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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoWales go top of the world rankings
By ALEX BYWATER ALUN Wyn Jones has vowed Wales will embrace the pressure of their favourites tag at Twickenham this afternoon...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoThis time it’s clearly personal for Eddie and Gats
Ahead-to-head between England coach Eddie Jones and his Wales counterpart Warren Gatland on which their 2019 World Cup ambitions, and their...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWe must clear up Sarries salary cap row – Vaughan
By NEALE HARVEY Call for clarity: Vaughan OUTGOING Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan has called on Premiership Rugby to come clean...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoFriendly? This will be full metal jacket for Gatland
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Far from preserving the status of the Test match, rugby has given it...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoLadies or women, they need to raise bar
CATHERINE SPENCER FORMER ENGLAND WOMEN’S CAPTAIN Football is a game for gentlemen played by hooligans, and Rugby Union is a game...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoTitans set sights on promotion under new man Posa
By GUY WILLIAMS NEWS EXTRA AMBITIOUS new Rotherham joint head coach Ants Posa is confident he can build a side to...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHigh tacklers could be banned for World Cup
By PETER JACKSON Sent off: Warburton WORLD CUP referees are under renewed instruction to throw the book at players guilty of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPre-season fixtures
TUESDAY AUGUST 13 Morpeth v Tynedale, 7pm Leicester Lions v Nuneaton, 7pm THURSDAY AUGUST 15 Castres v Bristol Bears, 6pm FRIDAY...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDaly: We’re fit, strong and really raring to go
By GARY FITZGERALD Winning matters: Elliot Daly ELLIOT Daly says he and his England teammates are primed for action and prepared...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHeinz needs a big game or Eddie will get stick
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Moment of truth: Willi Heinz has his chance to impress THE England team that...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWales captain Alun Wyn Jones to reach historic landmark in England clash
Wales head coach Warren Gatland has named a squad lined with regulars for the trip to Twickenham
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Featured
/ 7 years agoBoyd: Lesser men would have quit by now but Dylan Hartley won’t
The England captain and Northampton Saints hooker has been battling back from knee surgery
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Features
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks ‘will call for Gatland in next couple of years’
Mark ‘Sharky’ Robinson gives his verdict to GRANT SHUB on World Cup prospects and the future of the All Blacks Using...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWarm-ups essential to get Wales up to speed
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Massive blow: The loss of Taulupe Faletau is devastating for the player and for Wales...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoScarlets style will help Tom come back – Dafydd
Fresh start: Tom James TOM James has been backed to hit the ground running and star at the Scarlets after recovering...
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Features
/ 7 years agoComing back to Sarries I saw the youngsters were now world class
Q & A DAVE STRETTLE ON THE RECORD Finished in style: Dave Strettle Long-serving former England winger Dave Strettle reflects on...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby must act to stem decline in players
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Dwindling band: Schoolboys enjoy a game of rugby for the fun of...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoLionesses could roar but only if done right
CATHERINE SPENCER FORMER ENGLAND WOMEN’S CAPTAIN Lion kings: Danny Grewcock and Jason Leonard after the first Test win in Brisbane 2001...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJPR blasts warm-up games as injury threat
By STEFFAN THOMAS Blow: Rhys Webb injured against Italy 2015 Horror: Morgan Stoddart breaks his leg against England in 2011 Big...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWelsh greats vie to be president of the WRU
By ALEX BYWATER Contenders: Gerald Davies and Tommy David TWO OF Welsh rugby’s glittering stars of the 1970’s, Gerald Davies and...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWas our game of rugby truly better in 1991?
JEFF GAGE YES How it was: North beat the All Blacks Colin Boag labels those who have the temerity to be...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWheelchairs or rucks is rugby’s choice
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Even at this advanced and supposedly enlightened stage of our development as a species, sport clings to...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoMike Friday Q&A: Premiership clubs have shown interest in me
The Englishman across the Pond enjoyed a fantastic season with USA Sevens
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago‘A British & Irish League has to happen urgently’ – former PRO14 club chairman
How might CVC's strategy for a British & Irish League may work, according to former Cardiff Blues chairman Peter Thomas
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoA British League is ‘urgently needed’
By PETER JACKSON THE MAN whose millions kept Cardiff Blues afloat for more than 20 years today calls for the creation...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIs our country in good hands at No.10, Eddie?
