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Latest News
/ 11 years agoBrits out until ‘well into new year’
Schalk Brits will have knee ligament surgery and will be out of action until “well into the new year”. The Saracens...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: With all these golden oldies, why is therea youth cult?
I have absolutely no idea who comes up with these ideas but today – October 5 – has been designated as...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Home-bred Ospreys soar with the eagles
At the height of summer, their players were left to wonder whether they still had jobs to go back to and,...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Chris Johnson – Fylde fly-half
1. Box Kicks I hate box kicks from lineouts, it is what I’d class as an ‘anti-rugby‘ tactic. Normally from a...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain looks back at the momentous career of ‘Big Ted’ Andrew Sheridan
Andrew Sheridan was the undisputed strong-man of the pro game, and as he went into retirement this week the 34-year-old England...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Jamie Lennard – Doncaster fly-half
Great start for Donny? Everyone expected us to come back up and try to just survive but we’re an ambitious group...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Now Stuart Lancaster has a licence to gamble
If Stuart Lancaster sees out his full term as England head coach he will have been in the post for an...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland finish third at Gold Coast Sevens
England Sevens finished third in the opening HSBC Sevens World Series tournament in the Gold Coast after beating South Africa in...
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Featured
/ 12 years agoJames Rodwell unfazed by his Olympian task
England Sevens stalwart speaks to TRP ahead of World Series kick-off.
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Martin Johnson’s out and firing – at wrong targets!
Martin Johnson broke cover for the first time in the three years since he resigned as England manager when he gave...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoReferees appointed for November internationals
Welsh referee Nigel Owens will take charge of England v New Zealand on November 8 it was announced today. The fixture...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher and boot camps
It is difficult to be precise about these things but the first whiff of a training camp – or something out...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain talks to World Cup winner Neil Back about England’s back-row
Neil Back wants to accentuate the positives for England in the week that the 2015 World Cup countdown began in earnest....
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoCorbisiero and Parling out of England internationals
Northampton Saints prop Alex Corbisiero and Leicester Tigers lock Geoff Parling have been rulled out of England‘s internationals next month because...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: One hundred years on…the Varsity heroes are honoured
It was a Cambridge man, and a half decent rugby player to boot, who famously mused that should he die there...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoRugby Championship preview
Teboho “Oupa” Mohoje makes his first Test start for the Springboks in Cape Town on Saturday against Australia in the fifth...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Sam Smith – Worcester winger
First impressions of Worcester? Really enjoying it. Love the club, love the city and I’m getting stuck into the lifestyle. I’m...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Imports are making a mockery of IRB rule
During his time in charge of Wales, Graham Henry took what could be politely described as a cavalier attitude to capping...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Graham Dawe – former Launceston, Bath and England hooker
I was fortunate to meet the great Nelson Mandela not once, but twice, having toured South Africa with England in 1994,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: When rugby passed its screen test
Gareth Thomas is launching his new updated biography Proud on Thursday – which is probably why that amiable old Hollywood slugger...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoSteffon Armitage has applied for a French passport
France head coach Philippe Saint-Andre has revealed Steffon Armitage has applied for a French passport in a bid to represent France...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tom Rees – former England and Wasps flanker
During my career I had the pleasure of working with some great guys, including Warren Gatland, Brian Ashton and Sir Ian...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoNew Zealand v Argentina preview
As expected, Beauden Barrett will start at fly-half for New Zealand on Saturday as they take on Argentina in the third...
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/ 12 years agoJonny Sexton out for six weeks
Ireland will be sweating on Jonny Sexton’s fitness ahead of the autumn Tests after the fly-half broke his jaw last weekend....
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/ 12 years agoSaracens sign Eagles hooker
Phil Thiel has joined Saracens on a short-term contract. The US Eagles hooker will cover for Schalk Brits who is away...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Bliss – Wasps and USA scrum-half
Tom Bliss is expected to make his Wasps debut today against London Welsh in a pre-season friendly at Adams Park. Joining...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Wales pay price for the pursuit of money
Gareth Edwards achieved many famous things, not least playing 53 consecutive matches for Wales. From start to finish, it took him...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoManu Tuilagi’s mission to take centre stage
Manu Tuilagi wants it known that he is a centre and he intends to put the worst season of his career...
