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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoYou write off the All Blacks at your peril
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Before this edition of the Rugby Championship, people have been writing off New Zealand,...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoEngland run in eight to leave Fiji in pieces
By BEN JAYCOCK England ......................... 53pts Tries: Cleaves 15, Penalty 27, Jibulu 33, Thomas 47, Thame 50, Michelow 54, Woodman 67,...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoGeorgia on a high as they stun Argentina
By SAM JACKSON Georgia ............20 Argentina ......... 0 On a day in which the race to top Pool C was blown...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoTorture of the ice age gave us faith
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND DON’T tell me or any of the boys from 2011 that the players in the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoAkker’s on way to Bulls
Former Sale Sharks hooker Akker van der Merwe is set to return to South Africa, where he has been offered a...
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Features
/ 3 years agoTake it to the limit one more time
Paul Rees says the heat will be on for England and Wales as the training ramps up It is boot camp...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoGreat to see Dupont going for Paris gold
RUGBY MATTERS – BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Rather overlooked during a hectic end of...
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Features
/ 3 years ago25 years on and the pain is fading …
Next week marks the 25th anniversary of the end of what became known as the “Tour of Hell”. Jon Newcombe talks...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoJohn Eales, the quiet man who became an inspiring skipper
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage, this time focusing on John Eales' leadership in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoLamaison brought the house down
The 1999 World Cup was a curate’s egg of a tournament, combining the crass with the truly historic. This was the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoJones: We must be multi-dimensional
By PAUL REES The last peak scaled by England under Jones was in Australia last summer when they came from one...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoO’Kelly’s backing his boys to triumph
By NICK POWELL Grand Slammers: Malcolm O’Kelly believes Ireland will win the World Cup PICTURES: Getty Images FORMER Ireland lock Malcolm...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoThe Low-down of the New Rugby World League Format
The world of sports as we know it is changing and new formats are being introduced to change the sporting world....
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago“What we prepared for was way off” – O’Kelly on Ireland’s doomed RWC 2007
Malcolm O’Kelly has revealed why Ireland‘s last World Cup in France was such a disastrous campaign, but is confident such problems...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years ago‘Tofty’ on mission to improve the pathway for England
By PAUL REES Mark Mapletoft had no hesitation when he was last month offered the chance to take the England Under...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Alan Tait
The former British & Irish Lions, Scotland, Newcastle & Edinburgh centre/wing, chooses the best XV he had played with or against......
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoSteward’s aerial skills can power England on
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK FREDDIE Steward has had a big impact for England at full-back since he made...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoEngland’s Bath bias difficult to justify
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IF England international selection is meant to be a meritocracy it is hard...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoWales agony as they are beaten by a single point
By SAM JACKSON Wales………………26pts Tries: Lewis 22, Edwards 26, Morse 38, Scarfe 79 Conversions: Edwards 26, 38, 79 New Zealand….27pts Tries:...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoValiant Georgia fall just short
By PAUL COUCH South Africa ..33 Georgia............23 The Junior Boks held off a valiant Georgian side in a brutally physical encounter...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoLaw-tinkerers are a danger to the game
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST THE odds on Owen Farrell travelling to the World Cup as England’s starting No.10 are even shorter...
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Features
/ 3 years agoFading myth of invincibility
As the World Cup approaches, Paul Rees reports on why the All Blacks need to hit the ground running For the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoHill keeps climbing the peaks in France
Jon Newcombe talks to top coach Richard Hill after he secured yet another promotion in the French leagues Former Bath and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoEligibility rules are cause for concern
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER These newish eligibility regulations are still open to...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoNienaber keeps faith with World Cup stars
By PAUL REES SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH Africa’s squad preparing for the Rugby Championship contains 19 players who were involved in the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoFamiliar faces find some new identities
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Nine New Zealanders, four Australians, a goalkicking Irishman and an English prop are...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoSensational Jonah, the game’s first global star
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage, this time he goes back to 1995 and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoMandela inspires rainbow nation
The 1995 World Cup is a multi stranded story we never tire of. Nelson Mandela, elected at South Africa’s first President...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Nili Latu: ‘Playing for my country was never about money’
The former Tonga, Hurricanes, Chiefs, Newcastle, Green Rockets and Red Dolphins No.8 My playing career with Tonga (a record 54 caps)...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoNoot: Blackheath aiming for top six
By BEN JAYCOCK Alex Noot has stressed that his new Blackheath side are not there to merely make up the numbers...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoTeam of the season is packed with brilliance
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The 2022/23 Top 14 season is done. Toulouse are champions for the 22nd time, after pipping ambitious...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoAn Upswing in Rugby’s Popularity from Niche to Mainstream
Rugby has an exciting and rich history, making it one of the world’s most popular physical sports. It has a massive...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years ago2023 – Can it change the sport of Rugby? What’s missing?
As the most celebrated event in the oval ball sport comes closer with the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, we...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEngland squad on £100,000-a-man at World Cup
By PETER JACKSON & JON NEWCOMBE England's World Cup squad will be paid £100,000-a-man at the World Cup in France this...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBristol swoop to snap up Van Rensburg
By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol Bears have leapt upon London Irish’s misfortune by signing South African centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg. The...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBorthwick: Mercer a contender for France
By GARY FITZGERALD Steve Borthwick claims Zach Mercer has “grown” into a true World Cup back row contender for during his...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoSpencer’s the man to fire up England
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK STEVE Borthwick’s ability to get the best out of the best scrum-half in England...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoFrom European Cup honour to Eurotrash
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The European Cup is sinking thanks to the tinkering of EPCR and its...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoChampions Cup reverts to multi-pool
By PAUL REES Triumph: La Rochelle celebrate victory THE Heineken Champions Cup reverts to a multi-pool format next season, but teams...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLoader signs two-year deal with Stormers
Ben Loader is moving to South Africa this summer and will play in the United Rugby Championship after signing for the...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoBorthwick has it all to play for
Paul Rees considers the head coach's options as he prepares to name his World Cup squad on August 7 England may...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMurley races to the top of the try pile
Peter Jackson sees the man overlooked by England lead the way when it comes to try time ENGLAND chose seven different...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWho will be next on the production line?
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER The Junior World Cup makes a welcome return after a four-year hiatus next week down in South...
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Rugby Matters
/ 3 years agoToulouse play to win…everything!
Toulouse aren’t short of a bob or two and can, if they so wish, buy virtually any player on the planet....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoSamoan underdogs and an Australian masterclass stole the show in ’91
The Rugby World Cup really started to hit its stride in 1991, scaling up from the inaugural event in 1987 in...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Darren Garforth: ‘Not bad for a stocky centre-forward convert’
The former England, Leicester & Nuneaton prop talks about his life in the game As I write this, a group of...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoIreland fears are building for Sexton
Four weeks after the event, European Club Rugby is still investigating Johnny Sexton’s confrontation with all three match officials at the...
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World
/ 3 years agoLaidlaw: We have talented cohort
NEW ZEALAND By SAM JACKSON Record six-time winners New Zealand have selected their players to head to South Africa, following their...
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World
/ 3 years agoPenny banking on passion
JAPAN Japan come into the tournament with two wins from their last four matches, having defeated New Zealand Universities 52-46 last...
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World
/ 3 years agoLynagh keeping it in the family
AUSTRALIA By BEN JAYCOCK Queensland Reds fly-half Tom Lynagh will get the chance to pull on the gold jersey for the...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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