British and Irish Lions
Jeremy Guscott: Once a Lions series is won, it’s hard to go again
The sports science and analysis available in the game now would almost certainly tell us that the Lions were not anywhere near physically done when they...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 days agoNick Cain: Wallabies paid price for unprofessionalism during Lions Tour
The Lions are back on the winning trail, but the high stakes surrounding the 2025 tour, whether sporting or commercial, means...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 days agoNick Cain: No return to Australia for the Lions without legal guarantees
Should Australia get the Lions back in 12 years? The answer is that Rugby Australia would have to commit to a...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 days agoChris Hewett: Andy Farrell not alone with his ‘home’ Lions selections
“There's an epidemic sweeping through the England team, but it isn’t catching.” Attributed to John Arlott (who else?), the exquisite one-liner...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 days agoChris Hewett: Wallabies make the obvious choice with Giteau Law change
Inevitable. Had to happen. Written in the stars. Quite why the Australian rugby hierarchy spent so long umming and aaahhing about...
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Columnists
/ 3 days agoPeter Jackson: The British and Irish Lions fail to impress Paul Turner
From the early days in Newbridge through to Sale’s rise as champions of England, Paul Turner has built an admirable track...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 days agoPaul Rees: Money was the theme for the Lions – and that will not change
Paul Rees says that, as the Lions chase every pound, the home unions can't complain if players do the same As...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 days agoBrendan Gallagher: British and Irish Lions tour no longer rugby’s Everest
The dust is beginning to settle on the 2025 Lions tour and that is a process that should be encouraged and...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 days agoOnce again, officials fail to punish the Lions
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME SO the tour is over, and the Lions return home happy at...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 week agoBrendan Gallagher: These tourists have been nowhere near as good as they should have been
For a long while I have held the sometimes unpopular view that Nic White was the most influential player at Sandy...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 week agoJeremy Guscott: A defeat, yes, but the British and Irish Lions should be proud
The third Test might not have given the Lions the 3-0 margin they wanted, but this was a fierce contest in...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 week agoPaul Rees: Nic White and Will Skelton put Wallabies in driving seat for Third Test
Where there is a will there is a way to win – not just big Will Skelton but the collective determination...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 week agoNick Cain: Joe Schmidt’s bogus words jeopardise Lions’ future
There was a chance of three whitewashes taking place this weekend. The first was whether the Lions would claim a 3-0...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 week agoChris Hewett: Tough calls needed to take the initiative
The Lions may have reaffirmed their rugby sovereignty over the Wallabies during 80 mesmerising minutes in Melbourne, but they were well...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 week agoPaul Rees: This triple lock will give the British and Irish Lions longer life
Paul Rees looks into whether the Lions should stick with visiting Australia, New Zealand and South Africa Who would have thought...
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International Rugby
/ 1 week agoProps who were able to go the distance
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE Lions used to replace their props during Test matches once every 29...
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Columnists
/ 1 week agoPaul Rees: George Skivington sets his sights on building another crop of Kingsholm legends
Paul Rees continues his summer series reviewing the Premiership season, with the focus this week on Gloucester Gloucester did not win...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 week agoRay loved the game
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO farewell Ray French, for many years the...
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Columnists
/ 1 week agoCharles Rylands: We need to build interest in Champ Rugby
With the announcement this week of the Prem Cup fixtures, I was gutted to learn that teams from the second division...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 week agoAs we all well know, history is set in stone
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME SURPRISE, surprise the Lions won the series last week so it really...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 weeks agoJeremy Guscott: Lions vs Wallabies second Test such fantastic drama, a sporting spectacular
The Lions second Test win over Australia at the MCG in Melbourne last night had everything. It was a match of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 weeks agoBritish and Irish Lions: Once again, Tom Curry empties the tanks to show he’s one of world’s best
Finally, a Lions match and spectacle to really get our teeth into and a reminder of why, despite so many challenges...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 weeks agoBritish and Irish Lions leave it late to find fitting way to win series against Wallabies
At last, a proper test for the Lions in Australia. And it was decided at the last when Hugo Keenan scored...
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoNick Cain: Henry Pollock must play with 7 on his back
Henry Pollock looked lost at times against a First Nations & Pasifika selection which wanted to get in the faces of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 weeks agoChris Hewett: It’s a long, hard road for – Bank of Dad, or not
Ten thousand hours seems a suspiciously convenient round number, but there are plenty of big brains who see it as the...
