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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoLong wait is over for new Gloucester prop Huia Edmonds
Hedging his bets in trying to reach the Premiership and play for Australia in the World Cup almost scuppered Gloucester hooker...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 13 years agoMan Behind the Match: Jason Robinson and the 2006 Premiership final
World Cup hero, Lions star, Great Britain rugby league icon, multiple trophy-winner with Wigan … Jason Robinson’s cv is awesome and...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoMoment in Time: Northampton Saints and the 2000 Heineken Cup final
Few people had rated Northampton’s chances of lifting the Heineken Cup. Still fewer gave them a prayer after they had lost...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Tomas O’Leary – London Irish scrum half
How are you settling in at London Irish? It’s been good so far and I’m getting to know the boys now....
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Gerard Ellis – London Irish hooker
Glenn Delaney has already converted Tom Youngs from a centre into an international hooker and he is confident he can repeat...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Dan Seal – Bedford and former Bath prop
1. Alan Paver – He’s been the cornerstone of the Pirates scrum for nearly a decade and knows the dark arts...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Mark Mapleoft – Harlequins coach
1. Reality TV Take a bow Bradley Wiggins, not only for his outstanding Tour de France exploits but his post-race press...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Brett Davey – Doncaster Director of Rugby
Slotting the last-minute penalty to win the Principality Cup Final in 2002 was nerve-wracking but it was incredible to seal a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoRugby League ace Martin Gleeson ready to switch to Rugby Union
Great Britain Rugby League centre Martin Gleeson is ready to switch codes and follow the Union trail blazed by Jason Robinson...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoGeorge Ford has the attitude to be a truly great No10 says Dave Alred
In just under 18 months Dave Alred had transformed golfer Luke Donald from world No 32 in the rankings to world...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoBath call in Jason Robinson to mentor Kyle Eastmond
Cross-code legend Jason Robinson is mentoring Kyle Eastmond in a bid to help the former St Helens and England RL man...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoSaracens pair will push for role in Rio 2016 Olympics
England duo Chris Ashton and Alex Goode are prepared to put their Premiership careers on hold when Sevens makes its inaugural...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoI was fed up facing the same teams all the time says Jersey new boy Richard Haughton
Richard Haughton has revealed how he turned down offers to remain in the Premiership in favour of a move to Championship...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoNew captain Declan Danaher reveals six players will run the London Irish ship
Declan Danaher, after 13 years at Irish, was the obvious choice to captain the Exiles next term but the flanker has...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoNew Leeds boss Ian McGeechan keen to embrace Leeds Rhinos
John Bentley has hailed the appointment of Sir Ian McGeechan as being massive for the profile of Leeds Carnegie. Bentley, selected...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoDon’t forget me says Welsh winger Tom James
Wales‘ forgotten man Tom James is more determined than ever to pull on the Three Feathers and is targeting an autumn...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoKick-chase will destroy the game warns London Irish new boss Brian Smith
Brian Smith has blasted South African-style ‘kick-chase’ rugby, insisting it is killing the game and that English teams should instead look...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoNorthampton captain Dylan Hartley urges Saints to shake off that losers’ tag
Saints captain Dylan Hartley has demanded his side shake off their tag as the nearly men of English rugby. While Northampton...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoExeter winger Matt Jess: “Team ethic is only concern for Chiefs”
When Bath chairman Bruce Craig told the club’s end-of-season dinner that there wasn’t a single player in his side whom he...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoIt’s time for Nathan Catt to sparkle says Bath new boss Gary Gold
This is the season that loosehead Nathan Catt will stop being talked of as a potential talent and start becoming a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoLeicester Jordan Crane looking for Leicester Tigers and England place
Jordan Crane is itching to put a season-long absence behind him and challenge Thomas Waldrom for his place in the Leicester...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoCoventry Nathan Jones: “Some Championship players earn no more than minimum-wage”
Coventry‘s new signing Nathan Jones has hit out at Championship clubs’ pay structures, revealing some of his former Nottingham teammates earn...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoWhy those gentlemen of league are on the defensive
While rugby league’s national standing has waned as union’s has risen since the introduction of professionalism, its influence on the XV...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoCornish Pirates Aaron Penberthy ready to unleash full range of skills
Cornish Pirates supporters might have thought they had seen Aaron Penberthy’s full range last season, but the 20-year-old fly-half has said...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoWe’re doing things even better than the Natal Sharks says Bristol head coach Liam Middleton
Bristol head coach Liam Middleton hopes a recent fact-finding mission to South Africa will make the difference as his side targets...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoNew Nottingham boss Marting Haag can make the step up says Ian McGeechan
