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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JOEL KPOKU SARACENS LOCK Joel Kpoku reveals he was torn between Rugby League and Rugby Union before a chat with legendary...
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/ 8 years agoElliot Daly to start at full back in non cap game versus the Barbarians
(Photo: Getty Images) By Jake Jones Elliot Daly will start at full-back for England in Sunday’s non-cap match against the Barbarians...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Ever-improving Anthony Watson is my player of the season
Jeremy Guscott looks at the past 12 months for the Bath, England and B&I Lions full-back
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/ 8 years agoExeter Chiefs lineout king Jonny Hill on a fast climb to the top
Neale Harvey talks to the comeback kid who was released by Gloucester in 2015 due to injury
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/ 8 years agoGeorge North and Ross Moriarty free for Wales tour
Both North and Moriarty cleared to play for Wales ahead of tour to the Americas
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/ 8 years agoSpringboks suffer setback as key forward set to miss Tests against England
Rassie Erasmus looks likely to be without the incumbent Springboks captain
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/ 8 years agoSpringboks head coach Rassie Erasmus ready to surprise with squad selection for England series
Rassie Erasmus will name his squad to take on England in the June Tests this Saturday
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/ 8 years agoPaul Gustard to leave England duties for Harlequins’ head coach job
Premiership team Harlequins have recently named the current England coach for defence, Paul Gustard as their newly appointed head coach. The...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoAmericans stay schtum on Wales ticket sales
By PETER JACKSON THE American promoters of Wales’ Washington premiere are refusing to say how many tickets have been sold for...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFlawless Farrell sets records tumbling as Saracens power on
By NICK CAIN at Allianz Stadium OWEN Farrell was the chief executioner – a flawless 11 from 11 goal-kicks for 27...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoOur big players stood up well says McCall
OWEN Farrell earned the praise from Saracens boss Mark McCall after his commanding 27-point display against Wasps, which overhauled the previous...
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/ 8 years agoScrap this apprentice policy for game time
MARCUS Smith is still 19, and the Harlequins flyhalf is eligible for the England U20 side that will compete in the...
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/ 8 years agoTour ban may help Wales in long run
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS THE last thing you want as a rugby player is for your career to be...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIf England aren’t pulling together Eddie must take share of blame
NICK CAIN VISITS THE RED ROSE TRAINING CAMP AND FINDS IT’S ALL PEACE AND LIGHT ON THE SURFACE Learning curve: Owen...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSolomona insists he’s ready to make amends for those missing four weeks
DENNY Solomona had been told by his RFU minders to be on-message, and having blotted his disciplinary copybook twice within the...
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/ 8 years agoO’Connor: Ford still the best No.10 in England
By NEALE HARVEY Underfire: George Ford was dropped by Eddie Jones for the Ireland game PICTURE: Getty Images LEICESTER head coach...
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/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
More rough treatment for rugby’s underclass BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT WAS all smiles...
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/ 8 years agoWales knew the score on availability
WALES have fallen foul of Premier Rugby’s unbending rule against releasing Englishbased players for out-of-window Test matches often enough to have...
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/ 8 years agoAckermann to bring in Bok power
GLOUCESTER will this week confirm that Springbok tighthead Ruan Dreyer will be the latest player to arrive at Kingsholm front South...
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/ 8 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
Three horse race for Harlequins job BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler HARLEQUINS have spent this weekend making a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLosing to the Boks in ‘68 set Lions’ foundation for glory days to come
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks back at the muchmaligned Lions tour to South Africa in 1968 Casualty: Barry John had his collarbone broken...
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Features
/ 8 years agoParty boy Brooks knew how to have a good time
THE1968 Lions departed for South Africa 50 years ago on Friday May 13 which didn’t worry the tour manager David Brooks...
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/ 8 years agoWasps sign 7s flier but Leicester lose theirs to Australia
By JAKE JONES WASPS duo Danny Cipriani and James Haskell have signed for Gloucester and Northampton respectively with the pair opting...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years ago‘Tahs finally end the Kiwi winning run over Aussies
By JAKE JONES Try time: Israel Folau scores for the Waratahs THE Waratahs ended Australia’s unwanted record of 40 games without...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoLion Williams passes on
FORMER Wales and British & Irish Lions player Gareth Williams has died aged 63 after a battle with a rare nervous...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSummer off could spell the end for new Saint Haskell
JEFF PROBYN Hanging by a thread: James Haskell’s England career could be over PICTURE: Getty Images A FRONT ROW VIEW OF...
