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Challenge Cup
/ 7 hours agoMontpellier vs Dragons: Filo Tiatia’s side will need to be at their best to take down French giants
Dragons are daring to dream of a first European final in over a decade as they head to France to face...
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/ 7 hours agoTough times made us better – Jenkins
DAFYDD Jenkins believes the tough times he endured last season with Exeter and Wales were worth it. ■By PAUL REES Jenkins,...
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/ 7 hours agoWilliams is ruled out of Six Nations
WALES captain Kate Williams, below, will miss the remainder of the Six Nations with the leg injury that forced her to...
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/ 7 hours agoPrem future is bright – Pinchen
LEICESTER Tigers chief executive Andrea Pinchen believes the “future is bright” for the Prem with the league set to move to...
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/ 7 hours agoIbitoye is enjoying licence to entertain
GABRIEL Ibitoye is one of the Premiership’s most swashbuckling players, but his daring and adventure, as well as his defensive awareness,...
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/ 7 hours agoDomachowski off to Scarlets
WALES prop Corey Domachowksi will join Scarlets at the end of the season from Cardiff to help fill the void left...
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/ 7 hours agoSaints move to sign Taylor from Ealing
By SAM JACKSON PREM leaders Northampton Saints have signed back row Josh Taylor from Championship front-runners Ealing for next season. A...
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/ 7 hours agoCoaching duo join Tigers
LEICESTER Tigers have brought in Craig Childs and Rod Seib into their senior coaching set-up for next season. The pair will...
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/ 7 hours agoSheedy agrees long-term deal
WALES fly-half Callum Sheedy has committed his future to Cardiff. The 30-year-old Wales international joined his home club from Bristol for...
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/ 7 hours agoSteward: I’m ignoring the internet trolls
FREDDIE Steward has learned not to get wound up by keyboard warriors as he winds himself up for a big finish...
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/ 7 hours agoNew signings will beef us up, says Carpenter
■By PAUL REES Full-back: Joe Carpenter JOE Carpenter believes the signings Sale have made for next season will help them climb...
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/ 7 hours agoLlewellyn is looking to strike double top
MAX Llewellyn is on a double mission heading down the final straight of a frustrating and difficult season for both him...
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/ 7 hours agoRed Bulls tempt West to join from Saints
NEWCASTLE Red Bulls have signed former England U20s prop Tom West from Northampton on a one-year deal. The 30-year-old loose-head will...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 hours agoWales legend George North decides it is the ‘right time’ to call it a day
Wales and British & Irish Lions great George North will retire at the end of the season after an injury-hit spell...
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Letters
/ 7 hours agoWe need the excitement of promotion
JOHN Allanson (letters April 26) is not the first to write of the widening gap between Premiership and Championship as if...
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Letters
/ 7 hours agoTime to provide a better defence
WHEN Super Rugby began in the southern hemisphere in the 1990s, its high scores were castigated for seeming to treat defence...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 7 hours agoDynamic duos facing battle for supremacy
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE battle for supremacy between the 9-10 partnerships for Bath and Bordeaux-Begles will be...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 hours agoDoris: We were cool under pressure
CAPTAIN Caelan Doris praised his side’s ability to handle pressure after Leinster just about found a way to get over the...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 hours agoLeinster hold on to keep Toulon at bay
LEINSTER’S bid for a fifth star to end their eight-year Champions Cup title drought rolls on after securing a place in...
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Latest News
/ 7 hours agoWe have the belief to do job – Obano
BENO Obano believes Bath can upset the odds today and knock the champions out of Europe. By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... Bordeaux...
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/ 7 hours agoBath and Bordeaux head shortlist for star player
BATH and Bordeaux each contribute two players to the shortlist of five nominees for the 2026 Investec Player of the Year....
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 hours agoDoak leads charge as Chiefs are taken apart
NATHAN Doak inspired Ulster to reach their first Challenge Cup final as they produced a commanding display to dismantle Exeter Chiefs...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 hours agoBaxter: We have to take the positives and move on
EXETER director of rugby Rob Baxter felt it was always going to be difficult for his thin squad to compete on...
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/ 7 hours agoBazalgette’s in charge as Hartpury go on rampage
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ......14pts Tries: Pasco 38, Eckersley 58 Conversions: Dawson 39, 59 Hartpury ...........70pts Tries: Corbett 3, 46; Crane...
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/ 7 hours agoEaling find to get past extra gear Worcester
EALING Trailfinders are one game away from going the season unbeaten after they came from behind to beat Worcester at Sixways....
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/ 7 hours agoRelentless Knights when Josh Bassett went within four points. of immortality. put on clinical show
■By CÓILÍN DUFFY Caldy ..................17pts Tries: Owen 42, Gallagher 54, Gallagher 75 Conversion: Wilkinson 43 Doncaster .........37pts Tries: Viliamu 17, Edwards...
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/ 7 hours agoBlues hold on to take honours in a nail-biter
■By JOHN RILEY Bedford .............30pts Tries: Tuilagi 11, 41; Adamson 14, Maisey 61 Conversions: Maisey 12, 42 Penalties: Maisey 34, 69...
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/ 7 hours agoParks keeps nerve to land killer blow for Archers
By CÓILÍN DUFFY Nottingham .....27pt s Tries: Dickinson 13, Cherry 27, 80; Thomas 50 Conversions: Parks 51, 80 Penalty: Parks 80...
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/ 7 hours agoRice hands Pirates the perfect leaving gift
By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ...........29pts Tries: Cannon 4, Nelson 29, Yates 35, Rice 75 Conversions: Robson 5, 35, 76 Penalty:...
