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/ 7 years agoFrance keep the faith with squad which beat Scotland for Dublin trip
Head coach Jacques Brunel names unchanged squad to face Ireland in the Six Nations
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoArgentina await England in Las Vegas Sevens quarter-final
By ADAM ELLIS Las Vegas ENGLAND booked a date with Argentina in the Las Vegas 7s cup quarter-finals as South Africa...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoMoriarty open to offers after Jackman departure
By ALEX BYWATER NEWS EXTRA ROSS Moriarty has revealed he would one day consider a move to France as continuing off-the-field...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoPierce out, Fidow in
RUGBY SHORTS WORCESTER lock Pierce Phillips is to join French Top 14 club Agen, while their Ireland-qualified South Africa-born prop Gareth...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoWasps life for Daniels
WASPS have signed tighthead prop Mike Daniels from Nottingham for next season. Former Worcester Warrior Daniels, 26, made his debut for...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoLeiua gets four weeks
BRISTOL’SAlapati Leiua has been banned for four weeks for striking Quins fly-half Marcus Smith. The Samoa winger contested the charge, but...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoTait forced to call time
FORMER England centre Mathew Tait has retired after failing to recover from an Achilles injury. The 33-year-old, who spent the last...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoChiefs want a ladies XV
EXETER are to bid for a Premier 15s franchise and create a women’s team. “We’ve started to add ladies into our...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoYear extra for Webber
FORMER England hooker Rob Webber has extended his contract with Sale Sharks until the end of the 2020/21 season. Webber, 32,...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoSunwolves break their duck at last
By ADAM ELLIS Starring role: Sunwolves fly-half Hayden Parker PICTURE: Getty Images THE SUNWOLVES have rarely had a crumb of comfort...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoLloyds ensure surprise win for Treorchy
By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Plate / Bowl round-up NEWS EXTRA BRYNMAWR’S defence of the Plate is over after a 27-12 defeat...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoPacific island players’ union to explore nuclear option of boycotting 2019 Rugby World Cup in light of proposed ‘World League’
Fiji, Tonga and Samoa have all qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby’s 12-team World League proposal shot down for casting away Pacific nations
The story of the year may have just hit the sport
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRonan O’Gara plotting route to senior coaching job with Crusaders… or All Blacks
'Everything is possible' says former Ireland fly-half
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoHooper laments narrow escape
By ADAM ELLIS Narrow escape: Israel Folau scored for the Waratahs PICTURE: Getty Images WARATAHS and Australia captain Michael Hooper accused...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCardiff effect could put end to Slam dunk
Jon Newcombe talks to England's double Grand Slam winner Peter Winterbottom.
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Features
/ 7 years agoWarren has to establish a half-back partnership
Shane Williams looks ahead to Wales' crunch game with England this weekend.
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoPlummer blows his big chance
By LUKE JARMYN Return: Double World Cup winner Ma’a Nonu made his comeback after a three-year stint in France PICTURE: Getty...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoAll Black commitments may stretch Crusaders
Glenn Delaney insists Crusaders will still be the team to beat when Super Rugby returns on Friday.
