Premiership
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWasps ready to flick attack switch
By NEALE HARVEY Big impact: Ross Neal WING sensation Ross Neal reckons Wasps are ready to hit the heights of old...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoChiefs end record run to storm back on top
By NICK CAIN Charge down: Luke Cowan-Dickie falls over the line for Exeter’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER ended Saracens...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBaxter: We know we can beat them
EXETER boss Rob Baxter said his team had taken a psychological step that was more important than the win over the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBedridden Tigers show their courage under fire
By GARY FITZGERALD Away: Jonah Holmes breaks clear to score the Tigers’ first try PICTURES: Getty Images Danger man: Manu Tuilagi...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWorst display so far – Gustard
ANGRY Harlequins players locked themselves in the dressing room after this defeat as boss Paul Gustard labelled the performance as the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBoks stars take control to ease relegation fear
By COLIN NEWBOULT Talisman: Faf de Klerk takes on Steve Luatua and Aly Muldowney PICTURES: Getty Images Teak tough defence: Rob...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDiamond hopeful of keeping Du Preez
STEVE Diamond is looking to make a number of announcements on player recruitment in the New Year, including the potential signing...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoCut the subs to take brute force out of modern tackles
NICK CAIN THE death of Nicholas Chauvin, the 19-year-old Stade Francais U21 flanker, has triggered game-changing shockwaves in French rugby. Chauvin,...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoInternational rugby has become the poor man
THE about-change in the commercial fortunes of club rugby and its international counterpart have been highlighted this month by the deals...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGenerals step up to get Saints marching again
By ALEX BYWATER Breakaway 1: Saints scrum half Cobus Reinach dives over to score the first try PICTURES: Getty Images Breakaway...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTEAMS: Gallagher Premiership – Round 10
Worcester Warriors v Northampton Saints (Friday) Worcester Warriors: 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Bryce Heem, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Ryan Mills, 11 Josh...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoExeter Chiefs revival starts with beating Saracens, says Tom Lawday
The Exeter number 8 on the top-of-the-table clash with Sarries
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership Rugby sells minority stake to CVC in £200m partnership
'The proceeds from CVC Fund VII’s investment will be re-invested to drive continued growth in the sport' – Premiership Rugby chairman...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership wing turns down move to Wasps
Wasps are on the hunt for Christian Wade's replacement
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKyle Sinckler is becoming the all-court prop England need, says Quins mentor
Harlequins scrum coach Adam Jones on Sinckler establishing himself as England's first-choice tighthead
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Leicester Tigers line up Dave Ellis as defence coach candidate
Defence guru of France's 2011 World Cup final run in frame
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeicester Tigers appoint Geordan Murphy to head coach role
“This club means a lot to me, I’ve been here a long time and we all want to enjoy success with...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDo-or-die time now after Paris improvements
■By NEALE HARVEY HARRY Wells knows it is win or bust for Leicester if they are to keep their Champions Cup...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoTakulua tells Falcons to front up
■By JON NEWCOMBE Tongan ace: Sonatane Takulua SONATANE Takulua is confident the return of Newcastle’s big guns can help fire them...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoIt’s who they choose, not howthey coach that counts
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE rehabilitation of Stuart Lancaster and Andy Farrell is in full flow, with...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSkelton’s decision may create chaos for rugby
THE pulling power of the north, whether in terms of size of wage packets or more vibrant competitions, is starting to...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHansen’s time over
STEVE Hansen says he’s going. But before he hangs up his earpiece for ‘someone new’, the New Zealand coach with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership coach marks Wilson as the must-start no.6 for England
Northampton Saints forwards coach Phil Dowson looks at England's back row
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBristol Bears flanker George Smith on how long he has left at the top and Pat Lam
The evergreen Australia back row feels he can reach four decades playing the game
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks complete addition of Russian international prop
