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Columnists
/ 6 years agoComplacency began after All Blacks victory
Struggling: England concede a try to French captain Charles Ollivon PICTURE: Getty Images I just can’t understand why Eddie Jones told...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoSo many mistakes, but lessons will be learnt
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Colossus: CJ Stander tries to batter his way through Storm Ciara might not have arrived...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDREAM TEAM
TJ IOANE, LONDON IRISH, SAMOA AND FORMER SALE, HIGHLANDERS, WELLINGTON AND OTAGO BACK ROW, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR...
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Features
/ 6 years agoStay with pay cut, Youngs told
BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler BEN YOUNGS has been given a chance to extend his Leicester Tigers career...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWorld player of year Du Toit for Quins?
On hold: Pieter-Steph Du Toit is expected to wait for the Lions tour HARLEQUINS are weighing up a move for Pieter-Steph...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIt’s passion that England need – not brutality!
PHIL Vickery knows what it takes to win World Cup finals – as he did as part of England’s 2003 world...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSix Nations unions come to agreement on broadcast rights to pave way for CVC investment
Can CVC move a step closer to selling off Premiership, PRO14 and Six Nations rights in one package?
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Features
/ 6 years agoWayne Barnes feature: Love of all rugby keeps Wayne in the game
In this long read, Nick Cain talks to the 90-Test veteran referee about the highs and lows of his career
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTransfers: Wasps lose flanker Thibaud Flament to Toulouse
News regarding the packs of Wasps and Harlequins
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers lead the chase for Ross Moriarty
Leicester seek to bolster front row and back row for next season, with Wales flanker Moriarty just one of their targets
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoA blunder like Hogg’s will drive the tartan army straight to the pub
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Defiance: Nick Haining pushes off Garry Ringrose of Ireland As playing for Scotland has obviously turned Finn Russell...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQuins want Wilco to replace Sinckler
ON THE BLING SIDE Bok star: Wilco Louw HARLEQUINS are in advanced discussions to sign Stormers tight-head Wilco Louw as they...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTigers heading the chase to land Ross
Attracting attention: Ross Moriarty. Matias Alemanno Leicester target: Jack Singleton LEICESTER TIGERS have emerged as favourites to tempt British Lions back...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPRL must hand over control of salary cap
COLIN BOAG Under scrutiny: Saracens in better times. Lord Myners I have questioned whether Premiership Rugby would include supporters in their...
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Features
/ 6 years agoStars saddle up for epic Calcutta Cup challenge
Jon Newcombe talks to John Hall about his gruelling charity bike ride Tartan rider: Rob Wainright carries the ball during last...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSpecifically our Terry was simply one of the very best
TERRY Cooper was an old-fashioned reporter with an innate love of the game he wrote about. As Rugby correspondent of the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLove of all rugby keeps Wayne in the game
NICK CAIN TALKS TO REFEREE WAYNE BARNES ABOUT THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF HIS OUTSTANDING CAREER Inner steel: Wayne Barnes sends...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRavaged by war, the heroes return
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the Five Nations Championship one hundred years ago Magnificent men: Royal Flying Corps pilots had a...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoClifton turn up heat to leave them in control
By ADAM HUNTER Bournemouth 17 Clifton…………43 BOURNEMOUTH went into the game optimistic after a run of near-misses, but the Bristol side...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEddie is wrong to mention ‘brutal physicality’ in France
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Violent: Grégoire Lascubé is sent off by referee Stephen Hilditch against England...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBristol win the battle for Sinckler
HARLEQUINS prop Kyle Sinckler’s move to Bristol has been confirmed. The 26- year-old Lions forward has signed a two-year deal. “Kyle...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoSunwolves state case with five-try win in Tokyo
By ADAM ELLIS Winning start: Sunwolves’ Ben Te’o PICTURE: Getty Images Capitulation: Joe Marchant tasted defeat on Blues debut BEN TE’O...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Can lieutenant Andy Farrell cut it as head honcho?
