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LEGEND WAS A CLOSED BOOK!

CHRIS DUNLAVY DISCOVERS WHAT MADE THE ALTRINCHAM STALWART TICK

Don't Always See Us As Bad Guys!

Top agents worth their weight in gold, says Dimitri Savva

Bill's right, Six Nations owe SANZAAR nothing

THE gnashing of teeth and wailing from the southern hemisphere unions that accompanied the failure of Agustin Pichot to unseat Bill Beaumont as World Rugby chairman was predictable.

RFU need grasroots rescue package

So, as expected, Bill Beaumont has achieved his second term as the head of World Rugby and is promising to raise the stakes by making another attempt to refloat the idea of a Nations League, although not just yet.

South Sea Bubble could provide tonic for rugby

RUGBY has made many false moves and poor decisions over the decades and what is so frustrating is that on quite a few occasions the authorities got incredibly close to absolutely nailing it before making the wrong call.

New kicking law will increase excitement

I was really looking forward to seeing the results of the World Rugby law experiment ‘50:22’, but the abandonment of the season has put paid to any meaningful data coming back from this year’s trials.

My new dawn: increase squad size, cut salaries

What I’m about to suggest will be seen by some as barking mad, but bear with me.

Clubs must grasp this big chance to reset their goals

THE Covid-19 pandemic has been unfortunate for so many people that when Rugby Union starts again it will not top the agenda. However, this enforced break does give clubs the opportunity to reassess where they’re going, and whether what they were doing before the lockdown is going to get them to their chosen destination.

Beating Australia is cherished memory

GREIG TONKS FORMER SCOTLAND, LEICESTER, NOTTINGHAM, EDINBURGH AND LONDON IRISH UTILITY BACK

Global Game? Germany Are Twenty Years Behind

During the decidedly uncivil English war over control of the nascent professional game, Cliff Brittle had a dream which sounds as impossible today as it did then.

‘PLAYING BIG GUNS SEEMED TO SUIT US MORE'

THE DAYS WHEN WOKING SCARED TOP-FLIGHT SKY BLUES...

THIS IS KNOTT ME FINISHED JUST YET

Demons won’t derail Billy’s dream

MAURO'S GOT HIS BUZZ BACK

Bees ace back in love with the game

Care hero Andy is leading from the front line

HUMBLE Andy Teague insists he is no hero – as he continues to work as a care assistant at a home for people with dementia.

YATES BREWS UP FOR A NEW START

WHEN Mark Yates returned to the dugout with Stourbridge at the end of February, he did so refreshed and with a different outlook.

JACK BUILDING A NEW FUTURE

Back on the tools as King hangs up his boots

DOWELL: TREAT US ALL EQUALLY

WORTHING owner George Dowell has urged the National League to play fair and ditch promotion and relegation – as well as play-offs – so that the whole of Non-League football is treated the same way.

Blues Left In A Takeover Bind

Chester fans face a major dilemma – whether or not to accept an exciting takeover proposal that would see them lose control of their club.

ACE TOM SCALING ALL NEW HEIGHTS

Romans star moves mountains for charity

Young Jonah, just doing what came so naturally

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

My mission is to make Bath exciting and scoring tries

Bath’s first-year director of rugby Stuart Hooper tells NEALE HARVEY how he’s coping with the current shutdown while attempting to plan ahead.

Evergreen Elvis has lots of hits left in him

TONGAN Test hooker Elvis Taione puts his remarkable longevity down to Pacific Island genes, sleep and a lifechanging decision to swap work on a building site for rugby.

Glad I took Dad's advice not to quit

AS a teenager, I was told I was too small to play rugby (I’m 5ft 8), and that I would never make it to the top. So, when I look back on a career that saw me win 55 Argentina caps, play at three World Cups and professionally in England and France, I’m very proud of what I achieved.

No French champions for first time since WW2

The 30 presidents of the Top 14 and ProD2 this week agreed to end the 2019/20 season, leaving a number of questions unanswered. The hope, now, is to start the 2020/21 season in September but the clubs cannot begin their pre-season planning until a definite start date is confirmed, and medical measures are agreed and met.

Courtney is best bet to counter Du Toit

THE traditional role of a Lions blindside, or No.6, was that of a big, athletic flanker, who combined being a damaging ballcarrier and tackler, and usually also provided a pack with another line-out option.

Courtney eyes Lions and foreign pay-day

ENGLAND enforcer Courtney Lawes has not ruled out an overseas swansong before bringing down the curtain on his stellar career.

Bloodgate was brazen – with comic moments

Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s biggest scandals

A League of Nations is an idiotic proposal

Democracy: an ideal where people have freedom, equality, and the ability to make choices in how either they or their elected representatives govern a way of living and working, or, in the case of sport, playing.

Virus Ends Brock's Hope Of A Fitting Career Finale

On the first weekend of January this year in the foothills of the Pyrenees, the visitors made a tactical change then of such insignificance that it vanished into the minutiae of just another Saturday.

WILY BAKER IS WISE TO HIS DOUGH

CANNY boss Steve Baker reckons shrewd use of the loan market can help Harrow Borough get back on track next season.