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Features
/ 3 years agoTide has turned on overseas galacticos
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN IT is a truth long universally accepted that the Top 14 is a pension-liner for big-name overseas...
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Features
/ 3 years agoTown hall looking to find buyer for Beziers
FALLEN French rugby giant Beziers – subject of a protracted takeover tale two years ago – is still officially on the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoIt’s time for northern success in the World Cup – Dallaglio
By GARY FITZGERALD Lawrence Dallaglio is convinced a Northern Hemisphere team can reign supreme in France next year and that the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoGreenwood points finger at academies
WILL Greenwood claims Eddie Jones is wrong to blame a “closeted” private education culture for a lack of backbone and resolve...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoNow WRU lists brain warnings to players
By PETER JACKSON The Welsh Rugby Union has issued its 51,229 registered players a health warning over the dangers of concussion...
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/ 3 years agoGloucester set to win race for Mercer
By NEIL FISSLER Gloucester are poised to win the race to land Zach Mercer on a four-year contract when his deal...
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/ 3 years agoHaag makes coaching return with Team USA
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Former England U20 boss and Bath lock Martin Haag has made a return to frontline coaching as...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoFalcons preparing to relive the glory days
By PAUL REES The Premiership celebrates its 25th birthday later this month and the inaugural champions, Newcastle, are so determined to...
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/ 3 years agoShortfall in funding may force Sharks to pull out
By BEN JAYCOCK Premier 15s side DMP Durham Sharks are in danger of having to pull out of next season’s competition...
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/ 3 years agoSaracens swoop as Flynn returns to top flight
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE James Flynn is the latest Jersey Reds player to be snapped up by a Premiership club with...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoLoader out to put his injury woe behind him
By BEN JAYCOCK Ben Loader is hoping to put last season’s injury-ridden season behind him and help London Irish make a...
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/ 3 years agoWilliams: Some people may think I’m crazy but switch to Scarlets feels right
By STEFFAN THOMAS Gareth Williams is comfortable he has made the right decision leaving the Wales coaching team and is confident...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoMarines help O’Loughlin get in shape for Exeter
By PAUL REES When Rory O’Loughlin met Exeter’s director of rugby Rob Baxter earlier this year to discuss moving from Leinster...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoWe need bigger squads to reduce playing time
COLIN BOAG I’d really like my grandkids to be able to play and watch rugby, but I’m far from sure that...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Alex Woolford
Alex Woolford, The Bedford Blues and former Northampton, Moseley, London Welsh & Coventry second row, chooses the best XV he has...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoJack’s authority shows he’s the lad for England
KYRAN BRACKEN FORMER ENGLAND SCRUM-HALF It's interesting that, in England, scrum-half has traditionally been considered less influential tactically than fly-half, with...
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/ 3 years agoHooper: My mindset’s not right to play
By Ben Jaycock Brave: Australia captain Michael Hooper Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has returned to Australia from Argentina for personal reasons,...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCaptain Cane: We need to fix our work at the breakdown
Having lost five out of their last six games, the All Blacks are under immense pressure and captain Sam Cane says...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoAll Black misery keeps on mounting
By BEN JAYCOCK South Africa ....26pts Tries: Arendse 8, Le Roux 80 Conversions: Pollard 10, 82 Penalties: Pollard 22, 51, 73...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoWallabies fight back to secure bonus point victory
By SAM JACKSON Argentina ........26pts Tries: Matera 6, Gonzalez 55 Conversions: Boffelli 7, 58 Penalties: Boffelli 12, 16, 22, 42 Australia...
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Features
/ 3 years agoIRFU to offer 43 pro contracts to women
RUGBY SHORTS The Irish Rugby Football Union have confirmed it will offer 43 professional contracts to women’s players in the country’s...
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Features
/ 3 years agoRed Roses cashing in on success of Lionesses
RUGBY SHORTS TICKET sales have been boosted this week for England’s two September women’s internationals following the Lionesses’ triumphant Euro 2022...