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoKelly: We must right the wrongs from French defeat
WALES forwards coach Richard Kelly has challenged his players to correct the mistakes of their French defeat against Italy today. A...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoLyons try sets Irish up for bonus win
By GARY HEATLY Scotland Women…… 5 Ireland Women……… 22 IRELAND head coach Adam Griggs was a happy man after his side...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoLeitch gets nod for ‘title decider’
By SAM JACKSON WORLD Cup winner Marlie Packer is rested for England’s clash with France after injuring her shoulder in the...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoJoyce denied late winner by TMO
By ROB COLE Italy Women…….3 Wales Women….3 JASMINE Joyce raced 70m to what would have been one of the greatest tries...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoLet’s have relegation in women’s Six Nations
CATHERINE SPENCER Like fine wine: Katy Daley-McLean gets better with age Round one of the women’s Six Nations followed expected form...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoHere’s one football story rugby men should heed
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK PREMIERSHIP owners are partial to borrowing from the professional football model when it...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoFarrell will call for a fast start to shock the French
WHEN it comes to being a captain of cool – as in an ice-cool temperament – Owen Farrell has been taking...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoTake your bow, but you’ll need to step up
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS Crucial to Wales: Jonathan Davies is the best defensive 13 in the world PICTURE: Getty...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoSlade’s not a classic 13 but he’s putting his stamp on it
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK In association with Lifts the team: Henry Slade’s two tries in Dubln have helped build...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoErrors choke off Scots’ brave bid as Irish keep their title hopes alive
By NICK CAIN Yawning gap: Jacob Stockdale breaks clear to score Ireland’s second try PICTURES: Getty Images THIS trip to Murrayfield...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoWales know they will need much more to stop England
By PETER JACKSON Reward: Josh Adams crosses to score Wales’ first try PICTURES: Getty Images THE message screaming out from The...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoAll Black commitments may stretch Crusaders
By NEALE HARVEY Champions: Crusaders celebrate their success in 2018 GLENN Delaney insists Crusaders will still be the team to beat...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoLaidlaw: Poite doesn’t seem to like us
SCOTLAND captain Greig Laidlaw claimed French referee Romain Poite “doesn’t seem to like” Scotland after the Scots lost to Ireland in...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoDREAMTEAM
TONY FENNER, COVENTRY AND FORMER AUCKLAND, OTAGO, EASTERN PROVINCE, EDINBURGH AND BEDFORD UTILITY BACK, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV PLAYED WITH OR...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoEngland ‘have found two amazing flankers’
Jon Newcombe talks to Serge Betsen, the great former French flanker about Sunday Destructive: Tom Curry, left, has all the attributes...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoKids need to get a rugby ball in their hands
ONCE the nemesis of English rugby, Serge Betsen is looking to strengthen rugby at grass roots level in his adopted country...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoPicamoles pumped up for his Vunipola challenge
By GARY FITZGERALD LOUIS Picamoles is relishing the prospect of pitting his skill and strength against his counterpart Billy Vunipola. The...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoFarrell has moved well ahead of George now
LEADING PREMIERSHIP POINTS SCORER CHARLIE HODGSON Attack-minded: Owen Farrell spends hours honing his skills No doubt the England boys will still...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoIrish miss the bonus but stay on course for Slam
By GARY HEATLY Scotland U20….5 Ireland U20….24 DYLAN Tierney-Martin made it three tries in two matches to help Ireland to this...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoEngland outmuscle the world champions
By GARY FITZGERALD Let’s get physical: Ollie Lawrence charges into Julien Delbouis GLOUCESTER flanker Aaron Hinkley produced a dynamic display as...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoPeter Jackson column: Glory days come with a big price for Dafydd
[quote] “Glory Days. Well they’ll pass you by, Glory Days In the wink of a young girl’s eye, Glory Days, Glory...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoSt Andre: We have no chance at Twickenham
■By NEALE HARVEY Realist: Philippe St Andre FRANCE’S brittle confidence makes it almost impossible for them to storm England’s citadel and...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoUnderdogs? England are the big dogs of Dublin now
■From NICK CAIN at the Aviva Stadium Roar: Cian Healy scores Ireland’s first try Speed merchant: Henry Slade wins the race...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoMurray: Slow start and soft tries were the killers
IRELAND scrum-half Conor Murray said their sluggish start cost them dearly. “We started slow and gave gave up a couple of...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoBlitzbokke lie in wait for England
■By LUKE JARMYN SYDNEY SEVENS TWO tries by Dan Norton in a man of the match display against Japan set up...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoI’m excited about what this team can achieve
CHARLIE HODGSON Winning the aerial battle: Jonny May “Not only was the line speed relentless, but the quality of the tackles...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoFiji on top as England earn consolation prize
WELLINGTON WRAP ENGLANDwon the second tier Challenge Trophy in the New Zealand Sevens last weekend with a 36-7 success over Kenya....
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoBrutal and brilliant, this was England at their best
JEREMYGUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Confrontational: Manu Tuilagi showed how much he has been missed “England didn’t dip in their intensity...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoCan we beat the record v England?
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Outstanding: Justin Tipuric showed why he’s one of the best flankers in the world PICTURE:...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoFrench need Clouseau to detect how Wales could steal this one
■By PETER JACKSON Interception: George North beats the tackle of France’s Yoann Huget to score Wales’ third try Looking good: Yoann...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoKinghorn’s hat-trick lights up Murrayfield
■By NEALE HARVEY Irrepressible: Blair Kinghorn dives over for his second try PICTURES: Getty Images Battling on: Jayden Hayward makes a...
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