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Dream debut …then tutor to a rock star

21 June 2020 1 comment

IRELAND had never beaten anyone from the southern hemisphere when the Wallabies turned up at Lansdowne Road in January 1958. A home pack containing no […]

Phillips wants rebirth of Ospreys galacticos

21 June 2020 0 comments

By ADAM ELLIS Glory days: Kristian Phillips playing for the Ospreys PICTURES: Getty Images KRISTIAN Phillips hopes the takeover of the Ospreys by an Asian […]

Top 20 rugby anthems countdown: 5-1

19 June 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher reaches No.1 in the countdown and tells the stories behind how the five on this list originated

Top 20 rugby anthems countdown: 10-6

18 June 2020 0 comments

The national anthems of Italy and Scotland appear next in the next phase of our countdown

Top 20 rugby anthems countdown: 15-11

16 June 2020 0 comments

The passionate national anthem of Argnetina features on Brendan Gallagher’s countdown

Green’s witty classic stays the course as rugby’s bible

14 June 2020 1 comment

Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the best rugby books and DVDs TOP 20 …RUGBY BOOKS AND DVDS NEXT WEEK Captains 1. […]

Kiss: We have to protect league rugby

14 June 2020 2 comments

By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish head coach Les Kiss says World Rugby must not sacrifice league rugby on the altar of a global season. World […]

Q&A – Les Kiss: Dec and I have come a long way since our days in an Airbnb

12 June 2020 0 comments

We ask the London Irish head coach about Brentford, the Championship, and the big money outlay last summer paying off

Luke Cowan-Dickie interview – Hooked on being the best for England

11 June 2020 0 comments

Is the gap closing on Jamie George after the Exeter hooker’s form this season?

Jackson column: New rule gives spirit of the game a red card

11 June 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks at the thin ice rugby is treading after introducing the orange card

QUIZ ANSWERS from P24:

7 June 2020 1 comment

1. Mike Campbell-Lamerton – 1966 New Zealand; born in Valletta, Malta in 1933. 2. Serge Blanco 3. Ray Gravell (Llanelli, Wales and the British Lions) […]

Golden Era ends with Welsh Slam but France are also formidable

7 June 2020 2 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union Power: France before their game against Wales in 1977 Majestic: Mervyn […]

RFU facing new round of staff cuts in cash crisis

7 June 2020 0 comments

By NICK CAIN Plan: Francis Baron THE RFU look to be heading for another round of redundancies as world rugby teeters on the brink of […]

Heffernan must wait for move to Prem

7 June 2020 1 comment

OISIN HEFFERNAN has been left in limbo despite this week being named in the Championship team of the season. The Nottingham tight-head prop is keen […]

Moving Six Nations will work – Conrad

7 June 2020 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY World champ: Conrad Smith playing for the All Blacks PICTURES: Getty Images DOUBLE World Cupwinning ex-All Black Conrad Smith is convinced entrenched […]

How American Football Grew Out of British Rugby

5 June 2020 0 comments

There’s no question America has borrowed traditions from the British. Even the melody to the national anthem “The Star Spangled Banner” derives from an old British […]

Lions tour contenders RANKED – Owen Farrell has the game to replace Sexton and stay ahead of Biggar

5 June 2020 0 comments

Owen Farrell can live up to the challenge of Dan Biggar and Johnny Sexton on the 2021 Lions tour

Q&A – Brad Mooar: I’m leaving Scarlets with them ready to explode

5 June 2020 0 comments

We ask the outgoing Scarlets head coach about what he’s leaving behind in west Wales and his final message to fans

Harlequins find tighthead to fill void left by Kyle Sinckler

4 June 2020 0 comments

The Premiership club are set to bolster their front row across all three positions

RUGBYQUIZ

31 May 2020 1 comment

FORMER LEADING WELSH REFEREE ALUN WYN BEVAN TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE Making an entrance: Erika Roe at Twickenham 1. Who were England’s opponents when Erika Roe […]

Trailfinders bolster backline with top flight duo

31 May 2020 1 comment

Versatile: Max Bodilly EALING Trailfinders have strengthened their squad for next season with the arrival of centre Max Bodilly from Exeter Chiefs and Ulster winger […]

Baron’s Coronavirus Cup proposal dismissed

31 May 2020 1 comment

FRANCIS Baron’s idea of a major international tournament to be held in England in 2021 to ease the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis has […]

Was this the greatest club Seven of all time?

