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History of Lions v Springboks

27 June 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher charts some outstanding episodes from the 13 tours undertaken by the Lions to South Africa from 1891 onwards Riding the Blue train – […]

Verdict: Quins have taught Eddie Jones a lesson in how to attack

27 June 2021 0 comments

SO a season that started with Eddie Jones arguing it was almost impossible to play attractive attacking rugby under the current laws ended with one […]

Exeter 40-30 Sale: Big-match Chiefs make it six finals in a row with early salvo

20 June 2021 2 comments

EXETER Chiefs, annoyed at one or two recent lax moments and irritated by what they perceive as inconsistencies in the disciplinary process, roared back into […]

So many reasons why game is less competitive

13 June 2021 1 comment

JEFF PROBYNA FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Iseriously wonder if the effect of lockdown has dramatically changed our perception of what is a good, competitive […]

Exeter 20-19 Sale: 14-man Chiefs secure semi-final advantage

13 June 2021 1 comment

EXETER booked their sixth Premiership home play-off on the trot but the reigning champions had to dig deep against a Sale side who threw down […]

Harlequins 44-33 Bath: Quins secure play-off spot in ten-try thriller

30 May 2021 0 comments

Harlequins reach the Premiership play-offs for the first time in seven years

Saints give thanks for their feeder school

16 May 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools WE have featured the likes of Campion and St Peter’s Gloucester flying the flag for […]

Glorious nearly men of St Peter’s will keep trying

2 May 2021 25 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools St Peter’s York might be the third oldest school in the English-speaking world but they […]

Toulouse 21-9 Bordeaux: Toulouse on cruise control to Twickenham

2 May 2021 0 comments

Bordeaux-Begles failed to score a try in the quarter-final but edged past Racing 92, but that didn’t stand up this time against Toulouse

Leicester 18-23 Northampton: Biggar’s the hero as Saints snare Tigers

25 April 2021 2 comments

Saints come out on top in feisty East Midlands derby affair, as Dan Biggar shows Lions credentials

Stringer’s cheek gets Munster home at last

18 April 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 56 Peter Stringer scores […]

Lions need jokers to entertain the pack | Brendan Gallagher

28 March 2021 0 comments

This summer’s Lions tour looks set to miss out of its traditions of old – so what will remain?

St Peter’s learned how to take on the big boys

28 March 2021 2 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools NO sooner had I mentioned recently that Campion were the only state school thus far […]

France 23-27 Scotland: Scots joy as Six Nations classic goes right to wire

28 March 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher reports on the showstopper in Paris

Dusautoir feels the pain of World Cup failure

21 March 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful I conic Rugby Pictures: PART 52 French captain can’t bring […]

England’s Lions hopefuls hit skids with Triple Frown | Brendan Gallagher verdict

21 March 2021 0 comments

Critics have raised the alarm bell over England’s slump, so why hasn’t Eddie listened? Brendan Gallagher’s verdict on the loss to Ireland

Touchline insult turned Campion into champions

14 March 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools LIFE and sport are rarely fair – that’s why we cheer the underdog – and […]

England’s eruption of joy as Billy Whizz explodes

7 March 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening here? It’s November 22, […]

Red cards can end clear-out madness

21 February 2021 2 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Dangerman: Peter O’Mahony is sent off by Wayne Barnes PICTURE: Getty Images […]

Guscott becomes pride of the Lions in Brisbane

21 February 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 48 Jerry […]

Harlequins 24-12 Sale: Eddie’s outcasts put Sharks to the sword

21 February 2021 1 comment

Joe Marchant and Alex Dombrandt come up trumps for Harlequins to go four from four since Paul Gustard’s exit

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell expects three wins starting with Italy

21 February 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher previews Ireland’s trip to Italy in the Six Nations after going winless against Wales and France

Clatter of trains couldn’t derail mighty Emanuel

14 February 2021 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Learning from the master: The great Mervyn Thomas, second left front row, coaching at Emanuel […]

Pirates enjoy hunt for new bounty

7 February 2021 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S BEEN a difficult time for professional rugby players everywhere but ponder […]

Giggleswick were lords of their manor

31 January 2021 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Honour: The King meets England in 1938, Giggleswick star Mike Marshall second from right GIGGLESWICK […]

