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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoLaunchbury: I won’t ever lose the desire to play for England
By BEN JAYCOCK Ambitious: Joe Launchbury in action for Wasps PICTURES: Getty Images Harlequins-bound lock Joe Launchbury claims the desire to...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoFrench fade away as Champions Cup heads to the business stage
By PAUL REES The Heineken Champions Cup is still occasionally referred to as Europe, but the presence of three South African...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoTwo fliers who can light up Borthwick’s England
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Everyone has questions about England, and no-one knows what to expect from Steve Borthwick’s...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSaints show the wit to keep Tigers at bay
By PAUL REES Leicester ........................... 18pts Tries: Potter 7, 46 Conversions: Pollard 8 Penalties: Pollard 19, Burns 62 Northampton .................... 19pts...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRamm ‘lucky to stay on the pitch’
James Ramm was relieved to only receive a yellow card for a second-minute challenge on Harry Potter that involved contact with...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years ago‘New’ England need to take their chances
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK A SIX Nations slip-up on home turf to Scotland in his first match...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime this autocratic RFU is held to account
NICK CAIN The warning signs that the RFU’s administrative standards have plumbed the depths became a red flashing light on Friday...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDespair for Bears as Saracens steal glory
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens ...........................20pts Tries: Dann 59, Segun 77, Hougaard 80 Conversions: Goode 59 Penalties: Goode 52 Bristol ................................. 19pts...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoVersatile David takes his opportunity and makes the most of his switch to Harlequins
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... London Irish v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Brentford Community Stadium Nick David had to be patient after...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGeorge looking good for England
Mark McCall revealed after Saracens win over Bristol that hooker Jamie George looks likely to be available for England selection in...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoAdvantage Chiefs but they need to improve
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Exeter ................................ 24pts Tries: Gray 10, Kata 17, Woodburn 34 Conversions: Skinner 11, 18, 35 Penalties: Skinner 54...
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Premiership
/ 3 years ago‘We need to put the hammer down’
Exeter coach Ali Hepher refuses to be gloomy about the stars leaving, instead focusing on their play-off push. “We have seven...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoReed has final say as Sharks snatch it
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Sale .....................................30pts Tries: Carpenter 2, Dugdale 17, Roebuck 25, Taylor 32, Reed 80+1 Conversions: Du Preez 18 Penalties:...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson: Final try shows how much it matters to players
ALEX SANDERSON hailed his Sale young guns after they combined to seal a dramatic victory which left Bath devastated. Sharks boss...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoPride and prejudice central to Eddie’s tale
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST JANE Austen lived in Bath, amid the same Georgian splendour as a certain Bruce Craig, albeit not...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhy Joe deserves a decent break
CHRIS HEWETT “If it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have no luck at all.” These words, or something like them,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoSmith leads depleted Ospreys
Preview Zebre v Ospreys Today. 3pm PROP Nicky Smith leads a much-changed Ospreys side to face the URC basement boys Zebre....
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoRowntree delight at crucial comeback win
By KEVIN FALLON Benetton ........30 Munster .........40 Munster boss Graham Rowntree praised his men for the way they recovered from a...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoUlster are back – O’Connor
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ..............35 Stormers .......... 5 Skipper Alan O’Connor says his Ulster side are back in business after trouncing...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoDouble for Brown as Warriors charge on
By PAUL ROSS Dragons ...............28pts Tries: R Williams 15, Tomkinson 18, Basham 56, Coleman 80 Conversions: Hanrahan 16, 19, 57, 80...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoScarlets seal first Welsh victory over Bulls
By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ............37pts Tries: Davis 9, Mathias 16, G Davies 20, McNicholl 76 Conversions: Costelow 9, 16, 20, D...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoLeinster academy boys step up
By TOM SHEEDY Leinster ...........38 Cardiff ............. 14 Max Deegan praised the attitude of an understrength side as they blew Cardiff...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoEdinburgh push Sharks all way
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ....... 19 Sharks..............22 Edinburgh came up short in a pulsating contest as their hopes of a top-four...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoConnacht cut through Lions
Connacht ....... 43 Lions ............... 24 By JOHN FALLON Hat-trick hero Caolin Blade said this was the perfect way to finish...
