months agoMy Christmas day XV
Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game's other talking points by Brendan Gallagher Backs 15 Mark Mapletoft (England): Born...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 months agoMY CHRISTMAS DAY XV
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Versatile: Mark Mapletoft lines up a kick for...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 months agoMY CHRISTMAS DAY XV
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Versatile: Mark Mapletoft lines up a kick for...
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Features
/ 12 months agoEngland must find a way to deliver
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WITH Christmas fast approaching, it’s time for us all to look forward...
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Features
/ 12 months agoEngland must find a way to deliver
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WITH Christmas fast approaching, it’s time for us all to look forward...
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Features
/ 12 months agoEngland must find a way to deliver
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME WITH Christmas fast approaching, it’s time for us all to look forward...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 months agoIt’s time for Bath to take control
By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week... Bath need to make a statement against Benetton at the Stadio Monigo...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoRing fence has made English rugby go soft
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The most positive aspect to come out of the opening round...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoThe global travellers who light up game
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed There is nothing especially funny about short-term memory loss, but it may just have an...
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International Rugby
/ 12 months agoGeorgia just want a fair chance – Richard Cockerill
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know One day soon, Josef Tkemaladze will renew his presidential invitation to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 months agoHellfire Corner gives a warm welcome to all
Rugby Matters by Brendan Gallagher - A weekly look at the game's other talking points Rugby was undergoing a massive boom...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 months agoI can’t believe the RFU chiefs will walk away
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME I CANNOT believe that anyone would expect that Bill Sweeney or Tom...
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James Harrington
/ 12 months agoOyonnax must live without Joe El-Abd
By James Harrington Oyonnax’s seven-try 53-10 bonus-point win over ProD2 rivals Soyaux-Angouleme on Friday – their first victory since October 25...
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Champions Cup
/ 12 months agoTime for Bristol Bears to step up to the plate
By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week... English clubs like Saracens, Leicester, Bath, Northampton and, to a lesser extent,...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 12 months agoMy British & Irish Lions team are ready for take-off
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week... There is a view that picking a Lions Test team almost...
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