Club Rugby
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSmith takes control of scrappy affair at Stoop
By NICK CAIN Crash ball: Scott Baldwin scores from a lineout drive for Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images Held: Manu Tuilagi tries...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoBurke’s law has turned Epsom into champions
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Flyer: Kitan Ojo in action against Wellington Inset, below: Paul Burke...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWe didn’t fire any shots – Diamond
STEVE Diamond summed up the difference between what his title-chasing Sale side had promised, and what they delivered, when asked for...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBusiness as usual for Chiefs after early Tigers roar
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stand-out moment: Stuart Hogg goes over to score his side’s second try Battering ram: Dave Ewers powers over...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoHogg try was the killer says Baxter
EXETER DoR Rob Baxter and his squad are looking forward to the hectic end of this season that could see them...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoLate penalty try keeps Bears on the title trail
By MIKE SINCLAIR Last gasp: Bristol celebrate their penalty try in the dying minutes PICTURES:Getty Images On the run: Ben Earl...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoPenalty count is worry for Lam
SCOTLAND international Sean Maitland described playing in an empty stadium as “weird”. The Saracens full-back admitted: “It’s going to take a...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoNew breakdown focus will keep the jackals on straight and narrow
NICK CAIN NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE breakdown is back at the top of the refereeing agenda...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBattered Hartley’s bitter ode to dying of the light
DYLAN Hartley might have preferred something more poetic when he was axed as England captain by Eddie Jones. Something like the...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWarriors brushed aside after Nanai’s early red
■ By ROGER PANTING MELANI Nanai’s red card ruined Jonny May’s comeback and any chance Worcester had of returning from lockdown...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoWallabies combination can unlock Exiles potential, says Sekope Kepu
Veteran prop Sekope Kepu believes the acquisition of Australia teammate Rob Simmons can take London Irish forward
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoLeicester signing Matt Scott feels no pressure to replace Tuilagi void
Left in limbo by Edinburgh last Christmas, ex-Gloucester centre Scott has managed to turn uncertainty into a second stint in the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership club in salary cap probe, source tells TRP
Neil Fissler reports on a new potential salary cap breach looming over the Premiership
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: The Premiership returns for Round 14
Catch coverage of all the Premiership action in this Sunday's edition of TRP...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoHarlequins consider London Irish star after receiving five-figure sum for Ibitoye
Harlequins winger Gabriel Ibitoye signed with Top 14 club Agen earlier this month
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBath have second target if outlandish bid to sign Pollard fails
Fly-half Handre Pollard joined Montpellier after the World Cup on a deal worth £675,000-per-season
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoAttwood: Seeing Semi Radradra do his thing in training is something special
The Bristol Bears lock labels Fijian arrival 'the best player he has ever seen'
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoCan Chris Ashton make a splash on debut for Harlequins?
Jon Newcombe previews Friday night's Premiership restart match between Harlequins and Sale, looking at the betting odds
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBath promote Neal Hatley to head coach role
Director of rugby Stuart Hooper had wanted to create a DoR-head coach structure at Bath
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership clubs have stated how they plan to promote anti-racism movement
Harlequins and Wasps players will take the knee before kick-off in the Premiership this weekend
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoAlex Goode commits to Saracens but will head on loan to Japan
NEC Green Rockets-bound Goode will return to Saracens after their first season in the Championship
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoLondon Irish confirm signing of former Argentina captain Agustin Creevy
The Exiles add to a position short of numbers after the departures of Dave Porecki and Saia Fainga'a last month
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoChris Boyd questions absence of more English coaches under Eddie Jones
Attack coach Simon Amor is the only Englishman under the Eddie Jones hierachy
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years ago‘I can’t see any player playing three games in a row’ – Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton
The long-term director at Gloucester addresses concerns over player welfare ahead of the Premiership's return
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoLevi Davis is London-bound after leaving Bath
Ealing Trailfinders continue to build their squad for the new Championship season
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoNottingham sign fly-half following exit of Shane O’Leary to Rouen
Former Birmingham Moseley fly-half Sam Hollingsworth has joined the Green and Whites from Rotherham
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs chairman Tony Rowe reveals how the profit-making club is struggling