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Features
/ 3 years agoEaling sign Aussie scrum-half Grant
RUGBY SHORTS AMBITIOUS Ealing Trailfinders have signed 28-year-old scrum-half Jack Grant from Super Rugby side the Waratahs. Grant made nine appearances...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBrown’s keeping in shape
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Mike Brown has been training with former club Harlequins as he looks to keep himself...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoDemelza’s leading man…
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler FORMER Doncaster and Coventry ace Will Owen recently had the biggest...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoPhillips out to guide China to Olympics
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler FORMER England Sevens star Ollie Phillips has taken over as...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoFinancial woes force Wasps to halt recruitment
ON THE BLINDSIDE By Neil Fissler Wasps have placed a freeze on recruitment despite Lee Blackett aiming to sign another two...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChiefs keen on Sio to strengthen front row
ON THE BLINDSIDE By Neil Fissler Exeter Chiefs have veteran Wallaby prop Scott Sio on a list of potential recruits, with...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoFalcons fight for Radwan
ON THE BLINDSIDE By Neil Fissler Newcastle Falcons are keen to agree to a new contract with England winger Adam Radwan...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoEngland lack thrust to get to destination
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NEXT year will be the 20th anniversary of England’s single World Cup-winning campaign,...
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/ 3 years agoNienaber has his team on right track
NICK CAIN Consistent, coherent selection is a hallmark of the most successful teams at international level, and right now there is...
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/ 3 years agoIt’s gold for South Africa & Aussies at Games
SOUTH Africa continued their hot streak as they swept aside double Olympic champions Fiji in the men’s rugby Sevens final last...
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/ 3 years agoMitchell: I’d love to play in World Cup
By BEN JAYCOCK Former England captain Tom Mitchell is hoping his Sevens career isn’t over yet and is keen to be...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoThis is one derby I just can’t wait to see
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The fixtures and kick-off times for the 2022/23 United Rugby Championship season were finally announced...
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/ 3 years agoWilliams has a vital role to play at Scarlets
SHANE WILLIAMS This week the worst kept secret in Welsh rugby was announced with the WRU confirming that Gareth Williams has...
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/ 3 years agoGrace will come back even stronger
Shane Williams Last week I made the prediction that Regan Grace could be the ace up Wayne Pivac’s sleeve at the...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoHoppers set early pace but Kendal dig in
By JOHN LE PAGE Preston G..............36 Kendal ..................26 Newly promoted Preston Grasshoppers began their pre-season programme with a home win against...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoSuper sub Isaac scorches in for four
■By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde Hawks ......53 Perthshire ..............5 Fylde welcomed a touring, well kilted Perthshire Eagles squad to the Woodlands for...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoDominant third period puts Shelford clear
■By JOSH BARNES Shelford................47 Rochford H............29 SHELFORD showed their season ambitions with an impressive win against National 2 opponents. The game...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoFree-scoring All Blacks finish on high
■By SUZANNE CLEAVE Cornish AB............24 Barnstaple............12 RUGBY returned to Polson with a three-way friendly line up of the Cornish All Blacks,...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoJarvis shines behind powerful Pooler pack
■By JOHN WHITE Dings ......................21 Pontypool ............67 DINGS suffered a heavy defeat in their opening preseason fixture in front of a...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoStudents turn on style to down Raiders
■By MAX COURTIS Exeter Uni ......47 Guernsey ........12 THE young men from Devon came out on top with a fine display...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoRugby has a proper fight on its hands now
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Anyone out there remember Sean Kerly? It’s just about possible, but only if your joints are seizing...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoIt’s Castro’s abilities we should remember
CHRIS HEWETT Back in 2008, when a Labour government was running the country and the Rugby Football Union couldn’t run a...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoSuck out the joy and people will turn away
Paul Rees talks to Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill about the game’s future Then it came, the question was why...
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Features
/ 3 years agoYoungs Guns: Bath and Scotland U18s scrum-half Murdoch Lock
Having represented the U18s earlier this year, Bath academy scrum-half Murdoch Lock has set a clear goal to become the first...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoWilson happy to be a new Knight
By JON NEWCOMBE Doncaster may be worlds apart from south-west London but former astrophysics student and Harlequins prop Mak Wilson is...
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/ 3 years agoJones calls for resilience
ENGLAND head coach Eddie Jones believes English rugby’s reliance on private schools has led to a less resilient culture among the...
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/ 3 years agoWe need more attacking space coaches – Ashton
Former England head coach Brian Ashton (right) has criticised the number of recruitment adverts for contact skills coaches in rugby and...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoHare’s world record keeps on growing
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Dusty Hare retired more than 30 years ago and yet his world points...
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