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/ 4 years agoHow RWC cooked up pig’s ear of a draw
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Towards the end of the World Cup draw, a celebrated chef stepped forward...
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/ 4 years agoLa Rochelle present a tougher test
PETER JACKSON LEO Cullen before last week’s semi-final against Toulouse in Dublin: “It doesn’t get any tougher.’’ Considering that the ex-champions...
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/ 4 years agoFly-half Billy left the kicks to others
PETER JACKSON BILLY Griffiths rolled off the assembly line at the Welsh fly-half factory in the mid-1950s whereupon he set about...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoChampionship XV of the season: ‘Buzz’ hits six to bow out in style
Now that the Championship season has run its course, Jon Newcombe canvassed the views of the league’s directors of rugby and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLOUIE HENNESSEY
YOUNG GUNS WALES U18 CENTRE Louie Hennessey has signed a contract with Bath to go alongside his studies at Bath University...
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Features
/ 4 years agoI learned via the school of hard knocks
MY LIFE IN RUGBY IAN KENCH THE FORMER OXFORD UNIVERSITY, LOUGHBOROUGH, SALE, NOTTINGHAM AND ESHER LOCK WHEN Mike Brewer came in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDavis was England’s original man of steel
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Heavyweight: Mike Davis was a true powerhouse for...
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Features
/ 4 years agoArundell is far more than just a speedster
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER FAIR play to Eddie Jones for getting Henry...
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/ 4 years agoNelson irked as play-off motion is rejected
NEWS EXTRA By MUHAMMED SHER AFTER defeat to bitter rivals Yorkshire last weekend, Lancashire boss Mark Nelson revealed how his proposal...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoKnox leaves it late to book final place
By MUHAMMED SHER East Midlands.......22 Staffordshire.........24 LONGTON winger Henry Knox was the Staffordshire hero with his try in added on time...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoDixon sets lively Cumbria on way
By MUHAMMED SHER Warwickshire........ 14 Cumbria...................43 A CARE-FREE Cumbria side cut loose against Warwickshire, bringing their campaign to a conclusion in...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoStreetwise Cornwall back for more glory
By BRIAN QUINN Hertfordshire.. 24pts Cornwall............ 50pts CORNWALL will contest yet another County Championship Final at Twickenham next month after out-muscling...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoDickinson leads by example as Cheshire sail through
By NATHAN EDWARDS Cheshire.................. 61 Northumberland..... 3 A NINE-TRY rout against Northumberland RFU helped Gareth Davies’ Cheshire side progress to the...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoMcCafferty treble goes unrewarded
By TRP REPORTER Dorset & Wilts.......56 Essex County......... 12 JOSH McCafferty’s hattrick wasn’t enough for Dorset and Wilts RFU as they...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoHarvey’s the toast of the Cider boys
By DICK MACEY Somerset................. 71 Eastern Counties.. 21 SOMERSET needed one point from this game to ensure their place at Twickenham...
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/ 4 years agoBucks…………….. 17 Notts, L & D…… 49
■ NOTTS, Lincs and Derbys ended their County Championship campaign in style, scoring six second-half tries to overwhelm their hosts. With...
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/ 4 years agoN Midlands……..11 Oxfordshire….. 18
■ TWO dazzling solo tries guided Oxfordshire into the Division Three final. The hosts chalked up the first points when the...
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/ 4 years agoSussex…………… 12 Berkshire……….22
■ ATIGHT first half at Crowborough RFC saw Berkshire dominate the early exchanges. Ross Crame scrambled through to register Berkshire’s first...
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/ 4 years agoDiscipline England’s downfall in Toulouse 7s
NEWS EXTRA SIMON Amor’s England will have to settle for a place in today’s fifth place semi-final after losing their cup...
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/ 4 years agoWallaby O’Connor dealt injury blow
NEWS EXTRA AUSTRALIA star James O’Connor limped off in the Queensland Reds victory over Moana Pasifika yesterday and is a doubt...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoNew law variations do not ensure a level playing field
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Applying the brake: Hookers must keep one foot forward until the call...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTom Smith, Scotland’s heroic slayer of giants
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoRacing 92 play down any move for Jones
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Try double: Matthieu Jalibert helped Bordeaux book their place in the play-offs England head coach Eddie Jones...
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/ 4 years agoNew boss Walder wants to add wow factor at Falcons
By PAUL REES DAVE Walder wants Newcastle to play with more ambition next season and take advantage of threats like Adam...
