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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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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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English Championship
/ 4 years agoSaracens v Ealing: Vincent Koch set for a double celebration in second leg
SARACENS have named an unchanged line-up for today’s second leg of the Championship play-off final against Ealing Trailfinders. The north London...
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/ 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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English Championship
/ 4 years agoMatt Challinor joins the Knights exodus to Titans
ROTHERHAM’S rapidly expanding group of ex-Doncaster players will include Knights legend Matt Challinor next season. Challinor has retired from full-time rugby...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoLions pride runs deep in this Belfast powerhouse
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ANY discussion on the best rugby schools in the UK and...
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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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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 4 years agoYoung Gun: Cornish Pirates fly-half Harry Bazalgette
Harry Bazalgette has championed BUCS Super Rugby for putting him on the path to the top level of the game after the conclusion...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Wales captain and Bristol back row Siwan Lillicrap
Wales captain Siwan Lillicrap would love to see Welsh teams introduced into the Premier 15s when the league re-tenders in two years’...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoAlex Cuthbert signing to be confirmed by Ospreys
THE Ospreys will confirm tomorrow that they have signed Wales and British Lion Alex Cuthbert from Exeter Chiefs. Blindside revealed in...
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/ 4 years agoBenetton 35-7 Bulls: Benetton rip up the script to give Bulls a whipping
KIERAN Crowley wrapped up five seasons in Treviso before he takes charge of the Italian national side by leading Benetton to...
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/ 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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/ 4 years agoWales fear more will follow Cory Hill to Japan
WALES run the risk of more senior players sacrificing their Test careers for pots of Japanese gold. Cory Hill’s abrupt removal...
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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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/ 5 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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/ 5 years agoLeanne Riley joins Abbie Ward is swapping Harlequins for Bristol
Bristol Bears have made a huge statement of intent with the signing of Leanne Riley ahead of the 2021-22 season. The...
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/ 5 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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/ 5 years agoRed Roses lock Abbie Ward makes switch to Bristol Bears
Abbie Ward will leave Allianz Premier 15s champions Harlequins to move west to Bristol Bears ahead of the 2021-22 season. The...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoGuy Thompson to leave Ealing Trailfinders
Guy Thompson will leave Ealing Trailfinders and return to old club Jersey Reds this summer. The No.8 spent two years at...
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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 years agoSouth African teams will be eligible for Champions Cup in revamped ‘United Rugby Championship’
PRO14 have unveiled a new format for next season’s expanded league which will welcome four South African franchises and be renamed...
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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 years agoWe’ll be the poor men of Europe say regions
WALES’ four regions fear they will be put at an even greater disadvantage next season with their English rivals being up...
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/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship final 1st leg preview: Pack must peak for miracle challenge
DANIEL GALLAN talks to Ben Ward ahead of Ealing Trailfinders’ battle with Goliath Today. Kick-off 4.30pm, Trailfinders Sportsground In any other...
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Premiership
/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoMount are on the climb again under Campbell
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools THE influence of the big rugby playing Catholic schools in England...
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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 years agoInfluencer Craig White’s got Sale in rhythm
SALE SHARKS are enjoying a ‘drum roll’ end to the season, with a first Premiership title in 16 years in their...
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/ 5 years agoDombrandt: Bristol victories ‘count for nothing’
ALEX Dombrandt denies Bristol will have either a psychological or physical advantage over Quins when the teams do playoff battle on...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoTabai Matson emerges as the man for The Stoop
HARLEQUINS are looking to complete a deal for Kiwi Tabai Matson to move to the Twickenham Stoop this summer amid late...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSimon McIntyre’s on his way back to the Sharks
SALE Sharks have agreed a deal that will see Wasps prop Simon McIntyre, 30, return to the club he...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoNewcastle Falcons swoop for Harlequins winger Nathan Earle
NATHAN Earle is poised to follow teammate Mike Brown out of Harlequins and up to Premiership rivals Newcastle Falcons. Quins last...
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/ 5 years agoLeinster 38-7 Dragons: Doris catches eye in Dragons slaying
DRAGONS have been told they must learn how to deal with the intense heat that quality sides such as champions Leinster...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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