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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson: Tom Prydie return has reminded us of fame’s fickle nature
Tom Prydie came out of the shadows on Friday night after the longest ten months of his turbulent rugby life. As...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 years agoJames Davies up for a scrap over that Wales No.7 shirt
James Davies returned to Llanelli this week with an Olympic silver medal in his back pocket and only one thing in...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoSimon Amor – Heart, guts and unyielding belief made my boys Olympic heroes
Team GB’s Sevens men confounded all odds to win silver at the Olympics. Head coach Simon Amor, below, now back in...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoAll Blacks will have to dig deep to keep that No.1 tag
By the time England are next scheduled to play New Zealand in the autumn of 2017 it will have been three...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoQ&A with Pacific Rugby Players Welfare founder Dan Leo
Former Samoa, Wasps, London Irish, London Welsh and lock Dan Leo has founded Pacific Rugby Players Welfare and was recently appointed...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoGregor Townsend to become Scotland Head Coach in June 2017
Scottish Rugby has today confirmed Glasgow Warriors Head Coach Gregor Townsend will replace Vern Cotter as Scotland head coach at the...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain: Fiji were fab but 7s is a glorious sideshow
Congratulations to Fiji for winning their first medal of any sort at the Olympics, and making it gold by dominating the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott: All Blacks for the title, but Wallabies will come again
This Rugby Championship is the start of a new cycle for the Southern Hemisphere, which leads to Tokyo and the next...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoAchilles injury rules SBW for nine months
Sonny Bill Williams will be out for nine months after partially rupturing his Achilles playing for New Zealand Sevens at the...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams column: Answers to this Pro12 predicament lie within
Is the world going mad or are the Pro12 administrators really considering sending players to the United States, South Africa or...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoMcConnochie replaces Davis in Team GB Sevens squad
Alex Davis has been ruled out of the Rio Olympics following an injury to his right ankle and will be replaced...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 10 years agoEngland coaches in frame for Lions
England will make Grand Slam coaches Steve Borthwick and Paul Gustard available for the Lions in New Zealand next year. Eddie...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Global season would be no aid to player welfare
Am I the only one who doesn’t understand the continual call for a global season and how moving a couple of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Built on sand, but Fiji’s Olympics bid will be rock solid
When it comes to stand-out Olympic performances, David Hemery’s 400m hurdles gold for Great Britain in 1968 is right up there...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: England’s U20 stars would thrive at Rio Olympics
Here’s hoping that the GB Sevens side for the Rio Olympics which was announced last week come back from Brazil with...
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Columnists
/ 10 years agoCain column: Burgess effect still rumbling through Bath
By Nick Cain THE saying, “be careful what you wish for” is tailor-made for the wreckage left at the Rec after...
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Guest Blogs
/ 10 years agoIs The Southern Hemisphere Dominance of Rugby Over?
When two or more entities work and compete in the same area, we always like to know which one is better...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: ‘Respect’ is the key to James Haskell’s rejuvenation
James Haskell is proof that you can’t keep a good man down. The sheer storm-force belligerence with which he bowled over...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Slave-driver Eddie Jones will whip squad into shape
Phil Kearns is no shrinking violet, and this week he launched a clever strike aimed at destabilising the England squad coached...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher verdict: England claim redemption
Never underestimate the power of redemption and the urgent bloody-minded need to prove yourself right and the other buggar wrong. It’s...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoMark Bennett plans rendezvous in Rio with Sonny Bill Williams
Mark Bennett is hoping to take on his boyhood hero Sonny Bill Williams at the Rio Olympics. But he has serious...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher on Italy and Scotland’s summer scrutiny
Most eyes will inevitably be looking south this summer with England, Wales and Ireland going head to head with the Southern...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoThe positive impact of the Rio Olympics on Rugby
The inclusion of rugby in the Olympics in Brazil and the 2020 Games in Japan will have a stronger impact on...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoHIGHLIGHTS: England U20s open JWC with Italy win
England got their World Rugby U20s Championship off to a winning start with a six-try 48-10 bonus point victory over Italy...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoVincent Koch and Sean Maitland join Saracens
As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper in recent weeks, Saracens have secured the signings of South African prop...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Ben Te’o comes from League but he’s not Sam Burgess Mkll
Ben Te’o is an athlete who has the presence to be an international centre, which is what he will hope to...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain column: Wallabies will be formidable on fast ground Down Under
George Smith has always defied convention, and the 35-year-old veteran Aussie openside continues to do so, capping his first – and...
