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Women's International
/ 3 years agoMiddleton keen to help Japan move up a notch
Simon Middleton has taken on a new role as high performance adviser to the Japan national women’s 15s team. Named World...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoWales pull another one from nowhere
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW When it comes to finding players from anywhere and nowhere for World Cups,...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoCripps, the hard man overlooked by Big Five
PETER JACKSON Brandon Cripps earned his stripes in the twice-weekly mayhem of the Welsh club scene during an era when more...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 3 years agoSpirited England out for revenge
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW...England v France (Today, Kick-off 6pm) England U20s have the opportunity to make amends for their dismal defeat...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoIreland ready for tough challenge as SA look for sprint finish
PREVIEW...Ireland v South Africa (Today, Kick-off 3.30pm) Richie Murphy's Grand Slam winners Ireland face their biggest challenge yet as they meet...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoBaby Blacks set for Aussie clash
Preview: New Zealand v Australia (Today, 1pm) New Zealand have had to settle for a fifth-place semi-final against arch rivals Australia...
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World
/ 3 years agoWales in the mood to rumble
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW...Wales v Georgia (Today, Kick-off 3pm) Wales U20s defence coach Craig Everett says his side are ‘chomping at...
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World
/ 3 years agoJapan keen to break their duck
Preview: Argentina v Japan (Today, 12.30pm) Japan head coach Rob Penney has made 11 changes for this afternoon’s ninth-place semi-final against...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoYoung stars need more room to grow
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER A fascinating Junior World Cup has reached the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoThe day Jonny saved his best until the final play of the game
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage Johnno or Jonny? Who was the iconic English...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoWhen Johnno’s Dad’s Army had one last hurrah
There are those, and I would be one, who still consider RWC2003 the best run and most enjoyable tournament to date...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoWe trained for hours in baking sun – then lost!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As England ramp up their preparation for this year’s Rugby World Cup,...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years ago90 players in search of a new club
JAMES HARRINGTON | FRENCH COLUMN What links 16 props, 12 hookers, 10 second rows, 15 back rowers, 13 scrum-halves, 11 wingers,...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 3 years agoDupont is looking to take a sabbatical
Antoine Dupont could take a sabbatical year after the 2024 Olympic Games, reports in France suggest. The France captain, 26, is...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoRichardson keen on Scotland role
By GRANT SHUB When Dylan Richardson was called up to play for Scotland against Japan at Murrayfield in 2021, the South...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSeries 2 Episode 26: Championship future, U20 World Cup and building up to the main event
On this week’s edition of the podcast, Brendan and Chris assess Simon Halliday’s comments on the future of the English second...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoU20s World Cup: France, Ireland, South Africa and England through, New Zealand and Wales out
Reigning champions France topped the seeds heading into the semi-finals of the U20s World Cup with England, Ireland and South Africa...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEngland edge through despite Australia stalemate
By BEN JAYCOCK Australia……….. 22pts Tries: Talataina 30, Craig 40, McLaughlin-Phillips 79 Conversions: Bowen 31, 40 Penalties: Bowen 19 England ……………………....
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHalliday’s collective ultimatum
By NICK CAIN New Championship chairman Simon Halliday says the survival of many of the clubs in the second-tier professional league...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMontpellier U-turn blocks Thomas from playing in Wales
By PETER JACKSON Montpellier have done a U-turn on Henry Thomas, slamming the door on the former England prop playing in...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGlobal tournament to kick off in 2026
By SAM JACKSON The global season is taking shape with a biennial competition featuring all 10 teams from the Six Nations...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoDragons to go private
Dragons RFC will return to private ownership this summer after a takeover deal for the Newport-based region was agreed on Friday...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoGeorgia and Israel in line for Challenge Cup
By JON NEWCOMBE Teams from Georgia, Israel and South Africa are in the running to fill the two vacant spots in...
