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Gloucester do the job in France but Andy Hazell faces lengthy ban

11 October 2012 1 comment

Fourteen-men Gloucester earned an ugly 11-6 win at Mont-de-Marsan in the opening game of the Amlin Challenge Cup. Ian Clark’s first half try was enough […]

My Life in Rugby: Duncan Bell – Lydney player/coach and former Bath and England prop

11 October 2012 0 comments

I have never been the best of losers and was always a bit sulky after a defeat but I don’t think my depression was ever […]

Brilliant Brian O’Driscoll is early charger for Lions place

11 October 2012 0 comments

Selecting a Lions team from the ranks of the Aviva Premiership and the RaboDirect Pro12 is a fraught business at this stage of the season. […]

Dragons also want WRU help to keep Lydiate

11 October 2012 0 comments

Newport Gwent Dragons say if Cardiff Blues and the Welsh Rugby Union struck a deal to keep Wales centre Jamie Roberts in Wales, they would […]

Wales and Cardiff in bid to keep Lion king Jamie Roberts out of France

9 October 2012 0 comments

British Lion Jamie Roberts is at the centre of a groundbreaking deal being hatched to prevent him falling into French hands. Cardiff Blues and the […]

Peter Jackson: Jones heads lost legion of forgotten Welsh stars

4 October 2012 1 comment

There is a whole team of them to be found out there – the Welsh internationals whose meteoric streak in some cases hardly lasted much […]

RaboDirect Pro12 round 5: preview and predictions

28 September 2012 1 comment

Cardiff v Ulster Second row forward Bradley Davies will make his 100th appearance for the Blues tonight alongside club captain Andries Pretorius who returns to […]

Peter Jackson: Welshman Brian disarmed the last great TV conflict

27 September 2012 2 comments

Brian Baister was sitting behind his desk at home on Wednesday morning when a news item leapt out of the page and hit him between […]

Jeremy Guscott: Gatland musn’t go looking for problems

22 September 2012 0 comments

I was surprised when Warren Gatland came out with the view that overseas-based players, especially those in France, could rule themselves out of contention for […]

Dream team: Andries Pretorius – Cardiff Blues No.8 and captain

19 September 2012 1 comment

1. Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira – The powerful Springbok has become one of the best front rowers in the world over the last few years. A […]

NICK CAIN finds London Welsh skipper Jonathan Mills is a Realist with an optimistic streak

16 September 2012 0 comments

Jonathan Mills is full of pioneer spirit despite the giant survival task facing him and his newly promoted band of London Welsh brothers. As the […]

Peter Jackson: “It seemed so unfair to have my dream taken away,” says Lloyd Burns

13 September 2012 1 comment

He blazed across the skies of the rugby globe like a meteor, a trans-global journey of fairytale dimension from Cardiff to Auckland. Lloyd Burns’ magical […]

Saracens Mako Vunipola is in shape to make up for lost time

13 September 2012 0 comments

On the face of it Mako Vunipola’s life at Saracens could not have begun any better – two starts, two man-of-the-match awards – however, the […]

RaboDirect Pro12 Round 2: preview and predictions

7 September 2012 1 comment

Cardiff Blues v Edinburgh Wales Grand Slam winners Sam Warburton, Leigh Halphpenny, Alex Cuthbert and Bradley Davies all return for Cardiff in a much stronger […]

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 […]

Heart-blow Lloyd Burns set to land job with WRU

6 September 2012 0 comments

Wales World Cup hooker Lloyd Burns is in talks over a new career five months after being forced into premature retirement with a heart condition. […]

Lions announce Warren Gatland as head coach

5 September 2012 0 comments

Wales head coach Warren Gatland was announced yesterday as head coach for the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia next Summer. It was the […]

Oakley joins Northampton Saints

28 August 2012 0 comments

Northampton Saints have signed former Wales international back row Rhys Oakley. The 31-year-old has impressed Jim Mallender while on trial with Saints after leaving Bourgoin. […]

Peter Jackson: Forgotten Dwayne finds new ally in Cips

28 August 2012 0 comments

At a suburban training centre where Manchester City’s multi-millionaires cruise around in their limousines, two international misfits are preparing to take the English Premiership by […]

Lions agree to Gatland’s two-week release

24 August 2012 2 comments

British and Irish Lions coach to be Warren Gatland has revealed that he agreed to terms with the Lions and will be in charge of […]

Wales’ captain Sam Warburton on starting blocks for Lions tour

23 August 2012 1 comment

Last year Sam Warburton got the needle – now he is aiming for an injury-free season to fulfil his Lions dream. The Wales captain was […]

Jeremy Guscott: New slimline Banahan can be lethal but has to stay fit

23 August 2012 2 comments

Matt Banahan came onto the scene in a big way four seasons ago for a number of reasons – the first of which is that […]

“Don’t write me off yet,” says Wales scrum-half Dwayne Peel

21 August 2012 1 comment

Dwayne Peel, frozen out of international rugby for the last 18 months, starts the new season with a defiant message for Wales: “I’m not finished […]

