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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoOlympics causing financial headache
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The new cycle of French senior men’s rugby starts here – a month-and-a-half after the 2023 Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoVarndell pushes for better governance to support Falcons
Former Premiership top try scorer Tom Varndell has been “sad” to witness Newcastle’s form at the start of the season and...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoChampions Cup round two Friday and Saturday preview
The 2023/24 Champions Cup began with a bang last weekend, showcasing thrilling moments and a remarkable start for English teams, as...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoChallenge Cup round two Friday and Saturday preview
Having got their campaign underway with victory last week, Gloucester are now back to nearly full strength for a crucial match...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFarrell extends Ireland stay to 2027
Andy Farrell has extended his contract as Ireland head coach until after the next Rugby World Cup in 2027. With his...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJones returns to Japan job
Eddie Jones has been confirmed as the new coach of Japan, where he was boss between 2012 and 2015, less than...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoChampions Cup and Challenge Cup Sunday round-up
Sunday saw a fourth meeting in as many seasons of La Rochelle and Leinster in the Champions Cup, with their last...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoQuins stun Racing in Paris thriller
Racing 92…………………………….28 Tries: Le Garrec 15, 42; Gibert 40, Diallo 58 Conversions: Le Garrec 16, 40+1, 43, 59 Harlequins…………………………..31 Tries: Smith...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBears set to splash cash for Lovejoy
By NEIL FISSLER Bristol have launched a massive recruitment drive for next season, with Harlequins tighthead Lovejoy Chawatama set to become...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWilliams: I’d back call to get rid of Sweeney
By LUKE JARMYN The Championship’s joint top try scorer David Williams has called for Sport England or another organisation to get...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoReed is making his mark at Sale
By LUKE JARMYN A new tattoo and a special changing room rapport between Sale Sharks’ Arron Reed and director of rugby...
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World
/ 3 years agoAussie winger heads to Roosters
Australia wing Mark Nawaqanitawase will switch to rugby league after signing a two-year deal with Sydney Roosters which starts in 2025....
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoVermeulen confident Chiefs will return to top
By PAUL REES Jacques Vermeulen is one of the old hands at Exeter following his arrival from South Africa in 2019...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDynamic duo put life back into Bath
By PAUL REES Ben Spencer has partnered two of the leading outside halves of their generation, Owen Farrell and Finn Russell,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoRobshaw: Farrell will take charge of England again
By GARY FITZGERALD Former captain Chris Robshaw is backing Owen Farrell to lead England into World Cup battle Down Under in...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBristol looking to kick on
By PAUL REES What a difference a win makes. Bristol’s frustrating run of five successive Premiership defeats, four by single figure...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoJones set for Japan job
ON THE BLINDSIDE Former England boss Eddie Jones could return to international coaching as early as this week after having a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoGeorge set to carry on at Saracens
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England and Lions hooker Jamie George is ready to turn don a lucrative move to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoCokanasiga a target for Gloucester
Gloucester are understood to have put England winger Joe Cokanasiga on the list of potential replacements for Wales superstar Louis Rees-Zammit,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBaxter braced for more to leave
ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter, above, is bracing himself for more departures from Sandy Park at...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoFrench power will be so tough to overcome
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK English clubs are up against it in the Champions Cup because they are competing...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSaracens make it too easy for Bulls
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bulls ................................... 27pts Tries: Kriel 2, Swanepoel 39, Moodie 48 Conversions: Daly 61, McFarland 71 Goosen 3, 39,...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoIce-cool Sheedy the hero for Bears
By TOM BRADSHAW Bristol ................................ 36pts Tries: Lane 5, Luatua 23, Thacker 30, Randall 48, Oghre 53 Conversions: Sheedy 6, 24,...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoRampant Bath storm to the winning post
By PAUL REES Bath .................................... 37pts Tries: Cokanasiga 27, 73; Dunn 45, du Toit 69, Gallagher 79 Conversions: Spencer 46, 70;...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSeven-try Toulouse too swift for Cardiff
By SIMON THOMAS Toulouse .......................... 52pts Tries: Lebel 5, Arnold 9, Kinghorn 26, 80; Jelonch 38, Retiere 46, Placines 70 Conversions:...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSlade leads Chiefs on smash and grab raid
