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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBenhard puts his body on the line for Irish
By PAUL REES Benhard Janse van Rensburg is in his second season with London Irish and has yet to miss a...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with James Lang
The Scotland, Edinburgh and former Harlequins centre chooses the best XV he has played with or against 1. Pierre Schoeman –...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoEngland need more size in the back row
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK If we look at the depth of the international squads of top tier rugby...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoIrish left fuming as Harlequins snatch it
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins........................ 26pts Tries: Allen 43, 59; Dombrandt 51, Head 80+3 Conversions: Allen 44, 60, 52 London Irish..................... 24pts...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoJeepers! Matson happy to hang on
Harlequins head coach Tabai Matson was happy with the final result. “We’ll take it,” he said. “We stayed in the fight...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMitchell delivers as Saints walk tall
By GARY FITZGERALD Northampton.................... 45pts Tries: Mitchell 14, 20; Sleightholme 29, Salakaia-Loto 31, Proctor 43, Grayson 70 Conversions: Smith 15, 21,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDowson: We’re waiting on Lawes
Courtney Lawes is still suffering symptoms of his head injury five weeks after the incident left the England captain struggling to...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMagical Louis has The Shed believing
By TOM BRADSHAW Gloucester........................ 38pts Tries: Rees-Zammit 4, Carreras 27, Socino 34, Chapman 42, Ackermann 59, Ludlow 77 Conversions: Hastings 5,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe made too many sloppy errors, admits coach Hepher
Exeter head coach Ali Hepher was left to rue his side coughing up too much possession. He said: “We know the...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime for ruthless focus and an iron discipline
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The 2022 autumn series is within touching distance, and with it comes a...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoEngland facing toughest test yet
NICK CAIN England are the favourites to win the Women’s World Cup, but they will only be put to the acid...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGoode set to become Saracens record man
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Saracens v Sale Sharks Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stone X Stadium Saracens director of rugby Mark Mc-Call admits...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCaptain Curry expects his Sharks to respond in style
SALE SHARKS captain Ben Curry says today’s top-of-the-table clash at Saracens represents a chance for his side to show their true...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhat was that again? Big Dave has trouble with his articulation
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is a well-known fact in literary circles that TS Eliot’s great poem The Waste Land, first...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoDon’t lose rugby in some tiny corner of cyberspace
CHRIS HEWETT Jeff Bezos is some piece of work. One of a tiny handful of people who can legitimately argue that...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPuma power is pushing Gloucester to new heights
By TOM BRADSHAW Buzzing: Gloucester hooker Santiago Socino Gloucester's Puma-powered renaissance is gathering pace, with the hard-working attitude of the club’s...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoClermont set sights on George
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Clermont Auvergne are preparing an offer to tempt England and Lions hooker Jamie George into leaving...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChiefs eye up another two Wasps
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EXETER Chiefs have made moves for two more players without a club after Wasps went...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBiggar closes in on deal
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Dan Biggar is inching towards a deal that will see him leave Northampton Saints when...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaints are now heading the chase for Willis
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER In demand: Jack Willis, above, and Alfie Barbeary, right, are wanted by other clubs PICTURES:...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLondon Irish duo attract interest
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Winger: Loader London Irish are battling to keep hold of two of their young prospects,...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoIf players follow Tipuric’s lead, Wales will be fine
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND We are a year away from the men’s World Cup and Wayne Pivac is going...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoTime to invest in women’s game and get better next time
SHANE WILLIAMS If there was a degree of inevitability about Wales’ exit from the Women’s World Cup against host national New...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 years agoCanada looking for a repeat
Preview Canada v USA Today. Kick-off 3.30am USA head coach Rob Cain has named an unchanged match-day 23 for their quarter-final...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoWales bow out as flyer Portia sets try record
By MARK DOCHERTY New Zealand.....55pts Tries: Woodman 12, 43; Tui 19, Hirini 27, Rule 38, Connor 48, 64, A Bremner 56,...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 3 years agoGrisez treble blows Italy away
