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Letters
/ 3 years agoPremiership’s boring compared to Europe
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Letters
/ 3 years agoWhere’s the patriotism?
I THINK the RFU are making a mistake in holding rugby matches on the morning of the King’s Coronation Day. I...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoRegional results
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoMore money needs to go to the grassroots
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME As the Premiership, Champions Cup and Women’s Six Nations hog the headlines,...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoPwllheli win by tightest of margins
National League One round-up By ROB COLE PWLLHELI took full advantage of Division 1 North leaders Nant Conwy’s cup final commitments...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoRavens savour sweet taste of revenge
By PAUL HOPKINS Bridgend..................24 Swansea................. 15 Bridgend and Swansea clashed for the second consecutive week, but this time revenge was on...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoLloyd piles points and pain on the Wizards
By GEORGE TURNER Ebbw Vale...............38 Aberavon.................26 There was a time when it looked as though this could decide which team made...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoOld rivals set for spicy showpiece
Premiership Cup Final By ROB COLE PREVIEW... Newport v Cardiff Today, kick-off 3pm Principality Stadium CLUB games in Wales don’t come...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoScarlets eye former Lion Payne for attack
By JACOB WRIGHT SCARLETS have been chasing former Ireland and British & Irish Lions centre Jared Payne to turn him into...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoIreland try rounds off fine Keys fightback
Championship round-up By ROB COLE CROSS Keys ended a run of four successive games without a win as they came from...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday,April 23,2023 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading... Access all...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMorgan’s time out
RUGBY SHORTS OSPREYS scrum-half Harri Morgan is to take time away from the sport after revealing he attempted to take his...
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Features
/ 3 years agoLloyd to Scarlets
RUGBY SHORTS SCARLETS have signed Bristol playmaker Ioan Lloyd from the start of the 2023-24 season. Lloyd, who has been recruited...
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Features
/ 3 years agoMcInally moves on
RUGBY SHORTS EDINBURGH hooker Stuart McInally has retired to become a commercial airline pilot at the age of 32. The former...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoAzema is on his way back to Perpignan
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Franck Azema is to end his coaching partnership with Pierre Mignoni at Toulon after just one season...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoChiefs hit 50 ahead of Crusaders showdown
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK The Chiefs’ unbeaten streak continues as they secured another bonus point victory to strengthen...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoIce cool Thomson steps up to fire champions to victory
Currie Cup round-up By BEN JAYCOCK Brandon Thomson’s 78th minute penalty secured a 25-24 victory for the champion Pumas against Western...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoSpears put down marker for play-off rematch
Japan League One round-up By BEN JAYCOCK A flurry of late tries propelled Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay to a 39-24 victory...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoMorgan’s new deal a boost for Wales
By PETER JACKSON Jac Morgan has rejected a fistful of Anglo-French offers and signed a long-term deal to stay in Wales....
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoSteward calls for red card ‘bunker’
By JON NEWCOMBE Freddie Steward welcomes the idea of a TMO bunker to help rid the game of unwarranted red cards like...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBaxter: Red cards destroying game
By PAUL REES Rob Baxter says the rash of red cards since the last World Cup is destroying the game. Exeter’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoVarndell’s glad to roll back the years
By JON NEWCOMBE Tom Varndell has added another winner’s medal to his collection, at the ripe old age of 37. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago‘One club, three teams’
Oxford Harlequins head coach Stu Wells, below, says the club’s success across the board this season is down to their ethos...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoI’d love to play for Fiji, says Hughes
By BEN JAYCOCK Nathan Hughes has closed the chapter on his time in England but says he is awaiting the call...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoFalcons to put emphasis on academy players
By PAUL REES Newcastle are putting the emphasis on sustainability ahead of Alex Coding’s arrival as head coach in the summer....
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoHastings on way back after shoulder injury
By PAUL REES Adam Hastings is in line to return to action for Gloucester before the end of the season, four...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoEwels off to Bulls
England lock Charlie Ewels has joined South African URC side the Bulls for the remainder of the season before returning to...
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Top 14
/ 3 years agoNew deal for Willis
Flanker Jack Willis has signed a new three-year deal with Toulouse, potentially putting his England future in doubt. Willis joined Toulouse...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoMacLeod to depart Falcons
Alex Codling is set to make sweeping changes to the Kingston Park coaching staff following his appointment as Newcastle head coach....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoGloucester in pole for Robinson
Gloucester are in pole position to snap up Ed Robinson to spearhead their attack coaching next season. Robinson, 29, has been...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaracens lead hunt for Wales prop Smith
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Saracens have held talks with Wales loosehead Nicky Smith about a switch to the Premiership...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoAbendanon joins Bayonne
Former England full-back Nick Abendanon continues to climb the coaching ladder in France and will join a new-look coaching team at...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoExeter’s O’Brien signs for Munster
The exodus from Exeter shows no sign of abating, with centre Sean O’Brien set to become the next player through the...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Billy Searle
Billy Searle, the former Worcester, Bath, Wasps, Bristol & Plymouth fly-half, chooses the best XV he has played with or against...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoAll Blacks have what it takes to go all way
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK The decision by New Zealand to announce a new coach of the All Blacks...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSaints go fourth in battle for play-offs
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Northampton Saints..... 38pts Tries: Moon 15, Ludlam 21, Freeman 38, Hutchinson 42, Smith 49, Dingwall 63 Conversions: Smith...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDowson: Patience was key for us
Phil Dowson was pleased that patience prevailed in the second half and Saints got their reward. “We were a little nervous...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoRetaining the status quo threatens to split game
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Club rugby in England is crying out for a new start, based on...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoMeafou must miss out this time
NICK CAIN Emmanuel Meafou is a one-man army at 6ft 8ins and 22 stone, and with that sort of physical firepower...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMatson delight as Evans confirms he’s staying at The Stoop
Tabai Matson spoke of his joy that attack coach Nick Evans will be staying at Harlequins despite England‘s attempt to lure...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoReid finds the fire to lead Bath fightback
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ....................... 24pts Tries: Varney 6, Carreras 27, Atkinson 45 Conversions: Carreras 6, 27, 45 Penalties: Carreras 12...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoVan Graan delight as attack gets into gear
Bath director of rugby Johan van Graan was overjoyed as his side secured a victory to remember. He said: “We missed...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhen familiarity is the key to success
CHRIS HEWETT As feats of the imagination go, the idea that Ireland might be heading towards a first World Cup final...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoPoliticians should give sport wide berth
CHRIS HEWETT The current US President and leader of the free world (so it says on the press release) is almost...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCurry brothers put the heat on Bristol
By BEN JAYCOCK Bristol Bears ....................20pts Tries: Naulago 39, Ibitoye 73 Conversions: MacGinty 40, 73 Penalties: MacGinty 9, Williams 24 Sale...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLam: We gave Ford too many chances
Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam conceded that his side were second best and foolishly gave George Ford opportunities to chip...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoTall poppy syndrome or a case to answer?
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER For all sorts of reasons, all conquering Leinster...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLast-chance saloon for title hopes – Baxter
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Leicester Tigers v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, Welford Road Focused: Aidon Davis and, inset, Jasper Wiese...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSteward: We want to help Ashy get to that century
Retiring: Chris Ashton MIKE Brown has been left out of Tigers’ matchday 23 for the visit of Exeter today, with Freddie...
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