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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams: Anscombe excellence left Sam in the shade
Judgement Day was a chance for some of Wales‘ best players to book their place on summer tours and while some...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoHartley to captain England in Argentina
Dylan Hartley will captain England for their tour to Argentina after being left out of the Lions squad. The Northampton hooker,...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoOFFICIAL: British and Irish Lions squad announced
The British and Irish Lions squad to tour New Zealand this summer has been announced today. For the second successive tour, head...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoTake 45 players to New Zealand, you’re going to need all of them!
The 2017 Lions must go to New Zealand mob-handed – and only heavy hitting hard nuts need apply. That is the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott: Alun-Wyn will be Lions leader…or maybe Conor!
Who should Warren Gatland pick as captain? It is one of the most difficult selections the 2017 Lions head coach will...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 10 years agoYoung: Gold standard Launchbury a Lions must
Dai Young would be “hugely disappointed” to see Joe Launchbury left out of the Lions squad tomorrow and he reckons Wasps...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoYoung: Gold standard Launchbury a Lions must
By NIC VERDIER Supporter: Dai Young Form: Joe Launchbury DAI Young would be “hugely disappointed” to see Joe Launchbury left out...
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Columnists
/ 10 years agoAlun-Wyn will be Lions leader… or maybe Conor!
Top candidate: Wales second row Alun-Wyn Jones PICTURE: Getty Images WHO should Warren Gatland pick as captain? It is one of...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoAll Blacks will target Sexton warns Best
By NICK CAIN JOHNNY Sexton is a Lions casualty in waiting according to former England coach Dick Best. Best, who presided...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoHartley fired up by bid for Euro place
By NEALE HARVEY In the thick of the battle: Saints’ Dylan Hartley PICTURE: Getty Images NORTHAMPTON are out of the running...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoYou’ll have to be better than this, Pivac tells his Scarlets
By JAMES CANDY SCARLETS head coach Wayne Pivac warned his men they will have to improve on their Judgement Day triumph...
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Features
/ 10 years agoTake 45 players to New Zealand, you’re going to need all of them!
Strong men: George Kruis and Maro Itoje in training. Sam Warburton PICTURES: Getty Images THE 2017 Lions must go to New...
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Features
/ 10 years agoHartley in with a chance says England’s 2003 scrum guru
Accurate: Dylan Hartley THE set-piece will be absolutely crucial to whatever game-plan Warren Gatland has identified to carry the Lions to...
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Features
/ 10 years agoAnscombe excellence left Sam in the shade
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Judgement Day was a chance for some of Wales’ best players to book their place...
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Features
/ 10 years agoGood for a gag, but the truth is Mike really was world class
MIKE Phillips is one of my best mates and the best scrum-half I played with. The thing with Mike is that...
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Features
/ 10 years agoMoriarty on the move next year
ROSS Moriarty has rejected the offer of a new contract from Gloucester but will still be seeing out the final year...
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Guest columnists
/ 10 years agoLions Watch: locks
The giants of the second row have always loomed large in the folklore of the Lions as the driving force behind...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams: Judgement Day – for the regions… and Wales
Wales can’t afford to let this summer’s tour pass without blooding some youngsters – and that’s why Judgement Day is going...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 10 years agoEvans: These backs can test my All Blacks
Harlequins fly-half Nick Evans never bets against the All Blacks, but the Kiwi strategist reckons he can name a British &...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott: Lions have the ferocity up front to shock All Blacks
It’s not long now until Warren Gatland makes the final call on what will be the biggest challenge of his coaching...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoCourtney Lawes – I’m just going to get better and better
Courtney Lawes may have looked back to his best during the Six Nations but the Saints man has warned his would-be...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWarburton limps off as Ulster strike late blow
By RONAN O’BRIEN Ulster …24pts Tries: Jackson 11, pen try 28, L Marshall 69 Conversions: Jackson 12, 29, 70 Penalties: Jackson...
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Features
/ 10 years agoWe’re locked and loaded in forwards
THE giants of the second row have always loomed large in the folklore of the Lions as the driving force behind...
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Features
/ 10 years agoEvans: These backs can test my All Blacks
Nick Evans tells Neale Harvey the areas in which the Lions can dominate Harlequins flyhalf Nick Evans never bets against the...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoJudgement Day – for the regions … and Wales
Wales can’t afford to let this summer’s tour pass without blooding some youngsters – and that’s why Judgement Day is going...
