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/ 5 years agoBeauden on board Japan money train
ALLBlacks superstar Beauden Barrett has signed a lucrative one-year deal to play for Suntory Sungoliath in Japan next year. Barrett, 29,...
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/ 5 years agoVickery cooks up a treat
HAVING won Celebrity Masterchef a few years ago, Phil Vickery, England’s 2003 World Cup-winning tight-head, is about to open his own...
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/ 5 years agoKiwis slap embargo on foreign coaches
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Odd man out: David Nucifora coaching the Blues It is barely 18 months since rugby coaches from...
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/ 5 years agoScottish to be exiled from Athletic Ground
LONDON Scottish will move away from the home they have shared with Richmond since 1894 at the end of the coming...
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/ 5 years agoDecision time for Steeno as Dollman signs on
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER kicking king Gareth Steenson is expected to make a decision over his long-term future this week after...
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/ 5 years agoDamien is an outcast from his own city
No choice: McKenzie IS IT entirely beyond our sport to do anything in a straight-forward fashion, without complication or selfinflicted trauma?...
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/ 5 years agoThorpe targets top grade at Chinnor
By ADAM ELLIS Blank canvas: Richard Thorpe during his time as a player at Chinnor NEW Chinnor director of rugby Richard...
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/ 5 years agoDaft money in Japan is bubble waiting to burst
COLIN BOAG With no rugby being played, it’s money, or rather the lack of it, that’s dominating the headlines. Last week...
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/ 5 years agoMapimpi opts for Japan over Tigers
Wing ace: Mapimpi SPRINGBOK star Makazole Mapimpi is believed to have turned down a switch to the Premiership to move to...
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/ 5 years agoJones relishing chance to learn off ‘Pep’
By ROB COLE MARK Jones played for Wales under Sir Graham Henry, Steve Hansen and Warren Gatland and is now learning...
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/ 5 years agoWill sets sights on Goode’s roving role at Saracens
Jeff Probyn: Carling era was really the Geoff Cooke era TRP By JON NEWCOMBE WILL HOOLEY sees himself serving Saracens in...
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/ 5 years agoClubs hold aces in global power game
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK “What is wrong about having two international windows rather than a two-month block?”...
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/ 5 years agoJones goes long way round to Wales job
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Pedigree: Crusaders coach Mark Jones reached the top level as a player PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 5 years agoEvergreen Wig eyes European success
By NEALE HARVEY Passionate: Ben Ward Feeling fresh: Richard Wigglesworth PICTURE: Getty Images RICHARD Wigglesworth is targeting a remarkable Champions Cup...
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/ 5 years agoSaints partner up with Blues
BEDFORD Blues say they have been ‘given a lifeline’ by Northampton. The new partnership will see the clubs cooperate on a...
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/ 5 years agoBiased Booy must step down
THE administrative shortcomings at the professional end of the game in England have been highlighted by the failure of the Professional...
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/ 5 years agoSpare a thought for the so-called pariahs of the game
I COULDN’T believe my eyes last week when I read that between them the two Welsh football clubs, Swansea and Cardiff...
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/ 5 years agoSotutu inspires Blues as Crusaders kick off in style
By SAM JACKSON BEAUDEN Barrett again played a key role for the Blues as they claimed a 24-12 win away at...
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/ 5 years agoWales star Davies nearing return for Scarlets
By ALEX BYWATER JONATHAN Davies has handed Scarlets a positive injury update with the men from Llanelli also receiving good news...
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/ 5 years agoWhat a waste of Beauden
BEAUDEN Barrett being picked at full-back for the Blues, rather than fly-half is one of the riddles of Super Rugby Aotearoa....
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/ 5 years agoJohnno played through pain to get Lions over the line
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the best rugby captains Inspiring: Martin Johnson led from the front during...
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/ 5 years agoWAVELL WAKEFIELD
Leader: Sedbergh 1916, with captain Wavell Wakefield WAVELL Wakefield was known for his cutting edge training methods during his time with...
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/ 5 years agoFurbank: I don’t plan to be 2-cap wonder
By NEALE HARVEY England rivals: Elliot Daly and Anthony Watson Ambitious: George Furbank attempts a break for Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 5 years agoHogg can finally show his Lions credentials
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK... FULL-BACKS Waiting his chance:...
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/ 5 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JACKFORSYTHE WORCESTER BACK ROW Worcester are all about youth right now and as one of eight new recruits into the senior...
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/ 5 years agoKirwan will add his ferocty to Nottingham cause
By JON NEWCOMBE Excited: Carl Kirwan CARL Kirwan is delighted to be back in the Championship after signing a part-time deal...
