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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TAREKHAFFAR LONDON IRISH LOOSEHEAD Modern rugby demands pace as well as power from its props so when Tarek Haffar scattered a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThe Welsh were no saints, I assure you
Match-winner: Scotland’s Tony Stanger makes his break against England in 1990 PICTURE: Getty Images Reading last week’s Sunday’s Times I was...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoberts targets swansong at hometown club Cardiff
By STEFFAN THOMAS JAMIE Roberts says he wants to end his career by giving back to Welsh rugby with Cardiff Blues...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGuscott’s right, it’s time to trim benches says Winterbottom
Questions: Winterbottom PETER Winterbottom has added his name to a lengthening list of people demanding drastic cuts in the number of...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEx-ace Richards picks the scrum-halves Eddie should be blooding for England
■ By NEALE HARVEY In possession: Ben Youngs and Willi Heinz. Inset, Peter Richards PICTURES: Getty Images PETER Richards says England’s...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWhy have flying 10s like Carter all disappeared?
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Rose to the challenge: Nick Tompkins has the right attitude PICTURE: Getty Images THE...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWasps turnover king Jack Willis merges into England’s stiff back row competition
The Wasps flanker talks to Neale Harvey about his Test ambitions with England
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Mr Prickly Alun Wyn Jones leads the world for grumpy PR
Peter Jackson analyses the poker face of Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones through his years sat in front of the media
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWales legend Jamie Roberts shows generosity to NHS staff
Roberts is away in South Africa where he has been playing for the Stormers in Super Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSean O’Brien can take the Premiership by storm, says London Irish coach
Exiles forwards coach George Skivington also tips prop Harry Elrington to push for an England place in Japan
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSouth African lock turns back on Leicester Tigers move
Lions lock Marvin Orie appears to have attracted interest from outside the Premiership
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Llandow disaster turned triumph into tragedy
Brendan Gallagher recalls the tragedy of the Llandow Air Disaster
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDai Young plots next coaching move after Wasps exit
The former Wasps director of rugby says he is ready to go and his batteries are recharged
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBilly and Mako Vunipola wanted by ‘several Super Rugby’ teams
The Vunipola brothers are yet to outline whether they will be playing for Saracens next season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExpertise of team doctor prevents Springbok star Pieter-Steph du Toit from possible leg amputation
Complications from blood clot led to the reigning World Player of the Year receiving emergency surgery
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWales veteran Dan Lydiate commits future to Ospreys
Veteran Wales flanker has signed a new deal at the Liberty Stadium through to when he turns 34
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoKeep the faith, Wales are showing promise
SHANE WILLIAMS Biggest positive: Nick Tompkins showed great resilience PICTURE: Getty Images WALES AND LIONS LEGEND FIRST things first, it was...
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Features
/ 6 years ago1980 GRAND SLAM HEROES…
15 Dusty Hare (Leicester) Took 11 Test seasons to accumulate 25 Test caps. The selectors said he was too slow –...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoRuddock’s late try is a huge blow for Sharp
By ADAM HUNTER Bournemouth 14 Barnes ..............15 BOURNEMOUTH will be hoping for a miracle if they are to survive in National...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMr Prickly leads the world for grumpy PR
PETER JACKSON Grump: Alun Wyn Jones at Twickenham Press conference PICTURE: Getty Images THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Over the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWillis stakes his claim for England honours
By NEALE HARVEY Coming force: Jack Willis on the ball for Wasps against Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images WASPS turnover king Jack...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoCrusaders go top as SANZAAR call halt to the season
By ADAM ELLIS Revival: Rieko Ioane scores for the Blues REIGNING Super Rugby champions Crusaders are back on top of the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGive more credit to Academies – Wilks
By NEALE HARVEY Success story: Leicester scrumhalf Ben White PICTURES: Getty Images Progress: Dave Wilks INCREASING salary cap credits for homegrown...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBrink bolsters Tigers pack
LEICESTER have signed South African back rower Cyle Brink from the Lions for next season. Brink, 26, has spent four seasons...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDREAM TEAM
