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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoNo fireworks but Leinster willpower wins the day
By NICK CAIN Cutting through: Robbie Henshaw on the charge LEINSTER won their fourth European title, equalling Toulouse’s record haul, but...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEngland up the heat in Pennyhill sweat-shop
By NICK CAIN ENGLAND’S preparations for the 2019 World Cup will involve training in sweltering tropical rainforest temperatures of 30 degrees...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoGreatest? No way, but Hartley had his moments
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones is not averse to stirring the pot, and he did so...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoNZ are hypocrites in their fuss over Shields
IF there’s one rugby nation that England should not take any lectures from when it comes to adopting players from other...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoStats show Goode and Gibson should be on the plane
I HAVE both a love and a healthy scepticism regarding statistics generally but the end of season Opta stats are always...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBlommetjies eyes Wales route after Boks snub
By STEFFAN THOMAS CLAYTON Blommetjies hopes his move to the Scarlets can help him one day star for Wales and emulate...
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/ 8 years agoGeorge will need to get defence up to speed
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS I WAS surprised and delighted in equal measure to see Warren Gatland reveal George North...
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/ 8 years agoHowley: It’s a 31-man trial for the World Cup
By ROB COLE ROB Howley believes Wales have the perfect age profile to achieve World Cup success. The ultimate target for...
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/ 8 years agoGatland’s picked ‘perfect role model’
Wales summer squad Rapid rise: Cory Hill will co-captain the summer tour PICTURES: Getty Images CORY Hill is the perfect player...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEddie’s become the voice of confusion
NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE THINKING BEHIND EDDIE JONES’ TOUR SQUAD FOR SOUTH AFRICA IF Eddie Jones is as successful at...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoPrydie’s too good for all this time in the shadows
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Tom Prydie arrived at ‘Heart and Soul Rugby Country’ last summer hoping to...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoAt least Bent had actually set foot on Irish soil
SIX years ago Ireland caused a stink by rushing Michael Bent, a New Zealander, straight from the arrivals hall at Dublin...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoJoe certain ‘team man’ Cips will sing for Eddie
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS captain Joe Launchbury dismisses any notion that Danny Cipriani is not a ‘team player’ and expects the...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoStunning comeback puts Crusaders top
By SAM JACKSON Fighting back: Joe Moody dives over to score for the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images THE Crusaders pulled off...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTEAMS: Champions Cup final squads released by Leinster and Racing 92
Leo Cullen names Leinster squad, as Pat Lambie is selected over Dan Carter by Racing
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: Straight-talking Johan Ackermann has Gloucester on track
Nick Cain writes how Ackermann's arrival has been timed perfectly with the breakout seasons by Jake Polledri and Lewis Ludlow
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoAnglo-Welsh Cup dies as Welsh clubs withdraw
By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP club owners will this week discuss options for a new internal cup competition after being told that...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoStraight-talking Johann has Gloucester on track
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK JOHANN Ackermann has steered Gloucester out of their lengthy spell in the doldrums...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFord shows his form as Tigers come good
By COLIN NEWBOULT LEICESTER supporters may wonder where this performance has been for most of the campaign. Few teams have outplayed...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoScarlets show teeth to savage Cheetahs
By STEFFAN THOMAS Coasting home: Leigh Halfpenny races in to score for Scarlets PICTURE: Huw Evans THE Scarlets kept their hopes...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCaptaincy could take Tipuric to next level
SHANE WILLIAMS Standard bearer: Justin Tipuric is man to lead Wales PICTURE: Getty Images WARREN Gatland faces a tough job this...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 8 years agoDe Jongh will get down and dirty
MIDFIELD linchpin Juan de Jongh knows Wasps’ must shore up their defence if they are to claim the Premiership title. Wasps...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoInjury issues may scupper Gloucester’s bid for glory
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for next week’s Anglo-Welsh finale of the Challenge Cup Decisions: Johan Ackermann As somebody once said...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoFab at 40, Filisi can crown it all with Cup
By PETER JACKSON TAU Filise is ready to make one last historic stand for Cardiff Blues as the first 40-year-old to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFarcical that players must quit their club for England
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Farcical situation: London Irish wing Joe Cokanasiga must leave the club to...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoSpedding dumped by new French red tape
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Outcast: Scott Spedding is finding it impossible to sign for a new club PICTURE: Getty Images Top...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoLions feel the bite as Hurricanes’ predator extends purple patch
■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Dangerman: Ben Lam scores for Huricanes PICTURE: Getty Images BEN Lam scored a hattrick as Hurricanes beat Lions...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoMercer glad to have Shields in England armoury
BACK row prospect Zach Mercer insists he has no issues with New Zealander Brad Shields being picked for June’s tour of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoKoch desperate to play part in Boks resurgence
By NEALE HARVEY SARACENS prop Vincent Koch would relish doing battle with the “enemy” from within his own club this summer...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCaptaincy must be real reason Shields is on the fast-track
IT SEEMS everyone is missing the point on the Brad Shields debate. Of course he’s good enough, of course he’s eligible....
