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Rowntree named Lions assistant coach

Graham Rowntree left Harlequins in June. (Photo by Steve Bardens/Getty Images)

Graham Rowntree has been appointed assistant to British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland for the upcoming tour of New Zealand.

The 45-year-old spent eight years as assistant coach for England until he lost his job as part of a reshuffle following the embarrassing Rugby World Cup group-stage exit on home turf in 2015.

Rowntree was appointed as forwards coach at Harlequins last year and, having been part of the coaching teams for the Lions in 2009 and 2013, will link up again with Gatland.

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JW 1 hour ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

Yeah they could have done with more grunt against France for sure. The opportunity for Lakai was good, and he was affective for 40 minutes but a full 80 was far too much to put on a debutant, losing a bit of the punch that was needed in the game be himself coming on fresh at the end.

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IS 1 hour ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

I'm sorry but teams regularly win with 14 players we did it in the quater finals witg 2 yellow cards it wasn't Sam cane that missed all our points mounga and barest lost us the world cup the attack was stale under him we had the worst 4 years with mounga in 10

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GP 1 hour ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

But others here are blaming him for the non World Cup win. Fact is , he is a better 10 than the 2 hybrid ones you love.

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GP 2 hours ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

Believe it or not rugby is a team sport. We did not lose the WC final because of Richie. He was one of our best in the Final and was named in the Tournament 15 after it was all over. You could say Sam Cane cost us the Final, he got carded AGAIN......

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GP 2 hours ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

He is better than DMac and regularly out played him on the way to 7 titles, including the 2023 Final in Hamilton

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IS 3 hours ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

Don't forget we has our worst years under mounga and we lost the world cup because of him

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IS 3 hours ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

But he's not better than dmac we have already seen that dmac smashed in in the Japanese league and in super rugby and dmac top the tables in alot of the stats was literally the best 10 in the world even world rugby thought so

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Bull Shark 3 hours ago
Razor's 2024 All Blacks Christmas wish list

The articles picture is such a click bait tease. So did Razor and Richie lock lips or not?

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Bull Shark 3 hours ago
What should be on a rugby Christmas wish list for 2025?

My Christmas wish is for more balanced rugby “journalism” from this site, and less fan baiting for clicks.

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Bull Shark 4 hours ago
'One of the deadliest wingers in rugby' has decided his future

Never heard of him 😗

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fl 4 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

but if you can't adapt to different systems and different sets of players, you aren't good enough for international rugby.

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fl 4 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

if you need to change the entire selection and tactical approach in order to allow one player to shine, then maybe you should go without that one player!


England are much better off with Ford or Fin at 10.

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Carlos 5 hours ago
What is the future of rugby in 2025?

The last paragraph is key. Most scrum “dominance” ends in penalties. Why? Let them play the ball unless it’s impossible.

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Jen 5 hours ago
What should be on a rugby Christmas wish list for 2025?

I hate that camera!

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Jen 5 hours ago
What should be on a rugby Christmas wish list for 2025?

Nice article. I can certainly see the reasoning on the Red Roses but I'm a kiwi and physiologically incapable of wishing England will win. Would love to see more action for the smaller nations - including getting the ABs to play in Fiji.

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BB 5 hours ago
Records show All Blacks' greatest rugby adversary is now Ireland

Guys please don't respond to this post...its Ben Smith notorious for his dislike of Springboks and still so pissed off they've won 4 world cups to the 3 of his beloved All Blacks...Rubgbypass should think very carefully about retaining such a jaundiced one eyed rugby writer.

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YeowNotEven 5 hours ago
Springboks dominate in 2024 despite ill-discipline

And when the springboks start losing again there will be some numb nuts going on about how it’s because “they are being refereed correctly now”.

And it will be the ABs getting away with murder.

Lame.

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Jen 5 hours ago
Springboks dominate in 2024 despite ill-discipline

It's so true. Apparently they can't just be a really good team but are instead giant cheats who get let away with everything.

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BB 6 hours ago
Records show All Blacks' greatest rugby adversary is now Ireland

Guys please don't react!...I saw the headline and knew it was Ben Smith having another dig at the other team in Green!

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YeowNotEven 6 hours ago
Springboks dominate in 2024 despite ill-discipline

That’s what they said about the all blacks when they were at #1.

No matter who the top dog is, there will always be a theory about how they are treated special by referees.

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