United Rugby Championship
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/ 4 years agoIt’s better, but more to come from Ospreys says Booth
Toby Booth and Dan Lydiate comment on the Ospreys upturn in fortunes, with a resurgent George North key
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/ 4 years agoInternational A league great idea says Glenn Delaney
A new British, Irish and Italian 'A' League is moving closer to being formalised
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/ 4 years agoLiam Williams banned for three games and will miss Wales’ Six Nations opener
The Scarlets wing was given a red card for a high tackle on Shane Lewis-Hughes in the Welsh derby with Cardiff...
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/ 4 years agoScotland flanker Jamie Ritchie signings longest contract in Edinburgh’s history
The 26-cap Scotland forward has joined Hamish Watson in signing lengthy contract extensions at Edinburgh
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/ 4 years agoToby Booth signals interest in Scarlets No.8 Jac Morgan
As reported in The Rugby Paper last Sunday, the Ospreys want to bring the former Wales U20 skipper to the Liberty...
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/ 4 years agoSteve Phillips isn’t right man for the top WRU job insists Moffett
Current WRU chief executive doesn't hold the acumen to turn things around in the long-term, according to ex-Welsh rugby boss
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/ 4 years agoEdinburgh raid Harlequins for two of their first-team stars
James Lang and Glen Young will both move north to Edinburgh at the end of the season
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/ 4 years agoDai Young returns to Cardiff Blues as interim director of rugby
Ex-Wasps director of rugby returns to Arms Park with a view to a longer stay potentially in the offing
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/ 4 years agoShane Lewis Hughes battling to stay ahead of the pack
HE MAY have ended 2020 on a high by winning three Welsh caps, but the first priority in the New Year...
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/ 4 years agoScotland flanker Hamish Watson agrees new Edinburgh deal
Edinburgh head coach Cockerill hails Watson's committment to PRO14 club
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/ 4 years agoHead coach John Mulvihill calls it quits at Cardiff Blues
Australian Mulvihill was in the final year of his contract at Cardiff Blues, who lie fourth in Conference A
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/ 4 years agoWales loosehead Wyn Jones set to stay at Scarlets
Some good news coming the way of the Scarlets after Jake Ball announced he will depart
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/ 4 years agoCardiff Blues offer Rhys Priestland a route home from Bath
CARDIFF BLUES are leading the race to land Rhys Priestland when his contract with Bath runs out at the end of...
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/ 4 years agoLeinster 24-35 Connacht: Champions stunned by stone cold Carty
Connacht come away from the RDS with bonus-point win, as Jack Carty stars
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/ 4 years agoLloyd Williams excited to learn off Wales ace Dwayne Peel
The pending arrival of skills coach Peel at Cardiff Blues can only push the club forward, says scrum-half Williams
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/ 4 years agoRoberts: New South Africa challenge is step up for PRO14
The Wales and British & Irish Lions centre talks about the new Rainbow Cup competition that will see four South African...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoExclusive: Saracens looking to arrange friendlies with incoming South African franchises to PRO14
Neil Fissler reports on Saracens seeking to prepare for the Championship's kick off in March with a series of friendlies against...
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/ 4 years agoGlenn Delaney desperate to keep hold of Scarlets stars
GLENN Delaney spent years trying to snatch players away from the Scarlets but is now fighting to keep hold of the...
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/ 4 years agoWales lock Jake Ball to leave Scarlets and return to Australia
49-cap Ball to leave west Wales for family reasons at the end of the season
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoOspreys 14-16 Scarlets: Super sub O’Brien swings it to Scarlets
Roger Panting reports from Parc y Scarlets as the Scarlets come back to edge their Welsh rivals
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoMurphy: First 20 minutes crucial if we are to end poor record at Sportsground
Ulster seek to go unbeaten after being dealt the news that Marcell Coetzee will be departing home to South Africa
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoDragons 12-13 Cardiff Blues: Josh Turnbull try completes Blues’ late comeback
James Candy reports from Rodney Parade on a Boxing Day defeat for Dean Ryan's Dragons
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoEx-Wales wing Aled Brew calls time after 17 years
FORMER Wales wing Aled Brew has retired from rugby at the age of 34. Brew’s short-term deal at Scarlets has come...
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/ 4 years agoJavan Sebastian is repaying faith of Scarlets coaches
At 26, prop Sebastian seems to be tapping into the potential the Scarlets have long believed the tighthead held
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/ 4 years agoYoung bucks helping Dan Evans chase down Shane’s mark at Ospreys
Ospreys full-back Dan Evans is just seven tries short Shane Williams' tally of 57 for the region
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoGlasgow Warriors exodus to Premiership continues with Huw Jones set to make switch
After the pending departure of Adam Hastings was announced this week, TRP can reveal another back is set to move to...
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/ 4 years agoSix more ex-pros join legal fight against World Rugby, RFU and WRU
Former centre Adam Hughes, 30, and Neil Spence, 44, among those to back the traumatic brain injury lawsuit against rugby's governing...
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/ 4 years agoClear front-runner emerges to lure Exeter’s Tomas Francis back to Wales
Wales tighthead Tomas Francis is set to hold talks with all four regions, as Exeter future hangs in the balance
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoScotland fly-half Adam Hastings agrees Gloucester move in 2021
Hastings will leave Glasgow Warriors when his contract at Scotstoun expires next sum