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoPaul Rees: Wales need dose of harsh reality
Paul Rees says Scotland's defence coach Steve Tandy is the right man to take over from Warren Gatland Wales' five month...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoPuzzling games without frontiers
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW DURING the last fortnight, seven players from distant shores stood to attention for...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 weeks agoSaints alive! The power and glory: Northampton Saints’ all-time XV
What would be the greatest all-time XV your club could field if you could travel back in time and select everybody...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher: Now, let’s see the Sables take flight at the World Cup
So, welcome back Zimbabwe whose dramatic 30-28 Africa Cup Final victory over Namibia in Kampala last weekend saw them qualify for...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 2 weeks agoJeff Probyn: The British and Irish Lions abandoning Australia would be big mistake
I am amazed by the idea that if the Lions are successful in completing a three-Test clean sweep over the Australians...
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James Harrington
/ 2 weeks agoFrench Column: Ten players who could hit the spot in ProD2
It's high summer in France – not that you’d necessarily know it given the weather over recent days, which has been...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 weeks agoPaul Rees: Andy Farrell will take it, but a lot more is required from the British and Irish Lions
No team that has won the first Test in a full series between Australia and the Lions has gone on to...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 weeks agoJeremy Guscott: Cut penalty count and the British and Irish Lions will win again
The Lions played a powerful, physical game to beat Australia 27-19 in Brisbane yesterday, and you cannot underestimate the importance of...
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoNick Cain: Maverick Rassie Erasmus is doing us all a service
Rassie Erasmus is one of rugby union’s most controversial characters, but he is also an international coach who thinks deeply about...
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoPaul Rees: England’s aim must be 2027 World Cup final
Paul Rees says that Steve Borthwick's men must build on their series success in Argentina, and aim for glory at the...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 weeks agoChris Hewett: France v the British and Irish Lions would be a stretch
Suddenly, rugby’s 24-hour news cycle is full of chatter about a French seat at the British and Irish Lions table. Abdel...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 weeks agoPeter Jackson: Wales, a once-proud nation with nothing to offer for the British and Irish Lions
When the Lions last won a series in Australia, they picked a starting team borrowed so heavily from one small country...
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoPaul Rees: With the stars they have, Harlequins should be winning many more games
Paul Rees continues his summer series reviewing the Premiership season, with the focus this week on Harlequins It is only four...
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James Harrington
/ 3 weeks agoFrench Colummn: Bayonne in the fast lane for No.9 Leo Coly
It was mid-August last year – the 13th, to be precise – when Racing 92 suddenly confirmed their highly rated and,...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 month agoJeremy Guscott: I see too much clunk and not enough click with the British and Irish Lions
Before you get to the last two provincial matches of a Lions tour, the head coach knows what his best team...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 month agoNick Cain: Joe Schmidt may force British and Irish Lions to move on
Joe Schmidt will be hailed as a miracle man if the Wallabies succeed in blindsiding the Lions to edge the forthcoming...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoNick Cain: Felipe Contepomi committed selection hara-kiri against England
England deserved most of the plaudits lavished on them after their comprehensive four try 35-12 dismantling of Argentina last weekend. Fin...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 month agoPaul Rees: No more talking, it’s time for the British and Irish Lions to roar…
Paul Rees says that, unless Joe Schmidt has been cultivating a banana tree, the Lions are unlikely to slip up The...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 month agoPaul Rees: It’s a free hit for the Wallabies against the British and Irish Lions
Australia needed the run-out against Fiji last Sunday, but an unwanted consequence was a neck injury suffered by Noah Lolesio that...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 month agoChris Hewett: One kick to win it… so who do you want?
Whoever it was, it couldn’t have been Carwyn James. For one thing, the most celebrated coach of all was a Welshman...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 month agoPeter Jackson: Bundee Aki takes the long road to be a British and Irish Lion
Back home amid the volcanic craters of South Auckland, a ‘very skinny kid’ would have seen Brian O’Driscoll’s reign as Lions...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoPaul Rees: Northampton Saints paid the price for battling on two fronts
Paul Rees continues his summer series reviewing the Premiership season, with the focus this week on Northampton Northampton Saints finished two...
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Features
/ 1 month agoJeff Probyn: Steve Borthwick has to rethink his England squad
Last week the England rugby team showed some character in their game against Argentina that has been missing in many of...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoFrench Column: Top c14 lubs getting back in the swing
The Top 14 final brought the curtain down on the 2024/25 French rugby season just 15 days ago, with Toulouse lifting...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 month agoJeremy Guscott: British and Irish Lions need to be firing from the first whistle
Maro Itoje says that he felt pressure to perform this week, but that’s just standard for a Lions tour, and even...
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