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/ 7 years agoRetallick to take All Black breather ahead of 2023
■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Rest: Brodie Retallick BRODIERetallick will take a two-year sabbatical from New Zealand rugby following this autumn’s World Cup...
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/ 7 years agoBlues enter the bidding for star man Beauden
■By SAM JACKSON Tug-of-war: Beauden Barrett is wanted by the Auckland Blues PICTURE: Getty Images THE WELLINGTON Hurricanes face a battle...
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/ 7 years agoFolau junior set for Tongan bow … Israel may follow
Tongan blood: John Folau, left, and brother Israel TONGAcoach Toutai Kefu has been in contact with Israel Folau’s camp about enticing...
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/ 7 years agoCome back Joe, your country needs you!
■ By GARY FITZGERALD Fan: Lawrence Dallaglio JOE Marler must consider doing an England u-turn and make himself available for Japan...
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/ 7 years agoHuget at the double as Toulouse claim title
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Toulouse……24pts Clermont ……18pts Marksman: Greg Laidlaw kept Clermont in the contest with five penalties TEAMS TOULOUSE: Kolbe;...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoQ&A: Todd Blackadder goes on the record about his time at Bath
Todd Blackadder on his time at Bath, Stuart Hooper, the relentless of the Premiership fixture list, and the salary cap
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEddie Jones to ditch Dylan Hartley from World Cup plans
Luke Cowan-Dickie and Jack Singleton preferred to England captain
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks great Dan Carter reveals next career move
Dan Carter is currently playing in Japan for Kobe Kobelco Steelers
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup has turned two Welsh coaches into rivals
By ALEX BYWATER NEWS EXTRA Phil Davies Lyn Jones WELSH coaches Phil Davies and Lyn Jones will go to head to...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoFiji race to victory in Paris but work to do for England
By SAM JACKSON Team to beat in Tokyo 2020: Olympic champions Fiji confirmed their status as the world’s best JAMES Rodwell...
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/ 7 years agoNew Welsh coaches will inflate payroll
By ALEX BYWATER THE PRICE of pre-planning is set to hit the Welsh Rugby Union this summer to the cost of...
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/ 7 years agoMarchant: Quins need to match try rate of top two
By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS will use the bitter disappointment of their late season collapse to fuel next year’s drive for silverware...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBaa-baas were sideshow compared to the Final
COLIN BOAG Beanfest: An England XV beat the Barbarians 51-43 The feast of rugby at Twickenham last weekend had something for...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoDylan out of World Cup says insider
By NEIL FISSLER Leading the charge: Richard Capstick scored for England as they fought back to beat Italy at U20 World...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMaking amends for my Wales mess up
JON NEWCOMBE talks to former England lock Geoff Parling about his new role as a coach Highs and lows: Geoff Parling...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHalfpenny at 15 but give Liam a free role
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Sensational season: Liam Williams PICTURE: Getty Images LLIAM Williams can now rightly lay claim to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoA beginner’s guide to betting on rugby
This year is a massive year for rugby with the upcoming World Cup in Japan, but for punters to get a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoSaracens star Will Skelton declines Wallabies World Cup call
The Melbourne Rebels had shown interest in Skelton, writes Neil Fissler
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Features
/ 7 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Tigers turn attention on Borthwick STEVE BORTHWICK is the latest name being considered by...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBattle of wounded knee is a must-win
DYLAN Hartley is looking increasingly like a gamble in a position in which, at this juncture, England do not want to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEngland’s young guns are torn apart in Paris
NEWS EXTRA By ADAM ELLIS A LONDON sevens hangover clouded England in Paris as they had little to celebrate on Day...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSwitch will give Sam new shot at Test future
Fresh start: Dragons star signing Sam Davies IREMEMBER the first day Sam Davies came in to train with the Ospreys. He...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEngland are still failing to maximise on young talent
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE PROGRESSION RATE OF ENGLAND’S MOST SUCCESSFUL U20 TEAMS Star in 2011: Beauden Barrett Big success story:...
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Features
/ 7 years ago10-month season hits player welfare for six
THE rugby season used to begin on the first day of September and end on the last day of April, a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI’d pick Dombrandt for the World Cup says Winterbottom
Power: Alex Dombrandt Praise: Peter Winterbottom with Raging Bull’s Georgette Ryan ALEX Dombrandt is a must-pick for Eddie Jones for this...