Peter Jackson: It’s a riot in Paris as Olympic rugby champs are crowned

21 August 2012 1 comment

Of all the foregone conclusions at the London Olympics, one stands out above Usian Bolt, Michael Phelps, Bradley Wiggins and the rest for sheer longevity. […]

Ospreys hooker Richard Hibbard hurt by fingers of blame but points to future

20 August 2012 3 comments

Wales villain Richard Hibbard admits that he was forced into hiding after being singled out for losing the summer series to Australia. The Ospreys hooker, 28, […]

Jeff Probyn: Every World Cup referee is ‘inept’ in his own way

20 August 2012 1 comment

I must admit to some surprise at the reaction to Graham Henry’s claim in his autobiography, that he wondered if Wayne Barnes and his assistants […]

Gary Gold and Bath look at tie-up with Super Rugby side

15 August 2012 2 comments

Bath are considering forming an alliance with a Super Rugby side in a groundbreaking move which could involve trans-hemisphere player swaps. Former Springbok assistant coach […]

Reformed Shark Andy Powell is the new ‘Sebastien Chabal’

15 August 2012 1 comment

Sale Sharks are to extend Andy Powell’s contract in recognition of the Welshman’s emergence as ‘the new Sebastian Chabal.’ The Premiership‘s sole surviving northern club […]

Tommy Bowe is back home to help Ulster maintain momentum

8 August 2012 0 comments

Tommy Bowe is back home with Ulster Rugby and reveals that envy, as much as ambition, will be driving him on this season. “Watching them […]

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 […]

Peter Jackson charts the league stars who moved to union to become dual internationals

8 August 2012 2 comments

Martin Gleeson’s planned conversion from Rugby League comes eight years after England earmarked him for their defence of the World Cup in 2007. Within months […]

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 […]

London Welsh capture hard men Kirill Kulemin and Paulica Ion

7 August 2012 0 comments

London Welsh have plunged into the European transfer market and signed a pair of international forwards born behind the then Iron Curtain. The Exiles have […]

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 […]

Ben Ryan asks: Can Ashton adapt to Sevens in time?

7 August 2012 0 comments

Chris Ashton and Alex Goode’s interest in being included in Great Britain’s Sevens squad for the 2016 Olympics Sevens has been welcomed by Ben Ryan. […]

Man Behind the Match: Jason Robinson and the 2006 Premiership final

6 August 2012 0 comments

World Cup hero, Lions star, Great Britain rugby league icon, multiple trophy-winner with Wigan … Jason Robinson’s cv is awesome and leads some to offer […]

Moment in Time: Northampton Saints and the 2000 Heineken Cup final

6 August 2012 0 comments

Few people had rated Northampton’s chances of lifting the Heineken Cup. Still fewer gave them a prayer after they had lost their second Pool match […]

Young Gun: Gerard Ellis – London Irish hooker

6 August 2012 0 comments

Glenn Delaney has already converted Tom Youngs from a centre into an international hooker and he is confident he can repeat the trick with London […]

My Life in Rugby: Brett Davey – Doncaster Director of Rugby

6 August 2012 0 comments

Slotting the last-minute penalty to win the Principality Cup Final in 2002 was nerve-wracking but it was incredible to seal a famous win over Llanelli. […]

Rugby League ace Martin Gleeson ready to switch to Rugby Union

31 July 2012 0 comments

Great Britain Rugby League centre Martin Gleeson is ready to switch codes and follow the Union trail blazed by Jason Robinson 12 years ago. After […]

Don’t forget me says Welsh winger Tom James

31 July 2012 2 comments

Wales‘ forgotten man Tom James is more determined than ever to pull on the Three Feathers and is targeting an autumn return. The Cardiff Blues […]

Exeter winger Matt Jess: “Team ethic is only concern for Chiefs”

24 July 2012 0 comments

When Bath chairman Bruce Craig told the club’s end-of-season dinner that there wasn’t a single player in his side whom he would swap for an […]

Promising London Wasps back row Sam Jones happy to learn from Haskell

20 July 2012 1 comment

Sam Jones was just a schoolboy apprentice the last time James Haskell was playing in a Wasps shirt – now the England international returns to […]

My Life in Rugby: Heino Senekal – former Blues, Pirates and Namibia lock

20 July 2012 0 comments

Playing for Namibia in three consecutive World Cups from 1999 to 2007 was without a doubt the biggest achievement of my rugby career. I became […]

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 […]

Charlie Sharples : “Ducking out on England was my best career move”

10 July 2012 0 comments

Charlie Sharples insists it was a simple decision to miss England‘s summer tour, even if he concedes he admits he has fallen further down the […]

Man Behind the Match: Shane Williams and the 2008 Wales win over Australia

10 July 2012 0 comments

In 2008 Wales swept to a second Grand Slam in four seasons under the newly installed coach Warren Gatland – a remarkable achievement. However, the […]

New Gloucester coach Nigel Davies reckons Mike Tindall will help make Gloucester great

3 July 2012 2 comments

Nigel Davies, Gloucester‘s new director of rugby, is banking on the experience of Mike Tindall to help fire the club towards domestic and European glory. […]

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