Club Rugby
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBattling Chiefs power their way to first victory
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO EXETER CHIEFS secured their first victory in the Premier 15s thanks to a star performance by centre Gabby...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoShaunagh’s delight at away day success
By ADAM ELLIS Joy: Shaunagh Brown hailed Quins ‘huge statement’ HARLEQUINS and England prop Shaunagh Brown labelled victory on the road...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBears maul Sharks as Neilson lands a double
By CARL LEE BRISTOL BEARS overcame Sale Sharks to extend their winless start to the Premier 15s season, but it was...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoCampbell hat-trick as Sarries keep up the pace
By AMY FULGHAM MAY CAMPBELL’S hattrick helped Saracens keep their perfect record intact with an emphatic victory over Gloucester-Hartpury. The hosts...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoFour or five clubs may not survive the fan ban
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Bad news: Toulouse flanker Jerome Kaino left the field injured Financial matters continue to top the agenda...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers welcome Richard Wigglesworth to Welford Road
A surprise signing by Leicester Tigers as the new Premiership campaign draws closer
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoDragons shut down for two weeks after coronavirus outbreak within squad
The next two PRO14 matches involving Dragons have been postponed after receving seven positive test results
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarlequins name new captain after Chris Robshaw’s exit
Lewies holds the 'universal respect' of those at all levels of Harlequins, according to head of rugby Paul Gustard
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoJamie Gibson signs for another Premiership club after leaving Saints
Gloucester continue their recruitment ahead of the 2020-21 season after adding Kyle Moyle and Jay Tyack earlier this week
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoDave Dennis is off to chase new dream in Major League Rugby
The Exeter Chiefs flanker reveals to TRP he has committed his future to rugby in the USA
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoUncertainty around Championship season could see Saracens return to Premiership
Ealing Trailfinders could buy their way in to the Premiership as part of potential expansions for the league, according to reports
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoSteve Borthwick’s unrelenting energy to win could hinder Leicester in tough times, says Healey
BT Sport's Austin Healey talks to Adam Ellis about Leicester Tigers' new dawn under head coach Steve Borthwick
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoChampions Cup finalists Racing 92 show an interest in Gloucester forward
Loosehead prop Val Rapava-Ruskin has emerged as a target for Top 14 club Racing 92
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoCardiff Blues prop Corey Domachowski traces family history back to great grandfather who escaped Auschwitz
The loosehead, who recently brought up 50 appearances at Blues, has gone on a journey to discover his patriarchal lineage
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoI made the right decision for me, says ex-Harlequins wing Gabriel Ibitoye
Ex-Harlequins wing Ibitoye tells TRP how he is settling in to life in France and the Top 14
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoAll hail to the Chiefs as Exeter lift Premiership trophy in Twickenham final
Nick Cain reports from Twickenham on Exeter Chiefs' 19-13 triumph over Wasps in the Premiership final
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Premier 15s
Quins maintain perfect start Harlequins……33 Exeter Chiefs 14 By ADAM ELLIS HARLEQUINS secured their third successive bonus-point victory to continue their...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoWest leads Wasps’ charge
By NATHAN ROCHE Worcester W ….7 Wasps ………….22 WASPSproved too hot to handle after eventually breaking down staunch Warriors defence to...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoCleall injury spoils Sarries party
By AMY FULGHAM Saracens ……..72 DMP Sharks ……0 DEBORAH Fleming scored two tries on her first start for Saracens in another...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoBears fightback falls short
By GEORGE WEST Bristol Bears ….5 Loughboro’ L .12 LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning kept their 100 per cent record intact with a tight...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoClubs pay heavy toll in missing players
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN After a long delay, international rugby in the northern hemisphere resumed this weekend – tremendous news for...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRennie demands more after Bledisloe thrashing
NEWS EXTRA DAVE Rennie blamed poor defence and sloppy ball retention for the Wallabies 27-7 defeat in last Sunday’s second Bledisloe...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoKefu: Pacifika team would be catalyst for Cup success
By NEALE HARVEY Probyn: Exeter’s Euro victory rewards their Academy policy TONGA head coach Toutai Kefu believes a Pasifika team in...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSharks fear long wash out
DOVER Sharks head of rugby Martyn Beaumont fears the club could end up playing no competitive matches at all this season...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoThere won’t be an asterisk next to this superb team
