Club Rugby
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoWRU chief Steve Phillips battles for guarantees over regions in Champions Cup
Could the South African teams in the Rainbow Cup usurp the place of a Welsh region in the premier European cup...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling 69-7 Richmond: Trailfinders respond in style with 11-try shellacking
Max Bodilly stars for Trailfinders in convincing win one week on from Ealing's unbeaten start was ended by rivals Saracens
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoToulouse 21-9 Bordeaux: Toulouse on cruise control to Twickenham
Bordeaux-Begles failed to score a try in the quarter-final but edged past Racing 92, but that didn't stand up this time...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoCoventry 19-30 Cornish Pirates: Pirates claim big away-day win despite double yellow
Pirates come through two sin-bins to leave Butts Park with the win
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoMaxime Medard’s 11-year wait over at last at Toulouse
The Toulouse full-back reacts to the four-time champions reaching the Champions Cup final
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoPreview: Bok flyer Rhule has found his second wind in French Alps
Daniel Gallan preview Sunday's clash between La Rochelle and Leinster with a place in the final awaiting the victor
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoWard: Defeat hasn’t dampened expectations at Trailfinders
Daniel Gallan talks to Trailfinders director of rugby Ben Ward about the loss to rivals Saracens last month ending their unbeaten...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Harlequins flanker Emily Robinson
Robinson has been chipping away in the Harlequins back row this season, aiming for a maiden Premier 15s title
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoController Ross Byrne takes reins for 100th Leinster cap
Ross Byrne starts at fly-half for Leinster as Johnny Sexton and Harry Byrne miss out through injury in the Champions Cup...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLes Kiss interested in swapping London Irish for Super Rugby move – report
The Exiles head coach could have his name added to the Waratahs head coach shortlist
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoBedford Blues chairman Geoff Irvine to stand down after 20 years
David Gunner will replace Irvine, who took the chair in 2001 at Goldington Road
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWales fly-half Owen Williams to join Worcester Warriors this summer
Williams, who can also play centre, is seen as the replacement for the outgoing Duncan Weir at Sixways
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBeno Obano and Andre Esterhuizen handed bans for red cards
The Bath and Harlequins players will miss a chunk of the remaining Premiership season
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoScotland and Glasgow wing Tommy Seymour retires aged 32
The 2017 British & Irish Lions says his decision has been 'made for some time'
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoZoe Harrison gets her chance to shine at No.10 for England
Sarah Hunter also returns to the Red Roses starting line-up for the repeat of the 2021 Six Nations final
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoJason Robinson returns to Sale Sharks 15 years after Premiership triumph
The famed England wing is back at the club with who he claimed the Premiership trophy in 2006
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years ago‘Heartbroken’ George North learns his Lions dream is over
Ospreys wing George North likely to be out for the rest of 2021 with ruptured ACL injury, ending his British &...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoNeil Fowkes to join Wasps full-time as scrum coach
Nottingham announced their head coach would be leaving earlier this month
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoJohnny Sexton ruled out of Leinster’s Champions Cup semi final
Ross Byrne is likely to play at No.10 for Leinster against La Rochelle this weekend in the Champions Cup semi-final
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoPremiership Rugby and Lions reach agreement for clubs to release players
The Lions will play a warm-up match against Japan at Murrayfield on June 26
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWasps confirm worst fears on Joe Launchbury knee injury
Joe Launchbury knocked out of Lions contention with scans confirming serious knee injury
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBaxter: Dave Ewers close to return for Exeter Chiefs
Ewers missed Exeter's win over Bristol Bears last Friday due to a calf problem
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoHarlequins eye Tommaso Allan to deputise for Marcus Smith
With Brett Herron and James Lang moving on, Quins are looking for immediate depth behind Smith
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWorcester Warriors step in for fly-half Owen Williams
Worcester Warriors are interested in the fly-half/centre currently playing in Japan's Top League
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoRichard Wigglesworth not set on retirement just yet at Leicester
One more year?
