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/ 4 years agoBulls keep the pressure on unbeaten Cheetahs
By BEN JAYCOCK CURRIE CUP THE BULLS maintained the pressure on the Cheetahs with a bonus point 43-37 victory over the...
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/ 4 years agoMo’unga inspires Crusaders to vital win
By BEN JAYCOCK SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC RICHIE Mo’unga moved to 1,000 Super Rugby points as he scored 17 against the Brumbies...
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/ 4 years agoPotent McKenzie targets glory finish at Sungoliath
By BEN JAYCOCK JAPAN RUGBY LEAGUE ONE DAMIAN McKenzie is thriving in Japan Rugby League One for Sungoliath and hopes to...
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/ 4 years agoGilgronis and Free Jacks lead the way in US MLR
By BEN JAYCOCK GOING into the halfway point in Major League Rugby, the Austin Gilgronis and the LA Giltinis have set...
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/ 4 years agoNow is our time to shine, insists Curry
By BEN JAYCOCK HULL captain Cam Curry describes winning the National 2 North title against arch-rivals Hull Ionians as one of...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMountain Ash finish season with perfect 10 out of 10
By ROB COLE National 1 round-up MOUNTAIN Ash maintained their unbeaten record as they made it a perfect 10 out of...
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/ 4 years agoCozens: Kicking is a lost art – it’s a seven-pointer
CLIFTON player coach Luke Cozens describes kicking to the corner as a ‘seven-point kick’ because of the huge increase in tries...
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/ 4 years agoRESULTS
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/ 4 years agoBayonne win battle for home semi-final
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Away from the bright lights of the European semi-finals, the regular season of France’s second-tier ProD2 drew...
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/ 4 years agoSansus is the fans’ favourite
FRANCE scrum-half Laure Sansus has been named Women’s Six Nations player of the championship. Sansus won 37 per cent of fan...
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/ 4 years agoIoane injury adds to All Blacks injury woe
By BEN JAYCOCK ALL BLACKS head coach Ian Foster has been left sweating on the fitness of Blues star Rieko Ioane...
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/ 4 years agoLions fight to retain players
LIONS CEO Rudolf Straeuli is ‘hoping’ for an amicable settlement, but has not ruled out the possibility of an ‘ugly scrap’...
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/ 4 years agoBarbeary stars with late stinger
By SAM JACKSON Match winner: Wasps celebrate Alfie Barbeary’s late try to beat Edinburgh PICTURE: Getty Images ALFIE Barbeary’s try three...
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/ 4 years agoDanny does Dallas! Bath star Cipriani set for US
By NEIL FISSLER US-bound: Cipriani DALLAS Jackals are leading the hunt to sign Danny Cipriani, who is leaving Bath when his...
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/ 4 years agoBoks relishing test with Europe’s best
By PAUL REES THE format for next season’s two European competitions is expected to be revealed before the finals at the...
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/ 4 years agoSuper 7s Series at Newbury
THE Super Sevens Series returns on Saturday with Newbury RFC hosting the first leg of this year’s tournaments, which include a...
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/ 4 years agoClubs join brain scan trial to make game safer
THREE clubs in England are to begin trialling a scanning technology to monitor players’ brain health. It is hoped that a...
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/ 4 years agoBig Ben baffled by Ludlow’s Test snub
By PAUL REES BEN Morgan cannot understand why Lewis Ludlow has been overlooked by England this season after leading Gloucester’s revival....
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/ 4 years agoRed Roses on short list
ENGLAND flanker Marlie Packer and prop Sarah Bern have been nominated for the Women's Six Nations player of the championship award....
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/ 4 years agoSweeney on mend
THE RFU expect chief executive Bill Sweeney to make a full recovery after suffering a pulmonary embolism. Sweeney will not be...
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/ 4 years agoEaster confirmed as new coach at Worcester
By SAM JACKSON WORCESTER Warriors have appointed former England No.8 Nick Easter as the club’s new defence and forwards coach. Easter...
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/ 4 years agoLawes keen to explore options
By SAM JACKSON COURTNEY Lawes would be tempted to finish his career abroad if the money isn’t right at Northampton when...
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/ 4 years agoEngland can peak at the right time again insists Launchbury
By PAUL REES JOE Launchbury believes the signs are good for England at next year’s World Cup in France despite another...
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/ 4 years agoQuins beef up pack with South African second row Herbst
Bok beef: Irne Herbst DEFENDING champions Harlequins have signed South African second row Irne Herbst from Benetton for next season. The...
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/ 4 years agoTainton to leave Bristol
BRISTOL Bears will part company with club legend Mark Tainton at the end of the season. The former fly-half will leave...
