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English Championship
/ 3 years agoChampionship winners must go up, say rivals
By Luke Jarmyn Rival Championship clubs are calling for Ealing and Jersey to be given a chance in the Premiership next...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoWe’re improving each time, says centurion Farrell
An emotional Owen Farrell spoke of his real pride at the amazing fightback which transformed his 100th cap from being a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoBurrell honoured to play for Barbarians
By PAUL REES Luther Burrell had no hesitation in accepting an invitation to play for the Barbarians this month and on...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoBrooke shock as Edwards agrees France deal
By NEIL FISSLER Legend: Zinzan Brooke Zinzan Brooke cannot believe the RFU have let Shaun Edwards slip through their grasp again...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoMacGinty close to tears as Portugal stun USA
USA captain AJ Mac-Ginty was almost in tears after the Eagles missed out on the final qualification place to Portugal on...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoTwo-try Stuart leads England’s great escape to stun All Blacks
By NICK CAIN England.............................. 25pts Tries: Stuart 72, 79; Steward 74 Conversions: Smith 75, 80 Penalties: Farrell 25, Smith 42 New...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years ago15 minutes that had Twickenham rocking
BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHY LESS CAN MEAN MORE WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNATIONALS Hard man: Will Stuart powers over PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoBarrett’s yellow card let Smith and Youngs engineer revival
PAUL REES COMMENT Early strike: Ioane goes over for the All Blacks A FEATUREof the All Blacks over the years has...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoCrisis for Wales as Georgia celebrate
By PETER JACKSON Wales................................... 12pts Tries: Morgan 20, 24 Conversions: Rhys Priestland 22 Georgia................................ 13pts Tries: Todua 59 Conversions: Abzhandadze 60...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON
WIN a pair of tickets to England v South Africa courtesy of Dove Men+Care! England host reigning world champions South Africa...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoWALES v AUSTRALIA AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON
WIN a pair of tickets to Wales v Australia courtesy of Dove Men+Care! Wales face Australia in their final Autumn International...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoPivac hasn’t learned from error of his ways
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Take that: Georgia celebrate after beating Wales in Cardiff yesterday PICTURE: Getty Images Are Wales...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoRussell’s return gives Scotland control in chaos
By BRYN PALMER Scotland............................ 52pts Tries: Tuipulotu 11, 55; Van der Merwe 23, Graham 27, 41, 77; Redpath 68, Hogg 73...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoByrne steps off the bench to kick Ireland to gritty victory
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ireland.................. 13pts Tries: Aki 66 Conversions: Crowley 67 Penalties: Crowley 10, Byrne 76 Australia .............. 10pts Tries: Petaia...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoSpringboks reach top gear to dispatch Italy
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Italy...................................... 21pts Tries: Capuozzo 11, Cannone 66 Conversions: Allan 12 Penalties: Allan 8, 21, 45 South Africa..................... 63pts...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoOllivon takes charge as Les Bleus look for clean sweep
PREVIEW... France v Japan Today. Kick-off 1pm Key man: France captain Charles Ollivon France will look to complete an unbeaten 2022...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoToo much bish, bash, bosh but it works
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUT SPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK South Africa are deserved world champions, and they showed it by going on...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoLam hopes midweek tour matches will be the norm
By PAUL REES Pat Lam hopes Thursday night’s clash between Bristol and South Africa before a record crowd at Ashton Gate...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSlater Cup kicks off on Christmas Eve
Gloucester and Leicester are to contest the Slater Cup – a trophy named after the sides’ former lock Ed Slater, who...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWainwright and Screech cause stir
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Sam Wainwright and Matthew Screech have caused a massive stir with their respective moves to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoOghre lines up move to Leicester
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Gabriel Oghre, above, has become the latest former Wasps player to find himself a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLondon Irish fighting to keep hold of Jackson
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER London Irish are fighting to keep former Ireland international fly-half Paddy Jackson in West London...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBrothers line up World Cup shot
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Sale Sharks twins Jean-Luc and Dan Du Preez, below, could appear at the World Cup...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoJohnson’s 2003 team better than Eddie’s lot
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There are those who believe that today’s international players are bigger, better, faster,...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoEngland’s all-court game was not good enough
NICK CAIN England showed great dignity – captain Sarah Hunter in particular – after being beaten 34-31 by New Zealand in...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhy the South Seas need to feel the love
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST When Western Samoa surprised Wales by beating them in Cardiff during the pool stage of the 1991...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoIt’s time to look at the line-out drive
It was interesting to hear Graham Henry, the venerable New Zealand coach who ended almost a quarter of a century of...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoYou need a Plan B, Ramshaw tells other players
By BEN JAYCOCK Former Championship player Jack Ramshaw says it’s vital younger players have a plan B due to the unstable...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRees-Zammit back on the wing for Gloucester
By PAUL REES Louis Rees-Zammit has been used at full-back by Wales in their last two Tests, but he will be...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSirker’s found new lease of life in West Country
By BEN JAYCOCK Former Wasps winger Callum Sirker is enjoying his rugby again and says his difficulties with injury have made...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoAfter that shambles, AWJ must surely start
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Hand up for selection: Alun Wyn Jones PICTURE: Getty Images By making an...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoJohn Ryan, the Wales coach who lost his stars to rugby league
John Ryan could have been forgiven had he likened coaching the Wales rugby team of the late Eighties to steering Titanic...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoIt’s all a California dream for Nonu, 40
PETER JACKSON Had its release been better timed, a news item from Southern California would have avoided burial beneath the avalanche...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoTime to stop hectoring ref
PETER JACKSON World Rugby, having acted swiftly to punish Rassie Erasmus for his latest video refereeing rant, the governing body must...
