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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoTheo hungry for lead role in season run-in
By NICK VERDIER YOUNGSTERS usually improve through playing, but London Irish fly-half Theo Brophy Clews is determined to prove the off-field...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoJersey boys ready to put on another big show
JERSEY are the only side to beat London Irish in the Championship this term and boss Harvey Biljon is expecting a...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoSheedy could still hold key to Bristol survival
NEWS EXTRA CALLUMSheedy is unlikely to play a single Premiership minute for Bristol this season but the young fly-half could still...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoDickson may quit Saints for Bedford
By JON NEWCOMBE NORTHAMPTON legend Lee Dickson could see out his professional career as a Bedford player in the Championship. The...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoBrothers in arms keep Kiwi sides riding high
By NICK VERDIER THE Barrett and Ioane brothers were on fire yesterday with standout performances to hand the Hurricanes and the...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoFarrell would make a great leader of Lions says Mako
Mako Vunipola reckons ‘world-class’ Owen Farrell would make a fantastic job of captaining the British & Irish Lions in New Zealand...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoTwickenham rout ‘will cost Scots their Lions places’
Former Scotland lock Jim Hamilton fears his countrymen’s 62-21 Six Nations thrashing by England has dashed any hope of significant Lions...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoLions ban clubs from using their branding
The Lions are not making friends among the broader rugby community as their commercial team prevent other clubs from ‘unofficial’ use...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBrian Ashton: Daly is a must for regular place on Eddie’s teamsheet
No man is indispensible but one member of the England backline is starting to prove as close to undroppable as any...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoDoor ajar for Kruis to play his way into Lions contention
Warren Gatland says it is not too late for George Kruis to force his way into Lions reckoning for this summer’s...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoSurely the French capital can house two top teams?
THE troubled attempts to merge traditional archrivals Stade Francais and Racing 92 is fast developing into a farce that tarnishes the...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoEngland go numb as the big freeze strikes again
From NICK CAIN at the Aviva Stadium No farther, Brown: England full-back Mike Brown is shackled Pile-up: the ball runs loose...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoMaestri blasts Barnes for failing to award penalty try
YOANN Maestri was in a foul mood following France’s farcical win over Wales, claiming refereee Wayne Barnes treated them like a...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoSchmidt denies pulling a fast one
IRELAND head coach Joe Schmidt denied he had been playing mind games by withdrawing No.8 Jamie Heaslip minutes before kick-off. The...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoSorry, France, but this was not in spirit of the game!
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND What an effort by Wales. What a sham by France! Some might call it cheating,...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoSo, why did England give Ireland so much ball?
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT On the charge: Ben Te’o should have been brought on sooner It was always...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoHogg brings the fizz to Cotter’s leaving do
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Scotland 29pts Tries: Russell 28, Scott 38, Visser 62, Seymour 73 Conversions: Russell 28, 62, 73 Penalty: Hogg...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoGood riddance to record run, now Eddie can experiment
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Days are numbered: England captain Dylan Hartley It had to happen – and in fact you could argue...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years ago‘Fantastic culture created by Vern’
SCOTLAND captain John Barclay was lavish in his praise of departing coach Vern Cotter. “It is hard to put into words...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoIt’s Rorke’s Drift again, but this time the Welsh heroics end badly
By PETER JACKSON Roar power: Referee Wayne Barnes awards a try to Damien Chouly, of France, deep in injury-time to level...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoCards fall in favour of five-try Scotland
Scotland U20 38 Italy U20 17 DARCY Graham scored two tries as Scotland dominated an ill-disciplined Italian side to claim their...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years ago‘Cheating’ French rile Howley in prop row
ROB HOWLEY believes France went against the spirit of rugby with the way they replaced prop Uini Atonio during the 20...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoVictory in Vancouver cuts Blitzbokke lead
VANCOUVER WRAP By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND claimed their second tournament victory this season on the World Sevens circuit with victory over...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoDefensive shift earns Slam for Zach’s boys
By SAM JACKSON Ireland U20 10pts Try: Coombes 64 Conversion: Johnston 64 Penalty: Johnston 40 England U20 14pts Tries: Nay 18,...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoFrance overpower Wales in the generation game
A DOMINANT second-half in Montauban on Friday night helped France and their famous sons hit Wales for six in the last...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoSpain defy red mist to push Belgium to verge of drop
By JON NEWCOMBE RUGBY EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP Spain playmaker: Brad Linklater SPAIN overcame Jesus Moreno’s 43rd-minute red card for a stamp to...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoIt’s Grand for Scarratt as England sweep in
By SAM JACKSON Ireland W 7pts Try: Lyons 66 Conversion: Tyrrell 66 England W 34pts Tries: Wilson Hardy 16, Keates 53,...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoYou traitor, fans yell at the Stade president
You are a traitor. You have been playing Monopoly with our club. The accusation, full of bitterness and disillusion, was the...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoSkeldon holds nerve to earn Scots victory
Scotland W 14 Italy W 12 SCOTLAND claimed a second win in Six Nations for the first time since 2006 by...