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/ 5 years agoForget protein, players need shrinking pills!
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Human Bowling Ball: England’s Manu Tuilagi PICTURE: Getty Images When it comes to progress, rugby stands on...
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/ 5 years agoMax aims to follow Blaze’s coach trail
By NEALE HARVEY Crossroads: Max Crumpton PICTURES: Getty Images Example: Richard Blaze FORMER Harlequins hooker Max Crumpton aims to forge a...
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/ 5 years agoRegrets? Robshaw bows out with a few to mention
By JON NEWCOMBE Champions: Quins lift the title in 2012 PICTURES: Getty Images CHRIS Robshaw says Harlequins’ failure to build a...
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/ 5 years agoBradley gets out of Twitter cesspit
MOST of the rugby news on Twitter, the goto social media “platform” for anyone who enjoys flushing the English language down...
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/ 5 years agoSevens switch has Celia dreaming big
By ADAM ELLIS CELIA Quansah is determined to realise her lifelong Olympics dream next summer after her lightning strike to the...
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/ 5 years ago‘Heartland’ competition will renew old rivalries
By NEALE HARVEY Realist: Jon Sharpe Proposal: Ed Griffiths COVENTRY chairman Jon Sharp says a new ‘Heartland’ competition could provide salvation...
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/ 5 years agoKiwis prove derbies pull the crowds
CROWDS for the domestic Super Rugby Aotearoa tournament in New Zealand are more than 100 per cent up on those for...
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/ 5 years agoThe Carling era? No, it was truly the Geoff Cooke era
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Adoration: Will Carling chaired off after England’s Grand Slam of 1991; inset...
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/ 5 years agoKerrod’s in from the cold and feeling good at Quins
By ADAM ELLIS Learning curve: Simon Kerrod SIMON Kerrod finally feels settled on his career path after a year under the...
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/ 5 years agoLions beware, thes Boks are strong
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS COMPOSITE TEAM FROM THESPRINGBOKS AND POTENTIAL LIONS Loose-head: Steven Kitshoff (SA) Hooker: Bongi Mbonambi (SA) Tight-head: Tadhg...
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/ 5 years agoMum’s verdict wins captaincy of Lions for ‘honest’ son Martin
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authoritative look at the history of Rugby Union Champions: Rob Andrew and Tony Underwood of...
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/ 5 years agoSalary cap cuts? Sadly they’re just an illusion
COLIN BOAG Mr Loyalty: Mark Lambert was a one-club man at Quins Remember the temporary cut in the salary cap that...
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/ 5 years agoWales look to play their matches at Twickenham
By PETER JACKSON Options: Gareth Davies WALES are looking at Twickenham as a temporary venue for their home matches in a...
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/ 5 years agoIslanders snub reeks of a new apartheid
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Shameful: Segregated crowds in South Africa The Lions...
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/ 5 years agoJOHN BENTLEY, THE BOLTER WHO MADE GOOD
Bentos-time: John Bentley celebrates Lions’ victory in the second Test against South Africa HEROES comes in many shapes and sizes and...
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/ 5 years agoHalliday: World Club Cup won’t harm Euros
By PETER JACKSON EUROPEAN Club Rugby chairman Simon Halliday today dismisses fears of the Heineken Champions Cup being sacrificed on the...
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/ 5 years agoFrance set to launch their third pro league
WHILE all the talk in England is of contraction and putting the financial squeeze on the Championship, the French Federation have...
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/ 5 years agoWages soar as John Hall enters Premiership fray
NOBODY can accuse rugby’s transition from amateurism to professionalism of being smooth and trouble free. Indeed nearly 25 years on many...
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/ 5 years agoLam has the ability to turn his Bears into champions
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Spectacular: Semi Radradra playing for Bordeaux PICTURE: Getty Images Iwouldn’t underestimate anything about Pat...
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/ 5 years agoWelsh players set for long-term pay cuts
By ALEX BYWATER Crisis talks: Martyn Phillips and Gareth Davies, right WALES’ leading players have been told long-term pay cuts will...
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/ 5 years agoExeter triple-swoop on young England aces
By NEALE HARVEY Rising star: Aaron Hinkley scores for England U20s against Scotland in 2019 PICTURES: Getty Images THREE of the...
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/ 5 years agoTyro No.10 McBryde ready for battle with the Knights
NEWS EXTRA BILLY McBryde is using Josh Adams as his inspiration as he keeps on working his way north to try...
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