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/ 4 years agoRedpath new Scottish boss
By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Scotland scrum-half Bryan Redpath has been appointed director of rugby at London Scottish following Matt Williams’decision to...
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/ 4 years agoRed cards for fighting overturned
FACUNDO Gigena and Gary Graham have had their red cards for fighting rescinded. The pair were sent off by Karl Dickson...
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/ 4 years agoWinter’s departure confirmed
COVENTRY have confirmed Rowland Winter’s exit from the club. The director of rugby has not been present at a Coventry game...
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Premiership
/ 4 years ago‘Yellow card cost us two scores’
NEWCASTLE d irector of rugby Dean Richards said the firsthalf yellow card changed the game. He said: “They scored twice during...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoShake up tired Six Nations fixture list
NICK CAIN THE Six Nations chief executive, Ben Morel, is not slow to pat himself on the back, over-hyping the last...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoProving the doubters wrong fuels Vermeulen
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Saracens v Exeter Today. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX Stadium EXETER have played in the last six Premiership finals,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoTop tackler Earl relishing test against a ‘proper team’
Motivated: Ben Earl BEN Earl says Saracens will be motivated by finishing in the top two and ensuring a home tie...
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/ 4 years agoDanger of Planet Rugby spinning out of control
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND All of a sudden it feels as though the game of rugby is getting more...
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/ 4 years agoWarriors crash to four-try defeat
By GARY HEATLY Stormers ........32 Glasgow ............7 GLASGOW Warriors were blown away in the last 50 minutes in Cape Town on...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoTyro back row Kendellen leads Munster charge
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ......................17 Munster ................24 ACADEMY back rower Alex Kendellen led the way as Munster powered to their first...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSecond half scores spare Bulls blushes
Bulls ........................46 Benetton ................29 THE Bulls scored six tries to claim a bonus point win over Benetton to bolster their URC...
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/ 4 years ago250 up! AWJ gets it right this time
By ROB COLE Cardiff ..................6pts Tries: Priestland 28, 44 Ospreys ............22pts Tries: Lake 54, Webb 61, Parry 66 Conversions: Anscombe 55,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLousi stars as Scarlets hit Dragons for six
By STEFFAN THOMAS Dragons..............19pts Tries: Dixon 35, J Williams 50, Warren 61 Conversions: S Davies 35, 62 Scarlets ............38pts Tries: Lousi...
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/ 4 years agoLeinster’s push for top spot held up by Sharks
By KEVIN FALLON Sharks ....................28 Leinster..................23 CHAMPIONS Leinster missed out on the opportunity to secure top spot in the URC when...
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/ 4 years agoCarty kicks Connacht to gutsy win in Jo’burg
By JOHN FALLON Lions........................30 Connacht ..............33 JACK Carty nailed a penalty two minutes from time to claim a superb win for...
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/ 4 years ago14-man Scots scrape home
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh ......29 Zebre ..............26 SOMETIMES you have to win ugly and Edinburgh did just that against Zebre Parma,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSharks get pay-out for Springbok stars
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE pocketed significant six-figure fees for Springbok World Cup-winning stars Faf De Klerk and...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSix-try Exiles keep play-off dream alive
By BEN JAYCOCK Newcastle ........14pts Tries: Robinson 19, Stevenson 40 Conversions: Hodgson 20, 40 London Irish ....42pts Tries: Rowe 16, Tuisue...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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/ 4 years agoNew dad Nathan leads the chase for Brownlie
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK DESPITE being deprived of sleep having recently become a father, Cinderford’s Nathan Taylor is determined to...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoLam’s double helps Blues fight off fierce Drua challenge
By BEN JAYCOCK Double delight: AJ Lam WINGER AJ Lam scored a brace as the Blues overcame a stern challenge from...
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/ 4 years agoPumas end wait for glory
ARGENTINA won their first Sevens World Series Cup in 14 years as they took the crown in Vancouver after beating Fiji...
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/ 4 years agoWannenburg dies aged 41
FORMER Ulster and South Africa flanker Pedrie Wannenburg has died aged 41 following a car accident in Texas. Wannenburg played 20...
