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Young Gun: Tom Stephenson – Northampton centre

8 September 2012 0 comments

Centre Tom Stephenson is the third generation of Northampton season ticket holders in his family and it might not be long until his granddad and […]

Top 14 Round 4: preview and predictions

7 September 2012 0 comments

Mercurial fly-half Frederic Michalack will not make is starting debut for Toulon as Jonny Wilkinson retain his No.10 jersey for the reception of Bordeaux-Begles tomorrow. […]

Jenkins not released for start of Lions tour?

6 September 2012 1 comment

Toulon boss Bernard Laporte revealed today that they might not release Wales prop Gethin Jenkins for the start of the 2013 British and Irish Lions […]

Peter Jackson: A spat that ended with an all-Welsh Pro12 punchline

6 September 2012 0 comments

Phil Davies and Simon Easterby go back a long way, to a Third Division scrap in West Yorkshire during the pioneering weeks of professionalism. The […]

Moment in Time: Gloucester and the 2003 Powergen Cup Final

5 September 2012 0 comments

It is perhaps typical of Gloucester’s ill-fortune down the years that their 2002-3 campaign is best remembered for two complete and utter disasters: the humiliating […]

Maxime Mermoz joined with Jonny Wilkinson at Toulon to win titles

31 August 2012 0 comments

After four years at Perpignan, centre Maxime Mermoz says he switched to the other side of the Mediterranean coast to join Toulon with one thing […]

Moment in Time: Newcastle and the 2001 Tetley’s Bitter Cup final

20 August 2012 0 comments

Sensational game, sensational finish. Widely considered to be one of the best cup finals of all time, two star-studded teams went at it from first […]

Lock of ages? French turn back clock for Brits

15 August 2012 1 comment

The burgeoning British colony in France hurls itself into Top 14 action next weekend, an assault force headed by surely the oldest pair of locks […]

Jeff Probyn: Rugby should be backing the war against drugs

14 August 2012 0 comments

Isn’t it funny how those at the top of sport believe that only what affects them is of any importance or consequence to what happens […]

Argentina announce squad for Four Nations opener

8 August 2012 0 comments

Horacio Agulla, Marcos Ayerza and Gonzalo Camacho have been named in Argentina coach Santiago Phelan’s 26-man squad that will travel to South Africa for their […]

Wales teen wonder Tom Prydie aiming to fly high again

8 August 2012 1 comment

Tom Prydie and Kristian Phillips aim to relaunch their careers this season after falling into the international wilderness. The former Ospreys wing wonders, part of […]

Nick Cain: Pumas out to prove their first-class credentials

8 August 2012 1 comment

Argentina have received an early reminder that New Zealand, South Africa and Australia see them as the poor relations of the inaugural southern hemisphere Rugby […]

Serge Blanco lets me know if I’m kicking too much says Iain Balshaw

7 August 2012 2 comments

World Cup winner Iain Balshaw knows all about instinctive rugby and would love England to show more of it. We meet in Biarritz on France‘s […]

Peter Jackson: Welsh try to cash in but end up with loose change

7 August 2012 0 comments

Agrand total of ten props, enough to put a small theatrical group out of business, will be missing when Wales finish their autumn series. The […]

Newcastle Falcons wanted to swoop on Gavin Henson

20 July 2012 0 comments

Newcastle made a bid to sign Gavin Henson before the RFU reversed their decision barring London Welsh from promotion to the English Premiership. Their offer […]

Peter Jackson: Silent Henson has last chance to be big noise

13 July 2012 0 comments

Gavin Henson made a smart decision the other day, one which suggested that the penny might have dropped at long last. Posing for photographers in […]

Toby Booth’s snub made Guy Armitage turn his back on London Irish

3 July 2012 0 comments

Guy Armitage has opened the door to one day playing for France after revealing that Toby Booth’s snub at London Irish forced him to quit […]

Room 101: Nick Kennedy – Toulon, former England and London Irish lock

3 July 2012 1 comment

1.Short people who sit in the exit seats on airplanes. Being 6ft 8in is not good when you’re flying at the best of times. The […]

Sale Sharks’ pack has bulked up and ready to front up

26 June 2012 0 comments

Sale’s pack is ready to front up and make its mark in the Premiership next season, according to Henry ‘Meathead’ Thomas. The Sharks’ set-piece endured […]

England legend Jonny Wilkinson still living for kicks after all these years

22 June 2012 0 comments

A campaign which began on England duty against Wales before 80,000 at Twickenham in early August ended ten months later for Toulon’s favourite émigré before […]