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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoManu Tuilagi facing lengthy lay-off for Sale and England
A big blow for Sale and England as centre is confirmed to have suffered torn Achilles
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling Trailfinders could mix it with Premiership clubs, says Reid
Ex-Trailfinders flanker Jordy Reid, now at Gloucester, believes the club could fill in if financial ruin hit the top flight
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPremiership may not return until 2021 in risk to Lions tour schedule
One Premiership chairman has told TRP it could take 'five to eight years' for clubs to recover from financial impact of...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarlequins and Exeter Chiefs to raise the curtain on 2020-21 Premiership season
Premiership Rugby have released the full schedule for the new season beginning in November
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSurreal start for Noah Heward in Worcester’s fast lane
Another one off the Worcester block who has been getting a look in with England U20s and the Warriors first team
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLeicester decision imminent on legal dispute brought by five former players
Tigers could face a High Court battle with the five players who opted to not agree to pay cuts this summer
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoWould a London NFL Franchise Pose a Threat to Premiership Rugby?
American football officially landed in the UK on October 27, 2007, when the New York Giants defeated the Miami Dolphins in...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPremiership play-off race going down to the wire
Nick Cain looks at the Premiership run-in with three play-off places still up for grabs
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoVunipola: Vincent Koch showed he is the best tighthead on the planet
England prop Mako Vunipola lauds the individual performance of Saracens teammate Vincent Koch in the win over Leinster
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBaxter: Incredible win, now finish it off
NOTHING could hide Rob Baxter’s joy last night but “we ain’t won nothing yet” was the message he drummed home in...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBears kill off Begles in extra-time thriller
By ROGER PANTING Leading the charge: Bristol captain Steve Luatua scores their first try PICTURES: Getty Images BRISTOL scored 17 unanswered...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoWaste of time if we don’t win it – Lam
PAT LAM wasn’t getting carried away with Bristol reaching their first European final. “We haven’t won it yet, we’ve given ourselves...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoWhy can I mingle in a shop but not at rugby?
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Contrast: Shoppers mix in the aisles while rugby stadiums remain empty PICTURE: Getty...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoMistake-ridden Tigers are tamed by Toulon
By GARY FITZGERALD TIGERS’ European dreams were well and truly buried on a ploughed Stade Felix Mayol pitch as Toulon set...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoHowley signs for Kingsley’s Canada
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Wales coach Rob Howley has been named assistant Canada coach following his return to the sport after being...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBulls go on rampage
BULLS ran riot with a 49-28 win in Jake White’s first match in charge against the Sharks. Blitzbok 7s duo Stedman...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoQantas call time
RUGBY Australia’s finances suffered another blow as Qantas ended a 30- year partnership with the organisation. The Australian airline has been...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoScarlets will be title contenders this season
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Firepower: A fit Jonathan Davies can push Scarlets to the next level PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoThe yellow brick road comes to sad and sobering end for Sarries
By NICK CAIN THIS is the end of the road for a Saracens side that has done it all when it...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoThis is the end of an era says McCall
SARACENS director of rugby Mark McCall said: “In many ways it is the end of an era, but we showed all...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoBrighton’s become a force under Buoy
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools SUSSEX is not normally considered a hotbed of rugby in England...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoAt long last Chiefs make it to rugby’s Hillary Step
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Power: Sam Simmonds scores Exeter’s second try EXETER Chiefs, anonymous fourth tier trundlers back in 1995 when the...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoLucock: Newcastle were the best team I’ve seen come down to the Championship
Jon Newcombe catches up with the new Newcastle Falcons signing who missed much of last season with a knee injury
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoFive young English players primed to break out in 2021
Already on England's radar after coming through the Under-20 programme
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: McCall sticks by the Saracens who overcame Leinster
Full teams for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-finals this weekend
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoAtkinson: Dom Waldouck is obsessive when it comes to defence strategies
Did you know Gloucester defence coach Waldouck is Mark Atkinson's brother-in-law?
