The all French final will see few Frenchmen compete for Europe’s premier club trophy. Paul Rees analyses how the final will likely play out

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Chris Robshaw isn’t going to Australia with the Lions, Sam Warburton is and as captain. Before the Six Nations finale, the story looked very different.

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Paul Rees expects that the new increase to the French salary cap will create an even bigger gap between the haves and have-nots of European rugby

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Wales may have won the Six Nations but recent history has shown that they alone won’t have enough to beat the Wallabies.

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Expect low risk rugby in this weekend’s Six Nations decider as both sides are likely to attmept to defend their way to victory

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Phiippe Saint-Andre’s inflexibilty over substitutions expose his tactical limitations as a coach.

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Paul Rees argues that this England side is the best since Clive Woodward’s squad won the 2003 World Cup

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England start favourites but their relative youth may make life difficult on the road, particularly when they travel to Dublin, a city where they have struggled in recent years

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2012/13 doesn’t look like it’ll be a tournament that will live long in the memories of Heineken Cup fans. Paul Rees looks at why that is.

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England rising, a captain conundrum and a Welsh team on the ropes, mean that Gatland might well be looking forward to his sabbatical

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