Sir Ian McGeechan has backed Martin Haag to be a big hit in his first head coach role after Nottingham appointed...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoEngland Ben Morgan’s advance no shock to Brad Harrington
Brad Harrington has not been surprised by the impact Ben Morgan has had in an England shirt. Gloucester‘s new No.8 has...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoNewcastle Falcons revival will be key for Jon Golding’s England call
A Newcastle pack getting the better of their Wasps counterparts at Adams Park sounds a familiar tale but this scene took...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jon Pendlebury – former Leeds, Gloucester and Rotherham lock
As a 20-year-old lad who had only been playing rugby for four years, it was a dream come true when I...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Guns: Jordan Burns – Harlequins scrum-half
Harlequins‘ stable of wings is so well stocked that the fastest man in their Sevens side, Jordan Burns, is being groomed...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 13 years agoMan Behind the Match: Bill Beaumont and the 1980 Grand Slam
The Sixties and Seventies were dark times for English rugby. While Wales were enjoying a golden era, each turning year across...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoMoment in Time: London Wasps and 2004 Heineken Cup Semi Final
Stunning game. Truly stunning result. Quite simply, this Anglo-Irish showdown in Dublin was one of the greatest, if not THE greatest,...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Neil de Kock – Saracens scrum half
Where have you been this summer? We went to Europcamp Costa Dorada, just south of Barcelona. We have two kids, aged...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Leo Halavatau – London Irish prop
1. Max Lahiff – I think Max will go far. He is probably the strongest player I have ever played with...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: Mike Denbee – London Welsh flanker
1. The Tube The London Transport system is, on a good day, the quickest, cheapest and most convenient way to travel....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoI’m now tougher and smarter, says returning golden boy Danny Cipriani
Danny Cipriani says the defensive frailties which have blighted his career have been sorted out and that his critics will see...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoNewcastle Falcons wanted to swoop on Gavin Henson
Newcastle made a bid to sign Gavin Henson before the RFU reversed their decision barring London Welsh from promotion to the...
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Featured
/ 13 years agoIt’s great to feel up for the England challenge, says Saracens full-back Alex Goode
For a player who always seems so confident, full-back Alex Goode makes the surprising admission that a lack of self-belief had...
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Champions Cup
/ 13 years agoRyan Walkinshaw: “I aim to make Gloucester a flagship club in Europe”
Ryan Walkinshaw is a remarkable young man. Thrust into the cut-throat world of global business at the age of 23 following...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoPromising London Wasps back row Sam Jones happy to learn from Haskell
Sam Jones was just a schoolboy apprentice the last time James Haskell was playing in a Wasps shirt – now the...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoDiccon Edwards ‘got it wrong’ with Leeds’ youth policy says departing Lee Blackett
Lee Blackett has revealed his anger at the way senior players were jettisoned at Leeds by Diccon Edwards’ youth-based policy. The...
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English Championship
/ 13 years agoNew Bristol signing James Grindal gears up for big time again
James Grindal ended a 13-year consecutive run in the top flight when he swapped Leicester for Bristol this summer, but such...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 13 years agoBath winger Tom Biggs has still got that blond ambition
Winger Tom Biggs believes his England ambitions will remain on the backburner while Bath are languishing in the lower reaches of...
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Man Behind The Match
/ 13 years agoMan Behind the Match: Stuart Barnes and the 1992 Pilkington Cup final
During the dying embers of amateurism, Twickenham on Cup final day was a very special occasion, and more often than not...
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Moment In Time
/ 13 years agoMoment in Time: Worcester Warriors and the 2004 Premiership promotion game
It was Boy’s Own stuff. Twelve years earlier, Worcester had been a modest rugby club minding its own business in the...
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Room 101
/ 13 years agoRoom 101: George Chuter – Leicester hooker
1. The Rolling Stones This really pains me. I’m a HUGE Stones fan. But I feel it has to be said...
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Dream Team
/ 13 years agoDream Team: Chris Cracknell – former Bath and Worcester flanker and England Sevens Star
1. Nathan Catt – Not a household name yet, but he will be. I am certain he will be pulling on...
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Young Gun
/ 13 years agoYoung Gun: Nathan Earle – Saracens winger
Every so often you can pinpoint the exact moment when a sporting star is born. For Wayne Rooney it was his...
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20 Questions
/ 13 years ago20 Questions: Gareth Steenson – Exeter fly-half
How’s the summer been? I got married to Karen so it’s been a big summer. We went to Orlando and Miami...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 13 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Heino Senekal – former Blues, Pirates and Namibia lock
Playing for Namibia in three consecutive World Cups from 1999 to 2007 was without a doubt the biggest achievement of my...
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