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Features
/ 3 years agoKeep your cool and you’ll have a chance
SHANE WILLIAMS The phoney war is about to end, and we will be getting down to the action in the Six...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoGatland still has an Irish score to settle
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW AS traumatic Six Nations’ finales go, the one when Ireland under Warren Gatland...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoHollow words from WRU over ‘toxic sexism’
PETER JACKSON For more than 12 months since her abrupt exit, the Welsh Rugby Union hierarchy offered nothing more than a...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCaldy have the power to see off Bedford
By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................36pts Tries: Pilgrim 5, Beer 16, Aigbokhae 22, Gourlay 64, Hearn 78, Royle 80 Conversions: Gourlay 5,17,23...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoEaling go down to blow title race open
By XANDER CHEVALLIER Ealing ................................. 19pts Tries: Tizzano 9, 23; Daniels 77 Conversions: Willis 9, 23 Coventry ........................... 22pts Tries: Thomas...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoClassy Brown keeps Jersey in the hunt for top spot
By PHIL WESTREN Cornish P .........25pts Tries: Smith 28, Schwarz 49, Wyatt 68 Conversions: Robson 29, 50 Penalties: Robson 2, 35...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHartpury blitz too hot for Richmond
By JIM JONES Hartpury............26pts Tries: Foley 4, Denty 16, Morris 24, Robinson 36 Conversions: Mathews 17, 25, 37 Richmond ......... 14pts...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoMcBryde’s breakaway earns bonus for Knights
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ........32pts Tries: R Smith 4, Holling 20, T Smith 38, McBryde 79 Conversions: Dolly 4, 20, 38...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHeartbreak for Exiles as Ampthill finish Strong
By DAVID CHALLIS London S ........... 19pts Tries: Jurevicius 9, 25; Taulani 35 Conversions: Chamberlain 10, 26 Ampthill ............28pts Tries: Harris...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoDupont: For us to win two titles in a row won’t be easy
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: France France find themselves in the unfamiliar position of going into a Six Nations campaign as champions. The...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoIt’s now more expectation than hope for Sexton & Co
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Ireland If you glance westwards as we approach the Six Nations you can witness a strange phenomenon across...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoInner steel that can lift Azzurri off the bottom
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Italy What a difference a win makes. Twelve months ago the almost perennial debate about Italy’s Six Nations...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoScots need Russell to pull everything together
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Scotland It is possibly surprising to realise that Scotland coach Gregor Townsend is embarking on his sixth Six...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoAnother day, another destiny
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: England Steve Borthwick may have been groomed as a coach by Eddie Jones, but the former apprentice does...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoReturn of the ringmaster gives hope of a revival
Team-by-team Six Nations Previews: Wales Warren Gatland’s return as Wales’s head coach coincided with the Welsh regions making an overdue impact in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoGeorgia the team to beat in Euro fiesta
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER ALL eyes on the Six Nations but the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoIt’s time to give credit to the URC
RUGBY MATTERS Ok, I think we can all agree that one or two French players have been pacing themselves a little...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSix-hitting Tykes see off fellow strugglers
By ANGELA RIMMINGTON Leeds Tykes ...36 Hull..................... 12 Leeds Tykes beat visitors Hull to register their first win since the reverse...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSpeare points way to Albion success
By NICK BURT Plymouth A ............28 Chinnor.................... 12 A late try by winger Kyle Speare’s earned Plymouth Albion a bonus-point win...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoSale hero Walsh weaves his magic
By TOM BARRY Sale FC.....................24 Cinderford.............. 17 Sale FC got their promotion bid back on track with a home win against...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoHosts hit by a Rams raid as final flurry steals win
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .......27pts Tries: Maka 4, Brownlie 12, 22 Conversions: James 5, 13, 23 Penalties: James 42, 57 Rams...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoMoseley unable to cling on after Stedman treble
By ANDY MITCHELL B Moseley ..............34 Bishop’s S...............34 A perfect first-half performance was followed by a wretched second period as three...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoPark’s late surge floors Mowden
By RHYS STRATTON Rosslyn Park.......... 31 Darlington MP....... 21 Rosslyn Park ran in two late tries to hit back from 14...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoTitans strike back to topple Esher
By MIKE AMOS Taunton Titans.....27 Esher......................... 18 Taunton Titans overcame a 15-point deficit to down visitors Esher. The home side conceded...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoRFU creating a big divide in the game says Honey
By BEN JAYCOCK The RFU’s decision to lower the tackle height to ‘waistline and below’ next season for all levels below...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoOtley hold out after Chester’s late surge
By NICK DOYLE Otley...................36 Chester..............22 Otley regained fourth spot in the first half – after holding off a second-half Chester rally....
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