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Features
/ 6 years agoTompkins pushing hard to reach his peak
■By NEALE HARVEY BULKED-UP Saracens centre Nick Tompkins has his sights sets on England recognition as he aims to build on...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWarriors made me super fit for Saints
MY LIFEIN RUGBY MARK ROBINSON FORMER NEW ZEALAND, NORTHAMPTON, WASPS, AUCKLAND BLUES & NORTH HARBOUR SCRUM-HALF Mark Robinson scores for Northampton...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoLancaster predicted success at 2019 RWC
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Too soon: Stuart Lancaster faces up to defeat in 2015 PICTURE: Getty...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoShoulder problem forces Burgess to retire
THE man who divided opinion during the last World Cup in England, Sam Burgess, has announced his immediate retirement from the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoThey’re simpy the best, better than all the rest
Nick Cain picks his team of the tournament from the World Cup Tenacous: Damien de Allende scores for South Africa against...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoMcCaw is within the grasp of Alun Wyn
IF HE stays in one piece for the rest of the season, Alun Wyn Jones has every chance of finishing it...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoSo just why did you lose then, Warren?
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW More like it: Hallam Amos scores against New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images Amid...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEngland are crushed by iron fist of mighty Boks
From NICK CAIN in Yokohama Out cold: Kyle Sinckler receives treatment WELL, it didn’t go to the script and will have...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoGatland let us go toe-to-toe with world
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Grand Slam: Warren Gatland’s era starts with 2008 clean sweep PICTURE: Getty Images THERE will...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBad shoulder, but Rhys is on a high
ALEX BYWATER talks to Wales fly-half Rhys Patchell about his Japan experience Battered: Rhys Patchell playing against New Zealand PICTURE: Getty...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBattling Wales see dream ended by late Pollard kick
From NICK CAIN In Yokohama SOUTH Africa edged their way into their third World Cup final, while Wales were denied a...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoThat’s my World Cup over says ref Nigel
REFEREE Nigel Owens says he has taken charge of his last World Cup game. The 48-year-old Welshman oversaw England’s 19-7 semi-final...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoGatland goes still thinking: What might have been?
■From ADAM HATHAWAY at Tokyo Stadium STEVE Hansen had the last word over Warren Gatland as New Zealand claimed the bronze...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoOnly way is up for Welsh team says McBryde
■By SAM JACKSON FORWARDS coach Robin McBryde believes the future is bright for Welsh rugby as a new era dawns. Wales...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoSo Judgement Day has arrived for Eddie
Nick Cain charts the remarkable four-year journey of England head coach Eddie Jones Puzzled: Eddie Jones bows his head after defeat...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoOur young stars ‘still have world at their feet’
Nick Cain and Gary Fitzgerald talk to Lewis Moody about flankers and Manu Tuilagi Former England flanker Lewis Moody insists England’s...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBack: Let players decide when to return
■By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S returning stars must set their own agendas when it comes to being available for their club sides,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoLos Teros join WR Council
URUGUAY are to join the World Rugby Council, the international federation’s primary decision-making forum. Uruguay become the 52nd member of Council...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoCurry flies England flag for world player of year
■ By SAM JACKSON SALE Sharks flanker Tom Curry is the only English nomination on a six-man shortlist for World Player...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBronze carries no glitter for men who have failed
CAN anyone explain the point of the so-called Bronze Final? The vast majority of players and coaches hate the idea of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoIt’s time to rethink this hoo-ha around the haka
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Iget all the stuff about the haka being great sporting theatre, especially when...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoOspreys in hunt to bring Wales ace Liam Williams back home
The Scarlets are also interested in the full-back with Leigh Halfpenny out of contract next summer
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Round 3 of the Premiership
Matchday squads and officials for Round 3 of the Premiership
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Bath, Toulon and Sharks scrum-half Michael Claassens
A player who loved running out at The Rec before stints with Toulon and the Sharks
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Featured
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: England unchanged for World Cup final showdown with Springboks
The side which turned the All Blacks grey has been trusted with downing the Springboks
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Featured
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Bath back rower Zach Mercer
Bath back rower Zach Mercer has made a lightning start to the season under Stuart Hooper. So it's only natural to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoBen Spencer follows England final call-up with new Saracens deal
He landed in Japan on Sunday as an injury replacement for England scrum-half Willi Heinz
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: England favourites but so were All Blacks
Jeff Probyn tells from his own experience how teams look to exploit opponent's weaknesses, especially in the knockout stages
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: One last stand for Warren Gatland and Steve Hansen
Wales and New Zealand face each other in the third-fourth place play-off on Friday, Gatland and Hansen have named their squads
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Nothing funny about Jaco Peyper’s nudge, nudge
Nick Cain on Jaco Peyper and the photo with Welsh fans which has seen him miss out on further involvement at...