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoQuins have no answer to Chiefs’ power game
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER EXETER finished their regular season by dabbing the accelerator when necessary as they look to their semi-final play-off...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoRugby Matters: Drugs… the stories that keep on coming
From playing through the pain with painkillers to straight up steroids, why it's worrying that players are self-medicating
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoWales to get £1.25m payout from Lions tour of New Zealand
All is good for Wales, but Peter Jackson says all is not well as future Lions tours face threats
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLegends quit Toulon but future is so bright
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Not so happy ending: Wonder wing Bryan Habana is leaving Toulon with a sense of grievance PICTURE:...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoJubilant Jaguares stun Blues in Auckland
By SAM JACKSON Close to tears: Nicolas Sanchez and Javier Ortega Desio celebrate the Jaguares’ victory over the Blues PICTURE: Getty...
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Features
/ 8 years agoShields must prove he’s better than Prem rivals
Coming ‘home’: Brad Shields will play for Wasps next season COLIN BOAG All the talk of Brad Shields being chosen for...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDiamond: I can build team round MacGinty
USA fly-half AJ MacGinty was hailed by Sale boss Steve Diamond. “He’s come of age and you can build a side...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoWales get £1.25m payment from Lions
By PETER JACKSON WALES are to receive a seven-figure windfall as their share of the profit from last summer’s Lions tour...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDonncha signs off on a day of future promise
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SIXWAYS was en fete yesterday with the Warriors banishing any mathematical threats of relegation with a vibrant performance...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNothing Super about a closed-shop format
THE word from South Africa is that Super Rugby is dying on its feet. This sends an unequivocal message to the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBilly’s back to help Sarries secure home semi-final
By NEALE HARVEY Target: Michael Rhodes ENGLAND No.8 Billy Vunipola returns for Saracens as back rower Michael Rhodes aims to throw...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoThompson wary of the Horne factor
WASPS flanker Guy Thompson knows his side’s Premiership title hopes could go up in smoke if they fail to defeat fired-up...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMitchell’s men sling it out with Samoa in Singapore quarters
ENGLAND topped Pool B on the first day of the Singapore Sevens with victories over Kenya, USA and France. They will...
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/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
Drugs… the worrying stories keep on coming BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Self-medicating: James O’Connor...
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/ 8 years agoTrailfinders strengthen midfield
EALING have signed experienced centre Pat Howard from the Dragons for next season. The South African has been with the Dragons...
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/ 8 years agoErasmus will fire the Boks and gear them up for World Cup
NICK CAIN TALKS TO SHALK BRITS ABOUT SARACENS AND THAT ENGLAND TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA NTERVIEW World class: Billy Vunipola SCHALK...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoBRITS ON…
…SARACENS BREAKING NEW GROUND Off the pitch it’s also been a special time. Where else could you go to a club...
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/ 8 years agoEagles hero eyes move into pro wrestling
By SAM JACKSON FORMER USA Eagles captain Todd Clever could switch from rugby to join the WWE. The most capped player...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNo room for mercenaries in O’Shea’s new vision for Italy
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to Italy coach Conor O’Shea about the changing fortunes at his franchises It probably hasn’t escaped your notice...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHow Negri climbed from BUCS league to the Six Nations
Back row tyro Seb Negri tells Brendan Gallagher the benefits of a more scenic route to Test rugby High on the...
International Rugby
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