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/ 5 years agoMorgan opts for Warriors coaching gig
LONG-SERVING Cornish Pirates player and coach Chris Morgan is leaving the Championship club to take a coaching role at Worcester’s academy....
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/ 5 years agoSuperpowers take showdown to tropics
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THIS cursed Pandemic has taken us down some...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSaints sign Springbok flier Skosan
RUGBY SHORTS NORTHAMPTON have made their fourth summer signing by bringing in South Africa wing Courtnall Skosan. The 30-year-old, who has...
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Features
/ 5 years agoAndy Titterrell swots up on the new England U20s crop
Andy Titterrell took all of two days off to unwind from the scenes of England’s U20 Six Nations glory this summer,...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoRassie Erasmus set to get date for misconduct hearing
World Rugby will discern if Rassie Erasmus used the right channels to air criticisms of officials after the first Lions Test
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Features
/ 5 years agoBernard’s living the dream in Brentford
Danial Gallan talks to leading Exiles about their goal to become top four regulars Apalpable sense of anticipation greets you as...
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/ 5 years agoWinning a breakdown was my greatest joy
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BRUMBIES, BATH, LEICESTER AND EXETER FLANKER TURNED DEFENCE COACH JULIAN SALVI WHEN I look back...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLadesma and Cheika are under pressure
MARCELO BOSCH FORMER ARGENTINA AND SARACENS CENTRE Having lived in Europe for 14 years, I’m now back in Argentina and have...
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/ 5 years agoLosing the Jaguares has brought a crucial talent drain
MARCELO BOSCH WITH the Jaguares no longer part of Super Rugby, everything has changed for Argentinian rugby. In 2019, almost the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoScots’ brains trust restoring Uppingham’s former glory
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby‘s great schools BACK in the dawn of rugby history Uppingham played their own...
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/ 5 years agoHuw’s that new star in Quins back line?
■By GARY FITZGERALD HUW Jones is ready to fight like crazy for his first-team place at Harlequins and show Gregor Townsend...
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/ 5 years agoBaa-Baas women to follow men at Twickers
BARBARIAN Women are set to play South Africa at Twickenham in a doubleheader with the men on November 27. It will...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoI’m delighted for Cheslin Kolbe, he deserves all the riches | Jeremy Guscott
The newest member of rugby's One Millions Pounds Club, Cheslin Kolbe warrants the rich rewards for his entertaining skillset
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/ 5 years agoWolfpack sharpen claws for bear pit
■By GARY FITZGERALD JACKSON Wray claims the Wolfpack have sharpened their claws and are “hungrier than ever” to regain their seat...
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/ 5 years agoRefs Pearce and Carley may need body armour
TEST referees live precarious lives, one dodgy pass away from enraging an entire nation. Wayne Barnes discovered that much back in...
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/ 5 years agoURC fixtures 2021-22: Leinster face Bulls first up
CHAMPIONS Leinster welcome the Bulls in Round 1 of the new United Rugby Champiosnhip which kicks off on September 24. Dates...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoMeihuizen tells Quins it’s no go
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER HARLEQUINS have missed out on signing Stormers lock David Meihuizen, below, who is now...
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/ 5 years agoMiddleton: Women’s Lions tour not far off
■By PAUL REES SIMON Middleton believes that the formation of a women’s Lions team is only a matter of time and...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoLions lose their direction in more ways than one | Peter Jackson
As Lions tours grow shorter, their destinations are limited to big cities. Peter Jackson looks at some of the lesser known...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWhy no fixtures out yet for URC?
ONE month to go and still no word of the fixtures for the opening round of the United Rugby Championship. At...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLaw changes will help players take more risks says Exiles star
PAUL REES TALKS TO LONDON IRISH FULL-BACK TOM PARTON ABOUT HIS PASSION FOR EXCITING RUGBY Tom Parton is part of a...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWith these young stars set to break through, Eddie has real options this season
Class: Tom Parton playing for England U20 TOM Parton was one of four backs who started England’s 2017 World U20 final...
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/ 5 years agoThe magnificent men of England’s swinging 20s
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby‘s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoI can’t wait for Gareth Anscombe to return, but go slowly! | Shane Williams
The Wales fly-half is back in full training at the Ospreys ahead of the autumn
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/ 5 years ago60 cap rule brings big names home
ALEX BYWATER talks to Dragons new signing Will Rowlands and rounds up the other big transfers Benetton Ins: Rhyno Smith (Cheetahs),...