By MARK STEVENS Toulon ................................ 18pts Tries: Gigashvili 20, White 24 Conversion: Herve 21 Penalties: Herve 35, 38 Exeter ................................. 19pts...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoFreeman double has Saints on the march
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow............................. 19pts Tries: Cancelliere 4, Smith 68, Penalty 77 Conversions: Thompson 69 Northampton................... 28pts Tries: Lawes 13, Freeman...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoLions set to ring the changes
■By BEN JAYCOCK Preview... Perpignan v Lions Today. 1pm LIONS head coach Ivan van Rooyen will be banking on the strength...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoFour-try Lake guides Ospreys safely home
■By ROB COLE Ospreys ............................. 43pts Tries: Lake 7, 26, 46, 56; Thomas 17, Morris 76 Conversions: Williams 8, 19, 27,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoClermont dominate to see off Edinburgh
By BEN JAYCOCK Clermont........... 31pts Tries: Moala 25, Newsome 31, 62; Bibi Biziwu 69 Conversions: Belleau 27, 32, 64, 70 Penalties:...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoThe Viking will put steel back into Bath
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE Viking – a.k.a. RG Snyman – is expected to arrive in Bath...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSorry to see European Champions Cup lose its shine
The quality of rugby union’s competitions is crucial to its future as a professional sport. However, what we are witnessing is...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years ago£750,000 payoff for Jones just staggering
We have now discovered that Eddie Jones was almost certainly paid the equivalent of a full year’s £750,000 salary in a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoLloyd blow a problem for Scarlets and Gatland
■By ANDY HOWELL Castres ............. 34pts Tries: Raisuqe 5, Fernandez 32, Papali’i 38, Dumora 43, Le Brun 66 Conversions: Le Brun...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoBarton is on target to rescue Gloucester
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Black Lion .......... 10pts Try: Matkava 20 Conversion: Matkava 21 Gloucester ......... 15pts Penalty: Matkava 68 Penalties: Barton...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoNewcastle are hoping for a cold front in basement battle
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Newcastle v Montpellier Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Kingston Park IT will be a case of bottoms up at...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoPau no match for powerful Sharks
By SAM JACKSON Sharks ........... 45 Pau ..................... 5 LUKHANYO Am and Eben Etzebeth scored two tries apiece as the Sharks...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoPerfect Pienaar downs Zebre
By BEN JAYCOCK Zebre ...............15 Cheetahs .......33 CHEETAHS scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar was perfect off the tee as the South African invitational...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoDyer at the double to seal victory for Dragons
By SIMON THOMAS Dragons............ 24pts Tries: Hewitt 43, Davies 74, Dyer 77, 80 Conversions: Reed 44, 80 Oyonnax.............. 7pts Tries: Treilles...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRocketing ticket prices proving tough on fans
Assistant Editor Ben Jaycock surveys the top two divisions to find out which clubs charge the most - and where you...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoMinnows can make splash of a whale
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED ACCORDING to Donald J Trump – you may have heard of him – “losers” are the lowest...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWe need outcome that we can trust
It has been heading our way for many months, but now it seems horribly real. The concussion lawsuit laid against three...
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Coach to Coach
/ 3 years agoCoach to Coach with Paul Morris
Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill talks to Cinderford director of rugby Paul Morris Steve Hill: How and why did...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoA team stuffed full of captains
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I was having one final lingering look at...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoI can’t see how a single action can cover it all
Lawyers and the legal system move in mysterious ways but as a layman it’s difficult to understand how the law firm...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoToo many are being pushed to the edge
Paul Rees says it's time to ensure players spend less time in the gym and more with the ball in their...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoRace for the top is going to be close
The Premiership is taking a short rest after eight rounds and by Christmas will have reached the halfway stage. It is...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoIt’s time for Lions to hunt change
By JOE SANTAMARIA Crunch: Jonny Wilkinson weathered the storm to kick three late points to earn the Lions a draw against...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoNo room at the top for Welsh regions
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AS Anglo-Welsh duels of the blood-and-guts variety go, one springs foremost to mind:...
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