Brendan Gallagher on why Andy Farrell should be wary of the trap of being labelled a No.2
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: PRL lynch mob make Saracens climb scaffold
Level playing field? The Premiership is about as level as the north face of the Eiger, writes Nick Cain
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: No bumps in the road for Wayne Pivac in his first match
As Wales prepare to face Italy in the Six Nations, Peter Jackson looks at how Pivac's predecessors fared in their first...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoStruggling Tigers put down by Homer’s try-double
By ALEX BYWATER TOM HOMER’S moment of brilliance lit up a turgid clash to give Bath a vital win as Taulupe...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoPRL lynch mob make Sarries climb scaffold
HOW can a Premiership Rugby organisation which preaches the moral virtues of a level playing field in salary cap funding –...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCan lieutenant Andy cut it as the head honcho?
His Master’s Voice: Andy Farrell chats to new captain Johnny Sexton PICTURE: Getty Images You will hear much talk over the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSexton: If I keep healthy I can go on a lot longer
Ireland GARY FITZGERALD talks to Ireland’s new captain about his hopes Ambitions: Johnny Sexton is still driven for success PICTURE: Getty...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNo bumps in the road for Pivac’s first match
Testing time: Wayne Pivac with the Welsh squad PICTURE: Getty Images As international coaching initiations go, Wayne Pivac’s appears to be...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPeel on short-list to be new coach at Ospreys
By ALEX BYWATER AND STEFFAN THOMAS DWAYNE Peel is on the Ospreys’ radar as Welsh rugby’s crisis region search for a...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoWho would open their books for scrutiny?
Academy boys: Owen Farrell and Maro Itoje PICTURE: Getty Images Saracens, Saracens, Saracens, it seems that’s all this season has been...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNigel Wray issues apology to Saracens as Premiership releases report into salary cap breach
Nigel Wray speaks out to clarify co-investments with players revealed in finer detail by the Dyson report
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago“I’d done my time in Cape Town” – Eben Etzebeth talks Toulon move
Springboks enforcer Eben Etzebeth switched the Stormers for Toulon after winning the World Cup
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Mystery of James Hook and the Wales No.10 shirt
Peter Jackson ponders why James Hook was rarely considered to play at outside half for Wales under Warren Gatland
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Vindictive owners get their pound of flesh off Saracens
Nick Cain believes the punishment served to Saracens bears no relation to their crimes
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLyon offer an escape route to trio of Saracens superstars
What will this mean for their England careers?
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoLeicester fall short in late fightback bid
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester L……..17 Esher ………………20 ESHER held on to seal a narrow victory at Leicester following a nail-biting finale...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBach to the wall effort defies late sin-bin
Midlands Premier SANDBACH defied their late numerical disadvantage to make it two wins in a row with a 24-17 victory over...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMystery of Hook and that Wales No10 shirt
James Hook did something a long time ago which no British or Irish player has done in the Six Nations since....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup hero focused on European domination
By ALEX BYWATER South Africa enforcer: Eben Etzebeth EBEN Etzebeth ended 2019 on top of the world and South Africa’s giant...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDo England need scrum coach? We never did!
Doing it naturally: Jeff Probyn playing for England against Wales in 1991 As we all wait with anticipation for the start...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoStormers sign up Roberts
FORMER Wales centre Jamie Roberts has left Bath with immediate effect to join Super Rugby side Stormers. Roberts was in his...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoVindictive owners get their pound of flesh off Sarries
What is bitterly disappointing for any England fan is that the roof caving in on Saracens will have serious ramifications for...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPivac has shocked a few and I’m glad
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Warren Gatland constantly surprised the Welsh rugby public with his selections throughout his 12 years...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Give George North a run out at 13 for Italy game
Jonathan Davies' injury for Wales springs a selection dilemma on head coach Wayne Pivac
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens salary cap judge says: PRL should lift cloak of privacy
“PRL will probably disagree strongly with my remarks” - Lord Dyson lifts the lid on his thoughts about the Saracens salary...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoRed card, but Sarries still find the way to win
By ALEX BYWATER Early hope: Dan Evans scores Ospreys’ first try Comeback: Alex Lewington, left, celebrates with Manu Vunipola after scoring...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGive North a run out at 13 for Italy game
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Precedent: George North playing centre for Wales against South Africa PICTURE: Getty Images My 2020...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWebb joins the growing list of Welsh wobbles in Toulon
Leaving: Rhy Webb RHYS WEBB appears to be heading home from France – the latest Welshman to enjoy mixed fortunes down...
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