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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoJohn Eales, the quiet man who became an inspiring skipper
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage, this time focusing on John Eales' leadership in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoLamaison brought the house down
The 1999 World Cup was a curate’s egg of a tournament, combining the crass with the truly historic. This was the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoJones: We must be multi-dimensional
By PAUL REES The last peak scaled by England under Jones was in Australia last summer when they came from one...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoFive Falcons are chosen in Argentina squad
Named: Mateo Carreras FIVE Newcastle Falcons have been named in Argentina’s training squad as they prepare for the upcoming Rugby Championship...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoCrusaders to the fore in Team of the Season
Ben Jaycock selects his best XV from this season’s Super Rugby Pacific championship The Crusaders’ incredible dynasty continued as they lifted...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 3 years agoGB women clinch sevens spot at Paris Olympics
By SAM JACKSON GREAT Britain’s women’s sevens team won gold at the European Games in Krakow, Poland to clinch a place...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago“What we prepared for was way off” – O’Kelly on Ireland’s doomed RWC 2007
Malcolm O’Kelly has revealed why Ireland‘s last World Cup in France was such a disastrous campaign, but is confident such problems...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoGB women earn Olympic Sevens qualification while men beaten to spot by Ireland
A gold medal in the European Games secured Great Britain’s women a place at the 2024 Olympic Sevens competition, but a...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoKremer blow for Argentina
Los Pumas are set to be without banned backrower Marcos Kremer for the entire Rugby Championship campaign. Kremer has been banned...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCohen: Mental strength is the key ingredient
By GARY FITZGERALD Ben Cohen insists England have the physical talent and power to be true World Cup contenders but he...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years ago‘Tofty’ on mission to improve the pathway for England
By PAUL REES Mark Mapletoft had no hesitation when he was last month offered the chance to take the England Under...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBorthwick impressed with intensity of Prem final
By GARY FITZGERALD Steve Borthwick’s hopes that England can enjoy a successful World Cup campaign were boosted by the “Test match”...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoWales agony as they are beaten by a single point
By SAM JACKSON Wales………………26pts Tries: Lewis 22, Edwards 26, Morse 38, Scarfe 79 Conversions: Edwards 26, 38, 79 New Zealand….27pts Tries:...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoFrance prove too strong for Japan
By TOM RILEY France .............75 Japan .............. 12 France ran in 11 tries to steamroll a determined Japan outfit. Les Bleuets,...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoFijians push Aussies all way
By TOM RILEY Australia ........ 46 Fiji......................37 The Junior Wallabies laboured to an opening victory over Fiji but made life difficult...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoBattling England go close as Ireland have to hang on
By CAMERON STEPHENS England.............................. 34pts Tries: Opoku-Fordjour 23, Penalty 49, Cusick 52, 70 Conversions: Slevin 24, 53, 71 Penalties: Slevin 4,...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoValiant Georgia fall just short
By PAUL COUCH South Africa ..33 Georgia............23 The Junior Boks held off a valiant Georgian side in a brutally physical encounter...
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U20 World Cup
/ 3 years agoBaronio leads the way to see off Italy
By TOM RILEY Argentina ..... 43 Italy ................. 15 Los Pumitas fly-half Juan Baronio produced a man of the match performance...
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Features
/ 3 years agoFading myth of invincibility
As the World Cup approaches, Paul Rees reports on why the All Blacks need to hit the ground running For the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoTupou on track to return for Wallabies
Wallabies star prop Taniela Tupou is on track to make his return from injury against the Springboks in their Rugby Championship...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoNienaber keeps faith with World Cup stars
By PAUL REES SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH Africa’s squad preparing for the Rugby Championship contains 19 players who were involved in the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoFoster mixes it up with experience and youth
New Zealand have named five debutants in a 36-man squad for the upcoming Rugby Championship. The squad is a mixture of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoSensational Jonah, the game’s first global star
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the players who shone on the biggest stage, this time he goes back to 1995 and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoMandela inspires rainbow nation
The 1995 World Cup is a multi stranded story we never tire of. Nelson Mandela, elected at South Africa’s first President...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoHeavenly finish as Crusaders snatch title
By CAMERON STEPHENS Super Rugby Pacific Final Chiefs .................. 20pts Tries: Stevenson 22, Narawa 42 Conversions: McKenzie 24, 44 Penalties: McKenzie...