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Features
/ 3 years agoCardall set to fire for the Falcons
By PAUL REES As Tim Cardall reflects on the eventful last nine months for the career, his hope for the new...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoOldest club gets extra help
Blackheath rugby club is among 52 community assets which will be revived thanks to almost £13 million of government levelling up...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoThe eyes have it! Marler sees Borthwick’s serious
By ADAM HATHAWAY Steve Borthwick revealed he had to eyeball Joe Marler to persuade the prop to return to international rugby...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoCowan-Dickie ruled out
England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie will miss this autumn’s World Cup in France with a shoulder injury. Newcastle’s Jamie Blamire and Saracens...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSharks move for Creevy
Sale Sharks have brought in Argentina hooker Agustin Creevy to replace Akker van der Merwe, who has returned to South Africa....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoYou write off the All Blacks at your peril
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Before this edition of the Rugby Championship, people have been writing off New Zealand,...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoBattle lines drawn over game’s future
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK HALLELUJAH! The English Championship clubs have finally got their act together to form...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoVeterans not the answer at No.9
NICK CAIN The selection call by Steve Borthwick to pick two veteran scrumhalves, Ben Youngs and Danny Care, in his 41-man...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoLively Japan make Wales battle hard
By BEN JAYCOCK Wales................... 41pts Tries: Hughes 17, Lloyd 41, Florence 66, Edwards 76, Bradley 77, Hennessey 80 Conversions: Edwards 18,...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoBaby Blacks crash to a record defeat
By DAN COUCH France ...... 35pts New Zealand ...14pts Posolo Tuilagi scored a brace as France dominated New Zealand to hand...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoRuthless McCarthy makes sure for Ireland
By SAM JACKSON Australia........... 10pts Tries: O’Donnell 24 Conversions: Bowen 25 Penalties: Bowen 27 Ireland...............30pts Tries: Nicholson 32, Gleeson 53, McCarthy...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoEngland run in eight to leave Fiji in pieces
By BEN JAYCOCK England ......................... 53pts Tries: Cleaves 15, Penalty 27, Jibulu 33, Thomas 47, Thame 50, Michelow 54, Woodman 67,...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoGeorgia on a high as they stun Argentina
By SAM JACKSON Georgia ............20 Argentina ......... 0 On a day in which the race to top Pool C was blown...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoItaly keep control to master South Africa
By DAVID ROBSON South Africa ...26 Italy ................. 34 Italy produced a superb display of wet weather rugby to stun hosts...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoBlair joins Rennie at Japan’s Kobe Steelers
Former Edinburgh boss Mike Blair is to join Japanese side Kobe Steelers as attack coach. The 42-year-old, who made 85 appearances...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoReds to kick off their defence against Cov
By SAM JACKSON Champions Jersey Reds will begin the defence of their Championship crown against third-placed Coventry when league action starts...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoTime to balance a weighty problem
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST ACLEVER man once predicted that progress would eventually turn out to be a circle rather than a...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoThere’s more woe from the Smiths
Rugby's optimists – and there are still some of you out there, just as there are people who continue to think...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoTorture of the ice age gave us faith
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND DON’T tell me or any of the boys from 2011 that the players in the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoArundell’s deal a blow for England
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Henry Arundell, one of England’s most exciting talents, could be...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBiarritz to keep on spending
Biarritz Olympique are poised to step in and continue the spending splurge that their president Jean-Baptiste Aldigé had planned for Agen...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoAkker’s on way to Bulls
Former Sale Sharks hooker Akker van der Merwe is set to return to South Africa, where he has been offered a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoKiss weighing up his options
Former London Irish boss Les Kiss appears to be in demand after speaking to clubs in Super Rugby and United Rugby...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoGloucester are keen to get Savage
Gloucester have been linked with a move for their former star Tom Savage who has been playing in Japan with Suntory...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoEx-Tiger Burns making his way back to Japan
Former England fly-half Freddie Burns is heading back to Japan next season after a spell playing in Super Rugby for the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoTake it to the limit one more time
Paul Rees says the heat will be on for England and Wales as the training ramps up It is boot camp...
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Features
/ 3 years agoBaldwin still glad he headed to Falcons
Jon Newcombe talks to Newcastle’s new defence coach and finds a man who is certain he has made the right decision...
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