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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoCrusaders spark into life with late power surge
By OLIVER SINCLAIR THE Crusaders started the defence of their Super Rugby title with a 45-23 bonus-point win over the Chiefs....
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoHartley: We left ourselves too much to chase
DEJECTED Dylan Hartley challenged his team-mates to shrug off their Calcutta Cup misery and keep fighting for Six Nations success in...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoThe biggest rugby players ever – literally
While rugby doesn’t have the following of football, for example – both sports that are called this, on both sides of...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoRecord-breaking ‘Rocky’ still fighting fit
Richie McCaw. Brian O’Driscoll. George Gregan. These legends will be the only three players in history that will have played more...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoTEAMS: Round Three of the Six Nations
Rest week over, here's the all the team news ahead of this weekend's rugby
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoCan England take the Six Nations for a third consecutive year?
After a bruising and sometimes scrappy victory over Wales at Twickenham, the Six Nations title – and the Grand Slam –...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoLeicester move has taken Jonny May’s game ‘to new level’
The England international says he has no regrets about leaving Gloucester for Welford Road after bagging two game-clinching tries against Wales
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Featured
/ 8 years agoAllen: Unlike me, these England U20s boys will be Test ready
England U20s coach Anthony Allen profers two youngsters not far away from a senior Test berth
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoCan England take the Six Nations for a third consecutive year?
After a bruising and sometimes scrappy victory over Wales at Twickenham, the Six Nations title – and the Grand Slam –...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoGatland saga has taken the old hostilities to a new level
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for next weekend’s often spikey encounter at the Aviva BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bragging rights: George North scores...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSix epic encounters on Irish soil
Nerveless: Leigh Halfpenny celebrates after kicking the winner in the 2012 thriller 1914 Ireland 3 Wales 11 Wales were gathering a...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoKiwi Linklater feeling tingly at prospect of World Cup
By JON NEWCOMBE Round-up Challenge: Brad Linklater SPAIN points-machine Brad Linklater admits he has “goose bumps” at the thought of going...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoNathan has powerpower, what about puff?
NICK CAIN says Nathan Hughes can frighten the Scots if he has enough fitness in the tank NICK CAIN Warrior: Scotland...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSee him here, see him there… Nowell pops up everywhere!
JACK NOWELL’s flashing footwork means he has been given the freedom of the field by Eddie Jones – and the Exeter...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoStormers stand firm to thwart late fight-back
By GEOFF WHITELY Stormers 28 Jaguares 20 THE Stormers held out a late rally to win their opening Super Rugby match...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoMapoe double gets Lions off to a flyer
By SAM JACKSON Lions 26 Sharks 19 Dangerman: Lionel Mapoe PICTURE: Getty Images SET-PIECE dominance laid the foundation for the Lions’...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoCrusaders favourites for title – Delaney
By NEALE HARVEY DEFENDING champions Crusaders will remain the team to beat when Super Rugby’s Australasian conferences kick-off this week, says...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoAdvantage laws have become a hindrance
THE mania for keeping an already frantic and attack friendly game fluid in the name of entertainment has reached epidemic proportions...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoOne drug test a season is not enough
FIRST the good news. The RPA reports that for last season (2016-17) there was not a single anti doping violation in...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
French break the mould with move to Marseilles BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Formidable...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoShehadie helped shape the game on global scale
Visionary: Shehadie THERE are 230,000 Australians who can claim Lebanese ancestry and many of the sport-minded gravitate to Rugby League. Wallaby...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWhy women’s rugby is thriving in Australia in light of Sydney 7s victory
Raelene Castle, rugby's first woman CEO of an organisation, speaks to CNN World Rugby about parity in Australia's game
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Featured
/ 8 years agoSRU suspend several members of U20 backroom staff after late-night fracas
Investigation launched after team's physio required hospital treatment for incident at Llandudno bar
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEight players axed by Brunel after headline-grabbing night out in Edinburgh
Despite police ruling no crime had been committed by France players on Edinburgh night out, Brunel dishes out the punishment
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSimmonds proves we need strong second tier
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE vapour trail left by Sam Simmonds on his Six Nations debut in...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoBrunel rap for putting Jalibert in harm’s way
Mega-boot: Lionel Beauxis is back at fly-half PICTURE: Getty Images It didn’t take long for the club v country rows that...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoWelcome to Boyd – now let NZ take one of ours
CHRIS Boyd’s track-record is impressive enough to suggest that a Northampton resurgence will be on the cards when the New Zealander...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoNo laughing matter, Finn – get it right!