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoDean Richards names Mark Wilson as Newcastle Falcons captain
19-cap England back row Wilson handed leadership duties ahead of new Premiership seaso
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoTransfer news: Bath’s search for a No.10 and a new job for Ed Griffiths
Bath turn long-winded search for a No.10 to Stormers fly-half Willemse
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPlayers will go from feast to famine, says Alan Solomons
The Worcester Warriors director of rugby is envisaging development players to bear the impact of unprecedented times in rugby
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoGovernment hits pause button on return of fans to stadiums
Fears for RFU, Premiership and Championship finances as government orders matches to be played behind closed doors
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBath are favourites but that can matter for little in derbies, says Moody
The former Bath flanker is expecting a ding-dong battle at the Rec, as Watson and Cokanasiga return
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoWho will win the 2020 European Champions Cup?
With just hours until the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup, all eyes are on whether anybody has what it takes...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoDragons slayed by ‘soft’ penalties
DRAGONS centre Jamie Roberts says ‘soft’ penalties cost his side dearly. “Tactically we were very good in the first 15 minutes...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoEnd of the road for villainous Victor
SO rugby is bidding farewell to Clermont and Georgia flanker Victor Kolelishvili who, after struggling with concussion issues for the best...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoCaptain Tom chasing glory finish to year of progress
By NEALE HARVEY Focused: Tom Youngs LEICESTER’S quarterfinal clash with Castres today was cancelled after three of the French side’s players...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoGloucester fail to fire in front of the fans
■By SAM JACKSON HARLEQUINSbooked their place in next season’s Champions Cup as a 1,000- strong crowd were unable to lift Gloucester...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWasps fly up to second with nine-try demolition
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Try scorer: Jack Willis WASPS scored nine tries against a weakened Bristol outfit to move up to second...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoSpencer’s try double puts Bath in control
By TIM WOODS Bonus ball: Jonathan Joseph scores the last try of the game Right: Rohan Janse van Rensburg scores Sale’s...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoLethal Lawrence hits top gear for Warriors
By JACK ROBERTS OLLIE Lawrence showed his class as Worcester scored five second-half tries to earn just their second Premiership win...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoSarries kids produce the goods again for McCall
By DAVID FLEMING Control: Manu Vunipola EXETER suffered their first defeat in eight games as both sides put out much-changed lineups...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoCaptain Jack expects fierce Saints riposte
By NEALE HARVEY Taking nothing for granted: Jack Yeandle PICTURE: Getty Images EXETER hooker Jack Yeandle believes his side are ready...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoTenacious Tigers ride out yellow card storm
By TOM WALKER LEICESTER earned only a second win in seven matches since the restart despite three yellow cards and a...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoLudlam: Manny relishes a challenge, he’s ready
New face: Manny Iyogun ROOKIE Northampton prop Manny Iyogun has the ability to seize the day at Exeter and write his...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoCrafty Boks try to get the best of both worlds
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK lished Celtic sides, the participation of those sides in the European Cup could...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoGriffiths’ plan needs the Prem to play fair
IT was a near certainty that the English Championship Proposal was not going to get unanimous approval, and two of the...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoSaracens hit by Euro humbug
OUR sport is no stranger to hypocrisy, and this was illustrated clearly in the build-up to the European Cup quarter-final between...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoDeadly Teddy keeps Racing out of reach
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Racing away: Francois Trinh Duc celebrates his try RACING 92, with Teddy Iribaren in killer form with the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoKinghorn the latest Accies lad to excel
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Best of the best: Fraser Gillies holds the schools Cup after...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoGoode’s very good, Saracens are superb
By NICK CAIN Immense: Vincent Koch ALEX Goode went on a three-day knees-up after Saracens beat Leinster in the European Cup...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBarritt so proud of Sarries’ spirit
BRAD Barritt paid tribute to his team-mates - and looked forward to playing the semi-final in France alongside them. “This team...
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