Club Rugby
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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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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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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoCourageous Chiefs plant a defiant flag at the summit
By NICK CAIN EXETER Chiefs made the remarkable transition from the English second-tier Championship to the summit of northern hemisphere club...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoNICK CAIN’S PLAYER WATCH…
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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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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 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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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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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoNorthampton prop Manny Iyogun hungry for more after showing his mettle at Exeter
Iyogun was there in Saints' hour of need in the Champions Cup quarter-final, the teen reflects on his end to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSteven Luatua a late withdrawal from Bristol squad
Bristol Bears captain to remain in England to attend birth of his child and miss Challenge Cup final
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoUren: We know Toulon’s history, but we are the team with world-class players now
Bristol Bears No.9 Andy Uren previews the Challenge Cup final and reminisces on his memories of his boyhood club
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoEngland Sevens ace Dan Norton eyes 15s return after World Tens Series
Dan Norton is one of a number of former England Sevens players in Bermuda for the World Tens Series
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoPremiership Rugby on alert after seven positive tests at Wasps
Bristol, Wasps opponents on Saturday, are believed to be unaffected
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoDiamond: I’m astounded Wales have snubbed WillGriff John
Sale Sharks director of rugby Steve Diamond can't understand why Wales have not picked WillGriff
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoJosh Beaumont volunteers to help keep Fylde afloat
Sale lock Beaumont is going back to where it all began to develop a commercial plan outside of his playing commitments
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling Trailfinders sign Worcester back row target
Ambitious Championship club Ealing sign bulked back row formerly of Southern Kings
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSchmidt takes on new role in Dublin
NEWS EXTRA FORMER Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt will start a new role next month as World Rugby’s director of rugby...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years ago6 Nations exploring all options
THE2021 Six Nations could be delayed in an attempt to ensure matches are played in front of crowds. The tournament is...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSevens ace Norton eyes 15s return after Tens
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND Sevens try wizard Dan Norton heads to the inaugural World Tens Series in Bermuda later this month...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoDavies aims to get Dragons firing
SAM Davies has told the Dragons they need to hit their straps and quickly this season, but believes Dean Ryan’s exciting...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoNew-dad Seb ready to stamp authority
By ALEX BYWATER SEB Davies is only 24, but he is growing up fast on and off the field. The Cardiff...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWarrior Willis applies his mighty strangle-hold on Bears title hopes
By NICK CAIN Airborne: Matteo Minozzi flies in at the corner despite the desperate grab from Alapati Leiua PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoPLAYER WATCH…
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBlackett warns Wasps: This was not final
WASPS head coach Lee Blackett expects his players to keep their heads and peak for the final in two weeks’ time...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoCancellation benefits Bath, Robshaw ends a winner
By SAM JACKSON Winner: Quins captain Chris Robshaw bids farewell SALE’S rescheduled match with Worcester Warriors was called off on Wednesday...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoSimmonds in command as his Chiefs go marching on
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was an outstanding display which leaves you impatient for a mouthwatering final in two weeks time against...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoClassy Cleall leads the charge
By ADAM ELLIS Saracens ……34 Worcester ……25 A POWERFUL display from the Saracens pack ensured victory over valiant Worcester. England second...
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