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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoWinter roused by Coventry’s first half ‘hot spell’
By JOHN WILKINSON COVENTRY held out in an edge-of-the-seat finish to secure their second win of the season and end Bedford’s...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoWedlake hits four as Pirates give Students a schooling
By ANDREW BEACHAM CORNISHPirates continued their excellent start to the season with this resounding win over an out-of-sorts Hartpury. The win...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoKnights do it for their stricken boss Clive
By LUKE JARMYN KNIGHTS scrum-half Thomas James’ perfectly timed interception left him in acres of space to score as a galvanized...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoHamilton scales the peaks in 24 hours
PLAYERS of all football codes are never slow to spout about having mountains to climb without ever bothering to buy a...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoRodrigo still locked in at age of 38
WHEN it comes to winning titles in Europe at an age when most players have run out of stamina, nobody does...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoAll change but Kiwis still pound the Pumas
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEW Zealand ruthlessly took their chances to outscore the Pumas six tries to three in a match that...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoHooper delight as Aussies break duck
By GARY FITGERALD Relief: Will Genia, Tom Robertson and try-scorer Matt Toomua celebrate their tight win PICTURE: Getty Images MICHAEL Hooper...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoNZ reserves also contain six appeal
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The All Blacks duly delivered another average performance yesterday, average that is as...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoPay-per-view silence
NO viewing figures have been divulged for the PRO14’s opening plunge into the often shallow pool of pay-per-view television. Whatever Premier...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoRuddock’s family double
THE head honchos of the Robinson and Ruddock families go back a fair way, to a time when one had charge...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoTomos the anthem
EVEN Horatio Nelson would have thought twice about navigating his way from Pwllehli to the seaport named after him half a...
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/ 7 years agoMichael Cheika needs to bridge the gap to the All Blacks, says ARU chief
"I don’t think it’s about changing what we’ve got, it’s about what can we bring"
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoAussies floored by the Beauden show
■ By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Unstoppable: Beauden Barrett runs away to score the All Blacks’ third try PICTURES: Getty Images BEAUDEN BARRETT...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoPlaying in centre needs to carry a warning
THERE is much concerned debate in New Zealand at present regarding centre being the most dangerous position in the world. At...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoNo wonder Ashton saw the red mist
Provocation: Kockott “Provocation is not a defence to foul play…” read part of Richard Whittam QC’s verdict on Chris Ashton on...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoPoland have the athletes to become world class
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points RUGBY MATTERS Man mountain: Gregory Kacala in action for Brive...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoBarrett has too much class for Wallabies
By GARY FITZGERALD Command performance: Beauden Barrett dives over for the All Blacks PICTURES: Getty Images BEAUDEN Barrett produced another breathtaking...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoWe had to dominate up front says Read
KIERAN Read claimed the All Blacks ferocious set-piece was the key to regaining the Bledisloe Cup. The outstanding No.8 and his...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoDe Klerk gets Boks rolling in second half rout
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SOUTH Africa, with Sale’s Faf de Klerk at the helm, turned up the wick after the break with...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoErasmus critical of sub-par display
SPRINGBOKS coach Rassie Erasmus was in surprisingly downbeat mood after what appeared to be a decent start to South Africa’s campaign....
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/ 7 years agoRugby Championship: All Blacks looking for fifth title in six years
New Zealand take on the Wallabies tomorrow morning in Sydney
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/ 7 years agoRugby Championship: Australia seek to shore up scrum while blooding in new caps
Continuing our team profiles ahead of the 2018 Rugby Championship, we look at the Wallabies
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/ 7 years agoRead and Retallick back for the All Blacks, as Australia turn to Hodge to fill midfield problem
Sam Whitelock will earn his 100th Test cap for New Zealand in the Bledisloe Cup clash
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/ 7 years agoRugby Championship: A look at the Springboks
Is it still a matter of rebuilding under Rassie Erasmus for South Africa?
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/ 7 years agoRugby Championship: Argentina team profile
Who else is on the Ledesma hype train?
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The Rugby Championship
/ 7 years agoMario must stop this Pumas freefall
BRENDAN GALLAGHER runs his eye over the Rugby Championship contenders ahead of next weekend’s big kick-off Big job on: Argentina coach...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWhy didn’t someone tell Webb he’d lose Wales slot?