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National League 3
/ 10 years agoWasps’ defeat ends hopes of Lions call-up for Cipriani
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN As if to prove the point I made last week about the...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoIt’s all bash and carry as Lawes aims to continue improvement
By NICK VERDIER COURTNEY Lawes may have looked back to his best during the Six Nations but the Saints man has...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 10 years agoSonny Bill’s back and feeling fresh for Lions
By NICK VERDIER SONNY Bill Williams made his long-awaited Blues debut yesterday after nearly a year on the sidelines but it...
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Columnists
/ 10 years agoLions have the ferocity up front to shock All Blacks
IT’S not long now until Warren Gatland makes the final call on what will be the biggest challenge of his coaching...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoGopperth demands a big reaction to Dublin fiasco
By NEALE HARVEY PREVIEW… Wasps v Northampton Today. Kick-off 3pm. Ricoh Arena FRUSTRATED Wasps centre Jimmy Gopperth is desperate to exorcise...
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Guest columnists
/ 10 years agoLions watch: tightheads and hookers
New Zealand have the highest strike rate off set piece possession in the world game. That is why it is imperative...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher remembers the 1993 Lions tour
The last truly amateur tour in Lions history ended up as just about the perfect metaphor of everything that had preceded...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams: Warburton still the pick of captaincy candidates
The clock is ticking in the run up to Warren Gatland’s Lions squad announcement, but for me there’s only one man...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoSooner England switch Watson to full-back the better
Mike Brown’s days as England‘s first choice full-back are numbered according to Matt Perry, who reckons it is time for Bath...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 10 years agoOnly question is, which tour will Denny be on?
Denny Solomona would be a more than useful weapon in the Lions armoury if Warren Gatland was to make him his...
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Challenge Cup
/ 10 years agoBath bury humiliation as Faletau roars back like a Lion
By NEALE HARVEY TAULUPE Faletau hammered out a statement to Lions boss Warren Gatland with a man-of-the-match display as Bath exorcised...
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Challenge Cup
/ 10 years agoWarburton still the pick of captaincy candidates
The clock is ticking in the run up to Warren Gatland’s Lions squad announcement, but for me there’s only one man...
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Features
/ 10 years agoGroundhog Day as Lions are ambushed by Aussie ref
Brendan Gallagher looks back on the heroics and heartbreak of the 1993 Lions tour to New Zealand THE last truly amateur...
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Features
/ 10 years agoFurlong clear in race to be the pack pillar
New Zealand have the highest strike rate off set piece possession in the world game. That is why it is imperative...
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Features
/ 10 years agoWilkinson: Lions will need a team full of captains to defeat All Blacks
Been there: Jonny Wilkinson on Lions duty in 2005 By GARY FITZGERALD NEWS EXTRA JONNY Wilkinson claims the Lions will need...
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Miscellaneous
/ 10 years agoOnly question is, which tour will Denny be on?
Gary Fitzgerald gets the lowdown on Sale’s new super hero from their record try-scorer DENNY Solomona would be a more than...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoPerry: Sooner England switch Watson to full-back the better
By NEALE HARVEY Attacking flair: Anthony Watson looks to break through the Scottish defence. Inset, Leigh Halfenny PICTURES: Getty Images MIKE...
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Features
/ 10 years agoFarrell greatness made in ‘Heaven’
Andy Farrell believes his son Owen’s growing reputation as one of Rugby Union’s most creative playmakers was born in ‘Heaven’. Or,...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWrong to blame Rob for narrow defeats – Warburton
Defiant: Sam Warburton SAM Warburton has blasted critics of Rob Howley, insisting Wales’ interim boss is well equipped to fill the...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 10 years agoFarrell would make a great leader of Lions says Mako
Mako Vunipola reckons ‘world-class’ Owen Farrell would make a fantastic job of captaining the British & Irish Lions in New Zealand...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Eurostars who can earn chance to make a late check-in for the Lions
European Cup quarter-final weekend is right up there with the very best rugby weekends of the season but doubly so this...
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain picks his English lions as Eddie Jones reaches a watershed
Whichever way you look at it, the manner in which England’s clean sweep and world record was slammed in Dublin was...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 10 years agoJeremy Guscott: O’Mahony had a hunger England never showed
There are as many questions after the Six Nations as there were before it in terms of selection for the 2017...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 10 years agoTwickenham rout ‘will cost Scots their Lions places’
Former Scotland lock Jim Hamilton fears his countrymen’s 62-21 Six Nations thrashing by England has dashed any hope of significant Lions...
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Club Rugby
/ 10 years agoOspreyThornton tells Wales: I’m ready for take-off
NEWS EXTRA By JAMES LLOYD Up for it: Rory Thornton is desperate for his Test debut RORY Thornton wants to make...
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