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Featured
/ 13 years agoStuart Lancaster must dare to dream, says Brian Ashton
Brian Ashton hopes that England‘s new-found attacking style will be no passing ‘fad’. A young England team destroyed Argentina with some...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain looks ahead to the 2015 World Cup showdown between England, Wales and Australia
We are six months closer to the 2015 World Cup Pool of Pain, and the Lions victory over Australia provides a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoMike Catt input can steer me to top says Luther Burrell
Luther Burrell racked up a Premiership final appearance and an England debut in his first season with Northampton – but the...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: North star needs help to twinkle for Saints
When it comes to buying marquee players for the new season no one in the Premiership has done a better job...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Time for Lancaster to get ruthless with selection
Stuart Lancaster must know by now that the biggest job he has as England head coach is selection. England are two...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Mike Aspinall – Harrogate player-coach
1. Essay writing I wouldn’t say that I’m the most academic person by any stretch of the imagination. But, as someone...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Tomas O’Leary – London Irish scrum-half
Been anywhere nice on holiday? Cancun, Mexico, and then Miami with my girlfriend. Cool places to see…we lay on the beach,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Wales can cap it all with World Cup victory
By the time they finish their next match, Wales will be in serious contention for another title – The Most Capped...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: O’Driscoll deserved to end his career with dignity
Okay, okay I admit it, I said that I thought the Aussies would win that third Test and the series and...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoSam Warburton out for four months
British & Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton will be out of action for up to four months with a hamstring tear....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoMike Ford puts his focus on reviving up Bath attack
He’s masterminded the defence for the Lions, England and Ireland, not to mention Premiership clubs. But now newly-promoted Bath coach Mike...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Leigh Hinton – former Dragons and Leeds full-back
My one season at Newport Gwent Dragons was tough but, looking back, it was the best thing that happened in my...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Gatland defies the abuse to hit jackpot
What the 2013 Lions tour revealed is that for all the power inherent in the concept of the four Home Unions...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Paddy Johns – Former Ireland, Ulster and Saracens lock
1. Jason Leonard – The number of caps he got for England is incredible. He was just a really solid player...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain’s tour overview: Do not underestimate this wonderful triumph
The 2013 Lions roared in Sydney, mauling the Wallabies by a record score, but there are some embittered souls for whom...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoLeigh Halfpenny is a £1m target for the French clubs
Leigh Halfpenny’s Welsh future is to be thrashed out in London this week as three French clubs prepare to make him...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoRugby Challenge 2 Competition
To celebrate the first British & Irish Lions series win since 1997, The Rugby Paper will give away a copy of the...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoAnother successful FRN Sevens tournament
Last week, Find Rugby Now held its annual rugby 7s tournament in London. The tournament was twice the size of the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: High ticket prices will keep kids away from World Cup
Well that’s it for another four years (12 if you’re Australian), the end of another Lions tour with all the angst...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: O’Driscoll was lucky even to be on tour
The notion held by some media pundits and fans – not all of them Irish – that Brian O’Driscoll is a...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain’s tour verdict: Gatland shows he has Midas touch
After the gunsmoke had cleared at the ANZ Stadium, the massed ranks of Lions fans waited to cheer on the 2013...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoChris Robshaw may have to switch to six says Nick Evans
Luke Wallace’s all-action displays in the Quins No.7 shirt last season will force England captain Chris Robshaw to move to blindside...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Our sixteen years of pain end in 80 minutes
Forward dominance has been fundamental to this series from the off and yesterday the Lions power pack well and truly stuffed...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoNo Cockerill, no problem for well-drilled Tigers says Anthony Allen
Anthony Allen has played down the significance of Richard Cockerill’s impending nine-week ban, insisting it will make little difference to Leicester‘s...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoEwen McKenzie replaces Robbie Deans
Ewen McKenzie has been named as the new Australia head coach, the Australian Rugby Union announced today. The Queensland Reds boss...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoMako Vunipola will be best prop in world says Saracens coach
