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Peter Jackson: The joke’s wearing thin for Warren Gatland

4 December 2013 0 comments

This is getting beyond a joke. The more Wales fail to answer needling jibes about their ‘mental barrier’, the more the Australians succeed in tripping […]

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 […]

2015 World Cup tickets price announced

27 November 2013 1 comment

The ticketing structure for the 2015 World Cup has been announced with adult prices ranging from £15 to £715 for a seat. England kick-off the […]

Jeff Probyn: Joe Marler has moved above Mako Vunipola in the prop order

27 November 2013 0 comments

As the end of this season’s Autumn Internationals are approaching, what have we learned? England set a goal of three wins out of three but […]

Halfpenny nominated for IRB Player of the Year

22 November 2013 0 comments

Leigh Halfpenny could end a sensational year in style after being nominated in a five-man shortlist for the IRB Player of the Year award. The […]

Ireland v New Zealand preview

22 November 2013 2 comments

Brian O’Driscoll and Jonny Sexton have been named in Ireland’s starting XV to face New Zealand on Sunday. There were doubts over their fitness all […]

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 […]

George Pisi hit with six-week ban

13 November 2013 1 comment

George Pisi will miss the remainder of Samoa‘s Autumn internationals after being hit with a six-week ban for a tip-tackle on Ireland‘s Tommy Bowe last Saturday. […]

20 Questions: Eoghan Grace – Plymouth Albion flanker

6 November 2013 0 comments

Enjoying the season so far? It’s going well. I’ve played in all but one of our games and I’m happy. I enjoyed Devon before and […]

Dream Team: Karl Dickson – Harlequins scrum-half

28 October 2013 1 comment

1. Soane Tonga’uiha – I played with him at Bedford. He arrived in a No.13 jersey, which was a bit scary, but soon realised he […]

Nick Cain talks to Warren Gatland about the Lions triumph and autumn challenge

24 October 2013 1 comment

Warren Gatland’s credentials as the best coach in Northern Hemisphere rugby, and arguably the best in the world, have been writ large since the 2013 […]

Three uncapped players in Ireland squad

23 October 2013 0 comments

Dave Kearney, Jack McGrath and James Coughlan could be making their Test debut next month after being named in Ireland‘s squad ahead of the Autumn […]

My Life in Rugby: Craig Gillies – former Bath, Worcester and England lock

22 October 2013 0 comments

With 288 first team appearances over 11 years, there is no doubting Worcester Warriors are a team close to my heart. When I arrived in […]

Peter Jackson: Ireland’s new star is made in Wales

18 October 2013 0 comments

At the end of a week when English football got its knickers in a nationality twist, Ireland’s next scrum-half can be identified as a former […]

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 […]

Saracens v Toulouse & Leicester v Treviso: preview

17 October 2013 0 comments

Saracens v Toulouse England centre Joel Tomkins will start tomorrow’s Heineken Cup clash between Saracens and Toulouse on the bench as American Chris Wyles is […]

Ireland and Munster rocked by Simon Zebo injury

15 October 2013 0 comments

Ireland has been rocked by the news that Simon Zebo will be out of action for “approximately ten weeks” with a foot injury. The Munster winger […]

My Life in Rugby: Anthony Buchanan – former Wales and Llanelli prop

15 October 2013 1 comment

The year Wales won the Triple Crown in the 1988 Six Nations I was called up while I was at work to play in the […]

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 […]

England Saxons to face Irish Wolfhounds at Kingsholm

1 October 2013 1 comment

England Saxons will face the O2 Ireland Wolfhounds at Kingsholm on Saturday, January 25 it was announced today.. The match will be live on Sky […]

Jeff Probyn: Money is not the root of all success in Europe

27 September 2013 5 comments

There’s an old saying which seems to be more and more fashionable in our game and that is, ‘money talks’. As Europe hogs the headlines, […]

Welsh clubs in talks over Heineken breakaway

24 September 2013 0 comments

Two Welsh regions have declared their interest in joining the new Europe under Anglo-French direction from next season. PRL chief executive Mark McCafferty confirmed the Welsh move yesterday along with others but refused to name names.

Young Gun: Tom Chapman – Worcester wing/scrum-half

20 September 2013 0 comments

Tom Chapman is only 19 but the speedster has already been on the books of Saracens, Bath and Blackheath. But after joining Worcester this summer, […]

Peter Jackson: Ah You Irish? Well, that’s complicated, Rodney!

20 September 2013 1 comment

Rodney Ah You arrived in Belfast as a hefty member of the baby All Blacks in 2007 and duly went home with the Junior World […]

Room 101: Ruairi Cushion – Plymouth Albion captain

19 September 2013 1 comment

1. Facebook These days it seems that every time I scroll down my news feed on Facebook all that comes up is standard ‘selfies’ of […]

Gloucester to face Japan in November

19 September 2013 0 comments

There will be a battle of the cherries at Kingsholm in November as Gloucester announced today they will face Japan on November 12. With the […]

BOD named in Joe Schmidt first Ireland squad

17 September 2013 0 comments

Ireland boss Joe Schmidt has included Brian O’Briscoll in his first squad ahead of the Autumn internationals. The 34-year-old veteran is part of the 42-man […]

Young Gun: Ed Hoadley – London Irish scrum-half

13 September 2013 1 comment

There are not many better places to learn your trade as a scrum-half than at London Irish and Ed Hoadley does not intend to let […]

Peter Jackson: Ten years on, Coombs is overnight sensation!