IT’s not going to be the game either coach, or indeed set of fans, dreamed of – but this afternoon’s ‘auld...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoIn comes Laidlaw as Townsend decides to take a more pragmatic approach
Recall: Greig Laidlaw SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend has made six changes from the side that lost so badly to Wales...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoAuld Alliance highlights in Scotland
Headline man: Michael Dods celebrates scoring for Scotland in 1996 1925: Scotland 25 France 4 (Inverleith): The opening game of what...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoIrish hold on against 14-man Italians
Ireland U20 ….38 Italy U20 ….….34 ITALY gave Ireland an almighty scare as their 14 men narrowly lost in Donnybrook. The...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoClassy cameo by Ibitoye adds gloss for England
By SAM JACKSON On the charge: Gabriel Ibitoye tackled by Cai Evans of Wales PICTURES: Getty Images TEAMS ENGLAND: Parton (Ldn...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoNine-try France fire warning but Scots grab bonus
Scotland U20…19 France U20…69 FRANCE U20s laid down a marker with a dominant performance at Broadwood Stadium as they comfortably saw...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoRed Roses romp in as Wales draw blank again
DEFENDING champions England made it two wins out of two with an eight-try thumping of Wales. The hosts scored four tries...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoFree-scoring France get another try bonus
Scotland W …3 France W …26 WINGER Cyrielle Banet scored a wonder try as France beat Scotland 26-3. Sarah Law’s penalty...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoPREVIEW Ireland v Italy
Today. Kick-off 1pm IRELAND welcome Italy looking to bounce back from the 24-0 defeat to France last weekend and coach Adam...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoAwesome Owen is a class apart for England
By NICK CAIN at Twickenham THERE was plenty of talk of class going into this match – as in the posh...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoAlun Wyn: We can bounce back against Ireland
Defiant: Alun Wyn Jones ALUN WYN Jones vowed Wales will bounce back from their Six Nations defeat to England when they...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoEngland won arm-wrestle as Wales paid for their errors
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE …EVERY WEEK England won this arm-wrestle of a contest by playing the conditions better than Wales,...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoIreland’s Italian romp marred by injury fears
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND duly accumulated an impressive total against Italy which helped boost their points difference immeasurably – but it...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoRobbed…but I still say Wales can win the title
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Impressive: Gareth Anscombe showed his versatility against Englan THE focus of Wales’ defeat to England...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoInjuries could be key, says Schmidt
JOE Schmidt admits injuries could be a factor for Ireland after Tadhg Furlong and Robbie Henshaw both left the field early...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoAnscombe’s anguish recalls the horror of JJ in 1974
PETER JACKSON VERDICT Tough ‘HQ’ initiation: Rhys Patchell As if the wounded Welsh hadn’t suffered enough before kick-off and immediately after...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoControversy over ‘no try’ as Russia fall to Spanish
By JON NEWCOMBE Round-up RUSSIA’S chances of taking the direct route to Rugby World Cup 2019 were left in tatters after...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoGregor Townsend names Greig Laidlaw among six changes to Scotland team
Scotland head coach makes three changes to the backs and three to the forwards for clash with France
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Featured
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones names England team to play Wales and plays mind games with Rhys Patchell
The England head coach warns Patchell to expect a more robust defence when he sees England players running to tackle him
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Featured
/ 8 years agoTop international rugby referee has say on football’s VAR teething problems
The Northern Hemisphere's first professional referee, Ed Morrison, talks about the evolution of the TMO in rugby
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWarren Gatland names unchanged team to face England at Twickenham
Gatland confirms Liam Williams will be allowed to play for Saracens this weekend as he recovers from injury
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Featured
/ 8 years agoBen Youngs suffers suspected ligament damage
Leicester Tigers scrum-half to have a scan on Monday
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoJoseph must stop ambling through and get positive
More like it: Jonathan Joseph makes a break against Scotland in last year’s Six Nations PICTURE: Getty Images IF Jonathan Joseph...
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