Club Rugby
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoReffell wins breakdown battle to get Tigers rolling
■ By TOM WALKER GEORGE Ford’s trusty boot ensured Leicester ended a three-game losing run in the Premiership. Eight points from...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoTurnover king Willis wants a response after Sharks mauling
■ By NEALE HARVEY Hard edge: Jack Willis wants gainline dominance WASPS back rower Jack Willis cites improved discipline and increased...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNo contest as Bristol 2nds are thrashed
■ By NICK CAIN Rout: Sam James scores Sharks’ fifth try THIS may have begun as third versus second in the...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoAlex committed to helping Sarries return to conquer
■ By NEALE HARVEY Faithful: Alex Lewington ACE finisher Alex Lewington aims to be part of a Saracens rebirth having turned...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoDe Klerk: We’ve got few more gears to go
SALE scrum-half and manof- the-match Faf de Klerk said after showing his world-class credentials by scoring a try and helping to...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoScott’s excited to develop his all-court game under Flannery
■ By JON NWCOMBE Evolving: Harlequins hooker Scott Baldwin WALES hooker Scott Baldwin is embracing the all-court game he is being...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNo let-up… increasing momentum key for Sam
■ By NEALE HARVEY EXETER No.9 Sam Hidalgo- Clyne says there will be no complacency against Worcester as the leagueleaders seek...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoWonderful Warwick have made a home at Twickers
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT would be stretching a point to claim that Warwick have...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoSkivington calls for big guns to shoot down Tigers
■ By SAM JACKSON GEORGE Skivington has reverted to his experienced XV for the clash with Tigers following Wednesday’s defeat to...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoLuke adds finishing touch for Sharks
A SECOND half try from Luke James sealed the win for Sale to leapfrog Wasps into third place. Having lost at...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBath put Saints on the skids
■ By GEORGE LAWRENCE Star: Tom de Glanville BATH made it three wins on the spin since lockdown to move up...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoWRU turn attention to WillGriff John after being passed over by Tomas Francis
The Sale Sharks prop agreed to a salary cut but did not sign an extension with the Premiership club
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoJoe Heyes aims to usurp old king Cole at Leicester
The Leicester tighthead is looking to have a breakthrough year under Steve Borthwick
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBen Loader drops in to surprise club nominated for Gallagher Rugby Club of the Season Award
London Irish full-back Ben Loader surprised nominated club Haringey Rhinos Ladies on Zoom, with voting now open
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarlequins selected to pilot spectator-attended match
There is potential for 4,000 fans to attend Harlequins clash against Bath next weekend
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoLuke Cowan-Dickie credits Brits with reinventing hooker position
Neale Harvey catches up with the man who can't stop scoring tries for club and country
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoSaracens prop Alec Clarey calls for return of England Students
The England Students programme is on hold while the RFU exacts cutbacks in funding
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarlequins seek to ease loss of Jack Clifford with imposing South African
Clifford was forced into retirement last week after trying to work his way back from two major shoulder surgeries
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoExclusive: The club which tried to sway Jack Willis to play for Ireland and not England
An offer was made to the Wasps flanker this summer to lay on the chance to play for Andy Farrell's team
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: Borthwick overhauls Leicester line-up to include Nemani Nadolo
Nadolo is one of 14 changes made by Tigers head coach Steve Borthwick for clash with London Iris
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoOmar Mouneimne magic sees Bristol Bears end unwanted defence record
Bristol had gone 77 Premiership matches where they had conceded a try
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoNovelty of Blackbird wearing off for Henry Purdy amongst Bristol’s newcomers
Soon after arriving at Ashton Gate, Purdy turned a six-month agreement into a full-term commitment
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoCalls for more volunteers to help maintain grassroots pitches
Time is paramount to prepare pitches at the local level for winter, says Grounds Management Association boss
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoBlockbuster Munster signing RG Snyman suffers torn ACL
Luck is definitely not on Munster's side as Snyman goes down just seven minutes into debut
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: Stade Francais looking less and less likely to be ready for Top 14 season
The Paris-based club has reported COVID-19 positive players have developed lesions on their lungs
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoSaints take advantage of Exiles ill discipline
By ROGER PANTING Race winner: Tom Collins celebrates scoring his chip and chase try for Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images AFTER an...
