Club Rugby
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoEmily Scarratt joins call for women’s British & Irish Lions team
The England vice-captain believes a women's Lions tour is the ideal way of growing the game beyond the World Cup and...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSmiler Smith ‘sums up Harlequins right now’
Harlequins skills and kicking coach Charlie Mulchrone says Marcus Smith has gotten to where he is by being a great applier...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Saracens and England fly-half Zoe Harrison
Sarah Rendell talks to the Saracens fly-half about Premier 15s final defeat and her difficult past facing up to bullies who...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLaurie Dalrymple interview – Champions Harlequins aiming for repeat glory
Paul Rees talks to chief executive Laurie Dalrymple about building sustained success at Harlequins
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoHarlequins and Falcons in pay-cut concern
Are Premiership clubs all back to paying their players their pre-pandemic salaries?
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Features
/ 5 years agoRugby’s Great Schools: Methody have led way from the start
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools We recently featured the considerable rugby achievements of Royal Belfast Academical...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarry Elrington signs for Gloucester after London Irish departure
Elrington isn't the only ex-London Irish player headed to Kingsholm
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoProp Juan Figallo, 33, stays with Sarries as a coach
FORMER Saracens prop Juan Figallo has been appointed as the new forwards coach for the club’s women’s and academy sides. The...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAlex Matthews and Lydia Thompson extend Worcester stay
The England duo hold almost 90 caps between them and will remain at Sixways for next season
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWorld Rugby embolden concussion protocols with new specialist panel
World Rugby confirm new law trials and wider use of independent concussion consultants
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPremiership 2021-22 fixtures: Bristol and Saracens to kick off new season
A mouth-watering start to the new Premiership season as Premiership Rugby release 2021-22 fixtures
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMike Ford open to offers from either code after Leicester Tigers exit
Ford was replaced at Welford Road by Kevin Sinfield and is seeking new opportunities
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoLowes leaves Ealing for DoR job
Jimmy Lowes has left Ben Ward's coaching staff to return to Yorkshire
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWyles: Saracens will make top-flight tasty next season
Former Saracens Premiership winner Chris Wyles says the club have 'done their time' and should expect to challenge once again
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Features
/ 5 years agoPremier 15s champions Harlequins in bid to sign Saracens ace
Heading to the Tokyo Olympics with GB Sevens this summer
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPeel: In my heart I knew I had to join Scarlets
Scarlets role was the one Dwayne Peel always wanted, even if it meant upsetting the capital
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWhere Martin Landajo is off to after leaving Harlequins
The Argentinian left the Stoop earlier this month after his contract expired
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoI’m not leaving Harlequins, Esterhuizen tells Sharks
The South African centre has ended his first season with Harlequins as Premiership champion, and has told the Sharks he won't...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoJersey prop Dan Richardson joins Tigers
LEICESTER have brought in loosehead prop Dan Richardson from Championship side Jersey Reds. The 25-year-old, who has spent time at Fylde...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWing Rowe joins Irish
LONDON Irish have signed winger Kyle Rowe from Edinburgh. The 23-year-old has represented Scotland at U20 level and on the Sevens...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEvergreen Mark Bright, 42, swaps London Scottish for Richmond
The future still burns bright for the veteran Championship back row
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Features
/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND SCOTLAND FLY-HALF Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players HELEN NELSON THIS WEEK... Loughborough...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHomecoming for ex-NFL convert Christian Scotland-Williamson
Christian Scotland-Williamson has completed his return to rugby union after a three-year stint in the NFL by signing for Harlequins. As...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Harlequins hooker Amy Cokayne
Harlequins and England hooker Amy Cokayne moved to New Zealand when she was nine after her father, Ian, was recruited by...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNational Leagues get online show to shine spotlight on 48 member clubs
NATIONAL League rugby is set for its own weekly highlights show, with part of the proceeds generated going back to its...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTomas Lezana aims to get Scarlets back row on the front foot
GROWING up as a football-mad River Plate supporter in the Argentinian city of Santiago del Estero, Tomas Lezana dreamed of a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSaints prepared if Toulon persist in Dan Biggar swoop
NORTHAMPTON Saints have set aside a ‘healthy budget’ as they search fora new fly-half that places question marks over the future...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoExeter Chiefs are watching England U20 star Sam Riley
EXETER Chiefs are keeping tabs on Harlequins’ England U20 hooker Sam Riley just a week after losing the Premiership final to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoJoe Marler and Danny Care have last tango at Twickenham
JOE Marler fears that Harlequins stunning victory in the Premiership final will be the last dance he enjoys with Danny Care....
