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Latest News
/ 3 years agoHansen’s hungry for another ‘first’
Mack Hansen has loved linking up with his Irish team-mates for this year’s World Cup preparations, and is eager to play...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoEdinburgh appoint ex-Sharks supremo Everitt
Edinburgh have appointed experienced South African Sean Everitt as their senior coach for the 2023-24 season. The former Sharks head coach...
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Guest columnists
/ 3 years agoLibbok deserves a chance at No.10
NEIL DE KOCK FORMER SARACENS AND SPRINGBOKS SCRUM-HALF HAVING beaten the Springboks in Auckland, the All Blacks certainly have one hand...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSeason’s starter for 10! Champions travel to Exeter for the big kick off
By BEN JAYCOCK Premiership Rugby is hoping that less will turn out to be more next season. A year ago, the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoUnderhill and Rodd cut by Borthwick
England head coach Steve Borthwick has cut two more from his training squad. Bath openside Sam Underhill and Sale Sharks prop...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBears keeping an eye on Gonzalez
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bristol are believed to be showing an interest in former London Irish back Juan Martin...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoPostlethwaite waits
ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter Chiefs are set to offer former Sale Sharks lock Matt Postlethwaite a contract for next season after...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoTigers in line to keep Watson
ON THE BLINDSIDE Leicester Tigers have emerged as the favourites to re-sign Anthony Watson following the World Cup later this year...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSlade testing the (housing) market
ON THE BLINDSIDE Henry Slade, out of contract at the end of the forthcoming season, has just put his five-bedroom house...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoUnder-20s proved the future is bright
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST DID you hear the one about the trainee fortune teller who gave up because he couldn’t see...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoEddie’s a head honcho in a hurry
CHRIS HEWETT Eddie Jones is not a man to let the grass grow under his feet, even if his most trenchant...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoPooley’s paddlers rise to the challenge
By SAM JACKSON Crowborough rugby veteran Nigel Pooley has completed an extraordinary journey of paddling 68 miles along Scotland’s Great Glen...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCambridge confident they can match Caldy
By BEN JAYCOCK Championship newcomers Cambridge are using Caldy’s performance last season as inspiration ahead of their debut campaign in tier...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoAttention! Get ready for the phoney war
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE phoney war is about to start next weekend when the northern hemisphere sides get...
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Features
/ 3 years agoSouth Africa know right recipe
Paul Rees makes his case for why Springboks will be a very different animal come the World Cup In this instant...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 3 years agoExeter’s Benjy eyes more super success
By BEN JAYCOCK Exeter University winger Benjy Joseland is hoping his side can go back-to-back and secure another BUCS Super Rugby...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoTrailfinders make Gwala statement
Premiership Women’s Rugby newcomers Ealing Trailfinders have signed South Africa international Lindelwa Gwala. The 25-year-old hooker has scored five tries in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoArendse can light up the World Cup
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER NO sooner had it started than the abbreviated...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoModern-day Lions seem to be tone deaf
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER So the Lions itinerary is out for their 2025 Australia tour and, although there is much to...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoAll that glitters isn’t necessarily gold…
Paul Rees looks at the big name players who have been on the move in the Premiership during this close season...
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Features
/ 3 years agoLewis has his sights set on higher honours
Ben Jaycock talks to England’s second row starlet Lewis Chessum on his return from the Junior World Cup in South Africa...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoFrench starting to believe in miracles
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Those fearful that France have cornered the market in the supernatural will not...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoNew shirts which fair take your breath away
PETER JACKSON THE RFU and WRU reacted to the cost-of-living crisis by joining forces in a display seen by many fans...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoThrough thick, thin…and now thinner
PETER JACKSON The Gallagher Premiership could hardly have chosen a more challenging week for the release of next season’s fixtures than...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoStill silent over Dai
PETER JACKSON CARDIFF suspended Dai Young without a word of explanation just before their last match of the season on April...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoMcCaw breaks pain barrier to deliver gold for All Blacks
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage IT WAS close to midnight on a filthy...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoNervy night as unfancied France fight till the death
After staging the inaugural World Cup in 1987, there was a feeling of now or never for New Zealand in 2011....
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoExeter sign O’Connor from Munster
By BEN JAYCOCK Exeter Chiefs have signed Munster second row Eoin O’Connor. The 22-year-old moves to Sandy Park after four years...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 3 years agoScotland get set for Uruguay test
By BEN JAYCOCK Scotland, Spain and Uruguay maintained their unbeaten records on day two of the U20s World Trophy. POOL A:...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoSouthern Hemisphere given big advantage
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, if ever there was a sign of a true bias in...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoFans left in dark as Viaplay row back
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE future of live Top 14 – and United Rugby Championship – rugby coverage in the UK...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 years agoLions 2025 schedule released including game against Australia-New Zealand XV
The British and Irish Lions have confirmed their schedule for their 2025 tour of Australia, including a match against a joint...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSmith signs new Quins contract
Marcus Smith has signed a new contract extension with Harlequins that will see him stay at The Stoop beyond the end...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNo Six Nations overlap as Premiership Fixtures released
Champions Saracens will head to Exeter Chiefs in the opening round of a Premiership season that will see no games clash...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHome of Premiership Rugby TNT Sports goes live
TNT Sports goes live today throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland, replacing BT Sport and is the new home of...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoSexton escapes World Cup punishment in hearing
Johnny Sexton has been handed a three-match ban for his conduct after the European Champions Cup Final but will be available...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoItoje: We can go all the way
By ADAM HATHAWAY MARO Itoje insists England have buried their Six Nations nightmare and are ready to be a force at...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoJones back on job market after success with U20s
By ROB COLE Mark Jones earned a lot of plaudits for the way he turned around the Wales team at the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoNow Bears to stage ‘Big Game’ in Cardiff
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Bristol Bears are set to be the latest club to adopt the ‘Big Game’ concept by taking...
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Top 14
/ 3 years agoDelighted Searle on his way to Toulouse
By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE Billy Searle’s patience has finally been rewarded with a dream move to European aristocrats Toulouse, and the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoNeild sets his sights on the next challenge
By NEIL FISSLER Former Sale and Worcester flanker Cameron Neild believes he still has a lot to give at the top...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoMcKellar’s tough opening with Tigers
By PAUL REES Dan McKellar has vowed to bring success to Leicester, but they will have to do it the hard...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoChampions Cup fixtures
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPremiership Cup fixtures
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoFollowing in father’s footsteps
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Lewis Noon, the Newcastle-born son of former England centre Jamie, was part of the France...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoNow Racing get ready to tempt Ford
BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler George Ford is the latest England star to interest Top 14 giants Racing...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoKiss agrees terms with Reds
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Former London Irish head coach Les Kiss will be working in Super Rugby next season...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLeicester offer was too short for Burns
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Freddie Burns has revealed that he turned down the chance of another year with Leicester...
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Guest columnists
/ 3 years agoBorthwick knows what he wants at 9
NEIL DE KOCK FORMER SARACENS AND SPRINGBOKS SCRUM-HALF STEVE Borthwick, who took over from Eddie Jones as England head coach in...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMo’unga in control as All Blacks look in the mood for World Cup
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER New Zealand................... 35pts Tries: Smith 4, Frizzell 15, Jordan 68, Mounga 76 Conversions: Mo’unga 4, 16, 69 Penalties:...
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