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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEngland interim assistant coach Ed Robinson to leave Jersey Reds
Jersey Reds have confirmed backs coach Ed Robinson will be leaving the Championship this summer to join an unnamed Premiership club....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNewcastle Falcons confirm signing of ex-Harlequins wing Nathan Earle
Nathan Earle has joined Mike Brown in leaving Premiership winners Harlequins behind to move to Newcastle Falcons. As reported in The...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEx-Wasps wing Callum Sirker lands at Cornish Pirates
Cornish Pirates have announced the signing of former Wasps flyer Callum Sirker on a one-year deal. Sirker was released by Wasps...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWasps sign All Black back-five forward Vaea Fifita
Wasps have announced the signing of All Blacks back-five forward Vaea Fifita, who will join the club for the 2021-22 season....
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoRFU approves 14-team Premiership expansion and voids relegation for further two seasons
Relegation from the Premiership has been suspended for two further seasons after the RFU, in collaboration with Premiership Rugby, approved plans...
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/ 4 years agoNizaam Carr cuts short Bulls deal to sign for Wasps
Wasps have signed Nizaam Carr for a third time in a move designed to ease the loss of Jack Willis to...
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/ 4 years agoIt’s all about love as Quins claim a thriller
LOUIS Lynagh had World Cup winning father Michael in tears as he emulated the Wallaby great by becoming a Twickenham hero...
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/ 4 years agoAdam Hastings aims to provide spark at Gloucester
For the second time as a rugby player Adam Hastings will be uprooting his life to move south of the...
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/ 4 years agoExeter 38-40 Harlequins: Underdogs? Quins roar like big dogs in a classic
WHEN it comes to long runs from the back there is nothing in the annals of English club rugby to match...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoVerdict: Quins have taught Eddie Jones a lesson in how to attack
SO a season that started with Eddie Jones arguing it was almost impossible to play attractive attacking rugby under the current...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHarlequins will name Tabai Matson as new head coach this week
BILLY Millard says Harlequins will unveil their new coaching setup later this week, with former London Irish and Fiji centre Tabai...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDorian West could leave as Sale Sharks plan changes
SALE Sharks boss Alex Sanderson is looking to re-shuffle his coaching staff this summer, and whispers are that Dorian West could...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEngland rule Bath flanker Miles Reid out of summer schedule
A fractured facial bone for the back row, who was in contention to make his England debut this summer
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSale Sharks keep their eye on Callum Chick
A player contracted to Newcastle Falcons for the next two years
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNew ‘boss’ at Harlequins told: We don’t need another shake-up
HARLEQUINS expect to announce Paul Gustard’s replacement by the end of the month and captain Stephan Lewies believes there will be...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHarlequins ace Alex Dombrandt steps up defence for Eddie
Dombrandt isn't interested in resting up from Harlequins' play-off run as he goes in search of a first England Test cap
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoGeorge Ford ponders future as Mike leaves Leicester
GEORGE Ford’s long-term future at Leicester Tigers was last week thrown into debut when his father Mike parted company with the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLam: We had our chances to win it
HARLEQUINS served up one of the greatest fight-backs in Premiership history to book themselves a date with Exeter Chiefs in Saturday’s...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoExclusive: Robinson lands the job as Wasps’ new attack coach
RISING coaching star Ed Robinson has been chosen by Wasps to become their new attack coach. Wasps have a vacancy because...
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/ 4 years agoExeter 40-30 Sale: Big-match Chiefs make it six finals in a row with early salvo
EXETER Chiefs, annoyed at one or two recent lax moments and irritated by what they perceive as inconsistencies in the disciplinary...
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/ 4 years agoBaxter: Tuilagi yellow makes no sense
EXETER DoR Rob Baxter was delighted with the win but left wondering why Manu Tuilagi received only a yellow card after...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoJonathan Joseph carries £150k Toulon price tag
TOULON could be forced to pay Bath £150,000 if they want Jonathan Joseph released from the final year of his contract,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPremiership trio go in search of second rows to add for 2021-22
WEST Country trio Gloucester, Bath and Exeter are all looking to strengthen their second rows for next season. But they are...
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/ 4 years agoWRU could raid Premiership Rugby for performance executive
WALES could be set for a raid on English rugby with Gallagher Premiership supremo Phil Winstanley emerging as a serious contender...
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/ 4 years agoBristol 36-43 Harlequins (AET): Breathtaking as Quins hit back to leave Bears bereft
BOTH sides take a breathless bow. In one of the greatest Premiership games ever staged, Harlequins produced an extraordinary rally to...
