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Gatland: I'll never coach the Lions again
After two impressive tours with the British & Irish Lions, Warren Gatland says he will not take up the job again.
Rugby
Gatland urges Webb to reconsider Toulon move
Rhys Webb is the main casualty of the Welsh Rugby Union's change in policy on overseas-based players with Warren Gatland admitting he feels uncomfortable about the scrum-half's situation.
European weekend review
It was a fascinating opening round of European rugby as Exeter edged Glasgow, Scarlets pushed Toulon all the way and Saracens laid down the gauntlet to their challengers.
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Barbarians
Jones hopes Baa-Bass game recreates interest in Australia.
Alan Jones is hopeful that his involvement with the Barbarians will pump some interest back into the sport.
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Genge growing into life as Leicester loosehead
Back in the old amateur days Ellis Genge would have been a terrace hero, a prop who blended into the clubhouse furniture. Tom Hamilton meets Leicester and England loosehead prop.
Argentina
Che Guevara: Argentina's most famous No. 9
Half a century after his death, Huw Richards looks back at the role rugby played in the Argentine revolutionary's life.
Springboks
Boks must try 'second fly-half' at No. 12
It's no coincidence that when the Springboks had a 'second fly-half' at inside centre they ended up winning the Rugby World Cup in 1995 and in 2007.
Italy
O'Shea names McKinley in Italy squad
Italy coach Conor O'Shea has included former Ireland Under-20 fly-half Ian McKinley in a 34-man training squad ahead of his side's autumn internationals.
Harare haka
The Harare Haka.
New Zealand All Blacks' legendary pregame Haka makes its way to a Zimbabwe high school.
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Rugby
Photos -- Inside a haka tradition for a Zimbabwean rugby team
Twenty-two years ago, the Churchill High School starting lineup needed a game-time ritual to differentiate themselves. And they found what they were looking for in the All Blacks' pregame haka.
Rugby Championship
South Africa 24-25 New Zealand
Rugby
Warrick Gelant can be Boks' Folau, McKenzie
KweséESPN looks at five players who could bolster the Springboks in their matches against Ireland, France, Italy and Wales in November and December.
New Zealand
Milner-Skudder facing another long layoff
Nehe Milner-Skudder is out for the remainder of the year, the All Blacks winger requiring surgery after popping his shoulder out during the thrilling 25-24 victory over the Springboks in Cape Town.
Rugby Championship
Argentina 20-37 Australia
Rugby Championship
Folau's dominant TRC stats.
The stats that highlight Israel Folau's great form at the The Rugby Championship tournament.
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Rugby
Pick & stick: Cohesive Wallabies salute for Cheika
Australia's most coherent performance of 2017 came after Michael Cheika at long last showed some sanity and clarity at the selection table. But the Wallabies coach must now heed the lessons from Mendoza ahead of Bledisloe III, Greg Growden writes.
Rugby
Wallaby Hodge steals Folau's thunder
Reece Hodge has hailed the Wallabies pack and star-studded backline after stealing Israel Folau's thunder with a career-first Test try-scoring double in Australia's 37-20 Rugby Championship win over Argentina.
Rugby
Thorn to bring All Blacks culture to the Reds.
Brad Thorn believes his experience as an All Black can help him as head coach of the Queensland Reds.
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England
England
New RFU CEO Brown's to-do list
So what's up first on the new RFU CEO Steve Brown's to-do list? Here we look at the nine areas he has identified as being at the forefront of his role.
Rugby
RFU wants like-for-like Jones successor
Finding a successor to Eddie Jones is high up on new Rugby Football Union CEO Steve Brown's agenda and he has vowed to recruit someone who is the best person for the job regardless of nationality.
2023 world cup
france, ireland or south africa?
Rugby
World Rugby has tough job picking RWC 2023 host
Delegations from France, Ireland and South Africa pulled out all the stops to World Rugby on Monday to showcase why their country should host the 2023 World Cup. Now it's World Rugby's turn to make a tough call.
Rugby
Comparing the three bids to host RWC 2023
France, Ireland and South Africa all presented to World Rugby's council for what they hope will be the winning bid to host Rugby World Cup 2023. ESPN dissects what each country is offering.
Rugby
Rahul Bose: Rugby-mad film star plotting India's rise
Rahul Bose has enjoyed a glittering career in Bollywood but his real passion is ignited on the rugby pitch, where you can still find him playing aged 50.
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Scott Baldwin has set the bar high in terms of bizarre sporting injuries, but he is by no means alone in his admittedly novel approach to skipping matches.
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