TV rights income, CVC investment, and central funding all aren't enough to save clubs, says Rowe
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoAmpleforth got Dallaglio tuned up for greatness
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Top talent: John Macaulay playing for Quins soon after inspiring Ampleforth’s...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoFrom the school of Pat Lam, Jonathan Thomas is ready to develop Worcester pack
After four years at Ashton Gate, forwards coach Thomas has moved closer to his home near Worcester
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBT Sport to broadcast all behind-closed-doors fixtures in first for the Premiership
Premiership Rugby have confirmed the 2020-21 season will begin on November 20, 27 days after the Premiership final
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoWallace: ‘New expectations’ at Leicester Tigers under head coach Steve Borthwick
New signing Luke Wallace says Borthwick has already been inspiring the Tigers squad with a team meeting held in the stands...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoJackson Wray wants to leave mark on Champions Cup knowing Saracens will feel two-year absence
The ever-present Saracens back row is embracing the challenge of leading a young crop of players in the second tier
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership ring-fencing inevitable says Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton
St Quinton is staunch in his belief that all 13 members of PRL should be in the Premiership
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoSenior contract assured, Bath academy star Gabe Hamer-Webb aims to be incomparable
Hamer-Webb has been thrust into Premiership and Champions Cup action this season at the Rec
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoLoss of van der Merwe and Myler doesn’t leave London Irish short of leaders, vows Ben Loader
Blair Cowan is the lone co-captain standing at the Exiles, one of the players key to driving Irish to a strong...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoGloucester re-sign Franco Marais until the end of the season
Hooker Marais is awaiting the green light to travel to Japan after signing for NTT Red Hurricanes, coached by Johan Ackermann
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTwickenham hoodoo but Kings of the North at 7s
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools AT most schools the Covid pandemic brought an abrupt and downbeat...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoLondon Irish close to wrapping up deal for 100-cap Wallaby
The Exiles are also poised to sign Tom Homer
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPlans for conference-style system in the Championship leads to talks at RFU
Ed Griffiths is leading reform to the structure of the second tier with a 76-page document on how to revolutionise the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSale Sharks owner Simon Orange blasts government over crowd size limitations
As limited crowds watch England's cricket team play the West Indies, Orange blasts the UK government for its lop-sided guidelines
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPlymouth Albion left stunned by RFU points deduction and £20K fine for administrative error
TRP has been given access to the letter written by Plymouth Albion owner Dave Venables to the RFU
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoSam’s triple winners rivalSherri’s mean machine
Brendan Gallaghercontinues his series looking at rugby’sgreat schools WINNING trophiesand reaching finalsisn’t everything inschools’ rugby butit’s nice when it hap-pens and...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Leicester’s George Ford expects to see Kyle Eastmond elsewhere in the Premiership
After some ins and outs at Welford Road, George Ford explains why he elected to stay at Leicester
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoExodus of Argentina players to Premiership and Top 14 can save Pumas, says Marcos Ayerza
66-cap former Pumas and Leicester prop Marcos Ayerza speaks on the state of affairs affecting the Jaguares
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoDanny Hobbs-Awoyemi is back where it all started at Northampton Saints
Saints are loaded at the loosehead position, with Alex Waller keeping Hobbs-Awoyemi for company
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoNewcastle Falcons find Waldouck replacement in new defence coach Nick Easter
The ex-Harlequins No.8 is back working with Dean Richards, this time as coach
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoHow did Ealing academy starlet Harrison Obatoyinbo come to be signed by Toulon?
Obatoyinbo, 19, signed for Toulon last week after being approached by the Top 14 club
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMorris: My Dad told me I needed to work twice as hard at life because of the colour of my skin
Harlequins full-back Aaron Morris on the ever-pressing need for rugby to do more for BAME coaches and more representation at board...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSkivington adds Dom Waldouck to Gloucester coaching staff
Waldouck, 32, leaves Newcastle Falcons where he had been defence coach
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoYorkshire Carnegie academy product Alex Rieder livid at programme’s collapse
Former Wasps flanker Alex Rieder labels the disbandedment of Yorkshire Carnegie's academy 'a joke'
Autumn Internationals
Guy Pepper: Argentina fans have football-crowd mentality but England can ‘shut them up’
Autumn Internationals
Paul Rees: England’s headless chickens end up getting roasted
Junior International Rugby
England U20s ready for Argentina decider in Junior World Cup
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