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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: When rugby passed its screen test
Gareth Thomas is launching his new updated biography Proud on Thursday – which is probably why that amiable old Hollywood slugger...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to Exeter’s Henry Slade about his outside hopes for the World Cup
How could Henry Slade give up on the dream of winning the 2015 World Cup final for England when the last...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Expect Saracens to cash in on the World Cup wobbles
It’s great when the season restarts and the politics takes second place and we can get on to actually playing and...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: So sad that Sinbad’s voyage never sailed fair despite its wonderful beginning
On paper it looked like the worst mismatch of all, Jonah Lomu against James Simpson-Daniel. A global superstar of gigantic proportion...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Magician who turned invisible for England
James Simpson-Daniel was one of those players, who, like David Campese and Gerald Davies before him, was touched by the rugby...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: We should never forget the ghosts at the feast
Relegation is a fact of life in any sport with leagues, or at least should if that league structure is to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: A friendly settlement? Don’t you believe it
Just about a fortnight ago, the warring Welsh factions were ‘miles away’ from ending their stand-off. Now that the smoke of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: These All Blacks are just fitter, not better
With the undoubted exception of England, circa 2001-2003, I’ve always thought New Zealand, year-in year-out, look at least ten per cent...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Delayed start to season will benefit clubs in long run
Here we go again, as soon as there is the slightest potential to extract some money from the RFU, the Premiership...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Lions must show their teeth in South Seas
Having been among those agitating for New Zealand finally to pay a debt of honour to the Samoan people and play...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Old-time All Blacks stand test of history
They could be found in Auckland on Thursday night sinking some grog and spinning old yarns worthy of the occasion –...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher – So, is Maggie Alphonsi the retiring type?
All good things come to an end but you can sense Maggie Alphonsi’s reluctance to leave the international scene. England‘s openside...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Well done girls, but let’s keep it in perspective
I read somewhere this week that the Women’s World Cup was a tipping point for the sport. As much as I...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Delaying EPS selection is big step in right direction
It has taken time but at last there has been some common sense from the Premiership in their relationship with the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Wales pay price for the pursuit of money
Gareth Edwards achieved many famous things, not least playing 53 consecutive matches for Wales. From start to finish, it took him...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: They think the ball’s over … it isn’t now!
Today – August 17 – is exactly 20 years since a certain George Gregan made his Bledisloe Cup debut in Sydney...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to Will Fraser about Saracens’ new challenge in Europe
Will Fraser faces a new start this season, and one of the main yardsticks by which the Saracens No.7 and most...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: You only get one shot with this brilliant side… take it!
We have only to see a little sign of weakness to jump on a bandwagon thinking that this New Zealand side...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Let’s draft top young talent each season
What do Dan Cole, Billy Twelvetrees, Tom Youngs and Owen Farrell of the current England squad have in common? The answer...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Glory will always be given to the coach
Coaches or captains? Who should get the glory, who should take the blame and, who should be the visible face of...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: It’s time for WRU to stop hiding from the public
Barack Obama gave a presidential news conference at the White House last week, answering some 15 questions on world affairs during...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Revealed – Referees do turn blind eye to some laws
Refereeing at the elite end is reaching crisis point, and the IRB’s professional referees’ manager, Joel Jutge, needs to get a...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: That great aura of invincibility has left the All Blacks now
It’s harsh, but rugby, like life, is all about taking opportunities when they come – and Australia did not do that...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain meets the fully-fit, revitalised and agreeably confident Christian Wade
Christian Wade knows it’s all about being in the right place at the right time. It is the golden rule of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: GB’s road to Rio at sixes and Sevens
The Commonwealth Games Sevens at Ibrox may have been a huge success on and off the field but it further confused...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Sorry Clive, coaches should stay off the pitch
The cult of the coach gathered momentum this week when Sir Clive Woodward stepped into the debate on Alastair Cook’s cricket...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott previews the Rugby Championship – All Blacks don’t look so untouchable
It is difficult to agree with the view taken by one or two New Zealand commentators that the Super 15 final...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Anscombe and the case of vanishing Kiwi stars…
Buying a Kiwi for the sole purpose of wrapping him up in your national jersey alongside the natives can be more...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain meets Newcastle’s Kieran Brookes, making a world cup bid at tighthead
Kieran Brookes is a bull of a man, with the same look and physique as a young Phil Vickery. The Newcastle...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Go for it girls…just don’t ask my daughter to play!
