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MY LIFEIN RUGBY

19 March 2017 0 comments

SCOTT HAMILTON THE FORMER ALL BLACK, CRUSADERS AND LEICESTER WINGER/FULL-BACK The main reason I made the All Blacks team in 2006 was because I was […]

Gibson: Revert to simple format, it works

19 March 2017 1 comment

By SAM JACKSON WARATAHS coach Daryl Gibson wants SANZAAR to revert to a Super Rugby format in which every team plays every other during the […]

Ambitious McGuigan is eyeing tour to Argentina

12 March 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY HUNGRY hooker George McGuigan has vowed to stake a claim for England’s summer tour by helping Leicester salvage their season with a […]

Brodie barges over to keep Chiefs in control

12 March 2017 0 comments

By NICK VERDIER All-rounder: Damian McKenzie added an off-loading game to his 16 points for Chiefs PICTURE: Getty Images THE Chiefs confirmed they will be […]

How Eddie put spring back in Daly’s step after World Cup axe

5 March 2017 2 comments

High-stepping: Elliot Daly takes on Italy’s defence ELLIOT Daly has thanked Eddie Jones for giving him the confidence to believe he has the weapons to […]

Norton on a roll for England in Vegas

5 March 2017 1 comment

Las Vegas By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND took on the USA in a pool-decider last night after winning their opening two games of the Las Vegas […]

Sharks suffer a hammer blow with Addison injury

26 February 2017 1 comment

By JON NEWCOMBE SALE centre Will Addison looks set to miss the remainder of the season after breaking bones in his foot in yesterday’s clash […]

Nothing very super about Super Rugby

26 February 2017 1 comment

COLIN BOAG The Super Rugby season has started and the SANZAR chief executive have come out slugging, claiming that this competition is the best league […]

Cooper-Woolley chasing hard for Sinckler’s spot

19 February 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY WASPS tight-head Jake Cooper-Woolley is ready to turn up the heat on Kyle Sinckler as he looks to rocket up England’s pecking […]

Joy to watch and an utter nightmare to play against

12 February 2017 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher recalls the great player he knew Rarely, if ever, have the sporting gods given so abundantly before retracting their favours so suddenly and […]

Blitzbokke win again but Amor rues silly mistakes

12 February 2017 1 comment

By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND Sevens took on South Africa in the final of a World Series tournament for the second time this season, but unlike […]

RFU under fire for failing England Saxons

17 January 2017 0 comments

England‘s failure to extend their Saxons programme could have a catastrophic effect on player development, warns former RFU performance coach Jon Callard. Callard, a driving […]

Best is yet to come after worst year in my life – Jonny May

24 December 2016 0 comments

Crackerjack England wing Jonny May has vowed to become “better than ever” as he looks to enhance his claims for a place on the summer […]

All Blacks grab £3m jackpot at Twickenham

21 December 2016 0 comments

The All Blacks will be turning up at Twickenham next year after all for what promises to be the richest match in their history. The […]

Kruis will keep his foot down in quest to be Borthwick’s man Down Under

15 December 2016 0 comments

British & Lions hopeful George Kruis is adamant there will be no favouritism from Steve Borthwick despite his former Saracens colleague’s elevation to the coaching […]

My Life in Rugby: Nick Wood – former Gloucester prop

13 December 2016 0 comments

I arrived at Gloucester as a boy and left 15 years later as a man. The club and the characters and people within it shaped […]

Jeff Probyn: Eddie’s mind games are aimed at referee Peyper

9 December 2016 0 comments

With the Autumn Internationals finally over, at long last we don’t have to listen to Eddie Jones‘ attempts at witty repartee. First we had fish […]

Stuart Hogg’s leading Scottish charge for Lions places

9 December 2016 0 comments

Full-back Stuart Hogg is leading a charge that could see eight top Scots push for places on next summer’s Lions tour to New Zealand, according […]

‘Tough guy’ Roko will only get stronger – Blackadder

6 December 2016 0 comments

Semesa Rokoduguni called on his Army discipline after the huge disappointment of being dropped by England head coach Eddie Jones last week. The giant Fiji-born, […]

Jeremy Guscott: Intensity is key to beating the Wallabies

30 November 2016 0 comments

The challenge for all rugby sides – and especially for England if they want to finish this autumn series on a high against Australia – […]

Brendan Gallagher: England roll on but battle-weary Pumas need rest

30 November 2016 0 comments

A gritty, invaluable win by 14-man England against a Pumas side who finish 2016 punch drunk and dispirited after a year spent mainly catnapping at […]

Kruis return as Eddie Jones change four for Pumas Test

24 November 2016 0 comments

George Kruis is fit to make his England return in one of four changes made by Eddie Jones ahead tof the Test against Argentina at […]

Nick Cain: Beware, new-style Pumas have yet to bare their claws

24 November 2016 0 comments

Argentine rugby is a strange beast. It is one with a habit of never quite being what we expect, and it’s a characteristic symbolised by […]

Jeremy Guscott: Semesa Rokoduguni deserved his chance to shine

23 November 2016 0 comments

Alex Goode has been the most consistent full-back in high-performance terms in the Premiership for some time in the eyes of most people, and that […]

Fish and chips? At times this England performance was a banquet of brilliance

23 November 2016 0 comments

Eddie Jones called for fish and chips rugby to beat Fiji – by which I take it he meant basic wholesome no nonsense fare – […]

