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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoEngland vs All Blacks – Autumn Nations Series Match Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports The autumn internationals get kicked into high gear this Saturday as England look to get their...
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International Rugby
/ 2 years agoMaro Itoje confident there is ‘no divide’ in England squad over enhanced deals
Maro Itoje does not believe England’s decision to award a limited number of enhanced contracts will cause division within the squad....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoBen Carter ruled out of Wales’ autumn internationals with knee injury
Lock Ben Carter has been released from Wales’ Autumn Nations Series squad after suffering a knee injury. Dragons skipper Carter was...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoScarlets – A good bet to make the URC playoffs?
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Now that the first block of URC games is ending, the league table is beginning to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoHenry Slade ‘in fantastic condition’ for All Blacks test, says Steve Borthwick
England head coach Steve Borthwick says it is not a risk picking Henry Slade to take on New Zealand in Saturday’s...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoJoe Marler says ‘ridiculous’ haka ‘needs binning’ – then deletes X account
Joe Marler has added extra spice to England’s clash with New Zealand on Saturday by claiming the pre-match haka should be...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoMike Forshaw urges Wales to be ‘aggressors’ against Fiji
Mike Forshaw says that Wales have “got to be the aggressors” when they target ending a nine-Test losing run in their...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoIs your rugby club Autumn Nations Series ready?
The biggest and best sides in world rugby are going head-to-head in a series of mouth-watering clashes in this year’s Autumn...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoTommy Freeman: I want to make life a misery for Sevu Reece and New Zealand
Tommy Freeman intends making it a miserable afternoon for Sevu Reece when England face New Zealand at the Allianz Stadium on...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoElliot Daly calls for another All Blacks demolition
By Adam Hathaway in Girona Elliot Daly has not had a crack at the All Blacks in five years but has...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoEngland fears over Ollie Chessum knee injury
By Sam Jackson Leicester forward Ollie Chessum is a doubt for England’s autumn internationals after sustaining a knee injury in training....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoRob Baxter: Time for the talking to stop
By Paul Rees Rob Baxter has told his Exeter players that the time for talking has stopped as they go into...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 years agoNewcastle Falcons will take Premiership Cup seriously
By Paul Rees Newcastle will be going hard in the Premiership Cup, which starts on Friday, as they look to ensure...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoTom Pearson enjoys ‘Dragons’ Den’
By Paul Rees Tom Pearson will not let missing out on the England squad for the autumn internationals drag him down...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoCaelan Doris proud to take over as Ireland captain
Leinster back row Caelan Doris will captain Ireland for the autumn internationals against New Zealand, Argentina, Fiji and Australia in Dublin...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoEverything has happened so quickly, says new-boy Josh Hathaway
By Simon Thomas Josh Hathaway is still having to pinch himself to make sure what has happened to him over the...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoTommy Freeman can push England to victory against All Blacks
By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week... Any analysis of England’s chances of beating New Zealand starts with the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoBath thump Sale Sharks to send them top of the Premiership
By Paul Rees Bath .................................... 40pts Tries: Muir 1, Reid 18, du Toit 26, Hill 45, Carr-Smith 64, van Wyk 78...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoMichael Cheika’s delight as Leicester Tigers hold on
By Gary Fitzgerald Saracens .......................... 29pts Tries: Tompkins 18, Swiel 27, Gonzalez 65, Hadfield 70 Conversions: Swiel 18, 28, 71 Penalty:...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoIzaia Perese: We got across the line
Aussie star Izaia Perese hailed Tigers “massive” win at the home of rivals Sarries after he grabbed one of the four...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoGloucester don’t let Newcastle Falcons fly again
By Brendan Gallagher Gloucester ....................... 36pts Tries: Clement 2, T Williams 12, Blake 20, Singleton 40+1, Wade 72, Hathaway 75 Conversions:...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoWe had to win this one – George Skivington
Director of rugby George Skivington said this was a game Gloucester had to win. “We’ve been in a position in a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoSteven Luatua gives Bristol Bears reason to believe
By Roger Panting Bristol Bears .................... 31pts Tries: Ibitoye 29, Ravouvou 32, 55; Batley 70 Conversions: MacGinty 29, 32, 55, 70...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoWinning ugly is important – Pat Lam
Bristol's director of rugby Pat Lam was impressed that his side could dig out victory in hard conditions. He said: “Winning...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoSteve Borthwick needs strength in depth