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/ 4 years agoColeman’s ready for battle with his old rival Etzebeth
By PAUL REES ADAM Coleman will be up against a familiar foe when London Irish take on Toulon in the quarter-final...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoBath horror show was such a turn off
LAST week’s result at Kingsholm was a sad day for Premiership rugby and really makes me question the wisdom of having...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoCan’t compromise supporter comfort
JEFF Gage is incorrect when he states that Connacht’s stadium has a capacity of less than half the 10,001 capacity required...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoEngland need a test
CONGRATULATIONS to England women on another dominant display in the Six Nations. Winning four championships on the trot is some achievement...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBath surrender nothing to do with no relegation
COLIN BOAG Predictably, last weekend’s abject capitulation by Bath was seen by some zealots as evidence that with no relegation, teams...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
CAMERON MITCHELL, THE RECENTLY-RETIRED RICHMOND CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH AND AGAINST 1. Will Goodrick-Clarke – One of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoSanderson’s men will be hoping for minor miracle
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WHEN Sale Sharks face Racing 92 at their 30,000 capacity La Defense Arena superdome...
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/ 4 years agoTigers miss chances as Gibson-Park pulls strings
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........14pts Tries: Ashton 46, Dolly 78 Conversions: Ford 46, 78 Leinster ............23pts Tries: Van der Flier 16,...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoHeartbreak for Munster as Toulouse keep their nerve in shootout
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............ 24pts Tries: Kendellen 10, Earls 39, Haley 44 Conversions: Carbery 11, 40, 45 Penalties: Carbery 57...
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/ 4 years agoWe did not stop fighting -Genge
LEICESTER captain Ellis Genge urged his Tigers to regroup quickly in order to continue their successful Premiership campaign. Genge had no...
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/ 4 years agoDelight for O’Gara as La Rochelle stride home
By GARY FITZGERALD La Rochelle ......31pts Tries: Priso 12, Vito 22, Botia 47 Conversions: West 13, 23 Penalties: West 17, 64,...
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/ 4 years agoEagle has landed to give Sharks a boost
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Racing 92 v Sale Sharks Today. Kick-off 3pm, Paris La Défense Arena TEN years ago, AJ MacGinty...
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/ 4 years agoCurry returns to lead the fight
TOM Curry will make his first start since the Six Nations as the Sharks look to take the fight to Racing...
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/ 4 years agoBucketloads of tries not a winning formula
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK AT the same time as Bath collapsed to a record 64-0 defeat against...
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/ 4 years agoOverseas players leave little room at 12
NICK CAIN IF you are perplexed by England’s lack of choice when it comes to big inside centres as potential replacements...
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/ 4 years agoLyon fight back to set up battle with Wasps
By BRYN PALMER Lyon....................35pts Tries: Couilloud 36, R Taofifenua 55, Niniashvili 62, 76 Conversions: Berdeu 36, Doussain 56, 77 Penalties: Berdeu...
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/ 4 years agoBig guns starting to fire for Saracens
By TOM BRADSHAW Gloucester ........15pts Tries: Singleton 31, Rees-Zammitt 74 Conversions: Twelvetrees 74 Penalties: Hastings 43 Saracens ..........44pts Tries: Davies 8,...
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/ 4 years agoBarbeary score swings it for Wasp as Blair laments ‘brain-farts’
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ........30pts Tries: Vellacott 12, McBurney 26, Bradbury 66 Conversions: Boffelli 13, 26, 66 Penalties: Boffelli 9, 43,...
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/ 4 years agoSkiv: We let them get out of jail
GEORGE Skivington admitted his side had been shown a thing or two in how to play knock-out rugby. The Gloucester head...
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/ 4 years agoWe’ll stick to our attacking style -Kiss
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Toulon v London Irish Today. Kick-off 12.30pm, Stade Mayol LONDON Irish will not abandon their attack from...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoEdwards’ son turns to politics
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Politician: Small-Edwards SHAUN Edwards’ son James Small-Edwards has taken his first steps in politics...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoPhipps in talks with Rockets
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LONDON Irish appear to be in the market for another scrum-half with former Wallaby...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRacing keen to sound out Eddie
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Interest from France: Eddie Jones Mike Prendergasts EDDIE Jones is on the radar of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSharks pair set to call time in summer
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE Sharks stars Josh Beaumont and Simon Hammersley are set to hang up their...
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/ 4 years agoChiefs decide against Hardwick deal
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EXETER will not be offering a contract to former Leicester Tigers fly-half Tom Hardwick,...
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