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Features
/ 7 years agoNear misses will give Bath a ruthless streak to be winners
On the up: Joe Cokanasiga, taking a high ball during the final day win over Leicester, is one of the young...
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/ 7 years agoHalfpenny’s stronger for his injury hell
ALEX BYWATER finds Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny has new focus to fuel his drive for World Cup glory Sickener: Leigh Halfpenny...
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/ 7 years agoIsa plotting big Pumas return after Wallaby heartache
Chance: Facundo Isa ARGENTINA enforcer Facundo Isa has warned England they face a World Cup backlash when the sides meet in...
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/ 7 years agoBath bolter banishing the 7s stigma
By ALEX BYWATER BATH wing Ruaridh McConnochie plans to follow in the footsteps of Rieko Ioane and Luke Morgan by graduating...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Sorry George Ford, the thought of Cipriani coming off the bench is too good to go to waste
Take three fly-halves if you must, but reality is England can only take two
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoFiji in pole position to win World Series
Fiji have a two-point lead going into the final round in Paris
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPocock leaves the Brumbies but available for Wallabies
Pocock heads to Japan, but Giteau rule means he can play for Wallabies
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSuper Rugby: Jaguares play-off surge a good omen for Los Pumas
The Jaguares sit at the summit of the South African Conference
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Features
/ 7 years agoEddie’s Twickenham opt out is Baa-king mad
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ENGLAND are about to embark on their final phase of preparation for the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFor Ospreys to fire they must sort Alun Wyn
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Priority: Ospreys must get Alun Wyn Jones under contract PICTURES: Getty Images Who would have...
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/ 7 years agoWhite’s aiming big after his upgrade at Exeter
By NEALE HARVEY ACE scrum-half Nic White says the chance to banish bitter memories of World Cup rejection by Australia in...
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/ 7 years agoInsurance change frees Wales players for early duty
WELSH World Cup hopes received a boost this week with England-based players available to Warren Gatland for as soon as he...
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/ 7 years agoZach aims to stamp his brand on Eddie
■By NEALE HARVEY ZACHMercer is ready to prove to England head coach Eddie Jones that Billy Vunipola and Nathan Hughes are...
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/ 7 years agoCips: Me and Owen
DANNY Cipriani believes there is no reason why he and Owen Farrell cannot operate in the same squad as calls grow...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Crusaders investigate CRUSADERS head coach Scott Robertson has defended Richie Mo’unga and George Bridge after they were accused by South African...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSuper Rugby Jaguares play-off surge is an omen for Pumas
■By ADAM ELLIS Test calibre: Jaguares wing Ramiro Moyano goes head-to-head with Waratahs full-back Kurtley Beale PICTURE: Getty Images THE JAGUARES...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAnthony showed guts, he’s a real fighter insists Blackadder
By GARY FITZGERALD TODD Blackadder expects to see Anthony Watson up close in Japan this autumn wearing an England jersey and...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLozowski: We weren’t perfect – we’ll be better against Chiefs
By NEALE HARVEY Hunger to improve: Alex Lozowski ALEX Lozowski says Saracens’ insatiable appetite for silverware will be the driver for...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Taskmaster Dean Ryan won’t let the Dragons rot
Ryan's appointment shows the Dragons board means business, says Shane Williams
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoI’m looking to play at 13 for Saracens, says Elliot Daly
The versatile Wasps back on where he sees himself playing in Mark McCall's plans
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Featured
/ 7 years agoRevered flanker George Smith announces retirement
Evergreen back row calls it a day with 111 Australia caps to his name
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBlackadder goes forth with a proud farewell
By GARY FITZGERALD Making it his: Bath try scorer Joe Cokanasiga catches a high ball Over: Brendan O’Connor scores for Tigers...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoRelease the Tier 2 brake or game will go in reverse
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Dream killers: Lucas Rumball scores for Canada as they beat Germany in the...
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/ 7 years agoTaskmaster Ryan won’t let the rot continue
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Non-nonsense: Dean Ryan coaches his Gloucester players PICTURE: Getty Images DEAN Ryan is a no-nonsense,...
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/ 7 years agoFor Wales’ sake, end the verbals
I WAS interested to read Shaun Edwards’ tit-fortat with Wayne Pivac last week. Both are passionate rugby men, but this talking...
International Rugby
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