France................39pts Italy....................... 3pts By BEN JAYCOCK WINGER Joanna Grisez scored a hat-trick as France secured an emphatic victory over Italy to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 years agoI’m so proud: Hunter takes Rocky record
Preview By BEN JAYCOCK England v Australia Today. Kick-off 1.30am CAPTAIN Sarah Hunter will become England’s most capped player when she...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoKinghorn so close to sinking Aussies
By BRYN PALMER Scotland ............................ 15pts Tries: Smith 11, Kinghorn 42 Conversions: Kinghorn 42 Penalties: Kinghorn 53 Australia ............................ 16pts Tries:...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 years agoRetallick sees red in Japan frightener
Japan................ 31 New Zealand..38 The All Blacks endured a shaky start to their end of year tour in Japan with Brodie...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoOne final chance for AWJ to take out ABs
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Alun Wyn Jones will take his last scheduled crack at the All Blacks...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoCasualty list which just keeps growing and growing
PETER JACKSON The autumn series kicks with almost 40 missing in action, the majority of whom have been declared unfit for...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoA player’s parents should be the limit
PETER JACKSON Jack Dempsey’s switch of allegiance from Australia to Scotland opens the way for a whole host of international players...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 years agoCardiff moving forward-Young
Preview Cardiff v Edinburgh Today. 3pm CARDIFF are looking to build on last weekend’s away win at the Stormers when they...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoDavies on fire as Dragons leave Zebre at the gate
By DELME PARFITT Dragons............ 47pts Tries: Williams 9, Richards 28, 66; Hughes 47, O’Brien 57 Conversions: S Davies 9, 28, 66,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoConnacht have the drop on Ospreys
By ROGER PANTING Ospreys............. 19pts Tries: Sutton 3, Morgan-Williams 8, Parry 68 Conversions: Walsh 3, 68 Connacht..........22pts Tries: Wootton 34, Blade...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoDaunting trip to SA next for sorry Scarlets
By ROGER PANTING Scarlets............... 5pts Tries: S Evans 20 Leinster..............35pts Tries: Cosgrave 1, Russell 25, Clarkson 47, Penalty 56, 70 ...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoMoore leads way for Ulster
By JOHN FALLON Munster .............. 14 Tries: Daly 67 Penalties: Crowley 10, 48, 54 Ulster ................... 15 Tries: Murphy 4, Stewart...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoSix-try Warriors get revenge
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow .............. 37 Tries: Vailanu 10, 57; Cancelliere 36, McDowall 39, F Brown 48, McLean 72 Conversions: Miotti...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoLions ……………….. 22 Stormers………. 31
STORMERS fought back from 12 points down to claim an impressive win. Jordan Hendrikse slotted two early penalties for the Lions,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 3 years agoBulls v Sharks
Preview Today. 1pm SHARKS director of rugby Neil Powell believes last week’s postponed game against Ulster may aid his team today...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Joe Maddock
The former Crusaders, Bath, Treviso and Saracens winger, now attack coach at Bath They say one man’s misfortune is another man’s...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoSharing delight of beating All Blacks
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER There is rightly much focus on the 50th...
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Features
/ 3 years agoWhen the Mayne man was in charge
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER PLAYING I reland and Lions rugby legend Paddy Mayne in any film representation of the SAS was...
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Features
/ 3 years agoPrepare for a changing of the guard
The autumn international window is meant to cover three weekends but this year it is being played over five as countries...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCornish on song as Cov too strong for Caldy
By JOHN LYON Caldy .................. 18pts Tries: Gourlay 71, 76, J Dickinson 52 Penalties: Jones 7 Coventry ...........27pts Tries: Cornish 25,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoScottish woe as Clow sent off before he gets on pitch
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish P .........32pts Tries: Walker 9, Beaton 28, Elderkin 37, Andrew 53, Fender 80 Cons: Robson 9, 37...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTenacious Hartpury just can’t hold Reds
By GEORGE POOLE Hartpury University....... 17pts Tries: Eadie 41, Denty 45, Lewis 62 Conversions: Williams 62 Jersey Reds..................... 27pts Tries: Woollett...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoAmpthill pay price for poor discipline
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster K .....35pts Tries: Holling 6, Margetts 17, Daly 24, Holden 36, Kelly 71 Conversions: Dolly 6, 17,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHat-trick for Holmes puts Ealing on the right course
By XANDER CHEVALLIER Ealing T............ 64pts Tries: Holmes 4, 9, 17; Burns 8, 42; Bird-Tulloch 31, Uzokwe 60, 68; Grant 76,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHigh drama as Bedford stunned by Richmond
By TIMOTHY FORRESTER Richmond..........36pts Tries: Lennon 5, Graham 10, 54, Little 36, Saysell 66, Makele 72 Conversions: Johnston 11, 67, 73...
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