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Shane Williams – Wales are lucky that Boks look in even worse shape!

24 November 2016 0 comments

Wales are in serious danger of being left behind by the rest of the Six Nations if they don’t settle on a way of playing. […]

Have Ireland found template for Lions to beat All Blacks?

18 November 2016 0 comments

Suddenly the biggest match in Irish Rugby history is upon us – well so it seems. New Zealand at home just two weeks after their […]

Wales change 10 to take on Japan

17 November 2016 0 comments

Wales will be led by Sam Warburton as they take on Japan with a side that shows ten changes from the one that narrowly beat […]

Brendan Gallagher: Launchbury gives England a world-class look at lock

16 November 2016 0 comments

The record books will point to a very significant historic win – England‘s first over the Boks for ten years – but in truth this […]

Brendan Gallagher: Look away now unless you can think back to England beating South Africa…

28 October 2016 0 comments

England have been playing international rugby for 145 years and there have been a few bad trots over the decades against various opponents, but nothing […]

Tim Visser switches focus to his old Edinburgh pals

20 October 2016 0 comments

There might not be a Champions Cup place at stake but Tim Visser is adamant Harlequins will be chasing the Challenge Cup title just as […]

Nick Cain: Springboks must look North to stop the rot

19 October 2016 0 comments

When Adriaan Strauss stepped onto the broadcasting plinth at King’s Park in Durban after South Africa had suffered a humiliating record 57-15 home loss to […]

Peter Jackson: Tom Prydie return has reminded us of fame’s fickle nature

7 October 2016 0 comments

Tom Prydie came out of the shadows on Friday night after the longest ten months of his turbulent rugby life. As reintroductions go it may […]

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 […]

Q&A with Pacific Rugby Players Welfare founder Dan Leo

18 August 2016 0 comments

Former Samoa, Wasps, London Irish, London Welsh and lock Dan Leo has founded Pacific Rugby Players Welfare and was recently appointed by the RPA to […]

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 column: Answers to this Pro12 predicament lie within

5 August 2016 0 comments

Is the world going mad or are the Pro12 administrators really considering sending players to the United States, South Africa or Canada to try to […]

McConnochie replaces Davis in Team GB Sevens squad

4 August 2016 0 comments

Alex Davis has been ruled out of the Rio Olympics following an injury to his right ankle and will be replaced in Team GB‘s sevens […]

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 […]

Nick Cain column: England’s U20 stars would thrive at Rio Olympics

28 July 2016 0 comments

Here’s hoping that the GB Sevens side for the Rio Olympics which was announced last week come back from Brazil with a medal. If they […]

Goromaru: France should open doors to Japanese players

15 July 2016 0 comments

New Toulon signing Ayumu Goromaru is hopeful that he will be the first of many Japanese players to ply their trade in the Top 14. […]

Nick Cain column: ‘Respect’ is the key to James Haskell’s rejuvenation

30 June 2016 0 comments

James Haskell is proof that you can’t keep a good man down. The sheer storm-force belligerence with which he bowled over the Wallabies, and then […]

Nick Cain column: Slave-driver Eddie Jones will whip squad into shape

16 June 2016 0 comments

Phil Kearns is no shrinking violet, and this week he launched a clever strike aimed at destabilising the England squad coached by that nation-hopping member […]

Brendan Gallagher verdict: England claim redemption

15 June 2016 0 comments

Never underestimate the power of redemption and the urgent bloody-minded need to prove yourself right and the other buggar wrong. It’s the strongest motivator in […]

Vincent Koch and Sean Maitland join Saracens

6 June 2016 0 comments

As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper in recent weeks, Saracens have secured the signings of South African prop Vincent Koch and Scotland […]

Nick Cain column: Wallabies will be formidable on fast ground Down Under

19 May 2016 0 comments

George Smith has always defied convention, and the 35-year-old veteran Aussie openside continues to do so, capping his first – and most likely last – […]

20 Questions: Nili Latu – Newcastle back-row

18 May 2016 0 comments

Big sigh of relief to be safe from relegation? We had to wait to the end of the London Irish game last week to know […]

Steffon Armitage? We’d take him, says Dallaglio

18 May 2016 0 comments

A move by Wasps to sign Steffon Armitage would make sense to everyone involved according to club legend.