Dream Team: Olly Woodburn – Exeter wing

21 November 2016 0 comments

1. Alec Hepburn – He sits next to me in the Chiefs‘ changing room and he’s a great player. He did very well with the […]

Wales change six for Pumas clash

10 November 2016 0 comments

Rob Howley has made six changes ahead of Wales‘ meeting with Argentina in Cardiff on Saturday, taking the axe to the side that were crushed […]

Edinburgh bring in Pumas prop

21 October 2016 0 comments

Edinburgh have signed Argentine tighthead Felipe Arregui on a short-term deal from Super Rugby side Jaguares. The 22-year-old was an unused replacement against Italy in […]

Kyle Sinckler ‘destined’ to topple old king Dan Cole

19 October 2016 0 comments

Rough and tumble tighthead prop Kyle Sinckler has the potential to knock Dan Cole from his lofty perch and dominate England‘s No.3 jersey for years […]

Jeff Probyn: The day I put my stamp on Anglo-Argentine relations

14 October 2016 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher‘s article last week outlining some of the Argentinians’ previous encounters at Twickenham brought back some good, but painful, memories. Especially the game in […]

Jeremy Guscott: Manu Tuilagi’s injury means it’s all in the balance in midfield

5 October 2016 0 comments

International rugby is about having options and balance in your squad, and Eddie Jones is the same as any other coach in that respect. Having […]

Strong-man Scott Sio wants smooth finish to patchy Australia season

30 September 2016 0 comments

Last Autumn Australia‘s powerful prop Scott Sio made no fewer than four Test appearances in a month at Twickenham and as he says himself there […]

David Wilson leaves Bath to join Newcastle

23 September 2016 0 comments

David Wilson has left Bath and joined Newcastle with immediate effect. Capped 44 times by England, the 31-year-old tighthead had done the opposite journey seven […]

Lions set for biggest pay-day in their history

14 September 2016 0 comments

The Lions stand to make as much as £80,000-a-man in New Zealand next year if they beat the All Blacks for the first time since […]

Nick Cain: Yes, I believe England can rain on New Zealand’s parade

8 September 2016 0 comments

The All Black procession is in full marching order again, with the usual array of tub-thumpers and cheerleaders proclaiming them as the undisputed masters of […]

My Life in Rugby: Sam Smith – former Harlequins and Worcester wing

30 August 2016 0 comments

By rights I should have been a Wasp. My dad played for the club and I had a few training sessions with them. But I […]

Late Iglesias penalty help Argentina beat South Africa

27 August 2016 0 comments

Replacement back Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias kicked a penalty two minutes from time to give Argentina a 26-24 Rugby Championship victory over South Africa in Salta […]

My Life in Rugby: Tony Buckley – former Munster, Sale and Ireland prop

23 August 2016 0 comments

Up to the age of 16 my shoe size correlated with my age, meaning I had to have rugby boots specially made for me in […]

All Blacks will have to dig deep to keep that No.1 tag

18 August 2016 0 comments

By the time England are next scheduled to play New Zealand in the autumn of 2017 it will have been three years since the teams […]

Brendan Gallagher: Beware the All Blacks ‘in transition’

18 August 2016 0 comments

It seems barely five minutes ago that the Rugby Championship was first mooted and then established and now here we are contemplating the start of […]

Nick Cain: Fiji were fab but 7s is a glorious sideshow

17 August 2016 0 comments

Congratulations to Fiji for winning their first medal of any sort at the Olympics, and making it gold by dominating the Rio Sevens in scintillating […]

Jeremy Guscott: All Blacks for the title, but Wallabies will come again

17 August 2016 0 comments

This Rugby Championship is the start of a new cycle for the Southern Hemisphere, which leads to Tokyo and the next World Cup in 2019. […]

Shane Williams: James Davies proved he is the man for a big occasion

17 August 2016 0 comments

I’m sure I’m not the only person who has been gripped this week by the Olympic Sevens. Any doubts over whether rugby’s place in the […]

My Life in Rugby: Martin Cooper – former Moseley and England fly-half

9 August 2016 0 comments

If anyone had told me when I was first starting out at Wolverhampton RFC that I’d get 11 caps for England, I’d have told them […]

Brendan Gallagher: Built on sand, but Fiji’s Olympics bid will be rock solid

28 July 2016 0 comments

When it comes to stand-out Olympic performances, David Hemery’s 400m hurdles gold for Great Britain in 1968 is right up there and Ben Ryan’s Fiji […]

Neck injury ends Luke Fitzgerald career

28 June 2016 0 comments

Luke Fitzgerald has announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect. The 28-year-old Leinster, Ireland and British & Irish Lions back suffered a neck […]

Tom Wood named Northampton captain

16 June 2016 0 comments

Northampton Saints have today confirmed Tom Wood as club captain for next season. The back row has led the Saints on multiple occasions since arriving […]

50th cap for Robshaw as Ford and Nowell return in England XV

16 June 2016 0 comments

Chris Robshaw will win his 50th England cap on Saturday for the second Test against Australia in Melbourne with Eddie Jones making two changes to […]

Brendan Gallagher: How Richmond aim to be most ‘professional’ of amateurs …

28 April 2016 0 comments

It’s six weeks ago now, after a regular Tuesday night training session, that Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill and club chairman Peter Moore called […]