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Paul Rees
/ 3 years agoYoung guns show the way ahead
PAUL REES LOOKS FORWARD TO THE WORLD RUGBY AWARDS WHICH ARE ANNOUNCED IN MONTE CARLO TONIGHT SELDOM has a missed conversion...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoBarbarians on back foot as Quins go on the rampage
Harlequins 73-28 Barbarians History was made at The Stoop on Thursday as Harlequins faced the Barbarians for the first time ever...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoBatley helps stop the rot for Bristol
By BEN JAYCOCK On target: Gabriel Ibitoye scores for Bristol PICTURE: Getty Images Bristol Bears 26-18 South Africa 'A' Bristol ended...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoExiles ace Parton set for Saracens
London Irish full-back Tom Parton will join Saracens at the end of the season. The 24-year-old has played more than 50...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoKvesic signs for Zebre
Matt Kvesic has signed for Italian side Zebre until the end of the season following the cancellation of his contract with...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoLos Lobos keep cool and take their place in France
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Life with Los Lobos is never dull and,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoJansen takes charge as Saracens cave in
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens.............................. 8pts Try: Elliott 20 Penalty: Elliott 35 Leicester........................... 45pts Tries: Ramage 11, Jansen 32 43; Henderson 36,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHotshot Atkinson sparkles for Tigers
Brett Deacon praised Charlie Atkinson after the ex-Wasps man sparkled in his first start for Tigers and helped engineer the easy...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWaldouck happy as Gloucester fight hard
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester........................ 38pts Tries: Morris 1, 49, Clement 21, Knight 32, Atkinson 39, Blake 72 Conversions: Barton 21, 32,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoIrish: We threw in young players
Bristol coach Mark Irish was buoyed by his side’s competitive performance. He said: “We came with the mindset of winning and...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFerguson gets the best from Aussie duo
By TOM VICKERS Newcastle......................... 28pts Tries: Blamire 27, Kerr 36, Pepper 39, Qorowale 73 Conversions: Schoeman 27, 36, 39, Thomas 73...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSaints hooker Smith pleased with gritty performance
Northampton hooker Robbie Smith was proud of his side’s ‘gritty’ display in ensuring they finished strongly after giving Falcons a let-off....
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBirch makes sure hard work pays off
By BEN JAYCOCK Sale..................................... 40pts Tries: Birch 15, 55; Postlethwaite 42, Caine 65, Wilkinson 71, 80 Conversions: Curtis 16, 43, 66,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe took charge in end – Harris
Sale academy coach Gareth Harris was pleased with how his side dominated physically in the second half. He said: “We’re really...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHartpury’s high five keeps cup hopes alive
By ROGER PANTING Hartpury.............33pts Tries: Stratford 12, 23, Bruzulier 45, Denty 58, Tanner 68 Conversions: Matthews 12, 23, 45, 58 Nottingham.........
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPack power sets platform as Richmond return to form
By TIM FORRESTER Richmond..........40pts Tries: Torpey 7, 14; O’Meara 23, Saysell 26, 37, 46 Conversions: Johnston 7,15, 24, 27, 47 Caldy......................
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