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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoBattered Llanelli pay price for lack of discipline
By ROB COLE Aberavon.......... 31 Llanelli............. 24 Former Fijian age-grade international wing Ben Raivalitia crowned his debut off the bench for...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoWhites the party-poopers on Owens’ return
By ROB COLE Carmarthen............10 Swansea.................24 Ken Owens came through his first half of rugby since October 2021 unscathed, although a second-half...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoMcDonough shows spirit of Strange
By ROB COLE Ebbw Vale...............24 RGC............................... 8 They may have been missing head coach Jason Strange, who was on duty with...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoDogged Warren at the double for Drovers
By SIMON ROBERTS Merthyr.................... 12 Llandovery.............36 Former Dragons centre Adam Warren crossed for two of Llandovery’s five tries in their vital...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoScrivens masterminds Ponty revenge
By SIMON ROBERTS Pontypridd..............40 Bridgend.................... 8 Fly-half Joe Scrivens kicked Pontypridd to an emphatic league win over Bridgend to avenge their...
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Welsh Premiership
/ 3 years agoHill helps stop the rot for Blue & Blacks
Newport...................32 Cardiff......................34 By ROB COLE Newport had been dining out all on the fact they beat Cardiff four times in a...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBattling Ponty hold their nerve
Championship round-up By ROB COLE Tributes flowed for former player Eddie Butler as Pontypool beat promotion-rivals Neath at Pontypool Park. Deon...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoLillicrap leads Wales to New Zealand
SIWAN Lillicrap will captain Wales’ squad for the World Cup in New Zealand. Centre Hannah Jones, who led Wales in the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoMcIntosh guides Brecon to big win
Welsh Division One round-up ■By ROB COLE DION McIntosh had a field day as he scored 20 points in Brecon’s 45-21...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoVerdict on corruption charges is awaited
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Tuesday, December 13. That’s the date a Paris court delivers its verdicts on FFR President Bernard Laporte,...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoReturn to Wales brings the best out of Cuthbert
By STEFFAN THOMAS When Alex Cuthbert left Welsh rugby for Exeter in 2018, very few people would have expected to see...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoEadie’s on his way to Toronto
FORMER Bristol and Northampton back row Mitch Eadie has joined Toronto Arrows in America’s Major League Rugby. The 30-year-old left Bristol...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoGloucester CEO: Don’t put up £5m salary cap
By JON NEWCOMBE Gloucester CEO Lance Bradley has voiced his frustration at the decision to increase the Premiership salary cap back...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoOwens in line for Baa-Baas challenge
By PETER JACKSON Ken Owens is to be offered the chance of breaking new ground on his long-overdue return to the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNew call to investigate ‘Castro’ eligibility case
By STEFFAN THOMAS Dan Leo is urging World Rugby to carry out a thorough investigation into Martin Castrogiovanni’s eligibility for Italy...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPGB to allow 5,000 capacity entry to Premiership
The Professional Game Board at the RFU have agreed to loosen the rules governing the minimum stadium capacity for promotion to...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBlamire’s sticking at hooker – Walder
By PAUL REES Newcastle are not looking to do an Alfie Barbeary with Jamie Blamire despite fielding the pacy England hooker...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘Wonderful wordsmith’ Butler dies on charity trek in Peru
By SAM JACKSON FORMER Wales captain and broadcaster Eddie Butler died in his sleep on a charity trek in Peru on...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoOdendaal has point to prove after Boks snub
By PAUL REES Burger Odendaal joined Wasps after accepting that his chances of winning a South Africa cap had gone, but...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoAdams: Wales are going the right way
By STEFFAN THOMAS Match winner: Liam Williams, right, congratulates Josh Adams after his try in the second Test against South Africa...
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Sevens World Series
/ 3 years agoFormer coach Friday says England Sevens in period of transition
By BEN JAYCOCK Mike Friday believes England Sevens are in a transitional phase and will become stronger when they compete as...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCompetition for back three ‘insanely fierce’
By JON NEWCOMBE TOM Collins running hell for leather rather than leathering the ball makes for a far more entertaining spectacle...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoChile star signs for Knights
DONCASTER have signed the man who has led Chile to their first-ever World Cup – Martin Sigren. The all-action back rower...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoThis week’s letters: Population ratios suggest room for more pro players
John Allanson (Rugby Paper, September 11) states it is ‘preposterous’ that Championship clubs could be anything other than semi-professional. But there’s...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoIncrease TMO power to police time wasters
Couragous: Mathieu Raynal explains his decision to Nic White, left, and Bernard Foley PICTURE: Getty Images COLIN BOAG On BT Sport’s...
