Mike Henson
@MikeHensonBBC
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@bbcsport journalist, also @thesetpieces @VICE @FourFourTwo @guardian_sport @AthleticsWeekly @F365. Previously @sportcal & @skynews
Joined April 2011
How the Red Bull era might start at Newcastle: https://t.co/boEy7pb9HJ
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Red Bull's investment in Newcastle has brought back memories of the team's late-nineties glory days. But how quickly might they make progress on the pitch?
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France keen for regular Lions matches, with Benazzi floating US game as an option. https://t.co/ZuSNU9th5u
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France want to make up for lost time with a long-term relationship with the British and Irish Lions says federation vice-president Abdel Benazzi
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Rob Valetini and Sione Tuipulotu playing for Victoria state under-12s. https://t.co/ofZ4omCuEN
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Santi Carreras on a once -in-a-generation shot at the Lions and swapping Gloucester for Bath. https://t.co/q7I3z9wxTl
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Argentina fly-half Santiago Carreras says the in-form Pumas are relishing getting their teeth into the British and Irish Lions on Friday.
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How Premiership Rugby enforce salary cap limit, featuring downloaded texts, data crunch and old-fashioned dectective work. https://t.co/uq7Wq3HDxw
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Each Premiership team is restricted on what they can spend on wages. How do those in charge check big-money owners aren't making secret payments to get round the cap?
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Bordeaux ride the sponsor's zebra over the horizon as Saints' narrow route to victory is cut off by luck and a lack of discipline. https://t.co/LXckBJI0hO
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Northampton's continental romance is ultimately ended by the grim realities of Bordeaux's power, but there is plenty of promise for the future
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Mathieu Jalibert on his final-whistle confrontation with Henry Pollock: “They said some things in the press we didn’t appreciate. “They said that we were a club of mercenaries who are here for the money. I just told him that he doesn’t know our history." https://t.co/I9Wn4MLZ4D
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Comparing Phil Dowson to Kendrick Lamar as history beckons for Northampton. https://t.co/RVQT9W07QJ
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Captain Fraser Dingwall and scrum-half Alex Mitchell say Northampton's structure is designed to build game-winning team spirit.
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This was the scene at last night's launch for 2026's Vegas event.
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The Enhanced Games claim to have surpassed 50m freestyle world record as Paris 2024 finallist Kristian Gkolomeev hits the juice. https://t.co/nVG4jzY4Lk
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Organisers of a controversial event allowing banned performance-enhancing drugs say a swimmer has broken a long-standing world record.
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Ahead of @SaintsRugby @ChampionsCup final we go BTS with their academy. An academy which has built today's team and its stars: Freeman, Furbank, Sleightholme, Dingwall, Mitchell, Hendy, Pollock. 4 months of filming. 1 special documentary @BBCiPlayer
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Nice moment this. With names read out in alphabetical order, Theo Dan knows that hearing Ben Earl's announced directly after Tom Curry means he himself has missed out. Still on his feet celebrating with his mate. https://t.co/57BDKNoWUS
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Henry Pollock does Conor McGregor's 'billionaire strut' as part of the final-whistle celebrations at the Aviva. 5:30 in:
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Gen-Z figurehead Henry Pollock on delighting and dividing people:
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Henry Pollock was playing in the second tier a little over a year ago. On Saturday he could take a big step towards a place in the British and Irish Lions squad.
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A walk on the mild side. Inside rugby's 'away ends' https://t.co/DGJBko3tI1
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Harlequins' visit to Leicester was the second match in a controversial Premiership trial of dedicated areas for away fans.
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Amber Anning on the highs and lows after tears and a world crown. https://t.co/7UWewE1J1z
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Amber Anning is one of Britain's fastest rising track stars, but her journey has taken in tears of sadness as well as triumph.
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James Lowe's peekabo running line, Maro Itoje's slow walk and Antoine Dupont rope-a-dope sideways wander all feature https://t.co/uwq7LN99BZ
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Ireland's intricacies, England's accuracy, Scotland's width and France's instinct - how the teams and their tactics were summed up in six instances of this year's Six Nations.
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A match you didn’t so much watch as rubber-neck. https://t.co/JWjBqwLj0T
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England create special memories with an unexpected rout of Wales' Principality Stadium home that should fuel them to further feats.
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