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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWaterboys need mopping up now
NICK CAIN WHATEVER happens over the Rassie Erasmus appeal, World Rugby cannot dawdle any longer on the waterboy on-field coaching issue...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoGloucester young guns smash six past Chiefs for another bonus point
By ANDREW DEERING Gloucester........45pts Tries: Taylor 15, Morris 19, Morgan 26, 32; Barton 44, Reeves 76 Conversions: Evans 15, 21, 27,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoWorld Rugby should be in the dock alongside Erasmus
CHRIS HEWETT WE HAVE spent more time talking about Rassie Erasmus and his antics during the Lions tour of South Africa...
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Features
/ 4 years agoStrange case of the missing Boks
PAUL REES SUGGESTS THE WORLD RUGBY PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS ARE FLAWED It was enough to tempt Rassie Erasmus to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAt long last, the in-depth story about Obolensky
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was back in February 2009 that a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDodgy wine cost me England cap!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND U21, BARBARIANS, BRISTOL, COVENTRY, STOURBRIDGE AND BERRY HILL BACK ROW JULIAN HORROBIN Club legend:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMarcus stirs Eddie’s new gravy but it’s still lumpy
From NICK CAIN at TWICKENHAM England ............32pts Tries: Steward 7, Blamire 80+1 Conversions: Farrell 8; Smith 80+2 Penalties: Farrell 13, 18,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRosslyn Park robbed of Winterbottom class
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ROSSALL, situated in the Lancashire coastal town of Fleetwood, have a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years ago‘Data backs 60-cap rule’
By STEFFAN THOMAS WELSH rugby has been told it must continue to bring its best players back from the Gallagher Premiership...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoEngland must play smart to beat these Springboks
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK SOUTH Africa’s 31-29 win over New Zealand at the start of last month said...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWilliams starts as Wales go full bore
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Wales v Fiji Today. Kick-off 3pm, Principality Stadium LIAM Williams had visions of scoring the decisive try...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoAdams is an out-and-out winger, keep him there
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Has his work cut out: Josh Adams PICTURE: Getty Images I WAS as shocked as...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRassie must pay the price for video rant
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE information vacuum surrounding the disciplinary hearing involving Rassie Erasmus has been filled...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoBears may go after Genge if Mako stays
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bristol-born: Ellis Genge BRISTOL could switch their attention to Ellis Genge if they can’t...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEngland must use width to beat Boks – Robshaw
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones could do worse than copy the Wallabies’ fast action style to stop the Springbok juggernaut in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSaracens culture is king for Kelly
PAUL REES talks to coach Kelly Brown about the special values at Saracens Once a Saracen, always a Saracen. Kelly Brown...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoNo guff, just gumption from my top XV pundits
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is falling-off-a-log easy to poke fun at the battalions of exrugby professionals who earn a living...
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Features
/ 4 years agoEngland’s chance of payback for Bok agony
NICK CAIN ON THE MIGHTY TASK FACING EDDIE JONES’ PACK ON SATURDAY IF there is one team on the planet with...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCode-hopper Tiger Joe pushing for more caps
By PAUL REES RUGBY careers tend to be forged in academies, but not many players in the oval code have emerged...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHowieson using League wisdom to spur Tigers
By JON NEWCOMBE SHEFFIELD Tigers DoR Jack Howieson is trying to implement a hybrid brand of rugby that takes the best...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoMarcus Smith Could Be Set To Be A Star For England
Marcus Smith has made an excellent start to his international career for England and the Harlequins fly-half could be set to...