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/ 4 years ago20-try Sam Simmonds crowned Premiership player of the season
Sam Simmonds has scooped the Premiership player of the season award on the eve of Exeter‘s semi-final against Sale Sharks. The...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLeicester Tigers confirm Kevin Sinfield will join coaching staff
Kevin Sinfield will make a sensational cross-code switch this summer to join Leicester Tigers as defence coach, the Premiership club has...
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/ 4 years agoTrevor Davison agrees contract extension at Newcastle Falcons
Trevor Davison will help anchor Newcastle Falcons‘ scrum for the next three seasons, having signed a new long-term deal to stay...
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/ 4 years agoSam Skinner and Dave Ewers done for the season after bans
Exeter Chiefs back rows Sam Skinner and Dave Ewers will play no further part in the Premiership season after receiving four-week...
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/ 4 years agoGloucester back row Ruan Ackermann goes under the knife
Gloucester back row Ruan Ackermann will undergo a rehabilitation programme over the close season after he required surgery on a toe...
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/ 4 years agoTom Homer opts to retire instead of Montauban stint
London Irish full-back Tom Homer has retired with immediate effect following the conclusion of the Premiership season. The 31-year-old was due...
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/ 4 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Mike Ford out, Kevin Sinfield in at Leicester Tigers
LEICESTER Tigers are set to announce yet another coaching restructuring with Mike Ford leaving Welford Road to be replaced by Super...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSean O’Brien urges Ireland to blood players in Premiership
SEAN O’Brien believes Ireland should relax their rule which all but bars players being selected for the national squad if they...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoLeicester’s Zack Henry is off to Pau
ZACK Henry is set to make a quick return to France next season after being released from the final year of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoOne more signing expected by Rob Baxter
EXETER Chiefs boss Rob Baxter is after one more player for next season. He has recently signed Highlanders prop Josh Iosefa-Scott...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTom Wood expects reaction after disappointing Saints season
VETERAN flanker Tom Wood says tough times at Northampton can get the Saints marching in again like they did in the...
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/ 4 years agoChris Pennell deserved send-off | Peter Jackson
SET against the Covid cruelty suffered by untold millions on a global scale, Gloucester’s inability to fulfill their fixture at Worcester...
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/ 4 years agoEddie calls back as Josh Bassett hits 150 for Wasps
JOSH BASSETT is set to become the oldest England winger to make his Test debut for 70 years after getting a...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoRichards: Players need fully pro Championship
DEAN Richards says he is “staggered” by the number of Premiership players who have not secured contracts for next season. And...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWhirlwind year for ex-Quin Harry Barlow, now starting anew with the Free Jacks
HARRY Barlow thought his rugby career was over last season following his release from Harlequins, with the country in lockdown. So...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWasps 31-38 Leicester: Wasps pay for their spirit of adventure
LEICESTER outstayed Wasps in an all-action finale to clinch a European Champions Cup place next season and reward Steve Borthwick’s squad...
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/ 4 years agoHarry Wells is the epitome of Borthwick’s new Tigers
HARRY Wells has enjoyed his breakthrough season at the age of 27, an almost ever-present in an improving Leicester side the...
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/ 4 years agoWe learned a lot from Ricoh thrashing says Borthwick
BOSS Lee Blackett praised Wasps for how they had “scrapped and worked” to salvage their season. After reaching the Premiership final...
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/ 4 years agoCuthbert: Winners’ medal would ease pain of last season
ALEX Cuthbert would love nothing more than to leave Exeter Chiefs this summer with a Premiership winner’s medal safely tucked into...
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/ 4 years agoBath 30-24 Northampton: Bath stars take final curtain in real style
RHYS Priestland delivered his parting gift to Bath by inspiring the victory which ensures European Champions Cup rugby at...
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/ 4 years agoExeter 20-19 Sale: 14-man Chiefs secure semi-final advantage
EXETER booked their sixth Premiership home play-off on the trot but the reigning champions had to dig deep against a Sale...
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/ 4 years agoThat was such a buzz says happy Tom de Glanville
FULL-BACK Tom de Glanville, delighted to give Bath’s departing contingent a winning farewell, said: “It was a big emotional feeling and...
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/ 4 years agoSanderson: We ‘had the game but blew it’
SALE director of rugby Alex Sanderson was accentuating the positives despite insisting his side blew the chance of winning at Sandy...
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/ 4 years agoSiale Piutau hopes Bears’ love will conquer all in Premiership
“LOVE” is the answer to Bristol’s prayers to be crowned English champions for the first time. And departing centre Siale Piutau...
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/ 4 years agoHarlequins 54-26 Newcastle: Eight-try Quins tune up for their Bear hunt
NICK Evans is confident Quins can cause a major upset when they enter the Bears’ backyard next weekend after seeing them...
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