Club Rugby
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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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Premiership
/ 5 years agoSteenson: Time to give Joe a go for England
GARETH Steenson, Exeter’s guiding light on the pitch for over a decade, believes England should be looking to his successor Joe...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoChiefs show fighting spirit
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Glo-Hartpury 34 Exeter Chiefs 14 GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY secured an opening day win over newly-formed Exeter Chiefs in an entertaining...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoTon-up Quins rip Sharks apart
By AMY FULGHAM Harlequins….103 DMP Sharks ……0 HARLEQUINS made an emphatic start to their campaign in Gerard Mullen’s first game in...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoDavies double downs Sale
By JAMAL NIAZ Sale Sharks……7 Loughboro’ L.29 LARK Davies’ try double condemned Sale Sharks to defeat on their Premier 15s debut...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoYorkshire rugby’s in safe hands while Wappett’s legacy lives on at Bradford
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Influential: Coach Dan Scarborough at Bradford GS Bradford GS guru Geoff...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoFrench in struggle to field team v Wales
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Tipped for greatness: Selevasio Tolofua France’s internationals are hostages in a club and country player-release war ahead...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: No Charles Piutau for Bristol’s trip to Ricoh
Full team news ahead of this weekend's showdowns at the Ricoh Arena and Sandy Park
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoAttack coach Sean Long leaves Harlequins staff
"It is with a heavy heart that I leave Harlequins" - Long
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoChris Boyd waiting on contract extension at Northampton Saints
The 2020-21 Premiership season in the last remaining year of Boyd's current deal as Saints director of rugby
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoExeter Chiefs star Sam Simmonds fights to save boyhood club Teignmouth
Sam Simmonds and brother Joe are desperate to see rugby return to their old club Teignmouth
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoSale’s play-off hopes end as more positive cases sees Worcester clash cancelled
Premiership Rugby confirm cancellation of Sale versus Worcester on Wednesday night
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBristol Bears flanker Ben Earl sets new Premiership record
Earl and Gloucester wing Ollie Thorley set to finish as joint-top tryscorers – but what sets the back row apart?
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoRFU plans big shake-up to get National Leagues clubs back in action
The three divisions that make up the National Leagues could be set to go regionalised in a truncated 2020-21 season
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHarlequins centre Rachael Burford in awe of World Rugby women’s chief Sadleir
Women's Rugby Pod co-host Burford offers her views on World Rugby's latest initiative and what her goals are with new venture,...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoCreevy try settles see-saw struggle
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Interception: Curtis Rona scores London Irish’s second try PICTURE: Getty Images Power: Ollie Devoto LONDON Irish recorded their...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoEarly bath for Elia dampens Robshaw’s farewell party
By FRED LYONS @therugbypaper Sent off: Elia Elia ELIA ELIA’S red card allowed Wasps to fight back in the second half...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoDunn will meet fire with fire in fight for a home semi-final
By JON NEWCOMBE Team player: Bath hooker Tom Dunn SELFLESS Tom Dunn has thanked his Bath teammates for propelling him into...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoDiamond backs James brothers for England run
By JON NEWCOMBE STEVE Diamond has backed Luke James and Sam James to become the latest set of brothers to play...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoPressure won’t restrain Wasps
By NEALE HARVEY Daring to dream: Josh Bassett PICTURE: Getty Images WINGER Josh Bassett insists Wasps will not crumble as they...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoPRO12 winner Heenan hungry for another title
By NEALE HARVEY Switched on: Bristol flanker Jake Heenan REGARDLESS of the shenanigans at Sale, Bristol flanker Jake Heenan insists nothing...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoTiger Reffell raring to rip into Robshaw
By NEALE HARVEY Fast learner: Tommy Reffell PICTURE: Getty Images RISING star Tommy Reffell goes into battle against Premiership legend Chris...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoSimpson urges Gloucester to get smarter
By NEALE HARVEY Pragmatic: Joe Simpson GLOUCESTER No.9 Joe Simpson is confident that the building blocks put in place by their...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHow did a £91m sink hole open up to swallow the RFU?
NICH CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK HOW is it that the RFU, which has had the enviable reputation almost...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoFast-starting Warriors bag bonus point by half-time
By ADAM THOMPSON Lethal: Francois Hougaard WORCESTER won their last home match of the season in style with a bonus point...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoLam: Job done but far too many errors
By TOM RILEY On the way: Ioan Lloyd of Bristol Bears touches down for their first try PICTURE: Getty Images BRISTOL...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLlandovery’s supply line pre-dates WRU
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Monkey fight: Llandovery do battle with Christ College Brecon in 1961...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoSale hit six to remain in the hunt but Manu injury mars victory
By SAM JACKSON Hammer blow: Manu Tuilagi receives treatment SALE claimed the bonus point to stay in the race for the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years ago‘Double-figure’ positive tests at Sale Sharks leave Premiership finale in doubt
On the eve of the final round of the Premiership season play-off chasing Sale Sharks have had a number of players...
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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 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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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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