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCarl Fearns fired up for Newcastle Falcons swansong
Carl Fearns in back in English rugby with Newcastle, Jon Newcombe caught up with the newest member of the Falcons pack
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPreview: We’re fully charged up, McCall tells Trailfinders
MARK McCALL hopes to celebrate his new four-year Saracens contract by taking a huge step towards promotion back to the Premiership...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoJohn Dobson in pole to take over at Harlequins
Neil Fissler reports on where Quins' search for a permanent head coach may lie
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoI’m confident Cardiff Blues will move forwards says Dai Young
Paul Rees meets with Dai Young to discuss how progress has fared since he took over at Cardiff Blues
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPreview: Bath hooker Tom Dunn reaches 150 on return after red
Bath hooker Tom Dunn has had to wait to make his 150th appearance this afternoon, and watched last week's win over...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoRichmond 12-40 Doncaster: Rampaging Knights put Richmond to slaughter
Two tries for centre Howard Packman sees Knights back to winning ways after their mauling by Saracens a week ago
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Features
/ 5 years agoGeorge Skivington interview – Long-term success will be worth us suffering now
George Skivington and Lee Blackett, as the two youngest head coaches in the Premiership, share the lessons they have learnt in...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoCornish Pirates 18-20 Ampthill: Off-colour Pirates are defied by Amps 13 men
The Dave Ward derby saw the hooker's current team edge his old employers at the Mennaye
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoResults
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEuropean contenders will go into battle cold | James Harrington
Bordeaux-Begles and Montpellier will not have played a game since the quarter-final by the time the final four go head-to-head next...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEngland call gives Wasps prop Tom West new direction
West got his first taste of an England training camp when he was called up in January to Eddie Jones' Six...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoJoe Ford’s arrival helps Sam Olver keep big dream in focus
The Doncaster Knights fly-half was one of the players brought to Castle Park by head coach Steve Boden after Clive Griffiths'...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThe value of Danny Care, Mike Brown and Joe Marler to Harlequins’ revival
Harlequins attack coach Nick Evans describes how the team's veterans have been so key to their semi-final push
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGloucester 35-24 Newcastle: ‘Honest’ George lights fire under Gloucester
Gloucester come from 14 points down to claim comeback win against Newcastle
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLondon Irish 21-25 Harlequins: Quins gamble pays off as Smith shows class
Is it time to consider Marcus Smith as a potential Lions bolter after his heroics in Brentford?
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWe blew away with the wind in second half says Dean Richards
The Newcastle director of rugby reflects on Falcons' second-half capitulation against Gloucester
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTeam decision swung it for Harlequins – Smith
Match-winner Marcus Smith explains the steps leading to his late try against London Irish
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoLeicester 18-23 Northampton: Biggar’s the hero as Saints snare Tigers
Saints come out on top in feisty East Midlands derby affair, as Dan Biggar shows Lions credentials
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWorcester 32-35 Sale: I’m getting ulcers with stress says Sanderson
Arron Reed, Coenie Oosthuizen and Dan du Preez tries in the final 15 minutes steal victory for Sharks at Sixways
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGutsy finish by Saints pleases Chris Boyd
Post-match reaction from Chris Boyd on Northampton's 23-18 win over arch-rivals Leicester
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHougaard: The guys showed true grit
The Worcester Warriors No.9 scored a second-half hat-trick but it wasn't enough to stop Sale Sharks from prevailing
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBristol 12-20 Exeter: Bears tranquilized by cold-blooded Chiefs
A glimpse into what may await Premiership followers at Twickenham in June?
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPat Lam rues Bristol’s failure to launch against Exeter
Post-match reaction from Pat Lam and Ali Hepher from Friday night's battle between the top two at Ashton Gate
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPaolo Odogwu aims to set high standards
The jittery Wasps wing previews Sunday's clash against Bath at the Ricoh, where Thomas Young will make his 100th appearance
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoAnxious wait for Ospreys wing and Lions hopeful George North
Wales wing George North hobbled off in Ospreys win over Cardiff Blues in the Rainbow Cup
International Rugby
Six Nations news: Matthieu Jalibert or Romain Ntamack – where do France go now?
International Rugby
Six Nations news: Henry Pollock set for first England start against Ireland
International Rugby
Six Nations news: What we learned about every team from round two
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