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/ 4 years agoEmergence of Richards the silver lining to Bath’s cloud
By PAUL REES WHEN Bath rake over the ashes of a season they will not be in a hurry to look...
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/ 4 years agoSimmonds, Lawes face fitness race
ENGLAND No.8 Sam Simmonds could miss the season run-in and the three-Test summer tour of Australia. England’s first Test against the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoPack power tells for Pontypridd
Premiership By ALED BISTON Pontypridd ..........14 Ebbw Vale ..............3 PONTYPRIDD ended their season with a hard-fought victory at Sardis Road. The...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoLlanelli finish rock bottom
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Llanelli..................29 Llandovery ..........36 LLANELLI will end the season rooted to the bottom of the Premiership table after...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoAce Thomas chasing the dream
Premiership By ROB COLE PREMIERSHIP CUP FINAL PREVIEW: Aberavon v Newport Kick-off 5,35pm THE last time Aled Thomas played in a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, April 24, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoInjury to Thomas forces call off
Welsh leagues round-up By ALED BISTON PONTYPOOL’S Championship clash against Ystalyfera was abandoned at half-time after a serious injury to a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoWorld Rugby missed a trick by ignoring USA
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Ican’t believe that the chance to expand the game over the Atlantic...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoBritish Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoThe RUGBY Paper Podcast
Host Oliver Little is joined by RFU referee Craig Maxwell-Keys and The Rugby Paper regular columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoProlific Smith wants Fylde to aim higher next season
By BEN JAYCOCK Ace: Fylde fly-half Greg Smith FYLDE fly-half Greg Smith is disappointed with the club’s fifth-place finish in National...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoBeauxis: Time to hang up my boots
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Arguably the most wonderfully and frustratingly French of French fly-halves, Lionel Beauxis, confirmed he will call time on...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoVeteran Bright is still top dog in the Championship
By BEN JAYCOCK RICHMOND No.8 Mark Bright was given a pleasant surprise ahead of the club’s end of season prize giving...
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/ 4 years agoLouis takes lesson from Wales axe
LOUIS Rees-Zammit is aiming for a winning end of season with Gloucester after learning from being dropped by Wales during the...
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/ 4 years agoDiamond: There’s no ill-feeling, we do not hold grudges
By PAUL REES THE semi-finals of the Premiership Rugby Cup would usually struggle to command attention at a stage of the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThree weeks for Chessum
LEICESTER lock Ollie Chessum has been banned for three weeks for his high tackle in Saturday’s European Cup win over Clermont...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoTwo strong ten-team divisions is the way forward
THE Rugby Football Union long ago deserted its historic, if often misused, role as guardians of the sport’s best interests. Sadly...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoChiefs can feed off their underdog tag
DESPITE losing nine games in the league and wrestling for a fourth place finish instead of pushing for a home semi-final...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoTrial GGA rules… punish the player not the whole team
THERE is no doubt that red cards are spoiling the competitiveness of games but at the same time it is right...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoInsulting to say it’s all about location
WE at Hull Ionians take issue with comments made by Hull RUFC DoR Gary Pearce. Mr Pearce says: “Ionians are on...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHead shots deserve tougher sanctions
COLIN BOAG Seeing red: Leicester flanker Ollie Chessum was sent off in the 64th minute against Clermont-Auvergne PICTURE: Getty Images A...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCopy Exeter’s lead and be ready
Colin Boag THE news that Ealing Trailfinders had withdrawn their appeal against the decision that they didn’t meet the Premiership’s Minimum...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoLeicester’s pack power has put them in the mix
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IT is no surprise that there are four French quarter-finalists in the European Cup,...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoEsterhuizen powers home to trap Tigers
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........26pts Tries: Collier 2, Murley 12, Esterhuizen 73 Conversions: Smith 3 Penalties: Smith 34, 66, 80 Leicester...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMatson: Proud to be in the fight
HARLEQUINS senior coach Tabai Matson was proud of how his side hung in the fight. “We are pleased with that. You...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHaywood swoops to snatch it for Saints
By PAUL REES Bath ....................31pts Tries: Clark 22, Muir 32, Spencer 55, 58 Conversions: Cipriani 23, 33, Spencer 56, 59 Penalties:...
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