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The auditions start now: One year to go until the first British & Irish Lions Women tour
There is exactly one year to go until the British & Irish Lions Women play their first tour match in New Zealand.
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‘Pre-season seems to contain a mind-altering opiate that erases all ills from the past season and floods the brain with enriching optimism’
With no annoying league table to offer a crushing reality check, a swirling world of possibilities await every club for the campai…
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Can Toulouse achieve Top 14 immortality?
Winning five titles in a row has never been done before in the 134 year history of the Top 14 but Toulouse are no ordinary team...
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Opinion
Jake White: What people are reliably getting wrong about the scrum
Scrum debate: I’ll tell you a story. One that may give you context to the events of the past few days.
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Rassie Erasmus has tried to hide it, but he can't hide no more
Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus has played his cards to the best of his ability, but he can't hide it anymore.
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Johnnie Beattie: 'Royal Marines, sabotaged rowing machines and drinking from cement mixers' - a player's eye view of pre-season
From night watches on a Royal Air Force camp to scoffing oysters in the port of Montpellier, pre-season is a demanding, eventful a…
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Top 14 season 2026-27 preview: Which teams are tooled up to stop another Toulouse title?
The French top tier has flexed over the past two seasons, but Toulouse have been the one constant. Will the champions make history…
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Opinion
Five All Blacks Dave Rennie should turn to for decisive Soweto Test
“There’s genuine competition in this squad right across the park and that’s the way you want it. There have been some good t…
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All Blacks are primed to shock the world in Soweto
South Africa are potentially headed towards an ambush in Soweto. Erasmus' head is stuck in Cape Town, still going on about post-ga…
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What is Australia’s first-choice team and how far does depth go, a year out from RWC27?
Les Kiss still has to settle on his optimum back-row combination, midfield pairing and back-up half-backs.
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Who will be the URC signings of the season?
As new additions bed in across the United Rugby Championship, whose star is primed to shine brightest when the season begins?
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It's time rugby took a leaf out of football's book
Do you want to buy a monorail? On Monday, at a four-star hotel in northern Johannesburg, Rassie Erasmus called out the names of…
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