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship may get new Thursday night TV slot
PREMIER Sports believe a successful Lions tour would help them achieve a breakthrough in England as they extend their rugby coverage...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 5 years agoYoung Guns: Worcester Warriors wing/centre Jack Johnson
Premiership defences will have to watch out for much more than Ollie Lawrence in the Worcester backline with the towering force...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarlequins conclude six-month search for new head coach with Tabai Matson
Harlequins will have a new head coach oversee the team’s defence of their Premiership title, after confirming Tabai Matson as the...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEngland interim assistant coach Ed Robinson to leave Jersey Reds
Jersey Reds have confirmed backs coach Ed Robinson will be leaving the Championship this summer to join an unnamed Premiership club....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNewcastle Falcons confirm signing of ex-Harlequins wing Nathan Earle
Nathan Earle has joined Mike Brown in leaving Premiership winners Harlequins behind to move to Newcastle Falcons. As reported in The...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEx-Wasps wing Callum Sirker lands at Cornish Pirates
Cornish Pirates have announced the signing of former Wasps flyer Callum Sirker on a one-year deal. Sirker was released by Wasps...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWasps sign All Black back-five forward Vaea Fifita
Wasps have announced the signing of All Blacks back-five forward Vaea Fifita, who will join the club for the 2021-22 season....
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoRFU approves 14-team Premiership expansion and voids relegation for further two seasons
Relegation from the Premiership has been suspended for two further seasons after the RFU, in collaboration with Premiership Rugby, approved plans...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNizaam Carr cuts short Bulls deal to sign for Wasps
Wasps have signed Nizaam Carr for a third time in a move designed to ease the loss of Jack Willis to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAdam Hastings aims to provide spark at Gloucester
For the second time as a rugby player Adam Hastings will be uprooting his life to move south of the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoExeter 38-40 Harlequins: Underdogs? Quins roar like big dogs in a classic
WHEN it comes to long runs from the back there is nothing in the annals of English club rugby to match...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoVerdict: Quins have taught Eddie Jones a lesson in how to attack
SO a season that started with Eddie Jones arguing it was almost impossible to play attractive attacking rugby under the current...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoHarlequins will name Tabai Matson as new head coach this week
BILLY Millard says Harlequins will unveil their new coaching setup later this week, with former London Irish and Fiji centre Tabai...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoBooth has helped Adam Beard find his consistency and regain Wales slot
ADAM Beard believes getting dropped from the national squad last autumn was a blessing in disguise and insists he can become...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDorian West could leave as Sale Sharks plan changes
SALE Sharks boss Alex Sanderson is looking to re-shuffle his coaching staff this summer, and whispers are that Dorian West could...
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoDouble delight for pragmatic Toulouse | James Harrington
Toulouse were crowned champions of France for the 21st time on Friday night, some 13 months after the players had...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWill Skelton will end his career in France
WILL Skelton has closed the door on a return to the Premiership after signing a four-year contract extension with La Rochelle....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoBrecon was a nursery for pioneering Welsh Lions
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools CHRIST College Brecon was one of the cradles of Welsh rugby,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoIt’s all about love as Quins claim a thriller
LOUIS Lynagh had World Cup winning father Michael in tears as he emulated the Wallaby great by becoming a Twickenham hero...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEngland rule Bath flanker Miles Reid out of summer schedule
A fractured facial bone for the back row, who was in contention to make his England debut this summer
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 years agoOspreys announce capture of Exeter wing Alex Cuthbert
The Ospreys have completed the deal to bring Alex Cuthbert back to Welsh rugby from Exeter Chiefs. As exclusively reported by...
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