31 May 2020 3 comments

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring photographs, and explains the story behind the iconic image Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 11 Wigan win […]

Where have all the Welsh coaches gone?

31 May 2020 1 comment

NO MATTER how different it may look or when it will start, next season will have a depressingly familiar look about it in one respect. […]

Time for rugby to make some good TV

31 May 2020 0 comments

WHEN it comes to promoting itself on screens, either big or small, Rugby Union trails behind most sports. Nowhere is this more painfully obvious when […]

British & Irish Lions select Murrayfield as host venue for pre-2021 tour Test

30 May 2020 0 comments

Lions set to play at home of Scottish rugby for only the second time in history

My Life in Rugby: Playing for British & Irish Lions was most special honour for Rory Underwood

29 May 2020 0 comments

England’s all-time leading tryscorer played in a World Cup and was a spectator at the 2003 triumph in Sydney

Sam Underhill goes back to his roots during lockdown, but embraces future with Bath, England and as a possible Lion

28 May 2020 0 comments

The England flanker recalls working with his painter/decorator Grandad, and the grind required to bring success to Bath and a Lions call

Jackson column: Apartheid so sickened Tony Ward, he did not go back

28 May 2020 0 comments

The Ireland fly-half tells Peter Jackson how the disparaging sights of Apartheid South Africa he witnessed on the 1980 Lions tour left him ’emotionally scarred’

David Humphreys in power struggle, as Gloucester braced to lose two South African stars

27 May 2020 0 comments

The Gloucester director of rugby faces challenges to bring in an outside hire to succeed Johan Ackermann as head coach

Top 20 rugby stadiums countdown: 5-1

26 May 2020 0 comments

Twickenham enters the rankings outside of the Top 3

Humphreys in coaching power battle

25 May 2020 1 comment

GLOUCESTER director of rugby David Humphreys is locked in a power struggle with the Cherry and White’s players and board over the appointment of the […]

August restart in Ireland

25 May 2020 0 comments

THE PRO14 hopes to return to play on August 22 with a series of behind closed doors matches. The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) confirmed […]

Guscott column: All Blacks must ditch Mo’unga and give No.10 shirt back to Beauden Barrett

20 May 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott looks at how Ian Foster must address how fly-half and full-back will function in his All Blacks team and the rebuild for 2023

Exclusive: England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland plot Four Nations contest

19 May 2020 0 comments

Unions move to keep autumn Test window viable as travel restrictions knock out plans with southern hemisphere nations

Loyalty to Waterloo runs deep for Dick

17 May 2020 0 comments

MY CLUB WATERLOO WE SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RUGBY FIGURES ABOUT THE CLUB THEY CALL THEIR OWN, THIS WEEK RICHARD GREENWOOD Visionary: Dick […]

Evans’ policy turns erratic England into champions

17 May 2020 2 comments

Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of rugby: PART 9 1953-1959 England & France flex […]

Lions go on the attack to capture imagination

17 May 2020 1 comment

Try-a-match: Tony O’Reilly NOT only did this era (1954-59) include two of the greatest ever Lions tours – 1955 to South Africa and 1959 to […]

Sad day as blind Fleury bails out the All Blacks

17 May 2020 2 comments

YOU don’t often hear a New Zealand crowd cheering loudly for the opposition so you know something pretty special must have happened at Dunedin in […]

Playing for the Lions was special honour

17 May 2020 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY RORY UNDERWOOD THE FORMER ENGLAND, LIONS AND LEICESTER WINGER Roaring in: Rory Underwood scores for the Lions on tour to New Zealand […]

Coltish O’Driscoll oozed class right from the start

17 May 2020 0 comments

Iconic Rugby Pictures: PART 9 Brian O’Driscoll makes his World Cup debut October 2 1999 Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, […]

Unbeaten season champions Caldy

17 May 2020 0 comments

The Rugby Paper’s National 2 North correspondents pick a Team of the Season Key man: Rhys Hayes shone at full-back for Caldy PICTURE: Gareth Lyons […]

Billy wears the crown, others wield the power

10 May 2020 1 comment

Midway through the BBC’s ancient but still mesmerising adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, there is a pivotal discussion between George Smiley, the hero of […]