Rugby Great Schools: ‘Professional’ Colston’s set the bar sky high

7 January 2021 0 comments

Colston’s conveyor belt of talent in modern rugby is quite something…

Willings at helm for Durham glory days

27 December 2020 1 comment

FIRST may I thank Brendan Gallagher for the excellent series on the great schools. I write as a former pupil of Durham School and a […]

Champion Chiefs sign off superb year with bonus win

27 December 2020 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER EXETER Chiefs, understandably rusty in the first half after their recent Covid travails, signed off a momentous year with yet another BP […]

Gloucester fly-half George Barton scores the match-winning try against Ulster

Gloucester 38-34 Ulster: George Barton grabs the glory as Gloucester leave it so late

20 December 2020 2 comments

20-year-old George Barton scores match-winning try in the 84th minute, triggering scenes of jubilation at Kingsholm

French mean machine generate masterpiece

20 December 2020 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 39 France […]

Gutsy Bristol Bears bite back to earn late try bonus against Clermont

13 December 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher reports from Ashton Gate where Bristol Bears and Clermont played out a 12-try thriller

Whatever the criteria, Maro Itoje makes my best XV

13 December 2020 2 comments

Brendan Gallagher analyses the World Rugby Team of the Decade and argues Maro Itoje was a glaring omission

It’s snore fest

13 December 2020 1 comment

WHILE I am no supporter of ring-fencing, having seen the opening rounds of this season’s Premiership and the Autumn Internationals I would be more than […]

Time honoured ‘on tour’ scene with a difference

6 December 2020 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 37 Lions […]

Pooler were Pross’ great gift to the local community he loved

29 November 2020 1 comment

BRENDAN GALLAGHER WITH HIS PERSONAL MEMORIES OF THE INIMITABLE RAY PROSSER WHO HAS DIED AT 93 SOMEHOW I always imagined Ray Prosser would escape the […]

Sharks back in the swim, but, oh, those penalties!

22 November 2020 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sale Sharks ……….32ptsTries: Van der Merwe 6, D du Preez 18, Hammersley 44, MacGinty 59Conversions: MacGinty 7, 19, 60Penalties: MacGinty 3, Du […]

Much improved, but Italy can’t stop Scots

15 November 2020 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Power play: Zander Fagerson crashes over for Scotland PICTURES: Getty Images THE Scotland bandwagon continued to gather pace with a fifth consecutive […]

Refs must regain control of arm-wrestle with TMO

15 November 2020 1 comment

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points It’s 20 years to the day, would you believe, that the Video […]

Rugby Matters: Romania can flourish with Robinson’s expertise and new home stadium

12 November 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher finds former Bristol Bears head coach Andy Robinson buoyant about Romanian rugby

Higgins hopeful Rosslyn Park 7s will go ahead

8 November 2020 1 comment

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT’S looking bleaker and bleaker out there for schools rugby this season […]

Rugby Matters: Cosmopolitan Harlequins had serious wheels

6 November 2020 0 comments

Black History Month may have ended, but Brendan Gallagher sees no reason to not highlight the speed merchants to don the Quarters

St Joseph’s now testing ground for the very best

1 November 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Driving force: Lewis Ludlam on the break during St Joseph’s festival win in 2013 28- […]

QEGS’ consistency up with the country’s finest

25 October 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ALWAYS the bridesmaid, never the bride. Well except for one occasion. QEGS Wakefield’s modern history […]

Rugby Matters: Olympic heavyweight John Coker was truly box office

23 October 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher celebrates Black History Month by examining the multi-sport career of Harlequins wing John Coker

Llandovery punch above their weight

18 October 2020 0 comments

THE October 4 edition of TRPwas particularly interesting to me, not only for the many tributes to Chris Robshaw, but also for the proximity of […]

Parisse defies the odds… and gravity

4 October 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening here? It’s March 16, […]

Llandovery’s supply line pre-dates WRU

4 October 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Monkey fight: Llandovery do battle with Christ College Brecon in 1961 defeat IT says much […]

Rory’s delight after epic win in All Black country

27 September 2020 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 27 Rory […]

Brighton’s become a force under Buoy

27 September 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools SUSSEX is not normally considered a hotbed of rugby in England – although that hasn’t […]

Deadly Teddy keeps Racing out of reach

20 September 2020 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Racing away: Francois Trinh Duc celebrates his try RACING 92, with Teddy Iribaren in killer form with the boot, were too quick […]

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