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/ 1 year agoBristol and Bath chasing Welsh prop
BY NEIL FISSLER West Country rivals Bath and Bristol are battling over Wales loosehead Nicky Smith, who could activate a get-out...
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/ 1 year agoStunner from Duhan sends Edinburgh over the line
■ By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh........19pts Tries: Currie 26, Van der Merwe 71 Penalties: Healy 52, 64, 77 Glasgow...........14pts Tries: Matthews 4,...
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/ 1 year agoDragons suffer Boxing Day drubbing at hands of Blues
By BEN JAYCOCK Kicking on: Tomos Williams scored twice for Cardiff PICTURES: Getty Images CARDIFF claimed their 18th league win in...
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/ 1 year agoOspreys on a mission as derby day Pt 2 gets ready to rumble
Preview ■ By BEN JAYCOCK FOLLOWING the intense rivalries on Boxing Day, another round of derbies are to take place on...
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/ 1 year agoCabango’s out to leave injury woes behind him
By ROB COLE Speed merchant: Cardiff flyer Theo Cabango THEO Cabango is hoping his New Year’s wish comes true and he...
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/ 1 year agoGlasgow keen for Hastings return
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Scotland international Adam Hastings has been speaking to Glasgow Warriors about a return north of...
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/ 1 year agoDerby day double act for regions
By BEN JAYCOCK Fixtures: Tuesday December 26: Cardiff v Dragons, Kick-off 3pm Scarlets v Ospreys, Kick-off 5.15pm Boxing Day action sees...
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/ 1 year agoGlasgow claim the bragging rights
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow............22pts Tries: Rowe 17, Matthews 66, Miller 73 Conversions: Horne 67, 74 Penalty: Thompson 6 Edinburgh......... 10pts Try:...
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/ 1 year agoCooney leads the revenge party
By JOHN FALLON Ulster .................20pts Tries: Warwick 2, Timoney 19 Conversions: Cooney 3, 20 Penalties: Cooney 51, 66 Connacht ..........19pts Josh...
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/ 1 year agoStormers ……..26 Bulls …………….20
THE Stormers recorded a seventh successive victory over the Bulls in front of 42,000 at the DHL Stadium. The Bulls scored...
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/ 1 year agoZebre ………….. 24 Benetton ……..31
FORMER Wasps wing Paolo Odogwu was the star of the show as Benetton secured their sixth victory of the season and...
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/ 1 year agoDreadful night for Scarlets
When they drank Llanelli dry the day the Scarlets beat New Zealand 51 years ago, the public houses to run out...
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/ 1 year agoSnyman move to Leinster confirmed
RG Snyman’s move from Munster to rivals Leinster has today been confirmed, ending Bath‘s hopes of bringing the two-time World Cup...
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/ 1 year agoAnother player to call time on URC
By NEIL FISSLER Dragons flanker Aaron Wainwright could be the latest Wales international to leave the URC when his contract runs...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 1 year agoSurprise U-turn by Snyman
Bath appear to have missed out on signing Springbok World Cup winner RG Snyman, who it seems has changed his mind...
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/ 1 year agoSkinner staying at Edinburgh
Scotland lock Sam Skinner has agreed to sign on at Edinburgh for another two years, opting for loyalty rather than a...
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/ 1 year agoMann happy he made the switch from football
By SIMON THOMAS Football's loss is proving to be rugby’s gain in the case of URC top tackler Alex Mann. He...
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/ 1 year agoURC star Matthews scoring for fun at all levels
By SIMON THOMAS URC top try-scorer Johnny Matthews is proof there’s more than one path to rugby stardom. The hooker was...
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/ 1 year agoLloyd stars as Scarlets show their character
By SIMON THOMAS Cardiff ............................... 23pts Tries: Williams 4, Winnett 10 Conversions: De Beer 5, 11 Penalties: De Beer 42, 59,...
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/ 1 year agoBulls have Sharks lock in their sights
Sale Sharks lock Cobus Wiese has been targeted by the Bulls, who are offering him around £300,000 a year to return...
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/ 1 year agoHeartbreak for Ospreys as Benetton snatch it
By ROB COLE Benetton ........... 18pts Tries: Bernasconi 16, Da Re 76 Conversions: Umaga 17 Penalties: Umaga 65, 69 Ospreys ................
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/ 1 year agoSix-try Bulls gear up for Saracens
By BEN JAYCOCK Bulls ............... 44 Sharks ............ 10 THE Bulls showed their quality with a six-try thrashing of the Sharks...
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/ 1 year agoStormers start to show some form
By SAM JACKSON Stormers ........31 Zebre .................7 THEY are not looking like the URC champions they once were but the Stormers’...
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/ 1 year ago14-man Lions too good for Dragons
By HAMISH Lions.................. 49pts Tries: van Wyck 11, Horn 28, 70; van der Merwe 43, 77; van der Berg 57 Conversions:...
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/ 1 year agoFrawley runs home late winner
By KEVIN FALLON Connacht ........22 Leinster .......... 24 CIARAN Frawley was the hero for Leinster as he struck for a match-winning...
