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SCOTLAND: Forget hype and push Edinburgh and Warriors
WELCOME TO Amnesiacs Anonymous, a place where, when participants actually show up, it can be very, very entertaining. After all, once you get past remembering a name and a reason…
Buckle up for Munster v Leinster
ON SATURDAY several Irish rugby fans may feel compelled to abandon their other halves, lock themselves in the living room and turn on the telly. Partners may be left to…
Wales in Focus: Five things we’ve learned
THE EUROPEAN crisis has huge ramifications for Northern Hemisphere rugby. The quest for a fairer qualification system, which is fully justified, and the desire to control the game with the…
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Wholesale changes at Cardiff Blues?
THE CARDIFF Blues are not exactly falling to pieces, but they are hardly enjoying bright skies and calm seas at the moment either. So when news comes in that Leigh…
SCOTLAND: The paupers of the Euro debate
CRIERS ALL over the land are shouting: ‘the Heineken Cup is dead. Long live the potential for an accord between the Anglo-French alliance and a possibly toothless and certainly smarting…
EXCLUSIVE COLUMN: Lyn Jones
PEOPLE MIGHT regard my move from London Welsh to the Dragons as a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire, but as a coach challenges come…
Super League clubs are sniffing out Union talent
Last season Andy Powell was a high-profile convert to rugby league and now some Super League sides may be sniffing around other Welsh, Premiership and sevens stars, at least according…
IRELAND: Provinces still a prized asset in European negotiations
Leinster, Munster and Ulster may be as uncertain as the rest of the Rabodirect Pro12 teams, but they are still valuable players in any European negotiations and judging by some…