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Premiership
/ 5 years ago‘Race for top four will go to the wire’
NORTHAMPTON director of rugby Chris Boyd believes the race for the fourth Premiership playoff spot will be a tight one after...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoMasterclass by Farrell unhinges the Quins
By MIKE SINCLAIR Super sub: Paul Lasike breaks away to score for Quins OWENFarrell celebrated his 200th Saracens appearance by kicking...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoCrean heads the Sarries young bloods praised by McCall
Debut: Sam Crean MARK McCall had mixed feelings about the victory over Harlequins but the Saracens director of rugby was delighted...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBlackett: Leadership is key in Wasps challenge
By GARY ZITZGERALD Debut delight: Alfie Barbeary celebrates with James Gaskell after scoring for Wasps PICTURES: Getty Images CONFIDENCE, belief and...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoSolomons: That first 40 gives us hope
WARRIORS have suffered two losses since the restart, making it eight in a row overall, and Alan Solomons hopes his team...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoKiwis make our game look utterly pedestrian
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST The Sale coach and former hooker Steve Diamond, honorary life member of the Front Row Union, thinks...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoPlayers must act as they see fit on racism
ANTHONY Watson was bang on the money in arguing that pre-match responses to the Black Lives Matter movement should be a...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoPlaying the system
THE rewriting of rugby language continues apace, with Bristol’s bench-warmers now cast as “system players”. Will Pat Lam’s seat in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoNewcastle now have a pack to rival the big boys
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Talent: James Blackett kicks a penalty against Barnard Castle last season...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoExeter’s power leaves the Sharks floundering
By NICK CAIN Powerhouse: Luke Cowan-Dickie celebrates after he beats three defenders from a tap-and-go to score PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBaxter: Mighty Luke out on own
LUKE Cowan-Dickie’s individual wreckingball try which put the seal on Exeter’s victory earned a special salute from Exeter DoR Rob Baxter....
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoRadradra shows his class but work to do for Bristol
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Unstoppable: Ben Earl goes over for Bristol’s fifth try PICTURES: Getty Images BRISTOL, and in particular Semi Radradra,...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoRookie Tigers given a bad mauling by Bath
By ROB WILDMAN Too easy: Tom de Glanville races in to score for Bath PICTURES: Getty Images BATH clinically swept aside...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWe took our foot off pedal says Lam
DESPITE the bonus point win Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam wants his side to tidy up their act. “It was...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHooper: Ruaridh showed his class
BATH boss Stuart Hooper was full of praise for England’s World Cup wing Ruaridh McConnochie. Watched by England head coach Eddie...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNo room for ‘Razor’ in Gatland’s Lions set-up
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SCOTT Robertson is the hottest young coaching talent not just in New Zealand,...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoSpeed up scrums and ping those who loiter
ANY sport that allows a non-event like the forming of a scrum to last for a minute and a half -...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoBath’s Zach Mercer adds on 6lbs to muscle his way into England fold
Conditioning is key at No.8 for Eddie Jones, that's why Mercer has bulked up to compete with Vunipola and Curry
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoWill Hurrell targets Premiership return as skills coach
Jack Zorab finds out how the former Bristol Bears centre is progressing in his health after suffering a stroke that ended...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Malins, Earl and Sinckler all handed first Bristol starts in Round 15
Catch the teams for Friday's Premiership clashes at AJ Bell Stadium, Kingsholm and Ricoh Arena
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCanterbury want no part in shortened National League season
The RFU plans to have National League rugby back in November but with much fewer than 30 games to be played
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoHarlequins back row Jack Clifford forced to retire at 27
A cruel blow to the former England U20s captain who claimed 10 caps for the senior side
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years ago‘This is my make or break year’ says Christian Wade of Buffalo Bills roster hopes
Wade is listed as the fifth-choice running back at the team who reached the NFL play-offs last season
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPGB introduce player welfare measures for ‘most arduous playing schedule ever’
27 days will separate the end of the current season from 2020-21
International Rugby
Six Nations news: Matthieu Jalibert or Romain Ntamack – where do France go now?
International Rugby
Six Nations news: Henry Pollock set for first England start against Ireland
International Rugby
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