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/ 7 years ago

Pumas need to oil their machine to be a threat

World class: Argentina captain Pablo Matera fends off Ngani Laumape PICTURE: Getty Images Argentina are searching for a new identity before...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Farrell ‘needs to win RWC to captain the Lions’

By GARY FITZGERALD OWEN Farrell would have to lead England to World Cup glory to stand any realistic chance of being...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Hansen: Brodie may have a fracture

NEW ZEALANDboss Steve Hansen bemoaned the loss of Brodie Retallick and attributed the paucity of his side’s display to rustiness. He...

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/ 7 years ago

Jantjies double act to handle for wobbly too much Wallabies

■By GARY FITZGERALD HERSCHEL Jantjies produced a dazzling two-try debut to throw his cap firmly into the World Cup ring at...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

YOUNG GUNS

SAM WOLSTENHOLME WASPS SCRUM-HALF Twenty-year-old Sam Wolstenholme has packed a lot of life experience into his tender years. As an outstanding...

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/ 7 years ago

World Cup snub will fire up Chiefs’ back row rejects

■By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S failure to embrace Exeter’s array of “world-class” back rowers should spark fear throughout the Premiership, according to...

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/ 7 years ago

Alun Wyn is favourite now to lead the Lions

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND ALUN Wyn Jones staying in Wales is the best pre-World Cup news we could have...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Japan is such a happy hunting ground for Josh

Alex Bywater talks to Josh Navidi about his roundabout route to international stardom JAPAN has played a crucial role in Josh...

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International Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Fiji fire out World Cup warning to Wales

FIJI made a statement of intent with a resounding win over their Kiwi rivals in Suva in the first match of...

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/ 7 years ago

Can Rabbit put Cheika back in the running?

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Early promise: A young James O’Connor playing for the Wallabies PICTURE: Getty Images...

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The Rugby Championship

/ 7 years ago

Lealiifano back for Wallabies after cancer

By SAM JACKSON Recall: Brumbies captain Christian Lealiifano Out: James O’Connor CHRISTIANLealiifano is back in the Wallabies set-up for the first...

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The Rugby Championship

/ 7 years ago

Boks take it slow with captain Kolisi

Injured: Siya Kolisi SOUTH Africa will ease Siya Kolisi back into action this summer with the injured team captain likely to...

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The Rugby Championship

/ 7 years ago

Erasmus’ squad can do serious damage

New star at No.9: Herschel Jantjies For the first time since 2015, there was no South African representation in the Super...

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The Rugby Championship

/ 7 years ago

A mature O’Connor will still deliver

HE MAY have missed out on the initial squad but the return of James O’Connor, who trained with the Wallabies in...

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/ 7 years ago

Owens: We’ll run ourselves into the ground

By ALEX BYWATER KEN OWENS will take a mantra of ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ into Wales’ World Cup...

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/ 7 years ago

Warren’s in line for World Cup double

Warren Gatland has put himself in position to win the World Cup with Wales this autumn and again with New Zealand...

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/ 7 years ago

Wales can win it, says Roberts, but there’s more to do

By STEFFAN THOMAS High hopes: Jamie Roberts playing for Wales WALES might be Six Nations Grand Slam champions, 14 games unbeaten...

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Autumn Internationals

/ 7 years ago

Eddie Jones to take charge of Barbarians in clash with Fiji

Twickenham match will be the first time Jones will have been head coach of the Baa-Baas

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Munster fly-half Joey Carbery eager to learn from Stephen Larkham

Joey Carbery notes Larkham's career which excelled at fly-half and full-back

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Leicester change tack in recruitment with Jan McGinity appointment

"I see my role as supporting Geordan (Murphy) and all of the coaching staff in constructing the best squad possible" -...

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Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

More Fijians on their way to Scotland as Mesu Dolokoto signs for Glasgow Warriors

Dolokoto becomes latest player to join Glasgow Warriors, with Edinburgh already recruiting heavily from Fiji

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International Rugby

/ 7 years ago

England battle to win despite yellow to win

By GEORGE LAWRENCE Match-winner: Tom Willis Proud: Fraser Dingwall TOM Willis scored an injury time try to secure victory for England...

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International Rugby

/ 7 years ago

14-man Wallabies are class above

Argentina …13 Australia …34 AUSTRALIA displayed huge guts and determination to beat Argentina and reach only their second ever final despite...

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/ 7 years ago

Lions give Gatland punch line

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW WARRENGatland ‘joked’ on more than one occasion about the RFU not being able...

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/ 7 years ago

Big test for Berne

THEcontinuing fall-out caused by the Israel Folau imbroglio tended to obscure yet another change to the Wallaby management team. Shane Berne,...

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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One

/ 7 years ago

Folau asks fans to fund his legal fight

NEWS EXTRA ISRAEL Folau has appealed for public donations to help him legally contest his dismissal by Rugby Australia. Folau, 30,...

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/ 7 years ago

It was right for Marcus to play the Barbarians

By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND U20s supremo Steve Bates insists Marcus Smith’s senior World Cup callup justifies the gifted playmaker’s controversial withdrawal...

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International Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Israel Folau sets up GoFundMe page asking for £1.6m in donations to aid legal battle against Rugby Australia

Sacked Wallabies star sets up Gofundme page asking for donations so he can 'fight for what is right'

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Columnists

/ 7 years ago

Guscott column: Premiership final must be brought forward to accomodate 2021 Lions tour

Lion #628 Jeremy Guscott dissects how the planning for the Lions tour holds multiple facets

By Jeremy Guscott

International Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Gilmore boys are gunning for glory

Rousing finish: Fraser McReight scored a late try for Australia AUSTRALIAhave reached the final of an U20 Championship only once, a...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Gatland will need all his steel to take on the Boks

NICK CAIN ON THE DEBT THE LIONS OWE THEIR NEWLY-APPOINTED 2021 HEAD COACH Pilloried in 2005: Clive Woodward Mission accomplished: Warren...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Welshmen will play key role in South Africa

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND One club man: Alun Wyn Jones PICTURE: Getty Images THERE is no rest in rugby...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Remove this loophole allowing players to switch allegiance

ISRAEL Folau’s sacking by Rugby Australia has been one of our sport’s biggest controversies this year. I don’t want to get...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Irish count cost of signing Jackson

Controversy: Paddy Jackson leaves court after his acquittal on a rape charge COLIN BOAG I’ve never much enjoyed watching rugby at...

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Features

/ 7 years ago

Inexplicable not to bring Premiership final forward

JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK England’s finest: This year’s Premiership final contained a number of would-be Lions starters PICTURE: Getty Images...

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