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Featured
/ 12 years ago‘Angry-man’ Owen Farrell can fire World Cup success
All Black legend Earle Kirton backs England to go all the way behind their “angry young man”
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: They think the ball’s over … it isn’t now!
Today – August 17 – is exactly 20 years since a certain George Gregan made his Bledisloe Cup debut in Sydney...
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English Championship
/ 12 years agoQ&A with Dean Ryan
Worcester Warriors DoR reflects on relegation and how they are going about putting things right.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott’s verdict: You only get one shot with this brilliant side… take it!
We have only to see a little sign of weakness to jump on a bandwagon thinking that this New Zealand side...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Let’s draft top young talent each season
What do Dan Cole, Billy Twelvetrees, Tom Youngs and Owen Farrell of the current England squad have in common? The answer...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Scott Barrow – former Worcester, Orrell, Rotherham, Glasgow, Leeds & Fylde centre
If helping to keep Leeds in the Premiership in the 2010 was one of the highlights of my career getting relegated...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoTeam bases confirmed for 2015 Rugby World Cup
England Rugby 2015, the Organising Committee for Rugby World Cup 2015, has today announced the list of 41 Team Bases which...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland U18s stay unbeaten
England U18S have beaten South Africa 30-22 in Stellenbosch to finish their season unbeaten. Tries from Rotimi Segun, Joe Batley and...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Joe Marchant – Harlequins and England U18s centre
If Joe Marchant was not a rugby player he could have been in the latest Expendables movie as the action man....
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Revealed – Referees do turn blind eye to some laws
Refereeing at the elite end is reaching crisis point, and the IRB’s professional referees’ manager, Joel Jutge, needs to get a...
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Dream Team
/ 12 years agoDream Team: Callum Braley – Gloucester and former Bristol and England U20s scrum-half
1. Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi – A great player in the loose as well as at the scrum. The Northampton Saint was one...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 12 years agoMy Life in Rugby: David Duckham – England and Lions winger
In one sense I was really grateful my career overlapped a great period for rugby in the British Isles. My game...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoRugby Championship round 2 teams
New Zealand v Australia New Zealand: Ben Smith; Cory Jane, Conrad Smith, Ryan Crotty, Julian Savea; Aaron Cruden, Aaron Smith; Wyatt...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 12 years agoBrendan Gallagher: GB’s road to Rio at sixes and Sevens
The Commonwealth Games Sevens at Ibrox may have been a huge success on and off the field but it further confused...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain: Sorry Clive, coaches should stay off the pitch
The cult of the coach gathered momentum this week when Sir Clive Woodward stepped into the debate on Alastair Cook’s cricket...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoEngland U18s name side to take on Wales in SA
England U18s have named their side to take on Wales in the opening game of their summer tour to South Africa...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott previews the Rugby Championship – All Blacks don’t look so untouchable
It is difficult to agree with the view taken by one or two New Zealand commentators that the Super 15 final...
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Peter Jackson
/ 12 years agoPeter Jackson: Anscombe and the case of vanishing Kiwi stars…
Buying a Kiwi for the sole purpose of wrapping him up in your national jersey alongside the natives can be more...
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Nick Cain
/ 12 years agoNick Cain meets Newcastle’s Kieran Brookes, making a world cup bid at tighthead
Kieran Brookes is a bull of a man, with the same look and physique as a young Phil Vickery. The Newcastle...
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Latest News
/ 12 years agoRugby Championship round 1 teams
Australia v New Zealand Australia: Israel Folau; Pat McCabe, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Matt Toomua, Rob Horne; Kurtley Beale, Nic White; James Slipper,...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 12 years agoJeff Probyn: Go for it girls…just don’t ask my daughter to play!
With the Commonwealth Games Sevens over and South Africa surprisingly taking the spoils, it’s now time for women’s rugby to take...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 12 years agoJeremy Guscott previews the Rugby Championship – Pumas need to build their credibility with an away win
Argentina were written off when they first came into the Southern Hemisphere Rugby Championship, in the same way that Italy were...
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