WALES FULL-BACK Leigh Halfpenny watched the Living with Lions video that followed the 1997 tour to South Africa countless times and remembers the 2001 trip to Australia well too. Here…
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RBS 6 Nations: Ireland lose the plot in Dublin
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The Championship Blog – Week 15 round-up
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RBS 6 Nations match review: France 6-16 Wales
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RBS 6 Nations match review: Scotland 34 – 10 Italy
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