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English Championship
/ 2 years agoKing keen to prove worth for Bedford
By BEN JAYCOCK Cameron King now sees himself as a settled Championship player and is looking forward to his new adventure...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 2 years agoI still think England could surprise a few
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME SO here we are again, losing a player as a result of...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoOyonnax are worth place at top table
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Promoted ProD2 champions Oyonnax demonstrated – if there was still any doubt after last weekend’s impressive opening...
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News Extra
/ 2 years ago2025 stadia announced
EIGHT venues have been named across England to host the women’s 2025 World Cup. A mix of rugby and football stadiums...
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News Extra
/ 2 years agoAce Snowsill calls time
WALES fly-half Elinor Snowsill has retired from professional rugby. Snowsill, who won 76 caps, played at four World Cups and and...
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News Extra
/ 2 years agoScots snap up Banahan
FORMER Bath and England winger Matt Banahan has joined Scotland women as attack coach. Banahan scored four tries in 16 caps...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoNot again! Vunipola red adds to misery
By ADAM HATHAWAY in Dublin Maro Itoje admitted England have to clean up their act after Billy Vunipola’s red card sent...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGatland: Penalty try verdict was harsh
By ROGER PANTING Wales head coach Warren Gatland said the yellow card issued to Rio Dyer played a large part in...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoTierney set to be first female CEO at WRU
By SAM JACKSON The Welsh Rugby Union has appointed its first female chief executive in Abi Tierney. Tierney has been director...
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Women's International
/ 2 years agoTake mental health seriously – Rugman
By BEN JAYCOCK Ellie Rugman has urged new England head coach John Mitchell to take mental health more seriously after her...
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Features
/ 2 years agoRobinson’s delight to be back at Bath
Jon Newcombe finds the club’s former captain in fine form as he returns to join coaching team Twenty five years after...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years ago‘I’m backing England to reach last four’
Andy Robinson backs England to defy the doom mongers and at least reach the World Cup semi-finals. England, ranked as fifth...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoTime is running out for chaotic England
By NICK CAIN Ireland............................... 29pts Tries: Aki 8, Ringrose 38, Lowe 55, Hansen 65, Earls 73 Conversions: Byrne 9, Crowley 74...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoBorthwick must put trust in players
PAUL REES ENGLAND need someone to shoulder the burden, but they keep sticking their shoulder into the head of an opponent....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoIt’s time for England to climb out of their self-imposed bunker
BRENDAN GALLAGHER OK, I’ve counted to ten and imagined myself snoozing in a hammock on some Pacific atoll. I am calm...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoWorld Rugby appeal hearing on Tuesday
An appeal against the decision to overturn the red card given to England captain Owen Farrell against Wales will be heard...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoConan will be fit for RWC
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell says injured back row Jack Conan will be fit for selection for the World Cup. Conan...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoGatland’s men get lesson in finishing
By PETER JACKSON Wales.................................. 16pts Tries: Parry 72 Conversions: Evans 72 Penalties: Costelow 9, 21, 25 South Africa .................... 52pts Tries:...