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The 17 RFU central contracts announced by Steve Borthwick on Friday...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoFrench exclusion zone is growing
It seems a criminal waste that players of the calibre of flanker Jack Willis and winger Henry Arundell are unavailable for...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoRusi Tuima: We’ve tightened up a few screws
By Paul Rees Exeter v Harlequins - Match Preview If Exeter were to pick a team to travel to Sandy Park...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoHarlequins determined to break their Sandy Park jinx
By Jon Newcombe Harlequins have faced up to facts this week and admitted that they need to put their dismal record...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoBath’s ‘bomb squad’ needs to be defused
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED CLOSE your eyes and imagine batting on a fiery Caribbean track in the 1980s, when West Indian...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoNow Jonny Gray harms his chance to be a Lion
By the time the British and Irish Lions head for Wallaby country next summer, it will be 32 years since a...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoConnacht too strong for slack Dragons
By Luke Jarmyn Connacht .......... 31pts Tries: Boyle 6, Blade 19, Prendergast, 39 Forde 73, Devine 80 Conversions: Forde 7, 20,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoCardiff’s second-half fightback stuns Ulster
By Simon Thomas Cardiff ............... 21pts Tries: Stephens 49, Hughes 64, Young 68 Conversions: Sheedy 50, 65, 69 Ulster ................. 19pts...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoOspreys in charge as power pack call shots
■By ROGER PANTING Ospreys .............22pts Tries: Lake 4, Thomas 52, Parry 75 Conversions: O Williams 4, 75 Penalty: O Williams 60...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoRising stars thrive for Scarlets
■By SIMON THOMAS Scarlets ............ 30pts Tries: Rogers 28, Page 43, Murray 47, Macleod 57 Conversions: Lloyd 45, 58 Penalties: Lloyd...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoLeinster made to dig deep
■ By KEVIN FALLON Leinster........... 24 Lions................... 6 LEINSTER maintained their winning start to the URC but they dropped a point...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoSharks take Munster apart
■ By JOHN FALLON Sharks..............41 Munster.......... 24 A SHARKS side laden with Springboks was too powerful for Munster but head coach...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoGlasgow keep marching on
■ By BEN JAYCOCK Stormers.......... 17 Glasgow...........28 NEW Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu continued his red hot form as Glasgow powered to...
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Features
/ 2 years agoMurray’s on a wing – and a prayer …
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW BLAIR Murray began the week ‘in a state of shock’ at having gone...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 2 years agoJoseph Sua’ali’i out to prove he’s worth the money
Australia coach Joe Schmidt has selected rugby league convert Joseph Sua’ali’i in his 34-man squad for the autumn internationals. The 21-year-old...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoChiefs take charge in second-half comeback Quins
■By WILLIAM GUPWELL Exeter Chiefs ............... 36pts Tries: Poulin 25, Johnson 38, Penalty 46, Nielson 50, Rogers 53, Cramer 80 Conversions:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoKildunne steps up to snatch it at the last for Quins
■By CONOR MCLARNON Harlequins .........22pts Tries: C Powell 26, Neumann 28, Phillips 65, Kildunne 75 Conversion: Tuima 75 Loughborough .. 19pts...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoBears go on rampage to leave Sale all at sea
■By STEWART McCULLOGH Sale Sharks ....... 10pts Tries: Swailes 28, Fielding 56 Bristol Bears .....57pts Tries: Nigrelli 3, Penalty 10, Keight...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 2 years agoInfante bows out as last season’s top two face off
■By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Saracens v Gloucester-Hartpury Today. Kick-off 12.45pm StoneX FORMER England scrum-half Leanne Infante plays her 100th and final...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoCall time on this pantomime ploy
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THIS 60-second shot clock twaddle. If we must...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoPark run rampant to tame battling Lions
By GARETH COLLINS Leicester L ..... 24 Rosslyn Park . 48 AN entertaining 11try game between two attack-minded sides went the...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoDogs snap up stylish victory
By GARETH DANIELS Sale FC.....................33 Esher ........................22 SALE saw off second-bottom Esher in an entertaining clash to make it two wins...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHenderson treble in vain for Tigers
By TOM MARKHAM Sedgley Park ........24 Blackheath ............36 BLACKHEATH flexed their muscles as they barged past Sedgley Park with a resounding...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHayes makes hay as the sun shines on Titans
By JON MEADOWS B Moseley ........ 19pts Tries: Edwards 43, Porter 72, Brough 80 Conversions: Jolly 44, 73 Rotherham T ......
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRichmond stretch unbeaten run in feast of tries
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S ............... 31 Richmond ...............43 AN 11-try thriller saw unbeaten Richmond deservedly win by the odd try...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHayman’s double extends record
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth................. 16 Rams......................... 21 RAMS maintained their unbeaten record this season, but they were pushed all the way...














