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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSurging Sale pack regain their pride
By CHRIS PAINE Sedgley Park ..14pts Sale ....................31pts SALE banished the issues which dogged their display a week ago to claim...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSale Sharks in deal to buy AJ Bell with Salford City
How a stadium carousel in Manchester could leave the Sharks ground-sharing the AJ Bell with Salford City FC
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Features
/ 5 years agoJP Doyle available ‘for a pie and a pint’ after return from Major League Rugby
What next for the former Premiership referee who spent 17 weeks officiating in Major League Rugby
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers team with Lichfield
LEICESTER Tigers have launched a women’s team in a merger with Lichfield to compete in the second tier of English rugby....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThe Scarlets rebuild under Dwayne Peel and Sean Fitzpatrick
By STEFFAN THOMAS SEAN Fitzpatrick is confident the Scarlets can turn their fortunes around under new head coach Dwayne Peel, but...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe Baxter family have Exeter blood flowing in their veins
How the Baxters have impacted Exeter Chiefs since the 1960s
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNational League shake-up may be on its way
Jon Newcombe provides the latest on the discussions within the new RFU think-tank
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/ 5 years agoMiddleton: Women’s Lions tour not far off
■By PAUL REES SIMON Middleton believes that the formation of a women’s Lions team is only a matter of time and...
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/ 5 years agoShane Lewis-Hughes pushing for Cardiff recall after surgery
The Wales flanker is nearing a return after five months sidelined by a shoulder injury
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship 2021-22: All the summer ins and outs
Looking at all the summer activity at Championship clubs, with prop Alfie Petch heading to Cornish Pirates on dual-registered terms from...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoJosh Matavesi could be heading out of Bath
Bath could free up space on the salary cap by allowing Josh Matavesi to explore interest from Japan, and have space...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoVisionary Alf Wyman was beaten to the punch
COVENTRY fixture secretary Alf Wyman was a rugby visionary, well before his time in many respects as a strong advocate of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years ago‘I want to compete with Marcus’, says Harlequins signing Tommy Allan
The Italy fly-half discusses his arrival at Harlequins this summer and the competition that awaits against Marcus Smith
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoHenry Trinder opts for Ampthill over top flight return
The Gloucester stalwart discusses his return to English rugby in the Championship with Ampthill, where he will start coaching as well...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: England and Loughborough Lightning hooker Lark Davies
Last season's top tryscorer in the Allianz Premier 15s tells Sarah Rendell about her journey through rugby and the new Cup...
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/ 5 years agoLions pain will fuel Sarries title charge, says Alex Lewington
The Saracens winger expects the club's contingent of Lions to be ready and raring to go for the new Premiership season
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTom O’Flaherty eager to right the wrongs of painful Premiership final
The Exeter Chiefs winger says the feeling is they 'let things slip' in the final against Harlequins
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoThe club hoping to make Scotland ace Finn Russell rugby’s richest man
Michael Cheika wants to bring the star of the third Lions Test to Japan
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoJonathan Davies fighting for his future in Welsh midfield
Captain for Wales this summer, Jonathan Davies sees plenty of competition coming his way in the national team
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCut subs to force front five to get fit, says Cardiff S&C guru Trystan Bevan
Trystan Bevan shares the view of Ian McGeechan and Willie John McBride that the number of replacements must be reduced
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCardiff strive for more with Bok four looming
CARDIFF chairman Alun Jones has told his team and Welsh rugby as a whole they will have to raise their game...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBelvedere specialise in producing truly greats
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BELVEDERE College, like all Leinster schools, have always operated in the...
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/ 5 years agoExeter Chiefs add two new signings to tight five
Exeter have confirmed the signings of overseas players Ryan McCauley from Australia and Sam Nixon from the Top 14
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/ 5 years agoLondon Irish announce surprise departure of Blair Cowan
The Exiles co-captain will leave the Premiership to pursue opportunities in Japan
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/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers set George Worth free
LEICESTER have released utility back George Worth from his contract by mutual agreement. The 24-year-old made 62 appearances for the club...