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Shane Williams
/ 2 years agoDyer’s yellow was a flawed decision
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THERE’S no point beating around the bush and waffling on about positives because what we...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoCapuozzo is quickly back in the swing
By TOM WRIGHT Italy...................57 Romania ............ 7 Ange Capuozzo scored two tries on his return from injury as Italy demolished 14-man...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoFiji give France a run for their money
By BEN JAYCOCK France......................... 34pts Tries: Mauvaka 29, Atonio 39, Macalou 59 Conversions: Jaminet 30, 60 Penalties: Jaminet 5, 7, 10,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoLelos coast past Eagles
Georgia....................22 USA.............................. 7 Georgia eased past the USA yesterday in their second warm-up for this year’s World Cup. Fly-half Luka Matkava...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoTeros complete clean sweep of warm-ups
Uruguay............33 Argentina XV .. 13 Uruguay completed their warm-ups with a fine win on Friday, their third in a row at...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoWorld Cup No. 4 for Japan duo
Talismanic back row Michael Leitch and hooker Shota Horie will travel to their fourth World Cup after being named in the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoBrothers together for Chile
Chile's RWC squad includes four sets of brothers – atournament first. Los Cóndores have named Alfonso and Diego Escobar, Matías and...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoIt’s time for Scotland to spring a surprise
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK SCOTLAND have been a decent side for a while now, but they struggle to...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoDon’t let RFU make an ass of the laws
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE Owen Farrell disciplinary fiasco has multiple layers, but the one that looks...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoJones still making the wrong headlines
NICK CAIN Eddie Jones is good at grabbing headlines, but increasingly they are not the sort that does rugby union any...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoEdwards showed the way
NICK CAIN Shaun Edwards had two of the greatest low tacklers the English game has produced when he was coaching at...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoConfusion rules over high tackle crackdown
Paul Rees says there needs to be clarity over challenges that come after a carrier's late change of direction Rugby's disciplinary...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoNew Scotland cap Healy has point to prove
By BRYN PALMER New Scotland recruit Ben Healy admits he may have “a bit of a chip on his shoulder” as...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBeziers keen to bring in Wilson
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former Scotland back row Ryan Wilson is wanted by French...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoDecision time for Sutherland
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Scotland loosehead Rory Sutherland wants to sort out his future...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoChampionship faces TV blackout
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler The Championship faces a near-complete television blackout this season, according...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoDavis likely to join Kiss after Wallaby exit
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former Bath, Wasps and London Irish defence coach Brad Davis...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoJonny’s shirt set for auction
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler The shirt Jonny Wilkinson wore in the first half of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoVolavola chosen ahead of Grayson
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Northampton Saints fly-half James Grayson was a target for French ProD2...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoA brief history of tackles which changed a game
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED It has been fiendishly difficult to identify rugby union’s precise place in the constellation of professional sports...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoIgnore the league tough guys, it’s better to be soft and safe
CHRIS HEWETT Contrary to popular belief, there are still differences between the two codes of rugby. Union still has its flankers...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoWhat a mess, all RFU’s own doing
RATHER than act like gentlemen and play by the rules, England seem to think they can manipulate them for their own...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoSo uplifting to read Pearce’s life story
IN these days of the incompetent 12-strong RFU Board, the English 2nd XV’s dismal showing in Cardiff, ring-fenced Premiership, defunct Premiership...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoNo sympathy from me
WHY are so many people coming out in sympathy for Owen Farrell and England. Farrell has been playing Rugby Union for...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoAlarming indiscipline
A WIN is a win, but England’s indiscipline is alarming a few weeks out from the start of the Rugby World...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoEngland must get the ball to the wide men
FOR four years, Sir Clive Woodward in his matchday analysis in his newspaper column always states that the coaches pick the...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoTigers turn to Du Plessis for World Cup cover
NEWS EXTRA LEICESTER Tigers have brought in Petrus du Plessis as their interim scrum coach. The South African will remain in...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoVan Velze signs on for another season at Bath
NEWS EXTRA GJ van Velze has rejoined Bath for the new season. The 35-year-old South African forward made 10 Premiership appearances...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoOspreys put Jones in charge of the defence
NEWS EXTRA MARK Jones is joining the Ospreys as defence coach. The interim Wales U20s head coach has notable experience in...
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Letters
/ 2 years agoFrench centre Vakatawa returns for Barbarians
NEWS EXTRA VIRIMI Vakatawa’s premature retirement is over as the former France centre started for the Barbarians against Samoa last night...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Scott Rawlings
Scott Rawlings, the long-serving Fylde, Lancashire and former England counties, Manchester and Longton centre, chooses the best XV he has played...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoThe cruellest time to suffer an injury
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The agony of these eve of World Cup...
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