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Ireland Elated After Long Years Of Hurt In France

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful

Wonderful Warwick have made a home at Twickers

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools

Super-sub Billy tames the Bears

BILLY Keast powered over in the closing seconds to maintain Exeter’s winning record since lockdown and move 11 points clear at the top of the Premiership.

Whitcombe keeping the great prop dynasty alive

THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

Title race is done, no-one will get near the Chiefs

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Steff has the talent to back up his hair cut!

WALES AND LIONS LEGEND

Some stats are simply codswallop...not these

GUEST COLUMNIST

Grassroots players don't want no-contact

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

Ben's happy to shout the odds at the Rec

BEN SPENCER is happy to have made a big noise in the short time he has been at Bath as he looks to impress England boss Eddie Jones.

Bristol Underdogs...? That's Just Barking Mad

The new interpretation of the existing breakdown laws is working fairly well, although it looked as though the players from a couple of teams might have been asleep at the back of the classroom when the refs visited their club to explain the changes!

Rookie Tigers given a bad mauling by Bath

BATH clinically swept aside a raw Leicester team to continue an impressive restart after a home win over London Irish last week.

This breakdown re-think is just what game needs

I don’t believe the breakdown changes that we have seen at the restart of this season are revolutionary, although they are very welcome. We tend to forget that in years gone by some refs allowed you to handle on the ground and also flop over the ball without being penalised. Thank goodness that’s no longer the case.

Saints take advantage of Exiles ill discipline

AFTER an indifferent performance in the first half, Northampton took the game by the scruff of the neck to keep up their hopes of a Premiership playoff spot.

Luke thanks Brits for his trying time

ENGLAND and Exeter hooker Luke CowanDickie credits changed attitudes and the attacking instincts of ex-Saracens hero Schalk Brits for transforming the role of top-flight No.2s.

Kiwis make our game look utterly pedestrian

The Sale coach and former hooker Steve Diamond, honorary life member of the Front Row Union, thinks modern-day scrums are boring. He’s not wrong. But why single out the set-piece for condemnation? Judging by last weekend’s Premiership relaunch, the English game as a whole is about as compelling as a Theresa May conference speech shorn of the coughing fits, the stage invasions and the collapsible backdrops.

I remember the magic of those midweek matches

ROB BAXTER can always be relied on for an honest soundbite and I cheered aloud at the TV last week when he spoke about how excited he and his players were at the forthcoming prospect of some old-fashioned midweek rugby.

Exeter's power leaves the Sharks floundering

EXETER are a side who want to be unfazed by the pressure of these final championship rounds, and by securing this four-try away bonus point win to send Sale to their second successive defeat of the restart, they delivered on their mission statement in style.

Day the towering red army tasted epic defeat

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful

WillGriff: I must get fitter for Welsh dream

WALES’ four regions have been put on red alert over the potential availability of Sale’s powerhouse prop WillGriff John.

Zac wants to make a late splash in England

Neale Harvey talks to former All Black wing Zac Guildford about a Premiership switch

Scarlets, Ospreys to win amid fireworks

WALES AND LIONS LEGEND

Sam targets Wales jersey after switch

SAM Moore trained with England under Eddie Jones and was identified as a future Red Rose international given his strong performances at age grade level.

Imanol goes through pain barrier in Basque country

Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful

Frankly, I've got to improve

NICK CAIN TALKS TO NORTHAMPTON’S STAR ALL BLACKS PROP OWEN FRANKS

Hatley has the know-how to make Bath contenders

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Foreign players are both cheaper and always on call

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

Extra sessions with Corbs cost us dear

JON FISHER LONDON IRISH FORWARDS COACH AND FORMER IRISH, BEDFORD, NORTHAMPTON AND BRISTOL BACK ROW

Don't mess with scrum warns ‘old man' Cole

HAVING been chased around his garden while dressed as an ankylosaurus for the amusement of his kids during lockdown, Dan Cole feared he was also destined to be a dinosaur of the rugby world.

Burke's law has turned Epsom into champions

Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools

Vesty Can Help Fraser Maintain England Bid

Centre Fraser Dingwall credits the impact of Northampton’s highly-rated backs coach Sam Vesty for taking him to the brink of a first England cap.