SEAN SCANLON, NOTTINGHAM AND FORMER MUNSTER, ROTHERHAM, DONCASTER AND IRELAND U20s FULL-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLion Orie says No to the Tigers
BY NEILFISSLER ON THE BLIND SIDE Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler MARVIN Orie, right, looks to have dealt Leicester Tigers a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThe Vunipolas are wanted by Super Rugby
Going Down Under? Billy Vunipola and, inset, Mako SARACENS brothers Billy and Mako Vunipola are attracting interest from Super Rugby sides...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoItaly game would have been ideal for England’s impactful trio to fully showcase talent
Nick Cain explains the difficulties for England in giving more game time to replacements and fringe players
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWales v Scotland: WillGriff John and Rhys Webb to start for hosts
Wayne Pivac and Gregor Townsend offer their thoughts ahead of the final round of the Six Nations for Wales and Scotland
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: That was so brutal, there was blood all over the shirts
Shane Williams has his say on Wales' defeat at Twickenham and the Joe Marler incident
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGabriel Oghre hopes to follow Wasps teammate Umaga into England fold
Wasps are blessed with two rising stars at hooker in Oghre and Alfie Barbeary
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoIt’s no joke! Alun Wyn wants Joe on carpet
By GARY FITZGERALD Joe Marler gives Alun Wyn Jones a tweak Vinnie Jones’ ‘crotch grab’ on Paul Gascoigne ALUN Wyn Jones...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKruis still all set on move to Japan
GEORGE Kruis is on the verge of ending his England career as he closes in on a move to play in...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoJames brothers take centre stage for Sale
By CHRIS HAMILTON Final flurry: Denny Solomona evades the tackle of Ollie Hassell-Collins to score Sale’s fifth try PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoO’Brien backed to take Premiership by storm
By NEALE HARVEY Physical specimen: Ireland flanker Sean O’Brien is tipped to make a huge impression in England PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBournville toast sweet taste of success
Midlands Premier BOURNVILLE are already preparing for next season after wrapping up the Midlands Premier title. The Birmingham side completed a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLlandow disaster turned triumph into tragedy
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Aftermath: Royal Air Force men examine the wreckage...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoHurricanes blown away after Lomax sees red
By ADAM ELLIS Contentious: Tyrel Lomax saw red for a high tackle PICTURE: Getty Images LIFE after Beauden Barrett has not...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTyro hooker Oghre sets sights on France 2023
By NEALE HARVEY Packing a punch: Wasps hooker Gabriel Oghre Flatmate: Jacob Umaga RISING star Gabriel Oghre aims to follow flatmate...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoWales showed their spirit but the front row is still a problem
PETER JACKSON VERDICT Struggled: Liam Williams failed to make an impact For a few spooky moments either side of half-time, Wales...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoThat was so brutal, there was blood all over the pitch
SHANE WILLIAMS COMMENT I KNEW IT was going to be brutal, but that was off the charts in terms of physicality....
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoCourtney Lawes could challenge Jason Leonard’s record number of caps, says Day
Former Northampton Saints teammate Christian Day can see Lawes playing for England for four more years
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Features
/ 6 years agoOwen Farrell v Dan Biggar: The Testosterone Test
Nick Cain looks at the intriguing battle between two Lions at Twickenham this weekend in the Six Nations
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Features
/ 6 years agoHow does Bernard Le Roux measure against the great French locks?
Brendan Gallagher looks at how South Africa-born lock duo Bernard Le Roux and Paul Willemse are excelling for France
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: The greatest teams have had special joy of six
As Eddie Jones pilots hybrid players in his Six Nations teams, Brendan Gallagher looks at the role of a No.6
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers wrap up deal for Super Rugby lock
A position that Geordan Murphy has been keen to bolster at Leicester
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSpringboks star Pieter-Steph du Toit rejects Harlequins move
Paul Gustard's personal journey to South Africa wasn't enough to lure the Boks star to the Stoop
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: It is about time CVC told us what they are up to
As CVC plot a takeover of major competitions in northern hemisphere rugby, Nick Cain writes about how little is known
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Six Nations to go behind paywall for £300m
How CVC acquiring a stake in the Six Nations might take the tournament behind a paywall
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBournville get back to business at top
Midlands Premier IT WAS a quiet week in the Midlands Premier that saw four cancellations due to the weather. But there...
International Rugby
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