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Top 14: How many teams should be in France’s top domestic league?
There’s a numbers game going on in France at the moment: should there be 12, 14 or even 16 clubs in the top flight? It’s been the Top 14 since…
Tom Croft and Matt Smith: Ten seasons at Leicester Tigers
“We pulled up and this gangly-looking, stick-like figure was stood there,” Matt Smith smiles, reminiscing. “We couldn’t believe he was getting such special treatment, that this was the new superstar…
Rally round to support Max Levene
Mike Parlby and Ed Blackwell will hit the road in a 0.8 litre Daewoo Matiz – all Mongol Rally cars must be under one litre – and they’ll set off…
Saxons tour: What can England get out of it and what can they expect from the hosts?
The last time the England Saxons played a game it was in Cork against the Irish Wolfhounds on 30 January 2015 and they came away with an 18-9 win over…
Saints and Sinners: the weekend’s talking points
The Saints The Maro and Mako show Saracens march on into the European Champions Cup final, having suffocated Wasps’ challenge with a 24-17 victory in a brutal contest and their…
Seven talking points for the Champions Cup semi-finals
By Alex Shaw The northern hemisphere season begins its final countdown towards conclusion this weekend, as the European Rugby Champions Cup semi-finals come to town. The festivities begin on Saturday…
Top 14: Ex-Ireland hooker Bernard Jackman readies Grenoble for Quins test
It’s not easy being Bernard Jackman. The head coach of Grenoble is put through the wringer every time his team plays. Last weekend for example, he watched as visitors Castres…
London Irish: What lies beneath?
By Sam Roberts At some point, in the next few weeks, London Irish will play a game in the Aviva Premiership that will see them relegated for the first time.…
How the southern hemisphere has changed Leicester Tigers’ attack
Ben Youngs is helping to transfer the attacking style Eddie Jones has introduced with England to the Leicester Tigers game plan