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Brendan Gallagher: 150 years on and rugby’s oldest rivalry just as fierce

21 March 2014 1 comment

They have been knocking lumps out of each other for 150 years now so it was probably fitting that Richmond and Blackheath fought out a […]

Brendan Gallagher: Brian O’Driscoll was never a victim again after this act of brutality

19 March 2014 0 comments

The thud and thunder of battles won and lost will never recede entirely, nor will those lightning forks of brilliance that lit up dark afternoons at […]

Brendan Gallagher: Why Barbados against mighty All Blacks will be no rum do

13 March 2014 0 comments

It’s a bleary-eyed Sunday morning on Aldershot Garrison Common where the icy wind knifes you in two and the freezing rain threatens to morph into […]

Brendan Gallagher: Why we have to keep Georgia on our minds

7 March 2014 0 comments

While the rest of the rugby world would be delighted to avoid playing New Zealand in the World Cup, Georgia will be going flat out […]

Brendan Gallagher: Let’s hear it for the new glory boys wearing 15

6 March 2014 16 comments

For decades it was the pin-ups at half-back who always seemed to hold sway, the mercurial playmakers and distributors who were often their team’s main […]

Brendan Gallagher’s verdict on England: Stuart Lancaster’s tough love is paying off

26 February 2014 0 comments

A little bit of faith, albeit combined with tough love, can go a long way in sport as Stuart Lancaster is currently proving with this […]

Brendan Gallagher: The Ultimate Warrior Chris Pennell stands tall in the battle for survival

20 February 2014 0 comments

There was a fascinating and rather poignant moment down at Sixways the other night as Worcester trooped off after losing to Leicester in the Premiership, […]

Brendan Gallagher: A belting then BOD became the scourge of England

19 February 2014 1 comment

Brian O’Driscoll has been waging war on England since his Six Nations debut in 2000 and although there have been highs and lows he will […]

Brendan Gallagher: Ruan Pienaar keeps faith with Ulster

14 February 2014 0 comments

There might have been a more influential and committed ‘overseas’ signing than Ruan Pienaar in the last 18 seasons since rugby turned professional but I […]

Tomasso Allan refuses to be eclipsed by Diego Dominguez shadow

7 February 2014 0 comments

Tomasso Allan is a gifted 20-year-old of natural sunny disposition – as befits a young tyro who spends most of his time living the dream in Perpignan, Cape Town and Rome – but the mention of Diego Dominguez produces something akin to a frown.

Brendan Gallagher talks Calcutta Cup with Peter Brown

7 February 2014 1 comment

It’s exactly 50 years ago since Peter Brown started taking the sword to the Sassenachs in earnest and, save for Robert the Bruce and William […]

Richard Parks proves he is Poles apart from rest

24 January 2014 0 comments

For the first time in a long while former Wales flanker Richard Parks will be sitting back next month and necking a few beers as he takes in as much Six Nations action as possible.

Brendan Gallagher: George Chuter is the face of professional game

23 January 2014 0 comments

He looks and sounds like a London publican and certainly a job for life awaits on the EastEnders set should luvviedom ever appeal. But for […]

Bredan Gallagher: Nutter who made Jim Telfer’s class of ’84 finest of all

17 January 2014 1 comment

Jim Telfer shakes his head in amusement and then caves in completely and laughs uproariously. It happens occasionally: “All really good sides need a nutter […]

Peter Jackson: Let’s spare a thought for Toggie and Tanky

10 January 2014 0 comments

Freddy ‘Tanky’ Turner captained Scotland one hundred years ago, a Liverpudlian by birth who worked in the family printing business and played cricket for Lancashire’s […]

Brendan Gallagher: Georgia on my mind as the cosy club stick together

9 January 2014 2 comments

Lacking a degree in applied mathematics I only look at the IRB world rankings once a year and that is in the first week of […]

Brendan Gallagher: RFU Championship clubs face a vital strategy meeting

8 January 2014 0 comments

Later this month the chairmen and owners of the 12 RFU Championship clubs will lock themselves away in a Birmingham Hotel room with a pile […]

Brendan Gallagher takes a personal look at the Rugby World in 2013

2 January 2014 1 comment

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Brendan Gallagher reminisces about some unique times with a hell-raising rugby fanatic

26 December 2013 1 comment

The security guard’s radio crackled around a deserted Twickenham: “Lawrence Of Arabia and a Man Called Horse are leaving the stadium. Please see these gentlemen […]

Brendan Gallagher talks to Nigel Owens about the challenges – and joy – of reffing around the world

19 December 2013 3 comments

It might surprise you to learn – although possibly not – that the pre-eminent referee in world rugby in 2013 has never sat down and […]

Brendan Gallagher talks to John Carter, the Varsity captain who doesn’t put winning first

11 December 2013 0 comments

John Carter may look like Sebastien Chabal’s younger, wilder, brother and when his battered body can be welded together for 80 minutes he often plays […]

Brendan Gallagher: Aussie kids who changed the face of rugby for ever

4 December 2013 0 comments

It’s hard to credit in this era of 12 or 13 Test matches per calendar year by all the major Test sides but Australia did […]

Keith Wood: Only Ireland’s very best for 80 minutes will suffice

21 November 2013 0 comments

Only five nations on this rugby planet have beaten New Zealand in a Test match in 110 years of trying so perhaps Ireland shouldn’t beat […]

Brendan Gallagher’s autumn verdict: McCaw & co look like world champions elect to me

20 November 2013 0 comments

England gave it a rattle and for once New Zealand seemed to come off second best with the ref but still the All Blacks, without […]

Brendan Gallagher’s verdict on Wales

13 November 2013 0 comments

And still Wales can’t make the breakthrough the nation demands and expects and their talent warrants. For all their excellence on the European scene – […]

Catch (and get) a piece of Welsh rugby history

11 November 2013 1 comment

The glory days of one of Wales‘ best known rugby teams – Pontypool RFC -have been captured in a new book that has recently been […]

Brendan Gallagher remembers the 2003 World Cup triumph with Lawrence Dallaglio

31 October 2013 1 comment

Lawrence Dallaglio wipes his plate clean – the monster ‘Magnifica’ breakfast at Carluccios in Richmond having been routed with lip-smacking relish – orders fresh coffee […]

Brendan Gallagher: Gregor Townsend still getting to grips with the enigma of French rugby

24 October 2013 1 comment

Gregor Townsend, who did rather more than simply survive five seasons of club rugby in France, has always insisted that one day he will write […]

Brendan Gallagher: Heroic, tragic and downright eccentric, yes rugby has it all

17 October 2013 1 comment

A mate of mine, literary agent David Luxton, has had the brilliant idea of organising the inaugural London Sports Writing Festival this week at Lord’s […]

Brendan Gallagher: The quiet-man keeping that Tigers’ roar loud and clear

10 October 2013 1 comment

A small, bald-headed gent has been taking centre stage at Leicester on match days this autumn but the volume and quantity of ‘chat’ has diminished […]

Brendan Gallagher: Don’t let the big boys’ Euro row put an end to Treviso dream

3 October 2013 2 comments

While the ERC blazers, club representatives from England and France and TV executives squabble endlessly over the future of a European club competition, the likes […]

Brendan Gallagher: At last, John Dawes gets his rightful recognition

26 September 2013 2 comments

Why is ‘legendary’ status conferred on some outstanding rugby personalities but denied others? Who decides these things and how? Does the rugby pubic instinctively recognise […]