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Features
/ 3 years agoIreland face the toughest challenge to stay at top
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK We are year out from the start of the 2023 World Cup in France,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoNadolo too strong for fighting Falcons
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........36pts Tries: Cronin 2, Nadolo 7, 37; Ashton 37, Cracknell 73 Conversions: Gopperth 2, 38, 37, 73...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWalder: We lost way at the end
Newcastle boss Dave Walder felt the two tries conceded just before the interval cost his team dear. “They were two ‘switch...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoQuins wilt in sun as Saracens run show
By PAUL REES Harlequins ........27pts Tries: Murley 3, 8; Marchant 36 Conversions: Allan 5, 10, 37 Penalties: Allan 15, 64 Saracens...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe were rusty, admits Vunipola
Billy Vunipola said the message after Saracens found themselves 17 points down after 15 minutes was to remain calm. It was...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFurbank inspires Saints to bonus win
By GARY FITZGERALD Northampton ..38pts Tries: Augustus 8, Sleightholme 52, Mitchell 55, Furbank 71 Conversions: Grayson 9, 56; Furbank 72 Penalties:...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDowson: Mitchell’s magic hands sparked us into life
Phil Dowson praised Alex Mitchell for the way his moments of magic with hands and feet sparked life into Saints and...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWasps gift-wrap it for clinical Bristol
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Wasps ..................8pts Tries: Cruse 5 Penalties: Atkinson 45 Bristol ................23pts Tries: Sheedy 19, Bradbury 59 Conversions: Sheedy 20,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe got it right in the end – Lam
Bristol's head coach Pat Lam was satisfied with his team’s performance. “We got off to a poor start but worked it...
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Premiership
/ 3 years ago14-man Sharks too good for slack Bath
By DELME PARFITT Bath ....................20pts Tries: Cokanasiga 42, De Glanville 72 Conversions: Francis 43, 73 Penalties: Francis 9, 28 Sale ....................37pts...
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Premiership
/ 3 years ago‘Another tough lesson for us’
Bath head coach Johann van Graan didn’t hide from the inadequacy of his side’s defeat to 14-man Sharks. The South African...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime for England to get Sevens game in order
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK There is no nation in the Rugby Union family that was not disrupted...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoTownsend will show no mercy to Warriors
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Worcester v Exeter Today. Kick-off 3pm, Sixways Exeter will put their sympathy for Worcester’s players and staff...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDiamond relieved to get green light but staff ‘angry’
By BEN JAYCOCK Boss: Steve Diamond Having met Friday’s RFU deadline to prove their safety credentials, Worcester Warriors director of rugby...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoOne old competition which has had its day
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Younger readers may be surprised to learn that back in the days when dinosaurs were roaming the...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoVakatawa highlights a serious problem
CHRIS HEWETT The desperate news surrounding Virimi Vakatawa – a proper centre on his day and plenty good enough for most...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoDifficult job to have so many internationals
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Rob Baxter faces a massive dilemma with nearly every England international at Exeter out...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoMedia don’t like Mondays
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER PREMIERSHIP champions Leicester are likely to finish bottom of the league among journalists who...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoFalcons flyer Earle weighs up his options
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Nathan Earle is the latest Newcastle Falcons player out of contract at the end of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLawrence on wanted list at Sharks
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Wanted man: Ollie Lawrence Sale Sharks have put Worcester Warriors and...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoPuma Vivas signs deal at Kingsholm
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER GLOUCESTER have done a deal to sign Argentina loosehead Mayco Vivas on a short...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRacing stick with Travers
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Racing 92 have been linked with a host of coaches for next season, but...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Antonio TJ Harris
The Jersey Reds and former North Otago, Bedford, Nottingham & Wasps hooker, chooses the best XV he has played with or...
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