Public opinion might suggest Mako Vunipola was taught a lesson in Melbourne, but Saracens forwards coach Alex Sanderson is adamant that...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoYoung guns can fire us into top two – Mike Tindall
Gloucester player-coach Mike Tindall believes that the Cherry & Whites’ young guns should train their sights on a top-two finish in...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoTim Payne forced to retire
London Wasps prop Tim Payne is to retire from the game on medical advice following a neck injury he suffered towards...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Horwill’s escape is latest great stitch-up
The James Horwill incident is the straw that broke the camel’s back. When the Australian captain was exonerated by Kiwi QC...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Cuthbert’s knee-drop was as bad as Horwill’s ‘stamp’
The IRB’s decision to call for a re-trial of Australian captain James Horwill re the stamping charge he was cleared of...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoWallabies call on George Smith for decider
Robbie Deans has called on George Smith as he named his Wallabies side to face the British & Irish Lions in...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoLion Leigh Halfpenny ‘could be explosive like Israel Folau’
The man who gave George North his scything sidestep and Israel Folau his kangaroo kick believes Leigh Halfpenny combines the best...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoHorwill cleared to play in decider
Australia captain James Horwill is free to play in Saturday’s decider against the British & Irish Lions after the IRB appeal...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoSam Warburton out of Series decider
British & Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton will miss the Series decider in Sydney on Saturday with a hamstring injury. The...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoMarlan Yarde has re-written wingers’ handbook
Christian Wade‘s England form earned a shock Lions call but Marland Yarde is the country’s best, according to Brian Smith, who...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoIRB to appeal James Horwill decision
The International Rugby Board has today confirmed it will appeal the James Horwill disciplinary decision following an extensive review of the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 13 years agoJeff Probyn: Now Gatland knows some players aren’t good enough
A disaster, a loss of momentum, overplaying in the conditions and a drop in standards were the words and phrases used...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Adam Black – Former Wales, Sale & Wasps prop
1. Adam Black – I’ve gone for a team of guys I played with and knowing the rest of the lads...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: North and Folau made this a truly great Test
What a match, what an occasion. So many times these events don’t live up to the hype. But the entrance price...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoBOD: “James Horwill is a lucky boy”
Brian O’Driscoll says Australia captain is a “lucky boy” after being cleared of stamping on Alun-Wyn Jones in the first Test...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoFractured arm rules Paul O’Connell out
British & Irish Lions lock Paul O’Connell will miss the rest of the series against Australia with a fractured arm. The...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoJames Horwill cleared of stamping
Wallabies captain James Horwill has been cleared of stamping on British & Irish Lions lock Alun-Wyn Jones in the first Test...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 13 years agoNew Lion Billy Twelvetrees was once allowed to escape as a Tiger
Billy Twelvetrees has gone from uncapped England contender to Lions tourist in the space of five months but, remarkably, he was...
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James Haskell
/ 13 years agoJames Haskell: Paul O’Connell could take over from captain Sam Warburton
There have been some stand-out performances by the Lions and perhaps more questions raised than answered. It’s disappointing the opposition haven’t...
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Nick Cain
/ 13 years agoNick Cain: Remember Finlay Calder and stick with Sam Warburton
Sam Warburton’s selection as Lions captain was under serious scrutiny before last night’s crushing of the Waratahs, but the Welsh openside...
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Latest News
/ 13 years agoWallabies confirm first Test XV
Ben Mowen, Christian Leali’ifano and Israel Folau will all make their international debuts for Ausralia after being named in Robbie Deans’ starting XV to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoGeorge North will be a Saints idol ‘with Stephen Myler’s help’
Former Northampton star winger Jon Sleightholme has backed Stephen Myler to load the bullets for George North to fire in the...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Alex Goode – England and Saracens full-back
1. Alex Corbisiero – I’ve never seen him get stopped by anyone with the ball in his hands. He’s also the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 13 years agoPeter Jackson: Richard Hibbard, from dog-house to life with the big cats
Richard Hibbard came home from Australia this time last year fearing the worst, that he would never play for Wales again....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 13 years agoJeremy Guscott: Croft gets my vote and there’s no Sam!
Warren Gatland wanted standout performances to cement Test selection and he certainly got some against the Waratahs. A handful of guys...
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