Club Rugby
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoOunsley: We want to bring home gold next time
By BEN JAYCOCK Having been forced to watch her Exeter side come up just short in the Premier 15s final, Jodie...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoWarriors setting ambitious targets
By NICK POWELL New Worcester Warriors women managing director Jon Graham has high hopes for his new club going forward, with...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoAnger as Biarritz sign up Haouas
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TWO weeks ago, the long-awaited sale of ProD2 side Biarritz fell apart, affecting the immediate and longer-term...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoPrem and URC to make October starts
The Premiership and United Rugby Championship (URC) will both start in October for the upcoming season, with each of their finals...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoDragons get their man
The Dragons have won a three-way battle royale to land Ospreys full-back Cai Evans, who was named in Warren Gatland’s World...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoChandler ready for his next episode
By JON NEWCOMBE Chandler Cunningham-South is hoping to fly off to Portugal on holiday in just over a week’s time as...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoBrown returns to play for Quins
Former England prop Shaunagh Brown has come out of retirement and will play for Harlequins next season. The 33-year-old quit the...
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Top 14
/ 3 years agoFrench surprise as AWJ signs for Toulon
Alun Wyn Jones has joined French club Toulon as cover during the World Cup. The former Wales and British and Irish...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoGatland calls up uncapped Plumtree
Uncapped back row Taine Plumtree, who Scarlets last week unveiled as a new signing, has been called up to the Wales...
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Features
/ 3 years agoRadford keen to put steel into the Saints
By JON NEWCOMBE Never one to shy away from a challenge as a child growing up on the largest council estate...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLeicester squad keeps on growing
Leicester have signed scrum-half Joe Powell, back row Matt Rogerson and fly-half Kieran Wilkinson (pictured) and re-signed lock Mike Williams. Leicester...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRadwan’s aiming to fly high with Falcons
By BEN JAYCOCK Despite finishing bottom and with relegation set to return in next season’s top flight, Newcastle Falcons winger Adam...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson delight as Cowan-Dickie signs up
Sale Sharks have signed England and British and Irish Lions hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie from Exeter Chiefs. The 30-year-old had been set...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCardiff land prop Litterick
Cardiff have signed Harlequins prop Rhys Litterick for next season. The 24-year-old front row from West Sussex is Wales-qualified through his...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoPostlethwaite goes on trial at Exeter
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs have taken former Sale Sharks lock Matt Postlethwaite on trial this week after...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRacing 92 rule out move for Smith
ON THE BLINDSIDE Marcus Smith staying with Harlequins beyond the final year of his contract, which ends next summer, moved a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoFrench to keep eye on hooker
ON THE BLINDSIDE | Neil Fissler French Top 14 sides will monitor Luke Cowan-Dickie’s progress with Sale Sharks with interest after...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoChallenge Cup invite for Black Lion and Cheetahs
Georgian team Black Lion and South African side Cheetahs have been invited to join the 2023- 24 European Challenge Cup. Organisers...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoExeter sign Millar-Mills
Exeter Chiefs have signed England international Harriet Millar-Mills ahead of the new Premiership Women’s Rugby campaign. The 32-year-old former Wasps and...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoJames: We’ll just keep improving
By BEN JAYCOCK Lifelong Sale Sharks fan Sam James is hoping his side go one step further next season and lift...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years ago90 players in search of a new club
JAMES HARRINGTON | FRENCH COLUMN What links 16 props, 12 hookers, 10 second rows, 15 back rowers, 13 scrum-halves, 11 wingers,...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 3 years agoDupont is looking to take a sabbatical
Antoine Dupont could take a sabbatical year after the 2024 Olympic Games, reports in France suggest. The France captain, 26, is...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSeries 2 Episode 26: Championship future, U20 World Cup and building up to the main event
On this week’s edition of the podcast, Brendan and Chris assess Simon Halliday’s comments on the future of the English second...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHalliday’s collective ultimatum
By NICK CAIN New Championship chairman Simon Halliday says the survival of many of the clubs in the second-tier professional league...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMontpellier U-turn blocks Thomas from playing in Wales
By PETER JACKSON Montpellier have done a U-turn on Henry Thomas, slamming the door on the former England prop playing in...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoDragons to go private
Dragons RFC will return to private ownership this summer after a takeover deal for the Newport-based region was agreed on Friday...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoGeorgia and Israel in line for Challenge Cup
By JON NEWCOMBE Teams from Georgia, Israel and South Africa are in the running to fill the two vacant spots in...