Valery Morozov has been on the Sharks' radar for the past 12 months
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Leicester Tigers line up Paul Gustard as director of rugby
The story from our front page on Sunday
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJames Grayson signs senior contract with Northampton Saints
A deal running until 2021
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorcester Warriors hand first-team contract to centre Ollie Lawrence
"It is only a matter of time before he pulls on the England jersey" – Solomons
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLuke Cowan-Dickie back at the negotiating table with Exeter Chiefs
News on Cowan-Dickie, Dave Ewers and Greg Holmes
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoPack will have to be at Test standard to beat Leinster, says Bath’s Ewels
England lock anticipating ferocious clash against kings of Europe
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThe Farrells have always had their own views on tackling
THERE being nothing new under the sun, the furore over the tackling technique of a rugby player by the name of...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHow the once mighty Neath have fallen
THERE was a time at the end of the amateur era when, under Ron Waldron, Neath raised their game to a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWasps are trapped by their own tangled web
By NICK CAIN Breaching the line: Jamie George touches down for Saracens despite the efforts of Michele Campagnaro PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMcCall: We kept calm and it paid off
SARACENS’ status as the only unbeaten team in the Premiership was due to the composure they showed against Wasps according to...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHumiliation for Tigers as Thacker turns screw
By NEALE HARVEY Remember me? Harry Thacker dives over for Bristol’s second try PICTURES: Getty Images Good sight for England: Manu...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLong arm of Wilson drags his Falcons offthe bottom
By GARY FITZGERALD My ball: Falcons’ try-scorer Mark Wilson competes with Saints Teimana Harrison PICTURES: Getty Images Star man: Cobus Reinach...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoNo moan over Kyle red from Murphy
KYLE Eastmond’s red card drew no complaint from Tigers boss Geordan Murphy. He said: “Barnsey (Wayne Barnes) is one of the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoIt’s like a morgue in there – Boyd
CHRIS Boyd admitted the Northampton dressing room resembled “a morgue” after Dylan Hartley’s 250th Saints appearance was ruined by Mark Wilson....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDifficult aftermath of that Ritchie Prem deal
All smiles: Ian Ritchie with RFU president Jason Leonard and the World Cup in 2015 IAN Ritchie must be looking on...
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Premiership
/ 7 years ago’We used money to grow game’
THE RFU are keen to represent the current criticism of their financial affairs as a legitimate divergence of opinion over fiscal...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSpeaking up has cost Baron
AT the same time Francis Baron and Graeme Cattermole have been separated from their ‘privileged member’ status by a score-settling RFU...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThorley speeds in to bring Warriors woe
Pre-planned move: James Hanson dives over to score Gloucester’s first try PICTURES: Getty Images Consolation: Bryce Heem breaks free to score...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThat was tough admits Heaney
WORCESTER scrum-half Michael Heaney, who made his first start in the Premiership in the absence of knee injury absentee, Francois Hougaard,...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoHarlequins announce themselves as genuine contenders
By NEALE HARVEY Finishing skills: Nathan Earle scores his second try for Quins PICTURES: Getty Images Last word: Ian Whitten runs...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGustard hails his England outcasts
ENGLAND’S loss is Harlequins’ gain as far as full-back Mike Brown is concerned. “He was exceptional,” said Quins supremo Paul Gustard....
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBattle of Test wings promises to be a cracker
By JON NEWCOMBE Finding form: Denny Solomona is looking to build on his two-try display against Northampton last weekend PICTURE: Getty...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBig guns are back as Catt chases perfection
By NEALE HARVEY Frustrated: Bath front row Nathan Catt BATH stalwart Nathan Catt is sick of mid-table mediocrity and says the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThe curse of wounded knee strikes Wales No6s
Versatile: Josh Navidi is on his way back PICTURE: Getty Images When they hand the jerseys out in the visitors’ dressing-room...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAt home with the Sleightholmes – Ollie shows Dad he’s up to speed at Northampton Saints
We caught up with Ollie and Jon after the Saints back's try against Wasps
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTEAMS: Gallagher Premiership – Round 9
Harlequins take on Exeter Chiefs under the lights at Twickenham Stoop
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