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/ 5 years agoHarlequins announce capture of Viliami Taulani from Chiefs
Harlequins head coach Tabai Matson has recruited a player he coached at former club Waikato Chiefs
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoMunster have eye on Newcastle Falcons ace George McGuigan
The Newcastle hooker is Irish-qualified and wanted by Johann van Graan, TRP understands
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoMaliq Holden feels at home among Doncaster Knights
Jon Newcombe discovers how the former Cornish Pirates winger discovered rugby on Cyprus
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoStormers lock pairing look for move to Britain
Is a move north for the David Meihuizen and JD Schickerling on the horizon?
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoExeter boss Rob Baxter keen on Aussie giant McCauley
Rob Baxter goes hunting for Aussie lock to join Chiefs
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers academy product Tandoh to head to France
The Tigers back row has the option to return to Oval Park after deciding to take a year to play for...
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/ 5 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Premiership clubs in stand-off over players’ agent fees
Neil Fissler exclusively reports on a new feud developing between Premiership clubs and players' agents
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/ 5 years agoWorcester Warriors go green for brighter future
The Premiership club have pledged to reduce their climate footprint, director Peter Kelly outlines how the Warriors are overhauling their ways...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAmbitious Harlequins are a match for Jack Walker
Harlequins hooker Jack Walker discusses his switch from Premiership rivals Bath to the Stoop
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoEddie Jones completes recruitment of Martin Gleeson to succeed Amor
As revealed by TRP back on April 11, Martin Gleeson will leave Wasps to join the England programme as attack coach
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCVC Capital Partners agrees cash injection in La Liga
Stakeholders in Premiership Rugby and Six Nations agrees £2.7bn investment in Spanish football league
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoTom de Glanville aims to make Eddie Jones re-consider
Bath full-back Tom de Glanville discusses his England hopes with Adam Ellis after call-ups to two of Eddie Jones' training squads
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoIRFU put block on move for one of Andy Farrell’s assistants
Dwayne Peel had hoped to bring Ireland forwards coach Simon Easterby back to the Scarlets
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoThe Championship Team of the Season 2021: Ryan Burrows hits record high five
Jon Newcombe reveals the Championship Team of the Season 2021, as voted by the league's head coaches
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoCraig White calls time on Sale Sharks job
FORMER British & Irish Lions conditioning coach Craig White, who joined Sale Sharks when Alex Sanderson took over at the AJ...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoHarry Mallinder set to take Goode’s place in Japan
Where will Harry Mallinder be playing after announcing he will leave Saints for the Top League?
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Features
/ 5 years agoQ&A – Gethin Watts: Bristol’s bear cubs will be crucial after cap reduction
Gethin Watts tells Adam Ellis about the work being done in the academy at Premiership contenders Bristol Bears
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCorey Baldwin coming back to Scarlets
The Exeter Chiefs centre is leaving Sandy Park and returning to the Scarlets
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoTop 14 is favourite destination for Argentina’s Olympic star Marcos Moneta
Moneta was key to Argentina Sevens winning the bronze medal in Tokyo
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoNormanton ruled before the axe fell
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby‘s great schools NOT for the first time in this series we must sing...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
DARLINGTON MP WING Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ROSIE BLOUNT THIS WEEK... Rosie Blount had...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMoment in Time: England trailblazers of 1991 changed women’s game
Neil Fissler tracks down the England Women's team who reached the final of the 1991 Rugby World Cup
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSale Sharks confirm Nick Schonert switch from Worcester
As revealed by TRP back in April, the tighthead is on his way to the AJ Bell Stadium
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/ 5 years agoHargreaves: Law changes could destroy Union ethos
As the DCMS releases a report as a result of a four-month inquiry into the impact of concussion in sport, Alistair...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSaints scrum-half Henry Taylor calls time at 27
NORTHAMPTON scrum-half Henry Taylor is retiring from rugby to “pursue a career in the city”. The 27-year-old, who was part of...
Autumn Internationals
Guy Pepper: Argentina fans have football-crowd mentality but England can ‘shut them up’
Autumn Internationals
Paul Rees: England’s headless chickens end up getting roasted
Junior International Rugby
England U20s ready for Argentina decider in Junior World Cup
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