SOMETHING about the Rhys Webb affair doesn’t add up. The player claims he knew nothing of the new 60- cap rule...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoResurgent Wallabies end the Bledisloe barren spell
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER AUSTRALIA’S steady improvement this season continued apace in Brisbane yesterday with a thoroughly deserved Bledisloe Cup win over...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWhat ever happened to that war on gouging?
Sven Cronk knows how it feels to be poked in the eye as the innocent victim of a gouging offence like...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoBilly’s back to mend the bridges
A BERLINWall occasion takes place in Cardiff next Friday evening. More than 60 years after leaving Union for League during the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoGripping? New kit strangles wallets
WALES heralded the advent of their Autumn series with another gripping yarn over the ‘match-winning’ quality of their new kit. Official...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoBorn-again Boks push All Blacks to the very edge
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SOUTH Africa lost a Test match but won back their self-respect in a barnstorming game that showcased the...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoJantjies shoots wide to leave it all square again
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER South Africa ……27pts Tries: Dreyer 17, Serfontein 42, Skosan 48 Conversions: Jantjies 18, 43, 50 Penalties: Jantjies 25...
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/ 8 years agoTEAM: Cheika hands starting debuts to young trio for Springboks clash
By Adam Ellis Australia head coach Michael Cheika has backed flanker Jack Dempsey to pack a punch in the Wallabies back...
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/ 8 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Springbok legend Habana ready for last hurrah
South Africa try scoring legend Bryan Habana has given his broadest hint yet that this season will be the last of...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWounded Wallabies storm home for first win
By SAM JACKSON Australia 45pts Tries: Folau 29, 53, Kepu 49, Genia 72, Phipps 76, Uelese 80 Conversions: Foley 30, 50,...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoAll Blacks put sorry Boks to the sword
New Zealand 57pts Tries: Ioane 17, Milner-Skudder 21, 53, S Barrett 34, Retallick 37, Tu’ungafasi 64, Sopoaga 74, Taylor 80 Conversions:...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoAll Blacks hit back after Pumas scare
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEW ZEALAND were given a major fright for the best part of an hour in New Plymouth before...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWasteful Wallabies let Boks off the hook
By SAM JACKSON AUSTRALIA coach Michael Cheika rued the inability of his Wallabies to close out matches after they surrendered a...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoBrilliance of Barrett settles epic as Australia find pride
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEW Zealand and a rejuvenated Australia said farewell to Colin Meads by serving up one of the great...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoSpringboks maintain their revival to cage Pumas hit by Lavanini’s red card
By NICK VERDIER SOUTH Africa made it five from five in Salta as Argentina saw red in the second round of...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWallabies smashed for six in first half blitzkrieg
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEW ZEALAND dismissed Australia from their presence with a remarkable six-try first half burst in Sydney which left...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoYes, it looks like something is really starting to happen for Coetzee’s Springboks
By NICK VERDIER SOUTHAfrica did not have it all their own way like they did against France in the June Test...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
CHRISTIAN LOADER FORMER WALES, SWANSEA, PONTYPRIDD, ROTHERHAM AND BATH PROP Believe it or not, I started out as a full-back at...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoSOUTH AFRICA
FIXTURES: August 19 v Argentina (Port Elizabeth); August 26 v Argentina (Salta); September 9 v Australia (Perth): September 16 v New...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoARGENTINA
FIXTURES: August 19 v South Africa (Port Elizabeth); August 26 v South Africa (Salta); September 9 v New Zealand (New Plymouth);...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoAUSTRALIA
FIXTURES: August 19 v New Zealand (Sydney); August 26 v New Zealand (Dunedin); September 9 v South Africa (Perth); September 16...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoWill All Blacks be fresh to go again?
BRENDAN GALLAGHER runs his expert eye over the Rugby Championship contenders ahead of next weekend’s big kick-off New Zealand have lost...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 8 years agoNEW ZEALAND
FIXTURES: August 19 v Australia (Sydney); August 26 v v Australia (Dunedin); September 9 v Argentina (New Plymouth); September 16 v...
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/ 10 years agoHooper cited for incident in Wallabies’ win over Argentina
Australia openside alleged to have struck opponent in the lead-up to Dean Mumm's superb try