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Fired up: Jack Willis is mobbed by his Wasps teammates after thwarting an Exeter attack with a turnover...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoIt’s time to stop them all walking over the Lions
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN THERE are times when you wonder whether the current generation of administrators are...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoIt’s a glorious grind in the rain for heroic Baxter boys
By NICK CAIN All over: Captain Joe Simmonds celebrates Destroyer: Henry Slade explodes over the line for Exeter’s only try PICTURES:...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoQEGS’ consistency up with the country’s finest
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ALWAYS the bridesmaid, never the bride. Well except for one occasion....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: Four senior Wasps players to miss Premiership final
Read what Lee Blackett and Rob Baxter had to say after announcing their teams to play at Twickenham
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoNiall Annett targets first Irish ton at Worcester Warriors
Promoted with Worcester back in 2016, Annett's long haul towards 100 appearances has been subject overcoming harsh injuries
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLondon Irish send an SOS to Super Rugby centre Billy Meakes
The Exiles have been hit by injuries to their midfield options
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 5 years agoBlackett: Joe Launchbury is playing his best rugby ever and deserves Lions call
A number of players outside of Launchbury are knocking on the door for international call-ups this autumn
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLeicester to face contract rebels in court in unfair dismissal dispute
Leicester Tigers are set to see the five players who refused 25 per cent wage cuts in court over unfair dismissal
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoThis is just the start of something special – Bristol chairman Chris Booy
Challenge Cup glory is a huge stride forward for Bears who since their Championship days only two years ago
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLovejoy Chawatama is at home among London Exiles
Zimbabwe-born Chawatama has played for London Scottish, London Welsh and London Irish in his route to playing at the top level
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby in Yorkshire in safe hands while Geoff Wappett’s
Brendan Gallagher looks at the role Bradford GS has played in Yorkshire's rugby union base over its 140-year history
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPremiership finalists Wasps record no new positive tests
Wasps to return to training ahead of Premiership final against Exeter Chiefs as latest screening shows no new cases
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLaunchbury: Pain of 2017 fuels my desire for Wasps glory
The Wasps captain harbours deep disappointment over extra-time defeat to Exeter Chiefs in the 2017 final
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoBreakdown king Ben puts Bears on track for first-ever Euro crown
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER BRISTOL - as cool and canny after the break as they were frenetic before it - claimed a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoPLAYER WATCH…
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoBears cling on as Chiefs’ late shot falls short
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter Chiefs..22 Bristol Bears..24 BRISTOL held the edge in a classic encounter with Exeter at Sandy Park. A...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoLam: We showed no fear – that’s the Bristol way
PAT LAM doesn’t really want his team contesting a surprise Premiership final next week against Exeter but vowed Bristol will be...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSuper Sarries enjoy a seven up
By JAMAL NIAZ Sale Sharks ….10 Saracens ……..40 SARACENS’ experience proved too much for the newly-formed Sharks in a seven-try win...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoElla sparks Lightning attack
By BEN COUSINS Loughboro’ L ..32 Glo-Hartpury ..26 TWO standout tries by Ella Wyrwas ensured Loughborough Lightning maintained their unbeaten start...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoQuins power home in second half
By HOLLY FOSKETT Wasps …………..12 Harlequins ……31 DESPITE a close opening first half, the dominance of Harlequins’ pack came to the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoTen of the best from Warriors
By AMY FULGHAM DMP Sharks ……5 Worcester ……58 WORCESTER Warriors produced a dominant display to notch their first win of the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoGo-ahead for six Tests but under restrictions
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Weeks of posturing, fingerpointing and metaphorical chest-beating ended with something approaching a temporary detente earlier this week,...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoEvery player was a hero in pulsating extravaganza
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT NOTHING has ever come easy for Exeter Chiefs in their 149 years, so only the most optimistic of...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoMarshall was lone voice in the call for fair play
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE idea of reverting to ‘home’ referees took a heavy knock last weekend...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years ago‘Modest’? Those RFU reserves are invisible
IT is a pity that the RFU’s response to the figures revealed in this column about the extent to which their...
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