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/ 4 years agoBayonne lead the chase for Boyde
By STEFFAN THOMAS French interest: Cardiff flanker Will Boyde PICTURE: Getty Images WILL BOYDE could be heading for Bayonne after securing...
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/ 4 years agoSurreal season for Chapman
CHARLIE Chapman is living his dream, playing for Gloucester after supporting the club as a boy from the Shed. The 23-year-old...
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/ 4 years agoTyro Tiger Reffell set for Test baptism
By PETER JACKSON WALES are all set to pick Tommy Reffell this week in readiness for the ultimate baptism of fire...
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/ 4 years agoTop-flight clubs to keep £5m salary cap
By NEIL FISSLER PREMIERSHIP clubs have rejected the chance to increase the salary cap from the £5 million after it was...
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/ 4 years agoFear of drop brought real buzz -Thompson
By LUKE JARMYN FORMER Leicester and Wasps back row Guy Thompson says promotion and relegation between the Premiership and the Championship...
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/ 4 years agoFurbank hopes playoff bid can land him in Oz
By GARY FITZGERALD GEORGE Furbank is keeping his fingers crossed Eddie Jones will grant his wish of a first Test tour...
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/ 4 years agoFalcons swoop in for two Championship stars
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWCASTLE Falcons have added a second Championship player to their ranks for next season by signing Coventry scrum-half,...
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/ 4 years agoI loved it! Taylor the best goal hanger in the league
By BEN JAYCOCK ON the last day of the season, Nathan Taylor – ‘the best goal hanger the league has ever seen’...
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/ 4 years agoChamp Cup isn’t financially viable – Cattle
By BEN JAYCOCK CORNISH Pirates co-head coach Gavin Cattle claims the Championship Cup does not financially work and that it desperately...
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/ 4 years agoGloucester seek compensation
GLOUCESTER will seek compensation from Worcester for calling off their March Premiership match at short notice. Warriors claimed they could not...
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/ 4 years agoSpeedy Segun striving to turn Eddie’s head
By GARY FITZGERALD ROTIMI Segun hopes his emergence as a key component of Saracens insatiable hunger for silverware can result in...
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/ 4 years agoCrucial mission to make game global ramps up as USA get to host party
By PAUL REES WORLD Rugby has stealthily moved from an organisation in which self-interest thrived to one which is now far...
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/ 4 years agoTyro Welsh No.8 Strong set for Championship
By STEFFAN THOMAS AMPTHILL are set to sign former Wales U20s No.8 Morgan Strong from the Ospreys. Strong is a powerful...
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/ 4 years agoBoks test kicks off Ireland’s autumn
IRELAND will host world champions South Africa in the first of three Autumn Nations Series contests to be played in Dublin...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoBattle for survival is the most thilling bit
I GREW up in a football city (Liverpool) and found myself on the Blue side of the loyalty divide which has...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoCup requires stricter rules
THE Premiership Cup is a great vehicle for developing players and it should be written in the rules that it is...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoEuropean playing field is not level
I AM a neutral fan, but whilst the likes of Leinster are a very fine side what is grossly underreported in...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoHigh-hit pardons could see referees next in the dock
HAVING attended the Gloucester v Saracens game last Friday I have to say that when will enough poor referee decisions be...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoHenry is a rare talent
ENGLAND must cap London Irish full-back Henry Arundell this summer before Wales or Scotland make him an offer he can’t refuse....
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Features
/ 4 years agoFan prejudices are not always rational
COLIN BOAG Split loyalties: Saracens clash with Gloucester last weekend PICTURE: Getty Images Hate is a word to be avoided, as...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoLet Arundell show what he’s got against Australia
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK HENRY Arundell played junior rugby for Bradford-on-Avon, and all I can say after seeing...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoSexton leads the way as Leinster gun for fifth star
By JOHN FALLON Leinster …………40pts Tries: Lowe 15, 50; Van der Flier 20, Keenan 79 Conversions: Sexton 16, 21, 52; Byrne...
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/ 4 years agoFurlong should be fit for final
LEINSTER coach Leo Cullen said the ankle injury which forced his tighthead Tadhg Furlong off in the opening quarter doesn’t appear...
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/ 4 years agoGround switch ‘unacceptable’ blasts O’Gara
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Racing 92 v La Rochelle Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Bollaert Delelis LA ROCHELLE head coach Ronan O’Gara...
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/ 4 years agoWasps left regretting wasted opportunities
By GARY FITZGERALD Lyon ....................20pts Tries: Berdeu 48, Charcosset 53 Conversions: Berdeu 48, 54 Penalties: Berdeu 35, 64 Wasps ................18pts Tries:...
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