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Ospreys would be so magical with Liam

The Saracens salary cap scandal could have a positive outcome on the game in Wales with Liam Williams out of contract at the end of the season.

McNicholl will give North some competition

Five years ago Johnny McNicholl found himself surrounded by so many All Blacks that it must have seemed a mere matter of time before he became one himself.

Lions and Baa-baas lined up for Twickenham

THE Lions are planning to play the Barbarians at Twickenham for the first time since the Gareth Edwards-Phil Bennett era more than 40 years ago.

Assistant coaches could hold key to All Blacks job

As an All Black, Tony Brown played just 18 Tests and lived almost permanently in the shadow of one of the greatest New Zealand fly-halves of the modern era, Andrew Mehrtens.

Hardwick Shows Tigers Have Turned The Corner

It wasn't pretty but Leicester will not care how they achieved their first Premiership win of the season.

Kolisi No.6 Shirt Brings Fresh Hope To A Troubled Land

Everybody recognises the power of the shirt, the passion and pride behind a nation’s national colours and jersey that has been handed down through the decades.

Eddie Has To Stay For Four Years Or Go

Big matches are tough for a reason – they are so intense and full of pressure and that’s when you have to produce your best performance. England had done that until this final 80 minutes of asking.

Sometimes You Never Know Just Why You've Lost, Admits Eddie

FRUSTRATED Eddie Jones predicted four years of pain for his England side after they hardly fired a shot in yesterday’s World Cup final defeat to South Africa.

Set-piece Supremacy Has Ravers Rocking On

CALDY head coach Matt Cairns attributed his side’s hard-fought victory over Fylde to their dominance at the scrum and lineout as the hosts reduced the deficit at the top of the National League 2 North table.

England Are Crushed By Iron Fist Of Mighty Boks

WELL, it didn’t go to the script and will have left England fans devastated.

England Favourites But So Were All Blacks

Well, who would have guessed it was semifinals week with so many childish statements by all the teams involved?

Bordeaux Face Battle To Retain Radradra

Semi Radradra’s stock has never been higher than it is right now. After a slow start to the World Cup, the Fijian – a centre by trade who played on the wing in Japan – showed exactly what he is capable of against Georgia, and had pundits and fans alike purring in appreciation. Some even dubbed him “the world’s best player”.

Like Warren, I Dare To Dream Despite Injuries

FOR the neutral rugby fan it’s a great shame this morning’s World Cup semi-final between Wales and South Africa has been robbed of two big entertainers in Liam Williams and Cheslin Kolbe.

Rugby Gods Reduced To Rubble By Eddie's Heroes

EDDIE Jones called the All Blacks ‘rugby gods’ before yesterday’s semi-final.

Keep Improving To Be World Champs

LEADING into the World Cup England had become renowned as a team who start fast, build a lead but then tail off in the second-half following the Six Nations defeat to Wales and draw with Scotland.

Excellent Ollie Puts Dragons In Control

OLLIE Griffiths played a starring role as the Dragons condemned Glasgow to their third defeat of the PRO14 season with a comfortable victory at Rodney Parade.

Warburton red card still haunts me today

THERE is a picture of me after our 2011 World Cup semi-final defeat by France.

Rebirth of Hiroshima ignored by RWC

They began queuing in the rain at the Peace Memorial Park first thing on Friday morning, global pilgrims to the place where a blinding flash of light turned an entire city into a vast crematorium.

Now let Rhino loose on those All Blacks!

EDDIE JONES hailed Kyle Sinckler’s “rhino charge” of a try as he revelled in England’s thrashing of Australia and looked ahead to the semi-final clash with the All Blacks on Saturday.

Leitch is new hero for man in sumo suit

Nick Cain looks at the impact Japan’s World Cup giant-killing is having on the whole country.

Japan should join the Rugby Championship

Even as a Scot I was applauding Japan by the end of the match, but I do wonder whether people haven’t gone completely over the top in their praise of the Cherry Blossoms.

Owen And Billy Are Eddie Problems

Nick Cain arrives in Tokyo to find Eddie Jones confronted by some big selectorial decisions

Sadness Behind Klim's Big Journey

Alex Bywater talks to Namibia’s Lesley Klim about the problems he faced in his early life.

Red Card Likely To End Aki's World Cup

IRELAND guaranteed their place in a quarter-final against either the All Blacks or South Africa, but it came at a price as Bundee Aki’s red card poured fresh fuel on the safe tackle debate.

Radradra Has Been My Player Of The Tournament

Jeremy Guscott Outspoken And Unmissable...Every Week

My Hotel Was Swaying Like A Huge Concrete Tree

APART from the spatterings of rain on the glass window of my hotel room on the 29th floor of a city centre hotel in Tokyo yesterday morning, there was little sign of the highest category super typhoon to come.

It's A Shock But Eddie Did Warn Us Says Jamie

ENGLAND hooker Jamie George has backed head coach Eddie Jones’ inside knowledge of the Japanese way of life to give them a lift ahead of next week’s World Cup quarter-finals.

Force Majeure... Life Is A Calculated Risk!

Brendan Gallagher recalls other cases when extreme weather or random events have affected sport

More tackle problems for Cheika's Wally-bies

AUSTRALIA cruised to a comfortable sixtry win over Uruguay but head coach Michael Cheika knows his side must improve if they are to be competitive in the quarter-finals.

Joker Eddie laughs off big Billy's injury scare

BILLY Vunipola gave England a World Cup injury scare when he was taken off at halftime in the 39-10 Pool C win over Argentina at Tokyo Stadium.