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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Wayne Pivac has shocked a few and I am glad
Shane Williams praises the shrewd picks of Nick Tompkins and Will Rowlands in the Wales squad for the Six Nations
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Simon Amor can get England to be more instinctive
From Wisemantel to Amor, England's fast-paced attack play can become more expressive
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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 agoGranny does it for Saxons duo
FOUR years ago, Nick Tompkins helped England’s reserve XV, the Saxons, beat South Africa A on successive weekends. Now that the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSevens circuit helps get Rosser up to speed
News DRAGONS speedster Jared Rosser is lighting up the PRO14 with the everimproving Dragons and his team have two American Sevens...
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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 agoEastmond: Ford still has best years ahead of him
By NEALE HARVEY KYLE Eastmond believes George Ford’s best form in England’s No.10 shirt is yet to come – and expects...
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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 agoAmor can get England to become more instinctive
Game-changer: Simon Amor, right, talks to his England Sevens squad in Dubai PICTURE: Getty Images SIMON Amor should start his stint...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoVal up for a fight against Charlie
By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER prop Val Rapava-Ruskin heads into one of European rugby’s most demanding bearpits aiming to prove why he...
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Features
/ 6 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Williams will stay at the Chiefs EXETER Chiefs have won their battle with Gloucester...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWebb must prove himself again warns Pivac
SCRUM-HALF Rhys Webb has been warned he faces a battle to regain his No.9 jersey after being recalled to the Wales...
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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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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTompkins handed to Wales by RFU folly
SOMEBODY at Twickenham needs their arse kicking over the loss of Nick Tompkins – a star man for England at U16,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEddie’s new forwards guru will bring time, energy and emotion
NICK CAIN TALKS TO KEY SOUTH AFRICAN FIGURES ABOUT ENGLAND’S NEW COACH MATT PRO UDFOOT MATT Proudfoot’s arrival as the new...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSet piece won us the World Cup says Brits
Pressure: Bok scrum makes England unravel in final SCHALK Brits says that South Africa went into the final in Yokohama aware...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoForwards’ supremacy gets Ealing on a roll
By OLI SHAPLEY Fast start: Jordan Els scores for Trailfinders Fifty up: Tommy Bell is about to go over for Trailfinders...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: England game provides Sergio Parisse with perfect curtain fall
Italy's talismanic No.8 can bow out on his own terms, with a stock of flourishing back rows ready to pick up...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoDan Robson interview: I’m still waiting for Eddie Jones to call
"I won't play like a robot for England" - Wasps scrum-half Robson hopes to be the answer for Eddie
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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 agoCobus Reinach to leave Northampton Saints at the end of the season
Will Chris Boyd be bringing in a new signing to replace the departing Reinach?
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoVan Graan sweats on Hanrahan hamstring
By ADAM ELLIS Doubt: JJ Hanrahan Chance: Ben Healy MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan has urged his side to move...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoMighty Toulouse stand in way for Gloucester
By ROGER PANTING Pile up: Gloucester celebrate as referee Frank Murphy awards their fourth try scored by Todd Gleave PICTURES: Getty...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoScarlets thumped by Toulon power game
By ALEX BYWATER Spirit: Uzair Cassiem tries to battle through for Scarlets PICTURES: Getty Images TEAMS SCARLETS: Halfpenny 4; Mc- Nicholl...
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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 agoRising Sun may cast shadow on SANZAR
MATT McILRAITH SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE EXPERT Lifting standards: Japan beat Scotland in World Cup PICTURE: Getty Images The party might be over,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRobson still waits for Eddie’s call
Flair: Matteo Minozzi finishes off Wasps’ stunning try against Northampton last weekend Back to his best: Dan Robson is showing fine...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAll time Oaks XV
15 Catalin Fercu Accomplished: Romeo Gontineac Talented back three player who has logged up 107 Test matches despite an aversion to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoScrum-half Aled could be on way to west country
By STEFFAN THOMAS On the move? Aled Davies BATH have expressed an interest in signing Aled Davies as the scrum-half ponders...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSqueeze is on for Pacific Island players warns Leo
By NEALE HARVEY Snared by Tier One: England No.8 Billy Vunipola PACIFIC Island players, for so long a hugely popular feature...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEngland World Cup star George Kruis set to exit Saracens
A big name departure could be on the cards for Saracens and the England lock department
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: RFU need a strategy to find successor to Eddie Jones
Jeff Probyn on the RFU's need to no longer import expensive overseas assistant coaches and the newest turn in the Saracens...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEngland pursue Welsh wing ace
By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND have spoken to Gloucester wing Louis Rees-Zammit in a bold move over the Welshman’s international future. The...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoJames brothers’ turn to shine in Quins massacre
Premiership By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Speedster: Luke James breaks through the defence to score Sale’s third try PICTURES: Getty Images Shark attack:...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoCarr eager to motor on after Bristol winner
By NEALE HARVEY Impressing: Jack Willis WASPS back row star Nizaam Carr has ordered his side to follow last week’s morale-boosting...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRFU need a strategy to find Eddie’s successor
Flare up: Exeter Chiefs players clash with Saracens at Sandy Park last Sunday PICTURE: Getty Images As we start the New...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoQuestions remain if‘rental’ system is best way forward
IF ONL0Y things were as black and white as Colin Boag suggests, and making the unions of Tier One countries “primarily...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoImperfect Sarries start decade with super ten
By GARY FITZGERALD Icing on the cake: Elliot Daly evades the efforts of Tom Howe to scores Saracens’ final try PICTURES:...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: New breed of coaches take centre stage in 2020
Only Eddie Jones and Gregor Townsend remain from the World Cup as the Six Nations nears
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoA wishlist for rugby in 2020: Nick Cain’s wants an England Grand Slam
Nick Cain reveals his wishlist for England and the sport of rugby in general this year
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoObituaries: The rugby players and pioneers we lost in 2019
Brendan Gallagher remembers those influenced the sport greatly
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens chairman Nigel Wray retires citing need for ‘fresh start’
Nigel Wray has retired with immediate effect two months after Saracens were plunged into a salary cap scandal
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoPeter Jackson’s alternative list for Winners of 2019
An alternative take on the year's events sees Peter Jackson crown Doddie Weir for his fight in defiance of MND
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoMy wish for 2020: A Grand Slam and a star scrum-half
THE Rugby World Cup saw South Africa and host nation Japan emerge as the big winners in 2019. South Africa’s third...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoTop v bottom but, make no mistake, it’s clash of titans
NICK CAIN MEASURES THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ENGLAND’S TWO BEST TEAMS On form: Nick Tompkins scores as Saracens demolish Bristol last week...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLet’s hear it for my winners of 2019!
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Silent assassin: Danny Cipriani has heard nothing from Eddie jones. Inset left: Sebastien...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRainbow nation got its colour from Chester
Obituaries: BRENDAN GALLAGHER PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT PLAYERS WHO DIED IN Star player: Chester Williams on the way to a...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoMan of steel who nurtured Baa-Baas
Grand master: President Micky Steele-Bodger visits the Barbarians dressing room after the Killick Cup match with Argentina last year MICKY STEELE-BODGER...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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