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England system is OK, just pick right players!

In his column last week, Jeff Probyn bemoaned the deals struck by the RFU and the Premiership to allow the national side to have access to the best England-qualified players around.

Australian quarantine puts clamp on Galthie

Seven weeks after France’s Six Nations’ campaign ended with that late, late loss to Scotland at Stade de France, Les Bleus’ coaching team reunited for the first time at Marcoussis.

‘WE HAVE TO KEEP BUILDING'

Trophy success boosts Town

PHEW! ROO'S WAGGY RELIEF

Boss hails striker as survival confirmed

WILL'S BACK ON FIRE AT SLICK MK

IF WILL Grigg’s fire was only smouldering at Sunderland, then it has well and truly burst into flames back at MK Dons.

STANLEY WILL BE EAGER TO RUIN POMPEY PARTY-LEE

Defender’s warning ahead of key clash

COLLINS HAS ROVERS IN THE MOOD!

FOREST Green interim boss Jimmy Ball is delighted that his team will be “in the right groove” as they head into the play-offs following a fi nal-day win at Oldham.

DUTCH SWITCH BOOSTS BOHUI

AS JADON Sancho and Jude Bellingham light up Borussia Dortmund, the path of young English stars plying their trade in Europe is becoming increasingly well-trodden.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? NOTT'M FOREST 1993-94 DIVISION ONE RUNNERS-UP

FRANK CLARK thought his chance of managing a big club had been and gone when he got the call to replace the messiah, Brian Clough.

If Ivan tones up, he can sparkle in the top flight

IVAN Toney is a wanted man after scoring 30 goals for Brentford in the Championship this season. Leicester, West Ham, Everton - even Champions League finalists Chelsea have been linked with a £35m offer for the 25-year-old.

URCHINS ARE THE STARS NOW

Isthmian aces complete their fairytale story

BONNER: MY MAD STORY!

From fan to boss going up

ADAMS SALUTES SPIRITED SHRIMPS

MORECAMBE manager Derek Adams said he was proud of his players, despite the disappointment of missing out on automatic promotion by a single point.

Notts are turning on the style

IAN BURCHNALL’S Notts County produced the performance to match the occasion as they sealed their play-off place in style in front of more than 4,000 jubilant Meadow Lane supporters.

SHRIMPERS LIVING LIFE ON THE EDGE

WHEN the memes were flying during England’s heady charge to the World Cup semi-finals in 2018, nobody took them seriously.

REDS STRIKE GOLD TO DOWN LINNETS

Play-off bid still on right track...

KING CROWNS A KEY MOMENT

JEFF KING’S second-half strike kept FC Halifax Town’s play-off hopes alive after fending off 10man Maidenhead United.

TULIPS ‘PERFECT FIT' FOR MARCUS

SPALDING United boss Gaby Zakuani says shock new signing Marcus Maddison is “hands down” the best player in NonLeague football.

ONE ELL OF A DAY TO REMEMBER

Hero Nevitt follows Rooney traits

DEADLY DANNY IS SPIREITES' HERO

DANNY Rowe’s late penalty kept Chesterfield’s pro-motion hopes alive as they scrapped past ten-man Dagenham & Redbridge.

HOMETOWN HERO JONO GETS A SHOT

JONATHAN GREENING is testament to the old adage ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again’ after the former Manchester United and West Brom midfielder finally landed the manager’s job at boyhood Scarborough Athletic.

DAVE DESERVES POOLS' LOVING!

IF MY beloved Hartle-pool United make it back into the Football League over the next month, I’ll be the happiest man in the town – and the UK!

Six Nations triumph can spur us on now vows Tipuric

JUSTIN Tipuric admits Wales’ Grand Slam heartbreak in Paris still haunts him, but he believes that Six Nations title win can drive the top Welsh players forward this summer.

TMO's not perfect but don't give him red card

Why after more than 20 years are we still allowing the Luddite tendency to question the role of the TMO? On BT Sport’s Rugby Tonight programme, one of the guests was JP Doyle, shamefully made redundant by the RFU. Now refereeing in the US league, he was part of the panel that discussed the use of the TMO – it was dispiriting to hear the same old ground still being debated, and fascinating because of what wasn’t mentioned.

We're fully charged up, McCall tells Trailfinders

MARK McCALL hopes to celebrate his new four-year Saracens contract by taking a huge step towards promotion back to the Premiership against their biggest Championship rivals.

This is how rugby can be saved from peril

FRANCIS Baron, acknowledged widely as English rugby’s most successful administrator of the professional era, says the RFU requires an urgent reset to put its house in order.

RFU and millionaires have led us by the nose

LAST month the RFU binned relegation for the foreseeable with the approval of the CBs (the community clubs’ representatives at HQ) isolating the 1400 community clubs from the... er, 13 elite clubs at the top of the pyramid.

Red Roses secure hat-trick of titles

EMILY SCARRATT kicked a late penalty to seal England’s third Women’s Six Nations title in a row with a hard-fought final win against France.

Monye spearheads the fight for rugby diversity

FORMER England wing Ugo Monye hopes that as chair of a new RFU advisory group he can help make rugby more accessible for all.

Dunn reaches 150 on return after red

TOM DUNN is determined to mark his 150th appearance in a Bath jersey – and his first game back from a three-week ban – with a win against Wasps.