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Features
/ 3 years agoCardall set to fire for the Falcons
By PAUL REES As Tim Cardall reflects on the eventful last nine months for the career, his hope for the new...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoOldest club gets extra help
Blackheath rugby club is among 52 community assets which will be revived thanks to almost £13 million of government levelling up...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSharks move for Creevy
Sale Sharks have brought in Argentina hooker Agustin Creevy to replace Akker van der Merwe, who has returned to South Africa....
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoReds to kick off their defence against Cov
By SAM JACKSON Champions Jersey Reds will begin the defence of their Championship crown against third-placed Coventry when league action starts...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoArundell’s deal a blow for England
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Henry Arundell, one of England’s most exciting talents, could be...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBiarritz to keep on spending
Biarritz Olympique are poised to step in and continue the spending splurge that their president Jean-Baptiste Aldigé had planned for Agen...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoAkker’s on way to Bulls
Former Sale Sharks hooker Akker van der Merwe is set to return to South Africa, where he has been offered a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoKiss weighing up his options
Former London Irish boss Les Kiss appears to be in demand after speaking to clubs in Super Rugby and United Rugby...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoGloucester are keen to get Savage
Gloucester have been linked with a move for their former star Tom Savage who has been playing in Japan with Suntory...
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Features
/ 3 years agoBaldwin still glad he headed to Falcons
Jon Newcombe talks to Newcastle’s new defence coach and finds a man who is certain he has made the right decision...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoTalent shines in stellar year
THE BEST XV FROM THE 2022-23 SEASON IN THE PREMIER 15s Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of the Premier 15s reporters...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Loughborough centre Chris Preen
Loughborough Students’ Chris Preen has been on a rollercoaster journey so far in his career that has seen him change sports,...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoBiarritz are left sweating on future
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN By the time you read this, ProD2 side Biarritz were supposed to be under new management after...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoWomen’s top tier re-branded as Premiership Women’s Rugby
The RFU hailed a new era for women’s rugby on Tuesday as it re-branded the Women’s Premier 15s as Premiership Women’s...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoChampion show!
By CAMERON STEPHENS Co-captain Mo Hunt credited the belief and togetherness of her Gloucester-Hartpury squad as they outclassed Exeter to be...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoWe are not going anywhere, say Ospreys
By PETER JACKSON Ospreys are adamant they will be open for business as usual in Swansea next season despite talks about...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoAgen on the trail of top Welsh trio
By NEIL FISSLER French ProD2 outfit Agen, who are in the middle of a takeover battle, are courting a trio of...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoChampions Cup draw suits Bears
By PAUL REES Bristol Bears sneaked into the Champions Cup through the cat flap rather than the back door, but they...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoEaling add Collins to list of star recruits
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Big-spending Ealing Trailfinders have come to the rescue of Tom Collins who had been left high and...
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Top 14
/ 3 years agoToulouse duo use trophy to ride the waves
Toulouse playmakers Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack took their Top 14 title celebrations to the beach this week, attempting to use...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoPower to the girls on day of history
By CAMERON STEPHENS Gloucester-Hartpury........................34 Tries: Jones 5, Lund 32, Beckett 40, Penalty 42, Neumann 74 Conversions: Sing 40+1, 75 Penalties: Sing 57...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoMoore: We’ll bring in tougher penalties
There will be tougher penalties for sides who break rules on fielding foreign players in next season’s Premier XVs. Clubs currently...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBorthwick impressed with intensity of Prem final
By GARY FITZGERALD Steve Borthwick’s hopes that England can enjoy a successful World Cup campaign were boosted by the “Test match”...
International Rugby
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