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From soundbites to rookies... four pressing England tour issues
It’s daft how these World Rugby tour schedules create yawning gaps in between particular types of fixtures... you have to go bac…
Liam Heagney
26 Jun 2022, 4:47
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Liam Heagney
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A seasoned rugby journalist, Liam hails from Limerick and has covered World Cups, Lions tours, Six Nations Championships and European Cup campaigns since 2000. He became a content editor at RugbyPass in 2019 after joining from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday in Ireland.
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'So f***in' proud to be associated with someone like Freddie Burns'
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Bordeaux recruit an ex-referee but deal for former AB Saili is off
Laurent Cardona has become the latest retired referee to join the staff of a Top 14 club, linking up with Bordeaux for the 2022/23…
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Ex-Bath duo on cusp of Top 14 glory along with benched Pollard
Two former Bath players - Zach Mercer and Henry Thomas - are on the verge of Top 14 glory in their first season at Montpellier aft…
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Retiring duo Toner and Wood named to start for Barbarians in Spain
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'I've failed you guys, I won't make it to day seven!'
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Italy change eight for their first match since ambushing Wales
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Shaun Edwards didn't fly to Japan with France on Wednesday night
Assistant coach Shaun Edwards was prevented from flying to Japan with France on Wednesday evening for their upcoming two-Test tour…
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'The Jasper Wiese try was a play Wiggy brought in on Thursday'
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'South Africans ate at one table, the Fijians at another...'
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Woodward names the player England must build their backline around
Former England coach Clive Woodward has chosen the player he believes that struggling England must build their backline around - a…
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Clive Woodward gets stuck in again to 'just plain daft' Eddie Jones
World Cup winner Clive Woodward has yet again torn strips off Eddie Jones, castigating the England coach for last Sunday’s embar…
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'Accepted the charge': Davies cited for Premiership final yellow
Saracens scrum-half Aled Davies is to face further action over his much-debated shoulder-to-head tackle on Leicester hooker Julian…
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'There is always going to be a bad time to bring something in'
Chief World Rugby medic Eanna Falvey has reported he has received little negative feedback ahead of the July 1 changes to rugby’…
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