7 d. ago Steve Tandy reveals why he took Wales job as he says he's ready to lead

The new Wales coach has addressed the media for the first time since agreeing to succeed Warren Gatland

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1 week ago Warren Gatland picks best Lions combined team since 2009 and it's dominated by one nation

Warren Gatland has picked his Lions dream team from the past four excursions to the southern hemisphere

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3 w. ago Smart, sharp and nonstop dance: how Twyla Tharp is bossing the Venice Dance Biennale in her 80s

Tharp picked up a Golden Lion award for her experimental and accessible choreography, while Carolina Bianchi won a Silver Lion for her fearless exploration of sexual assault‘Do you know how much I could deadlift in my 50s? Guess!” Twyla Tharp implored Wayne McGregor, in a post-show interview at the Venice Dance Biennale. McGregor, the festival’s artistic director, didn’t dare venture a figure. “Two-hundred and twenty-seven pounds!” she told us all, delightedly.Never underestimate Twyla. The slight, white-haired 84-year-old is as sharp as ever, and a force in the dance world. She’s been choreographing for 60 years, for ballet companies and Broadway, dance both experimental and accessible, art and pop. And she is honoured this year with the biennale’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Warren Gatland didn't hold back in brutally honest remark to Mako Vunipola

Warren Gatland's man-management was famous in rugby and it proved to have the desired effect on Mako Vunipola during the British and Irish Lions tour in 2021

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3 w. ago Warren Gatland's brutally honest remark to Mako Vunipola in harsh Lions tour moment

Mako Vunipola struggled with injuries over the course of 2021, but a brutal dose of reality from Warren Gatland proved to have a huge effect

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4 w. ago Warren Gatland's message to Jac Morgan and what he must do now after Lions omission

The former Wales and Lions head coach has spoken about the disappointment for the sole Welsh representative in the Lions camp

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4 w. ago Welsh wipeout in Lions squad for first time since 1896 reflects sorry decline

There will not be a single Welsh player in Saturday’s Lions squad for the first time since 1896, a huge downturn from eras pastWhen the British & Irish Lions last won a Test series in 2013, Leigh Halfpenny scored a record 49 points and fellow Wales international Sam Warburton captained the side to glory in Australia with Warren Gatland coaching. Twelve years on, for the first time since 1896, not a single Welsh player will be represented in the Lions’ matchday squad for Saturday’s first Test in Brisbane.Jac Morgan’s omission is a sign of rugby’s decline in Wales in recent years, a far cry from the glorious 1970s when household names like Gareth Edwards, Barry John and JPR Williams were indispensable figures. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago The pivotal British & Irish Lions pick that could undo Australia in first Test

Tadhg Beirne and Tom Curry have won a competitive fight for flanker places

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4 w. ago Lions team vs Australia: Tom Curry and Sione Tuipulotu picked to start First Test as Owen Farrell misses out

All-Scottish centre partnership outside Finn Russell as Bundee Aki and Marcus Smith named on bench

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4 w. ago Lions pick four England stars for first Australia showdown as Marcus Smith gets bench role

England will play Australia in the first Test with Tom Curry backed to do a job in the backrow as Andy Farrell relies on eight of his Ireland stars to get the job done

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