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/ 5 years agoThe Scarlets rebuild under Dwayne Peel and Sean Fitzpatrick
By STEFFAN THOMAS SEAN Fitzpatrick is confident the Scarlets can turn their fortunes around under new head coach Dwayne Peel, but...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHaileybury go from VCs to courage of Danny Hearn
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Although also an enthusiastic football school, Haileybury College, just a few...
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/ 5 years agoWales consider hosting Sanzaar tournament
THE Welsh Rugby Union are exploring hosting Rugby Championship games at Principality Stadium. A mid-tournament switch is being considered because of...
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/ 5 years agoLewies wants more of Quins factor 500
■By ADAM HATHAWAY Driven: Stephan Lewies is hungry for more success with Quins PICTURES: Getty Images HARLEQUINS captain Stephan Lewies has...
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/ 5 years agoMaitland is chasing a flyer for Scotland
■By GARY FITZGERALD SEAN Maitland will leave it up to Gregor Townsend to decide when the curtain should fall on his...
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/ 5 years agoDave Rennie blazing over NZ snub
AUSTRALIA coach Dave Rennie says he is “bloody angry” about New Zealand cancelling the teams’ Bledisloe Cup match without telling the...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 5 years agoWho Were the Standout Lions Performers in the Latest Tour?
The overall tour of South Africa was a disappointment for the British and Irish Lions, as they ended up losing 2-1...
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/ 5 years agoEnd this Springbok farce says Lions ace
■By GARY FITZGERALD SOUTH AFRICA’S goslow spoiling tactics against the Lions must finally force rugby chiefs into taking urgent action to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoThe club hoping to make Scotland ace Finn Russell rugby’s richest man
Michael Cheika wants to bring the star of the third Lions Test to Japan
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/ 5 years agoThis smearing of Gatland as conservative is claptrap | Nick Cain
Nick Cain fails to understand how people can question Warren Gatland as a coach given his record at the Test level
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLions tour 2025: These Lions would thrill in Australia with Lam’s magic
Brendan Gallagher picks his Lions coach and starting XV for the 2025 tour TRYING to anticipate a Lions starting fifteen is...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWales can feed off grassroots energy | Shane Williams
Can the feel-good return of rugby to the grassroots permeate to the top level of the game in Wales?
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSilence over Erasmus punishment is deafening | Shane Williams
Mixed messages from World Rugby have given the wrong impression of what rugby's core values are, writes Shane Williams
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Features
/ 5 years agoInnovation in grassroots: Bowdon breaking new ground to aid recovery
Paul Rees discovers how Altrincham-based Bowdon are using a new technology to boost member numbers
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoThe sterile Lions Tests are killing the game | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett on how the boredom set in watching the three Lions Tests this summer
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Features
/ 5 years agoBig question for Eddie is, where will Owen Farrell play?
After he did not start a Lions Test, Paul Rees gauges whether Owen Farrell's England place could be under threat
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Features
/ 5 years agoDavies: Lions should get Prem clubs on board now for 2025
Appeal: Gareth Davies GARETH Davies believes the plans for the 2025 tour to Australia by the Lions should be sorted out...
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/ 5 years agoChange guidelines to weed out ‘cheats’
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I’m not going to do a Rassie and...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship 2021-22: All the summer ins and outs
Looking at all the summer activity at Championship clubs, with prop Alfie Petch heading to Cornish Pirates on dual-registered terms from...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoNo risk, no reward for Gatland’s stolid Lions | Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson looks at some of the contentious moments on the field during the 2021 Lions tour
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoLions should have put pressure on Boks’ backs
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What we hoped would be a successful Lions series turned into a...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBelvedere specialise in producing truly greats
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby‘s great schools BELVEDERE College, like all Leinster schools, have always operated in the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLion king Tony learnt how to be a winner by losing at Belvo
IT’S a close-run thing but Belvo’s most famous rugby alumni is probably still Sir Anthony O’Reilly. O’Reilly was a staggering schoolboy...
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/ 5 years ago‘I want to compete with Marcus’, says Harlequins signing Tommy Allan
The Italy fly-half discusses his arrival at Harlequins this summer and the competition that awaits against Marcus Smith
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/ 5 years agoLions pain will fuel Sarries title charge, says Alex Lewington
The Saracens winger expects the club's contingent of Lions to be ready and raring to go for the new Premiership season
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