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/ 8 years agoExeter’s comeback kid on fast climb to the top
By NEALE HARVEY Lineout king: Exeter second row Jonny Hill. Insets, Maro Itoje, Joe Launchbury and Nick Isiekwe PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoAshton loses his golden touch at wrong time
DAVID BARNES Dismay: Chris Ashton missed two chances to score, costing Toulon defeat PICTURE: Getty Images FRENCH COLUMN The sureness of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGermany set to storm Europe says Botha
News Coach: Mouritz Botha MOURITZ Botha believes German rugby is on the rise as the European minnows continue to dream of...
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/ 8 years agoPlaymaker Lozowski set to put versatility to the Test
VERSATILE Saracens playmaker Alex Lozowski says he is “100 per cent ready” to step into England’s No.13 jersey in South Africa...
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/ 8 years agoRobson on track to go one better than Dad
By NEALE HARVEY Support: Ben Spencer Back to his best: Wasps No.9 Dan Robson PICTURES: Getty Images DAN Robson intends to...
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/ 8 years agoCips urged to build his legacy at Gloucester
By TOM BRADSHAW Challenge: Phil Vickery GLOUCESTER-BOUND Danny Cipriani has been challenged to create a legacy at Kingsholm by his former...
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/ 8 years agoWales kids in last chance saloon
By ALEX BYWATER ROBIN McBryde has warned Wales’ young guns to impress this summer or face missing out on the World...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEver-improving Watson is my player of the season
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK MY player of the season is Anthony Watson. The Bath and England fullback/ wing is...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoImperious Exeter give Falcons the runaround
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER HOLDERS Exeter Chiefs, at their remorseless and efficient best, reached their third consecutive Premiership final with this commanding...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCheetahs full-back Clayton Blommetjies eyes Wales route after Boks snub
The Scarlets-bound full-back claims he was unfairly treated by former Springboks coach Allister Coetzee
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoNew Zealand are hypocrites for their fuss over Brad Shields
Pacific Islanders and their occasional route into New Zealand rugby...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Greatest? No way, but Dylan Hartley has had his moments with England
Nick Cain examines Dylan Hartley's career after Eddie Jones' claim the hooker is England's greatest captain
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEngland up the heat in Pennyhill sweat-shop ready for Japan
Things will get tropical for Eddie Jones' selection of players he plans on taking to the 2019 Rugby World Cup
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/ 8 years agoWales trio withdrawn from summer tour to Americas
Wales' English based trio released from squad for tour to USA
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRory Best a doubt for Champions Cup playoff against Ospreys
Ulster stalwart Best a doubt for Champions Cup playoff
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDanny Cipriani signs for Gloucester
Danny Cipriani will move to Kingsholm this summer
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoSurprising Eddie didn’t rest more of his Six Nations flops
JEFF PROBYN Vital role: Brad Shield’s experience of South Africa will be hugely beneficial PICTURE: Getty Images PICTURE: Getty Images I...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland struggle to repel the power of Boks driving lineout
By ROGER PANTING England…12 South Africa …26 Just short: England’s Ben White is halted before the line ENGLAND head coach Steve...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBystander Ben wants Six Nations redemption
By NEALE HARVEY BEN Youngs is a man on a mission to right the wrongs of England’s sub-standard Six Nations campaign...
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/ 8 years agoHougaard putting Boks on ice for Warriors
SPRINGBOK ace Francois Hougaard will not rule out a return for the World Cup but says he is “at peace” with...
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/ 8 years agoMistake to leave Welch at home says Vickers
By JON NEWCOMBE SOON-TO-RETIRE Newcastle prop Rob Vickers believes Eddie Jones has missed a trick by not including Falcons captain Will...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoGood to see Cips, but why no Wade?
GREAT news to see Danny Cipriani back in the England squad – by why’s it taken so long? He’s been playing...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMystery that Eddie has not cut Quins boys adrift
COLIN BOAG My reaction to the England squad was a mixture of delight and disappointment. Delight because so many of ‘yesterday’s...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCipriani can be the catalyst for England to cut loose
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Chance to impress: Danny Cipriani deserves his England call PICTURE: Getty Images DANNY Cipriani’s club form...
International Rugby
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