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Brendan Gallagher: Those gallant Dragons who refused to be slain

28 November 2014 0 comments

It was the day that Bleddyn Williams led Wales to victory over the All Blacks and the afternoon Olympic sprinter Ken Jones pinned back his […]

Brendan Gallagher: Trench Blacks charmed Paris during respite from carnage

21 November 2014 0 comments

The inspirational deeds of many Rugby players on the Western Front have been well documented in recent years in a number of books and will […]

Brendan Gallagher: The one cap wonders woefully short-changed

20 November 2014 0 comments

Mention of David Bishop last week and the subject of the best Welsh one cap wonders in the game has known inevitably sends you off […]

Brendan Gallagher: ‘Bish’ is an angel with a dirty face

6 November 2014 0 comments

Thirty years ago this month David Bishop fished a small bottle of water from his bag and found a quiet corner of the Wales changing […]

Brendan Gallagher: Why Brian O’Driscoll won’t be taking anyone to book unlike Kevin Pietersen

6 November 2014 0 comments

Rugby‘s oldest maxim is probably “what goes on tour stays on tour” and, as an ‘old school’ player par excellence, Brian O’Driscoll was never going […]

Brendan Gallagher: Those magnificent seven victories

4 November 2014 1 comment

England have beaten New Zealand seven times in 39 meetings, which sounds like a modest enough record until you appreciate that they are the only […]

Brendan Gallagher: Why Eagles dare on this Field of dreams

31 October 2014 1 comment

The next time the New Zealand All Blacks lace their boots in earnest in a Test match will be a week on Saturday at Soldier […]

Brendan Gallagher’s Team of the 2014 Rugby Championship

24 October 2014 2 comments

15 Joaquin Tuculet (Argentina) The exciting new Puma nudges it from Israel Folau who, although good, wasn’t quite the force of nature he was in […]

Brendan Gallagher: With all these golden oldies, why is therea youth cult?

17 October 2014 2 comments

I have absolutely no idea who comes up with these ideas but today – October 5 – has been designated as ‘Silver Sunday’ in which […]

Brendan Gallagher: Discovering the secrets of those great schools XVs

9 October 2014 0 comments

What makes a great schools rugby team? And which were the best ever school XVs? Two perennial questions that always enliven a clubhouse beer or […]

Brendan Gallagher and boot camps

1 October 2014 0 comments

It is difficult to be precise about these things but the first whiff of a training camp – or something out of the ordinary – […]

Brendan Gallagher: One hundred years on…the Varsity heroes are honoured

26 September 2014 1 comment

It was a Cambridge man, and a half decent rugby player to boot, who famously mused that should he die there would be “some corner […]

Brendan Gallagher: When rugby passed its screen test

19 September 2014 0 comments

Gareth Thomas is launching his new updated biography Proud on Thursday – which is probably why that amiable old Hollywood slugger Mickey Rourke was on […]

Brendan Gallagher: We should never forget the ghosts at the feast

11 September 2014 2 comments

Relegation is a fact of life in any sport with leagues, or at least should if that league structure is to retain its long term […]

Brendan Gallagher: These All Blacks are just fitter, not better

10 September 2014 0 comments

With the undoubted exception of England, circa 2001-2003, I’ve always thought New Zealand, year-in year-out, look at least ten per cent fitter than any other […]

Your FREE Season Preview Guide to the Aviva Premiership, Guinness Pro12 & the Greene King IPA Championship

4 September 2014 0 comments

The Rugby Paper, the UK’s leading Rugby publication have produced a FREE guide for the start of the upcoming season. To download this FREE guide, […]

Brendan Gallagher: Lions must show their teeth in South Seas

4 September 2014 0 comments

Having been among those agitating for New Zealand finally to pay a debt of honour to the Samoan people and play a full Test in […]

Brendan Gallagher – So, is Maggie Alphonsi the retiring type?

3 September 2014 0 comments

All good things come to an end but you can sense Maggie Alphonsi’s reluctance to leave the international scene. England’s openside flanker has been having […]

Brendan Gallagher: They think the ball’s over … it isn’t now!

28 August 2014 1 comment

Today – August 17 – is exactly 20 years since a certain George Gregan made his Bledisloe Cup debut in Sydney and pulled off possibly […]

Brendan Gallagher: GB’s road to Rio at sixes and Sevens

15 August 2014 1 comment

The Commonwealth Games Sevens at Ibrox may have been a huge success on and off the field but it further confused the picture as far […]

Brendan Gallagher: To Siberia with Keeef Woodie, Dolly, yoga and a hint of vodka

8 August 2014 0 comments

It was the strangest rugby trip of my life and also, in many ways, the most memorable despite chronic jet lag, sleep deprivation and a […]

Brendan Gallagher: Where are they now? The 2003 RWC-winning England squad

31 July 2014 0 comments

What did rugby and life have in store for England’s triumphant World Cup-winning squad from 2003? Following the recent retirements of Mike Tindall and Iain […]

Brendan Gallagher: Vermeulen and Namibia, a tale of defiance and pure maths

25 July 2014 1 comment

If Namibia coach Danie Vermeulen could jump for joy he would have been in orbit last Sunday, instead he stayed very earthbound in his wheelchair […]

Brendan Gallagher: Agony of 2010 can spur us to title in WRWC

23 July 2014 0 comments

A hard core of determined World Cup veterans may lay at the heart of England‘s World Cup squad but equally it will need fearless younger […]

Brendan Gallagher: Kenya national side hope to lift the nation

17 July 2014 0 comments

They could be dancing in the streets of Nairobi by sundown tonight, well more than normal. Nearly 1,500 miles away to the south east in […]

Brendan Gallagher: Girls go full-time and and full-on for big prize

8 July 2014 0 comments

Without fanfare or fuss a minor revolution has been taking place in and around Surrey Sports Park in Guildford this summer with the England Women‘s […]

Brendan Gallagher: Let’s lament passing of cricketing rugby stars

1 July 2014 3 comments

Whatever happened to the rugby playing cricketer or indeed the cricket loving rugby player? There was a time when the most gifted sportsmen in the […]

Japan blossom into contenders

26 June 2014 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher charts the remarkable rise of Japan under coach Eddie Jones.

