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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoCrusaders are Caned on Beauden’s big day
■ By GEORGE LAWRENCE BEAUDEN Barrett made his 100th Super Rugby appearance in the Hurricanes’ 29-19 triumph over the Crusaders. The...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoFaletau: It’s time to showcase our skills
ALEX BYWATER finds the new Wales captain wants team to prove how exciting they can be Key men: Gareth Anscombe and...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoI’m so proud of my Azzurri says Conor
CONOR O’Shea has made just one change to his starting XV, naming Giulio Bisegni in his midfield for the first time...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoFarrell to captain England in Paris as Mike Brown is dropped
Changes at full-back and outside centre for England, as Hartley is ruled out with a calf injury
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWarren Gatland doesn’t hold back in making changes to Wales squad
Ten changes make for Six Nations match against Italy includes the welcome return of Faletau
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoMighty Oaks maintain the pressure on leaders Spain
ROMANIA kept alive their slim hopes of automatically qualifying for the 2019 World Cup after a less-than-impressive 25-15 win over Russia...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoDelon is eyeing one last hurrah with Lyon
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN One-time England winger Delon Armitage, who won four major trophies with Toulon, is now geared up to...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoEddie must take a healing scalpel to his ailing pack
NICK CAIN looks at the problems facing England’s head coach before the showdown with France NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones did not...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoJoseph is sure he can tame the beast in Bastareaud
Technique is crucial: Jonathan Joseph MUCH of what Jonathan Joseph says about Saturday’s game against France makes it sound like it’s...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoTownsend must get his Scots to forget their away-day blues
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at Scotland’s mission in Dublin – and their famous past clashes BRENDAN GALLAGHER So here’s the dilemma facing...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoSix of the best – Ireland clashes with Scotland in Dublin
1948: Ireland 6 Scotland 0 This was the one game during Ireland’s historic first ever Grand Slam played in Dublin at...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoDavies to start – and earn us a bonus!
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Wales should beat Italy quite comfortably and a bonus-point would be the cherry on top....
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoCane’s young Chiefs show fighting spirit
INJURY-HIT Chiefs survived raid after raid from a fast-finishing Blues to win 27-21 in Auckland. ■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Eye for the...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoChris Farrell set to miss the rest of Ireland’s Six Nations campaign with injury
Munster centre joins Robbie Henshaw in being sidelined
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Featured
/ 8 years agoNigel Owens responds to those calling him a ‘cheat’ in wake of Scotland’s win
Did the majority of England supporters take Saturday's loss gracefully?
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoWasteful England made to pay by feisty Scots
By GEORGE LAWRENCE No way through: Sam Moore shackled by the Scotland defence TEAMS SCOTLAND U20S: Dewhirst, Rory McMichael, Stafford McDowall,...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoIreland leave flourish too late after Botham’s double strike
Ireland U20 …38 Wales U20 …41 JAMES Botham’s double inspired Wales to victory in Donnybrook but they had to hold on...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoEarly try to Waterman opens Scots’ floodgates
By GEORGE LAWRENCE ENGLAND Women ran in seven tries as they beat Scotland 43-8 to make it three wins from three...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoFirst start for Wales full-back Neumann
PREVIEW Ireland v Wales Today. Kick-off 3pm IRELAND secured a narrow 12-7 win in Cardiff last seasonto keep them on course...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoScots blow the wheels off Eddie’s bandwagon
From NICK CAIN at Murrayfield In the game: Owen Farrell dives over to give England second half hope WINNERS are grinners...
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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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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoHuw’s that guy? Truly a super-star in waiting
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE …EVERY WEEK Scotland thoroughly deserved their victory at Murrayfield and if you boil it down there...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoStockdale breaks Wales hearts as Ireland keep Grand Slam on track
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER In the corner: Jacob Stockdale dives in for the opening try under pressure from Leigh Halfpenny PICTURES: Getty...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoIrish ‘bullies’ gave us a lesson at breakdown
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Superb: Wales openside Josh Navidi PICTURE: Getty Images Powerplay: Bundee Aki crashes over for Ireland’s...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoDestroyer Bastareaud waiting for England
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Wrecking ball: Mathieu Bastareaud on the rampage PICTURES: Getty Images CLOSE-UP WENCESLAS LAURET French blindside V SEBASTIEN NEGRI...
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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 agoGuirado: We let eight tries slip away
ITALY coach Conor O’Shea remained defiant despite a disappointing performance from his Azzurri. “I’m destroyed right now because I hate losing...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoRassie rallies foreign legion to revive Boks
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK GIVEN South Africa’s ropey results since the last World Cup, including a record...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoGaby gets a raw deal from Wood and the citing panel
GUILTY of bad judgement. That is the only way to describe the Premiership disciplinary procedure that resulted in Wasps centre Gaby...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoItalians are swamped in French 12-try rout
France U20…78 Italy U20…12 FRANCE continued their perfect U20s Six Nations start with a thumping win over Italy in Gueugnon. Les...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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