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'The Red Bull world is a real eye-opener. They push boundaries': Inside Newcastle's unique pre-season of lifting F1 cars, swapping tips with surfers, integrating 26 new players and becoming 'the most exciting rugby team in the world'

Dan McFarland studied classics at Newcastle University in the early 1990s. Two decades on, he is back heading up the team's Red Bull revolution.

Wales head coach Steve Tandy receives huge boost with Leicester Tigers coach set to join set-up ahead of Nations Championship campaign

ALEX BYWATER: Leicester Tigers assistant coach Alex Davies is set to join Wales as a skills and kicking specialist in time for November's Nations Championship campaign.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY: The inside story of how  Connacht's homegrown star and a  potential Ireland lynchpin ended up at bitter rivals Ulster...

THERE was shock among the Connacht fanbase when it was confirmed out west that Matthew Devine would be leaving to join provincial rivals Ulster on a one-year deal midway though last season.

'If Henry Pollock wants to get involved, that offer is open': How new 'Ultimate Sevens' wants to shake up rugby - thanks to England's rising star, Sunderland's owners and the Hundred

Henry Pollock wants to have a crack at playing sevens at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Transferring to the game's shorter format will not be easy - but there is an option out there.

Brian Smith RIP: The inside story of Irish rugby's first 'project' player... the genius talent, the feuding that alienated team-mates and the shock exit back to Australia that devastated Ireland's World Cup hopes

Brian Smith, who has died at the age of 59 from cancer, will be remembered as one of the most talented players to have played rugby for Ireland - and one of the most divisive.

The winners, losers and likely bolters for England's 2027 World Cup campaign from new EPS squad - and why this team badly needs an injection of fresh blood, writes ALEX BYWATER

Once the management speak had been waded through, a clear picture emerged from England's 25 EPS contracts for the upcoming season of who Steve Borthwick trusts for the 2027 World Cup.

'I knew I shouldn't be crying over yoghurt': Former Nottingham rugby star David Jackson on his recovery from a serious brain injury and world record ultramarathon challenge

INTERVIEW BY ALEX BYWATER: It was during a routine trip to the supermarket in 2013 that David Jackson realised something wasn't right with his brain.

Tributes paid as former England coach dies aged 59 after battle with 'aggressive cancer'

Brian Smith - who was part of Martin Johnson's England coaching staff at the 2011 World Cup - has died aged 59 after a battle with cancer.

RORY KEANE: The inside track on how South African and New Zealand rugby chiefs might just have saved the international game... by reviving a much-loved old school tradition

Rugby supporters have switched off a bit since the Nations Championship concluded. It had been a long season anyway.

The 12 biggest breakout talents in world rugby pushing to be World Cup bolters: England's Northampton duo, the Springbok fly-half who took on Beauden Barrett, Finn Russell's Scotland successor and Australia's 'generational talent'

The countdown is on to the 2027 World Cup. With a little over 12 months to go, Daily Mail Sport's ALEX BYWATER looks at 12 stars of the next generation ready to make a name for themselves.

David Pocock reveals how his neighbours were murdered in Zimbabwe and how his family were forced to flee the African nation: 'White people must leave'

David Pocock has opened up about the terrifying violence that forced his family to abandon their farm in Zimbabwe and start a new life in Australia