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SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: After England’s Women’s World Cup triumph, here’s what rugby chiefs must do next to make sure they don’t repeat the mistakes of the past

In my coaching career, I was fortunate to work with some incredible players but one of the best was Jason Robinson. Poaching Robinson from rugby league was among the most important decisions of my England tenure, primarily because he could create something out of nothing.He did that on so many occasions, coming up with huge […]

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The Prem: Harlequins 31-47 Bath – Champions fight back to begin title defence with win

Harlequins: T Green; David, Beard, Kerr, Murley; J Evans, Porter; Baxter, Walker, Williams, Cunningham-South, Treadwell, Kenningham, W Evans, DombrandtReplacements: Turner, Els, Streeter, J Green, Carr, M Green, Kolade, AndersonSin-bin: Cunningham-South [33]Bath: De Glanville; Cokanasiga, Lawrence, Redpath, Arundell; Ojomoh, Spencer; Obano, Dunn, Sela, Roux, Ewels, Bayliss, Pepper, ReidReplacements: Tuipulotu, Van Wyk, Griffin, Molony, Hill, Carr-Smith, Harris, […]

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BEN LOADER INTERVIEW: Why ‘explosive’ Gloucester will set the Premiership alight this season – and how South Africa stint primed me to break back into the England reckoning

Most families indulge at Christmas, but the annual feast enjoyed by Ben Loader at his childhood home on the outskirts of Reading was one even Henry VIII would have been envious of.‘At Christmas we’d have the traditional turkey, roast potatoes and pigs in blankets,’ begins Gloucester’s new flying winger, having sealed a move from the […]