With the Commonwealth Games Sevens over and South Africa surprisingly taking the spoils, it’s now time for women’s rugby to take...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott previews the Rugby Championship – Pumas need to build their credibility with an away win
Argentina were written off when they first came into the Southern Hemisphere Rugby Championship, in the same way that Italy were...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: To Siberia with Keeef Woodie, Dolly, yoga and a hint of vodka
It was the strangest rugby trip of my life and also, in many ways, the most memorable despite chronic jet lag,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Hair Bear goes on the endangered species list
At close of business on Friday, Adam Jones had spent another week out of work without a club to call his...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to Joe Lydon and Mike Friday about the GB challenge in the Rio Olympics Sevens
Joe Lydon and Mike Friday used to share the same vision of Sevens when they worked together at the RFU from...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Glasgow Sevens should have included some stars
The Commonwealth Games have just started in Scotland and have already been downgraded to a second class contest by the IRB....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott previews the Rugby Championship: The Boks just want to cut you in half
South African rugby is built around mental fortitude, and although I’ve criticised them in the past for being one-dimensional you have...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Clubs must tune into needs of their fans
One of the most noticeable aspects of watching rugby in the Southern Hemisphere over the course of the summer has been...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: ‘In the best interests of rugby’. Come off it WRU!
Ever since the mucky stuff began hitting the fans a depressingly long time ago, the Welsh Rugby Union have repeatedly used...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Where are they now? The 2003 RWC-winning England squad
What did rugby and life have in store for England’s triumphant World Cup-winning squad from 2003? Following the recent retirements of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 11 years agoJeff Probyn: Warburton would be perfect fit at Kassam
Despite the fact we are in the ‘Dead Zone’ and there is no rugby to watch, there is still much bubbling...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 11 years agoJeremy Guscott previews the Rugby Championship: Wallabies miss their stars
Michael Hooper is a match-winner, and the new Australian captain could be a huge obstacle to England come the 2015 World...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Nick Cain talks to Mike Tindall about THAT night in Queenstown and England’s Future
Mike Tindall was the recipient this week of one of the most striking eulogies given by Sir Clive Woodward to a...
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Sevens World Series
/ 11 years agoTom Mitchell: The heat is on – we must get it right or go home
The England 7s Captain gives the inside story from the athletes' village.
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Pennell breaks Tier Two Test taboo
Chris Pennell can be selected in the next England elite squad (EPS), despite playing in the Championship for Worcester. Stuart Lancaster‘s...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Vermeulen and Namibia, a tale of defiance and pure maths
If Namibia coach Danie Vermeulen could jump for joy he would have been in orbit last Sunday, instead he stayed very...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: George North and Alex Cuthbert are giants, but Fiji have a monster
Nemani Nadolo has been a rock for Fiji and Crusaders, Peter Jackson warns Australia, England and Wales about the 129kg winger.
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoWales team in turmoil as Regions crank it up
With an agreement between the WRU and RRW seeming a long shot, the November tests could be in jeopardy
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Agony of 2010 can spur us to title in WRWC
A hard core of determined World Cup veterans may lay at the heart of England’s World Cup squad but equally it...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Nothing small about Justin, especially his ambitions
Justin Burnell would be hard to beat if there was a prize for the greatest comeback of last season. There is...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Why Rhys Thomas is rooting for US star to win Open
When Erik Compton walks onto the first tee at the Open Golf Championship next week, a Welsh international front row forward...
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