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The Secret Player
OH, HOW I miss summer tours. You could be mistaken for thinking that after a gruelling season of domestic rugby in Europe, lads would be looking for excuses to miss out on extending the grind by another month. You could not be more wrong: the summer
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Can I Have A Vowel, Please?
AFTER EIGHT legs across seven months, France’s men and Australia’s women were crowned the inaugural HSBC SVNS series champions in Madrid, writes Joe Robinson. Rugby’s short format has undergone a facelift this season in a bid to attract new, younger
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Matt Cairns
“I RETIRED in 2012 after having both ankles operated on, so it was time to finish. I’d prepared for life after rugby by doing financial services qualifications and had done a bit of work experience and all my exams in my spare time. “So by the time I