A simple question: what is the most significant difference between Danny Cipriani and Boris Johnson, apart from hair colour and a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMighty Wade bridged giant gap to star for England
Two famous north-west clubs reach significant milestones this coming season with Preston Grasshoppers celebrating their sesquicentenary and Fylde their centenary JON...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHenderson is Ulster’s new captain
IAIN Henderson has taken over from fellow Ireland forward Rory Best as skipper of PRO14 side Ulster The versatile 27-year-old, currently...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWRU must get behind our Sevens potential
SHANE WILLIAMS Sevens graduate: James Davies is a regular for Scarlets PICTURE: Getty Images WALES AND LIONS LEGEND ALL the focus...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBoyd: Lesser men might have quit but Dylan’s still so mentally tough
Neale Harvey talks to the Northampton Saints director of rugby Chris Boyd Cover: Dylan Hartley is still battling his knee problem,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI’ll come back to England one day as a better coach
Q&A On form: Danny Barrett scores for the United States in the bronze medal match with France during the HSBC London...
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Features
/ 7 years agoTour of Hell? I was the top try scorer!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY Hometown club: Scott Benton playing for Leeds in 2002M PICTURE: Getty Images “Can you believe Gloucester got me...
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Top 14
/ 7 years agoStateside is calling for Basta and Steff
Adam Ellis casts an eye over the moves made in the Top 14 as it abounds with even more star talent...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoNew scrum rules could spoil great World Cup
WHEN it comes to timing, World Rugby is like a faulty alarm clock. At the midnight hour, barely two months out...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMy arm is taking strain OK so far says Faletau
■From JAMES CANDY in Fiesch Boxing clever: Bradley Davies warms up in Wales pre-World Cup training camp in Switzerland Report: Pages...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHighs and lows on
Lions tour in ‘74 RIGHT up until my early 20s, when I was playing professionally for Middlesbrough, I seemed to be...
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National League One
/ 7 years agoPolynesian muscle men are moving in
The new season brings improved budgets for some National One clubs, discovers Adam Ellis Hard edge: Ofisa Treviranus is bound for...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoColumn: Jeremy Guscott gives his prediction for Wales at the Rugby World Cup
Do Wales deserve to be among the favourites?
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Featured
/ 7 years agoBone graft surgery fixes up Taulupe Faletau for Wales’ big push
The Lions no.8 was back in training with Wales earlier this month as he works his way back from a broken...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBoot camp regime gets Jamie fit for active service
NICK CAIN TALKS TO JAMIE GEORGE ABOUT HIS IN SATIABLE DRIVE FOR PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT JAMIE George knew what was coming and...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSmall was a giant when it came to showing courage
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW IN A RADIOinterview last summer, James Small confessed that he had attempted suicide...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCalcutta kick ban Jeffrey in top job
FORMER Scotland international John Jeffrey, once banned for six months for kicking the Calcutta Cup along Princes Street, Edinburgh, with England’s...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHowley’s now one of world’s best – Roberts
By STEFFAN THOMAS ROB Howley has been backed to land a big coaching role at either club or international level when...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoJoe can star at World Cup then roar as a 2021 Lion!
By GARY FITZGERALD JOE Marler may enjoy his fresh taste of England so much he will decide to also take a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCan Wales go all the way in Japan? Yes, they can!
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK THE question that keeps on coming up is whether Wales, having won a Grand Slam...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoWales go full throttle for England warm-ups
By ALEX BYWATER ENGLAND will face a full strength Wales side when the teams meet at Twickenham on August 11 to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoBone-graft Faletau is fit for the big push
By PETER JACKSON TAULUPE Faletau will be cleared to make a long-overdue Wales come-back next month thanks to bone-graft surgery on...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLooking back on James Small’s colourful career
Many rugby fans around the world will be carrying around a great sadness upon hearing the news that the former Springbok and...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWales captain Alun Wyn Jones finally signs new contract to stay with Ospreys
The Grand Slam-winning lock assures the Ospreys are the best place for him to be 'at this stage' of his career
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International Rugby
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