Danny Care boy destined to get ton up says Nick Evans

13 May 2016 0 comments

Livewire Danny Care will become England‘s most capped scrum-half and the first to win a century of caps, according to Harlequins teammate Nick Evans. Care, […]

Japan move for Bath lock Day

27 April 2016 0 comments

As revealed in The Rugby Paper by Neil Fissler on March 20, Dominic Day will leave Bath at the end of the season to seek […]

South Africa name Allister Coetzee as head coach

12 April 2016 0 comments

Allister Coetzee has been unveiled as the new South Africa head coach today. The former Stormers boss takes over from Heyneke Meyer and will be […]

England and Wales in £10m match deal

5 April 2016 0 comments

England and Wales have struck a deal worth up to £10m to play two more matches immediately before the next World Cup. The cooling of […]

Brendan Gallagher: Good luck Conor O’Shea in saving Italy!

1 April 2016 0 comments

The great Sergio Parisse, and I use the word in its truest sense, was visibly outraged last week when the vultures circled looking to pick […]

Sean Fitzpatrick: Lions will have the talent to test All Blacks

18 March 2016 0 comments

Sean Fitzpatrick and Jason Robinson come from different sides of the rugby spectrum in every sense, but this week the indestructible former All Black captain […]

Brendan Gallagher feature: Georgia have success at Japan 2019 on their mind

11 March 2016 0 comments

Georgia might have been mobbed at Tbilisi airport at some ungodly hour on their return from RWC2015 and, yes, a week of celebrations and partying […]

Nick Cain talks to Quins’ Aussie hard man James Horwill

4 March 2016 0 comments

James Horwill is part of an Aussie invasion that has taken English rugby by storm this season. However, the big former Queensland Reds and Wallaby […]

Cian Healy turns down Worcester to stay in Ireland

17 February 2016 0 comments

As predicted by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on February 7, Cian Healy has decided to turn down a lucrative three-year deal at Worcester […]

Nick Cain column: All that cash is going down Bath plughole

12 February 2016 0 comments

Is money the root of all evil at Bath? It was something for their fans to ponder as last season’s Premiership runners-up slipped to defeat […]

Dai Young – I like a scrum but just look at my Wasps fly!

10 February 2016 0 comments

As a proud tighthead prop, Dai Young will always have a soft spot for a pushover try – but the Wasps boss admits these days […]

Brendan Gallagher: Six Nations coaches are at the crossroads

5 February 2016 0 comments

Three New Zealanders, two Frenchmen and an Aussie. That’s your Six Nations coaching line-up this season, an eclectic and erudite bunch although you will notice […]

Nick Cain: Eddie Jones starts off with a laugh, but will the joke be on England?

3 February 2016 0 comments

Just as Eddie Jones and Dylan Hartley were about to hold forth about England’s preparations for Murrayfield a huge gust courtesy of Storm Gertrude nearly […]

Young Gun: Will Witty – Newcaslte lock

29 January 2016 0 comments

It has taken longer than he would have wanted but Will Witty is ready to make up for lost time now he’s recovered from the […]

20 Questions: Ben Jacobs – Wasps centre

27 January 2016 0 comments

How big is today’s game in Toulon? It’s huge. If we win we qualify for the quarter-finals but if we lose they overtake us and […]

Jeff Probyn: London Scottish link with Scotland raises plenty of problems

21 January 2016 0 comments

What a week we’ve had. First an announcement that could create some interesting changes for the outcome of the Six Nations over the next few […]

Richard Wigglesworth: Schalk Burger can be fantastic, like John Smit

15 January 2016 0 comments

Schalk Burger will be a huge hit at Saracens and a positive influence on the young forwards at the club according to Richard Wigglesworth. Flanker […]

My Life in Rugby: Ross Reynolds – former Wallaby No.8 and Rotherham, Australia and Brumbies coach

12 January 2016 0 comments

Having won Premierships in Australian club rugby as both a player and a coach with Manly, Gordon and Sydney University, it is a pity I […]

Brendan Gallagher feature: All the big guns set their sights on Rio Olympics

8 January 2016 0 comments

So far so good. After Rugby‘s ill-starred Olympic history it’s been comparatively plain sailing to date for the 2016 tournament, at least on the pure […]