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Ben Kay: Five key areas to watch in this year's Gallagher Prem
The Newcastle takeover, Bath's plan for domination, 20-minute red cards and ageing playmakers returning to the Prem catch the eye
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Who will win the 2025 Rugby World Cup final?
Saturday's monumental Allianz Stadium showpiece represents a mouth-watering clash of styles.
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URC season preview: How will the four Irish provinces fare?
Can anyone stop Leinster? How will Munster cope without legends? Can Connacht flourish under Stuart Lancaster? Will Ulster recover…
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Ben Youngs: 'I’m super-proud to have been a one-club man but I don’t look back and wish I was still playing.'
As the new PREM season is about to get underway, the England record-cap holder is getting used to life as a former player...
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How will New Zealand react to a double disaster on the Test stage?
With the All Blacks smashed by South Africa and the Black Ferns' world champion status gone, uncomfortable questions aare being ra…
Opinion
URC season preview: How will the four Welsh regions fare?
Will Scarlets maintain momentum? Do Cardiff have the forward power? Can Ospreys soar again? Is the only way up for Dragons?
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Mick Cleary: 'The newly-branded PREM will have to be at its knuckle-duster aggressive best in the fight to make a mark.'
The Gallagher PREM is refreshed and ready to go and despite threats from a congested sports market, it's ready to take them head o…
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‘There’s nothing to fear for Australia. They should embrace the freedom of Eden Park’
Despite New Zealand's dominant record at their Auckland fortress, their form presents Australia with an opportunity.
Opinion
The risk the All Blacks have taken by too much overexposure to the Springboks
The All Blacks are locked in to play the Springboks on ten occasions between World Cup cycles and the latter's dominance is a conc…
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URC season preview: How will the four South African sides fare?
Bulls 'may miss out again', Lions 'lack depth', Sharks 'should finish in top four' while play-off failure 'would be massive setbac…
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Nick Williams: 'I pinch myself when I look back. I’m getting emotional thinking of it now.'
The well-travelled former No 8 talks about his life with Munster, Ulster and Cardiff, life threatening heart attack and a new begi…
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'We’ve earned that pressure, so come at us': Alex Matthews on Red Roses’ weight of expectation
I’m not as convinced as I was two months ago that they’ll win the Rugby World Cup, and I know I’m not alone. And, as counter…