13 September 2013 1 comment

When it comes to recurring rejection in pursuit of a professional career, Andrew Coombs deserves to be out on his own at the top of […]

Nick Cain: Let’s hope England use attack at key word

11 September 2013 2 comments

The pulse always quickens at the start of a new season, and with the Lions’ first triumph for 16 years still fresh in the memories […]

My Life in Rugby: Tom Shanklin – former London Welsh, Saracens, Cardiff and Wales centre

3 September 2013 1 comment

When I was 20 Clive Woodward tried to poach me for England and it actually led to my first Wales call-up. I was at Saracens, […]

Jeff Probyn: Proposed Heineken deal leaves Rabo with peanuts

30 August 2013 0 comments

I often wonder if Premiership Rugby chief executive Mark McCafferty is living in the real world or one that is dominated solely by what is […]

No U-turn on Europe promises Premiership boss Mark McCafferty

20 August 2013 4 comments

England‘s Premiership clubs are adamant there will be no u-turn on their crusade for a new European Cup, promising it will increase annual revenue by […]

French giants can lure Adam Jones with £350k

13 August 2013 0 comments

Toulouse and Clermont will head the queue in response to Adam Jones declaring his interest in moving to France at the end of the coming […]

John Plumtree named Ireland forwards coach

31 July 2013 0 comments

IRELAND have appointed John Plumtree as their new forwards coach, with the Kiwi starting work in September. Plumtree has been Natal Sharks head coach since […]

Nick Cain looks ahead to the 2015 World Cup showdown between England, Wales and Australia

25 July 2013 1 comment

We are six months closer to the 2015 World Cup Pool of Pain, and the Lions victory over Australia provides a natural watershed from which […]

Tiger Niall Morris aiming to be an Irish Wolfhound

23 July 2013 1 comment

Niall Morris, having impressed with Emerging Ireland in Georgia this summer, hopes to get another crack at international rugby. Leicester winger Morris was called up […]

20 Questions: Tomas O’Leary – London Irish scrum-half

19 July 2013 0 comments

Been anywhere nice on holiday? Cancun, Mexico, and then Miami with my girlfriend. Cool places to see…we lay on the beach, chilled out and ate […]

Dream Team: Paddy Johns – Former Ireland, Ulster and Saracens lock

17 July 2013 0 comments

1. Jason Leonard – The number of caps he got for England is incredible. He was just a really solid player – very consistent. He […]

Nick Cain’s tour verdict: Gatland shows he has Midas touch

11 July 2013 0 comments

After the gunsmoke had cleared at the ANZ Stadium, the massed ranks of Lions fans waited to cheer on the 2013 Lions before they exited […]

Peter Jackson: The first time ten Welsh stars won it for the Lions

10 July 2013 1 comment

Lewis Jones was playing cricket in Plymouth one Saturday afternoon long ago when he took the first step towards joining the original Welsh monopoly of […]

British & Irish Cup fixtures announced

28 June 2013 1 comment

The 2013-14 British & Irish Cup fixtures have been announced today following confirmation of the Greene King IPA Championship season earlier this week. The cross-border competition […]

Peter Jackson: Richard Hibbard, from dog-house to life with the big cats

19 June 2013 0 comments

Richard Hibbard came home from Australia this time last year fearing the worst, that he would never play for Wales again. The management blamed their […]

Nine-try rout for British & Irish Lions against Western Force

5 June 2013 0 comments

The British & Irish Lions have made a successful start to their tour of Australia with a convincing 69-17 win over the Western Force in […]

My Life in Rugby: David Wallace – Lions, Ireland and Munster flanker

30 May 2013 0 comments

In the build-up to the 2009 Grand Slam we had a camp before the tournament just after Munster had played the All Blacks in a […]

Peter Jackson: Forgotten Byrne can join select Welsh club

17 May 2013 1 comment

A new name ought to be added to Europe’s painfully small Welsh roll of honour next weekend, a player long declared surplus to international requirements. […]

Andy Robinson: My three Lions to scatter the Wallabies

17 May 2013 0 comments

Former England and Scotland head coach Andy Robinson has earmarked Justin Tipuric, Tom Youngs and Leigh Halfpenny as his Lions players to dazzle during the […]

One more year for BOD but no Amlin final

16 May 2013 0 comments

Brian O’Driscoll has signed a new one-year contract with the IRFU which will see him available for Leinster and Ireland until June 2014. This ends […]

James Haskell: Power of music puts me in mood for a battle

8 May 2013 0 comments

Once on tour, the pressure and nervous excitement will start to creep up on the Lions players, building to a crescendo before kick-off. With this […]

“I’m used to being snubbed,” says James Hook

8 May 2013 2 comments

James Hook has made a frank admission about his international future after being excluded by the Lions and Wales on successive days. “It’s obvious that […]

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