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International Rugby
/ 9 years agoStrettle try-double keeps Clermont marching on
CLERMONT, even though they, too, have endured traumatic ends to their seasons in recent years through unexpected failure, have returned to...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoWales denied despite Evans’ salvo
France W 39 Wales W 19 FRANCE made it three from three over Wales in this last weekend of the Six...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoHigh quality moments could not mask increasing shortage of classic matches
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the defining moments of the Six Nations and how the introduction of bonus points effected things...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoComeback kings storm home to stay undefeated
By NICK VERDIER THE CRUSADERS are turning into this season’s comeback kings with yet another great escape against the Blues on...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoThe Six Nations that was…
Player of the tournament: Owen Farrell. Last year’s winner Stuart Hogg again provided the moments that remain seared in the brain...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoMehrtens calls for radical changes to ‘stupid’ system
FORMERAll Black fly-half Andrew Mehrtens believes New Zealand should focus their domestic structure o their own timezone and ditch South African...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoMy team of the tournament…
15. Stuart Hogg (Scotland): One of few modern players with genuine x-factor. A try scorer and provider. Rob Kearney was in...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoGibson: Revert to simple format, it works
By SAM JACKSON WARATAHS coach Daryl Gibson wants SANZAAR to revert to a Super Rugby format in which every team plays...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoEurope’s finest being sold down the river
WELCOME to Northern Hemisphere rugby’s endless road. An 11 month season which purports to be all things to all men, but...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoIrish dogs of war must soldier on to rescue season
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT SUDDENLY Soldiers Field seems a long time ago and a million miles away. The slayers of New Zealand...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoNorth’s a wrecking ball again but bonus point would have been good
From PETER JACKSON at the Principality Stadium WHEN the forensic experts screen the findings of their video dissection tomorrow morning, Wales...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoAdvantage Webb in battle for Lions jersey
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THIS was much more like it from Wales and in George North and Rhys Webb,...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoGeorge: Public hurt drove me to world class show
GEORGE North revealed the hurt of recent criticism inspired him to his two-try display against Ireland. Wales coach Rob Howley hailed...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoO’Mahony: We won’t be lacking motivation
IRELAND flanker Peter O’Mahony says Joe Schmidt’s side won’t be short on motivation against England, despite seeing their Six Nations hopes...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoFrenchwide boys make light of travel sickness
By NICK VERDIER FRANCE have finally won away from home in the Six Nations and it came on the back of...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoEngland on track after Kenya win
Vancouver By NICK VERDIER Clincher: Dan Bibby ENGLAND were pushed hard in their opening fixture but a four-try win over Kenya...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoO’Shea: Offloads put us on the rack
CONOR O’Shea admitted his Italy side could not cope with the offloading skills of France as they slumped to their fourth...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoKerr try rescues fifth-place points
Las Vegas wrap CHARLTON Kerr scored a dramatic stoppage-time try on his World Series debut to help England to fifth place...
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoNot enough, but Tier Two extra cash is right move
THE idea that English Premiership clubs have rejected the ‘buddy’ initiative with Championship clubs because they feared they were in danger...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoSubscriptions…
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Six Nations
/ 9 years agoKurtley can finish in blaze of Euro glory
KURTLEY Beale’s decision to return to Australia after one season in the Premiership, or forfeit his chances of playing for the...
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