Brendan Gallagher: It’ll be a fight to the death for Saracens and Toulon

19 June 2014 2 comments

The seeding process for the inaugural European Champions Cup is just as unfathomable as its Heineken Cup predecessor but one thing is for certain, it […]

Brendan Gallagher: Yes, it’s time for All Blacks to end their Pacific shame

18 June 2014 2 comments

Guys, it’s not the dark side of the moon. No fewer than four airlines, including the national carrier Air New Zealand, with whom I understand […]

Brendan Gallagher: Gory story of Welsh failure in South Africa

13 June 2014 1 comment

South Africa. The graveyard of Welsh rugby. Nowhere in the world, over the last 50 years, have Wales been put away with less fuss and […]

Brendan Gallagher: We’ve had hell and miracles, so what next for England?

5 June 2014 0 comments

England rugby tours of New Zealand – with some just fleeting visits in these furious fast forward times – are always an occasion nonetheless and […]

Brendan Gallagher: You’ve been in overdrive, BT, but keep the brake on Austin Healey

29 May 2014 0 comments

It’s that time of the year when self-opinionated columnists dispense gongs, and the occasional brickbat, to those who deserve them and this week I’m concentrating […]

Brendan Gallagher charts the career of Jonny Wilkinson, the player who has transcended the game

28 May 2014 1 comment

Talk about synchronicity. When confirmation of Jonny Wilkinson’s much-touted retirement was filtering through this week I was actually rummaging around my garage looking for a […]

Aviva Premiership semi-final preview: Northampton v Leicester

15 May 2014 0 comments

NORTHAMPTON Story of the season For much of the season Saints were the model of muscular consistency losing just one in their first 16 games […]

Brendan Gallagher: Why I’ve learned to love the Premiership play-offs

14 May 2014 2 comments

How quickly time moves on and blazing rows of yesteryear recede. For many it was the blackest of days midway through the 2002-03 season when […]

Aviva Premiership semi-finals preview: Saracens v Harlequins

14 May 2014 1 comment

SARACENS Story of the season The dominant and most consistent team of the regular season, so much so that in recent weeks they have […]

Brendan Gallagher: On the march with Trelawny’s Army, rugby’s great outsiders

9 May 2014 0 comments

So the European legislators, God bless, have finally caught up with the rugby world and officially recognised Cornwall as being very different to the rest […]

Brendan Gallagher: Murder on the dancefloor as Harlequins try to get a grip

8 May 2014 0 comments

The Murderball challenge is on. Mike Brown, already proud ambassador for Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby, wants to celebrate Harlequins‘ coming on board as formal partners […]

GK IPA Championship play-offs preview – part 2

2 May 2014 0 comments

Leeds Carnegie Regular season Started with a disappointing defeat to Nottingham but have picked up pace steadily and finishing very strongly with a particularly […]

GK IPA Championship play-offs preview – part 1

1 May 2014 1 comment

Bristol Regular season With a strong squad at his disposal Andy Robinson has simply put the accent on piling up the points and developing […]

Brendan Gallagher and the Championship play-offs

1 May 2014 0 comments

The Championship play-offs have attracted more than their fair share of criticism over the last four years which I find astounding given the quality rugby, […]

Brendan Gallagher: The day that Munster found vintage form in Bordeaux

24 April 2014 0 comments

Munster‘s love affair with the Heineken Cup has become the stuff of legend but in nearly two decades I recall no bigger match or occasion […]

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Brendan Gallagher: Fitzy’s, fiddlers and film stars..no, we’ll never forget the craic

18 April 2014 0 comments

It won’t just be London Irish fans and members bidding a fond farewell to Sunbury next month when the JCBs start forming an orderly queue […]

Brendan Gallagher: Matt Giteau counts his blessings amid sun, sea and rugby stars

17 April 2014 0 comments

There was a fascinating cameo for people watchers at the end of Toulon‘s mighty win over Leinster at Stade Felix Mayol the other Sunday. Following […]

Brendan Gallagher: John Bull agenda is robbing England of some top talent

16 April 2014 0 comments

There is much to admire about Stuart Lancaster‘s England but I remain unconvinced by this “Little England” attitude which bars prospective England players plying their […]

Brendan Gallagher: Brive and bloody, the short reign of French mavericks

11 April 2014 1 comment

It is 16 years since Brive clashed with Bath in the 1998 Heineken Cup final in Bordeaux and at the time both clubs, who met […]

Brendan Gallagher: Steve Diamond has more polish but can still spot a gem

9 April 2014 0 comments

There was a time Sale boss Steve Diamond might have brooded for a week or more after the disappointing Amlin Cup defeat his admittedly makeshift […]

Brendan Gallagher: Balm before the storm: England’s 1914 Slam

4 April 2014 0 comments

Exactly 100 years ago the rugby season in England was fast drawing innocently to a close. In those days, with most clubs taking their cue […]

Brendan Gallagher: The sevens wonder of the world still going at 75!

26 March 2014 0 comments

Over the years camp followers have suffered from severe sunburn, hypothermia and trench foot watching the HSBC Rosslyn Park School Sevens but that all comes […]

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