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Features
/ 4 years agoInjured Alun Wyn to miss Six Nations
RUGBY SHORTS WALES captain Alun Wyn Jones, 36, is set to miss the 2022 Six Nations with a shoulder injury sustained...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGUY PEPPER
YOUNG GUNS NEWCASTLE FALCONS FLANKER GUY Pepper is the latest member of the Barnard Castle School production line who hopes to...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWatson’s production line is strong as ever
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Colts champions: George Watson’s U16s, winners of the Scottish Schools in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNew broom has given the old lags a kick up backside
BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT THE thing about new starts, fresh brooms, and kicks up the backside is sometimes it’s not so much...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoEngland must be at their best to beat the Wallabies
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK AUSTRALIA has always had unbelievable potential as a Rugby Union nation, because the skill-set...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTake a bow, Ellis – that was a wonderful return
SHANEWILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Standout for Wales: Ellis Jenkins Boks super sub Malcolm Marx Asa reaction to the 54- 16...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoLam ready to raid Saracens talent again
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler PAT Lam could return to Saracens at the end...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoNow De Klerk eyes Oriental gravy train
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FAF de Klerk has been exploring potential future career options in Japan as the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNew eligibility rules will turn rugby into a circus
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK MALAKAI Fekitoa could have played for Tonga against England yesterday, just four years...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLondon Scottish set to head north for Super 8
By SAM JACKSON LONDON Scottish hope to join an expanded Super 6 tournament in Scotland next season while remaining at their...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoFlankers see world from other angles
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST At the risk of offending the Scottish rugby establishment –a serious hazard when you might find Jim...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTalented Ford ‘overshadowed by Owen Farrell’
By PAUL REES SIR ALEX Ferguson’s success at Manchester United was based partly on the manager’s knowing when it was time...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSpringbok clash will be preview of RWC 2023
THE best is saved until the end this month. The final weekend of the autumn series sees a repeat of the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTen law changes to make game safer and more attractive
WITH past concussion injuries leading to law suits and even on field deaths, World Rugby faces an existential threat and major...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFaletau switch confirmed
CARDIFF have confirmed Wales No.8 Taulupe Faletau will join the region at the end of the 2021-22 season from Bath. The...
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Features
/ 4 years agoKnights brought out best in me
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER MUNSTER, PLYMOUTH, DONCASTER AND LEICESTER FLY-HALF DECLAN CUSACK Calling the shots: Declan Cusack playing for...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCoal miner portrait of the artist Gareth
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoThe old guard will be on bus to France for 2023
JEFF PROBYN HOW old is too old to play interational rugby – and who should be the judge? That’s a question...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCroft: I’d love to be playing in new Tigers
By PAUL REES IT IS four years since Tom Croft retired after spending 12 seasons with Leicester, winning 40 England caps...
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Features
/ 4 years agoNeath GS was hard as nails rugby melting pot
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THERE was a time when the blue and gold of Neath...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBish was ahead of his time, today he’d be a national hero
OVERSEEING Neath’s halcyon days during the Fifties and early Sixties as coach was Roy Bish, a fine centre who combined his...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSam will prove why he’s best – Armand
NEWS EXTRA DON Armand believes Exeter teammate Sam Simmonds will show why he’s the best No.8 in England this autumn. Simmonds...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDaly back in December
RUGBY SHORTS ELLIOT Daly could return for Saracens in early December after surgery on a stress fracture. The 29-year-old has not...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAmazon deal sells fans down river
I SEE that the Autumn Internationals are to be broadcast on Amazon Prime this year, instead of free-to-air. I’m able to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoShow your hand, Eddie – no more time for bluffing
NICK Cain was spot on last week when challenging what Eddie Jones has been doing and achieving since becoming the rugby...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCurry: I can put arm round new lads
By PAUL REES TOM Curry was one of England’s younger players when he played in the 2019 World Cup, but less...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAlun Wyn faces new battle for fitness
Warrior cry: James Shillcock roars with delight after scoring for Worcester in their win against Sale PICTURE: Getty Images WALES head...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWarriors show their heart for the battle
By ANDREW DEERING Worcester ........27pts Tries: Shillcock 7, 68; Van der Merwe 9, 56 Conversions: Smith 7, 11 Penalties: Smith 28...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoIsiekwe chasing his dream of England recall
Progress: Nick Isiekwe NICK Isiekwe has not played for England since the summer of 2018 when he was substituted 35 minutes...