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/ 1 year agoRitchie earns Everitt praise
By JOHN FALLON Ulster .............. 24 Edinburgh .......27 EDINBURGH coach Sean Everitt said they were good value for their first win...
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/ 1 year agoRowntree: We need to get better
By JOHN FALLON Munster ..........40 Glasgow ..........29 GLASGOW coach Franco Smith said they could have few complaints about the outcome at...
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/ 1 year agoAfter only seven games, hooker Elias is happy to be back in the running
By SIMON THOMAS Ryan Elias has played just seven games of rugby in 2023 – yet among those have been some...
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/ 1 year agoRedpath lining up move to Scotland
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bath and Scotland centre Cam Redpath, below, could be heading across the border next summer...
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/ 1 year agoWales captain Morgan has some familiar faces in sight
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Ospreys v Scarlets Today. Kick-off 3pm, Liberty Stadium WALES captain Jac Morgan returns to his former club...
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/ 1 year agoLitterick’s late show steals it for Cardiff
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ................. 31pts Tries: Hamer-Webb 24, Belcher 33, Grady 54, Litterick 80 Conversions: de Beer 24, 33, 54,...
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/ 1 year agoWorld Cup winners control it for Sharks
By SIMON THOMAS Sharks ...............69pts Tries: Fassi 12, Mapimpi 21, Kok 40, Etzebeth 47, Williams 54, Buthelezi 61, Labuschagne 64, Williams...
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/ 1 year agoBulls ……………..53 Connacht ……..27
By BEN JAYCOCK AN error-strewn performance from Connacht put the Irish province out of contention at Loftus Versfeld as the Bulls...
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/ 1 year agoLeinster ……….. 21 Munster ………. 16
By KEVIN FALLON JACK Conan said Leinster have huge room for improvement despite seeing off arch rivals Munster in a cracking...
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/ 1 year agoEdinburgh……..22 Benetton …….. 24
By SAM JACKSON DESPITE scoring two tries, Blair Kinghorn was denied the perfect farewell as Benetton snatched the points to dent...
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/ 1 year agoGlasgow………..33 Ulster…………….20
By JIM SHORT JOHNNY Matthews completed the job with a couple of tries off the bench as Glasgow recovered from a...
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/ 1 year agoLively Lions on the prowl
By SAM JACKSON Lions ................ 61 Zebre................. 19 HENCO van Wyk and Edwill van der Merwe claimed two tries apiece as...
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/ 2 years agoLawrence delight as he goes back to Cardiff
Back row Alun Lawrence has rejoined Cardiff Rugby on a short-term contract. The 25-year-old came through the ranks at the Arms...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoNorth to decide on Provence move
ON THE BLINDSIDE Wales and Lions ace George North could this week tell ambitious ProD2 outfit Aix-en-Provence if he will join...
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/ 2 years agoFloodgates open as Leinster go to top
By ROB COLE Leinster............. 54pts Tries: Prendergast 3, O’Brien 8, Deegan 15, 79; Ringrose 50, Osborne 61, 74; Doyle 67 Conversions:...
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/ 2 years agoHanrahan nudges Connacht home
By BEN JAYCOCK Sharks ............. 12 Connacht ........ 13 FLY-HALF JJ Hanrahan’s second-half penalty edged Connacht to victory in Durban to...
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/ 2 years agoDogged Ulster grind out victory
By SAM JACKSON Ulster .............. 24 Lions ................ 17 ULSTER came from behind to beat the Lions at a windswept Kingspan...
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/ 2 years agoFlanagan: We threw off all the shackles
By SIMON THOMAS Dragons................ 20pts Conversion: Evans 39, 66 Penalty: Evans 24, 30 Ospreys..................5pts Tries: Roberts 38, Dyer 65 DRAGONS claimed...
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/ 2 years agoKrumov’s try denies Cardiff at the death
By SIMON THOMAS Zebre...................22pts Tries: Smith 34, Morisi 38, Krumov 86 Conversion: Prisciantelli 35, 87 Penalty: Prisciantelli 59 Cardiff................22pts Tries: Thomas...
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/ 2 years agoCrowley makes sure for Munster
By KEVIN FALLON Munster .......... 10 Stormers ........... 3 JACK Crowley led from the front to steer Munster to victory over...
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/ 2 years agoClinical Warriors march on
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ..........26 Benetton ......... 12 GLASGOW moved into the top two of the URC with a clinical bonuspoint...
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/ 2 years agoCoetzee red lets Edinburgh in
By BEN JAYCOCK Edinburgh ....... 31 Bulls .................23 EDINBURGH claimed a fourth win out of five as Bulls found it hard...
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/ 2 years agoHanekom chews over Wales option
By ROB COLE His elder brother was the first to dip his toe into Welsh rugby and now the Bulls No.8...
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/ 2 years agoHeartbreak for Scarlets as Van Wyk try steals it
By SIMON THOMAS Scarlets ............23pts Tries: Rogers 17, Elias 68 Conversions: Lloyd 18, 69 Penalties: Lloyd 3, 48, 54 Lions.................. 24pts...
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/ 2 years agoZebre claim first win in 29 games
By BEN JAYCOCK Zebre ............... 12 Sharks ............ 10 Zebre secured their first win since April 2022 as they narrowly saw...
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