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20 Questions
/ 10 years ago20 Questions: Nili Latu – Newcastle back-row
Big sigh of relief to be safe from relegation? We had to wait to the end of the London Irish game...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoSteffon Armitage? We’d take him, says Dallaglio
A move by Wasps to sign Steffon Armitage would make sense to everyone involved according to club legend.
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Featured
/ 10 years agoDanny Care boy destined to get ton up says Nick Evans
Livewire Danny Care will become England‘s most capped scrum-half and the first to win a century of caps, according to Harlequins...
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Peter Jackson
/ 10 years agoPeter Jackson column: Little big man Harry Robinson joins list of mini victims
Harry Robinson’s first tour as a newly-capped international three years ago ended with a glowing report from the Wales management. Despite...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Seremaia Bai – Leicester, Fiji and former Clermont and Castres center
1. Davit Zirakashvili – The big Georgian is a very dominant scrummager but he is also very mobile. He managed to...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoSouth Africa name Allister Coetzee as head coach
Allister Coetzee has been unveiled as the new South Africa head coach today. The former Stormers boss takes over from Heyneke...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoDavid Pocock apologies for choke tackle
David Pocock has taken to his website to issue an apology to Michael Leitch and the wider rugby community following his...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 10 years agoEngland and Wales in £10m match deal
England and Wales have struck a deal worth up to £10m to play two more matches immediately before the next World...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Good luck Conor O’Shea in saving Italy!
The great Sergio Parisse, and I use the word in its truest sense, was visibly outraged last week when the vultures...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 10 years agoJeff Probyn column: Onfield revival is just one of many battles facing England
What a week for English rugby! Congratulations to Eddie Jones and his coaching team for completing England’s first Six Nations title...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott column: Straight-talking Eddie Jones has flicked the right switch
Eddie Jones has used his personality as an asset everywhere he’s gone, and it’s been the same since he took over...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoCharles Piutau has no regrets at losing World Cup chance
His move to Europe cost him a World Cup winners medal but Charles Piutau reckons he is a better player for...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoSean Fitzpatrick: Lions will have the talent to test All Blacks
Sean Fitzpatrick and Jason Robinson come from different sides of the rugby spectrum in every sense, but this week the indestructible...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain talks to Quins’ Aussie hard man James Horwill
James Horwill is part of an Aussie invasion that has taken English rugby by storm this season. However, the big former...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoStar man Dan Bibby targets Twickenham comeback
Dan Bibby’s Olympic dream was nearly shattered last week with a dislocated shoulder but the England star is adamant he will...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain column: Nothing Super about these new franchises
It’s the start of the new, expanded Super 18 season next weekend, but the rumblings of discontent south of the equator...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoExperienced trio return for England Sevens ahead of Las Vegas
Phil Burgess, Charlie Hayter and Dan Norton will return to action for England Sevens in the fifth leg of the World...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson column: James Bird swoops into pole position with Eagles
Goalkicking fly-halves turned out mob-handed for the opening round of the Six Nations, all nine of them. How wonderful to report...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoCian Healy turns down Worcester to stay in Ireland
As predicted by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on February 7, Cian Healy has decided to turn down a lucrative...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain column: All that cash is going down Bath plughole
Is money the root of all evil at Bath? It was something for their fans to ponder as last season’s Premiership...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain talks to former hard man hooker Graham Dawe about what he brought to red rose training
Graham Dawe was the incarnation of uncompromising. That is one of the reasons why Eddie Jones invited the grizzled former Bath...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoDai Young – I like a scrum but just look at my Wasps fly!
As a proud tighthead prop, Dai Young will always have a soft spot for a pushover try – but the Wasps...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWarriors sign Springbok flanker
Warriors have added further competition to the back row by securing the signing of Springbok flanker Dewald Potgieter. The 28-year-old joins...
International Rugby
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