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Welsh Premiership
/ 4 years agoPontypridd on top in crunch match
Premiership Cup By FREDDIE BENNETT RGC ........................25 Pontypridd ..........30 PONTYPRIDD beat RGC in a winner-takes-all group match to book a quarter-final...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBargoed maintain perfect record
Championship/ Nat 1 round-up By TOM PROSSER BARGOED kept up their relentless form as they made it seven wins from seven...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFormer Lions ace Hibbard calls time
DRAGONS’ former Wales and Lions hooker Richard Hibbard has announced his retirement with immediate effect. Hibbard played 38 Wales internationals and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCuthbert on course
OSPREYS wing Alex Cuthbert has been banned for a high tackle against Racing 92 but will be available for Wales’ Six...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoGalthie’s surprise UFO lands his chance
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France coach Fabien Galthie revealed his squad selection for Les Bleus’ first training camp ahead of the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGowerton: A conveyor belt of talent for Wales
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools AS YOU might expect in such a rugby-daft area many great...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, January 23, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEngland bounce back to book semi-final spot
By SAM JACKSON ENGLAND face Argentina in today’s semi-finals of the inaugural Spain Sevens in Malaga. Favourites South Africa – who...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoJennings: Living on the edge helps Exiles succeed
By GARY FITZGERALD RORY Jennings insists London Irish will continue to “live on the edge” in order to maintain their strong...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFarrell: We have the foundation to build on
VETERAN fly-half Johnny Sexton will captain Ireland for the third successive Six Nations after overcoming ankle and knee issues suffered in...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoYou can’t slice up this cake
I KNOW the piece is under the section “views” but I’ve rarely read such illinformed nonsense by Colin Boag. To paraphrase...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoWomen lead the way with yellow card
REFRESHING to see that the Women’s game doesn’t get off light, with the Sale player being yellow carded for not retreating...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoSport was founded in the Community
COLIN Boag’s article calling for the professional and amateur games to be split, sights the gulf in ability, concussion and the...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoRFU must answer Boag before his idea grows further
COLIN Boag’s article graphically exposes the fault-lines in English rugby. He writes that ‘he has believed for a long time that...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLeinster rout can devalue Euro Cup
COLIN BOAG Thrashing: Josh van der Flier evades the tackle of Josua Vici on his way to scoring Leinster’s ninth try...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoWarp-speed Radwan is the new Jason Robinson
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WHAT struck me about the announce- ment of England’s Six Nations squad by Eddie...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoBristol’s late try flood makes Peel despair
By STEFFAN THOMAS Scarlets ............21pts Tries: Elias 23, McNicholl 60 Conversions: Patchell 24 Penalties: Patchell 7, 30, 44 Bristol ................52pts Tries:...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLam: Cup win is on if we’re ruthless
PAT Lam insists Bristol can be serious contenders for the Champions Cup if they improve their accuracy. The former Connacht coach...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoHumiliation for Bath as Sexton spurs 10-try rout
By ADAM HATHAWAY Bath ......................7pts Try: Clark 33 Conversion: Bailey 34 Leinster ............64pts Tries: O’Brien 15, 36, 48, 76; Van der...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoHatley: We can’t go any lower
BATH head coach Neal Hatley said his side could never get any lower after this ten-try home hammering. Hatley revealed the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWray could be back in four weeks
NEWS EXTRA SARACENS forward Jackson Wray is expected to return from a fractured skull in “four to six weeks”. The 31-year-old...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoUS Eagle Kelter signs for Saracens
NEWS EXTRA SARACENS have signed USA Sevens international Alev Kelter until the end of the season. The 30-year-old played for the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoYatton girls stake claim for slice of history
NEWS EXTRA By MARTIN WINTER A VILLAGE rugby club has fielded what could be the youngest female team in the country....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoUnbeaten Skewen stay top with game in hand
Welsh National One roundup By TOM PROSSER SKEWEN continued to lead the charge in the WRU Division One West Central with...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSpurs will house Sarries
THE Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will host its first Premiership rugby fixture when Saracens entertain Bristol Bears on Saturday, March 26. The...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTaylor quits after head knocks
EDINBURGH centre George Taylor has retired from rugby at the age of 25, saying it was “the toughest decision I’ve ever...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoDupont is suddenly a doubt for Six Nations
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN No matter what Leinster thought about the situation when the news broke, European rugby officials took one...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLike so many schools, it took a Welshman to spur Plymouth
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEFORE the mid-1970s Plymouth College, although competitive enough locally, had no...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, January 16, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRFU bid to help Sharks
NEWS EXTRA THE RFU are working with DMP Durham Sharks, who have won one of their last 29 top-flight matches, to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBEM for Reeds’ George
GEORGE Spinks, a long time member of Reeds Weybridge RFC, has been awarded a British Empire Medal in the 2022 New...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTizard quits Stoop to join Sarries
SARACENS have signed Harlequins second row Hugh Tizard for next season. The 21-year-old Quins academy graduate has made 27 appearances for...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoQuins defeat cost me my form admits Simmonds
By PAUL REES A YEAR after captaining Exeter to the Premiership and Champions Cups double, Joe Simmonds found himself on the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPatchell can spur Scarlets says Davies
By STEFFAN THOMAS RHYS Patchell’s return from a long-term injury can help take the Scarlets to another level says Jonathan Davies....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDragons try to lure fly-half Hanrahan
DRAGONS are in talks to sign Clermont Auvergne fly-half JJ Hanrahan for next season. The 29-year-old moved to France from Munster...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNorth America boost for Exeter women
EXETER women have signed United States prop Hope Rogers and Canada back row Gabrielle Senft as they aim for the Premier...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoJackson has been a Sarries inspiration
I HOPE other rugby fans appreciated the article written by Chris Hewett about the injury suffered by Jackson Wray. He outlined...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoGreat pass, but Hill was obvious
WHILE I’ll concede to Jeremy Guscott that scrum-half Richard Hill had a superb pass, I’ve always held the belief that one...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoShane got the rules wrong on hookers
IF COLUMNISTS have to slate referees about law issues, is there any chance they can check they’re right in law first?...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoPundits ignore the rule breaches as well
WHILE I fully agree, as a true rugby fan, with Shane Williams’ views about the blatant disregard of the rules by...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTime to split the pro and amateur game
COLIN BOAG I’ve believed for a long time that a schism between the professional game and the lower echelons is inevitable,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
ALLAN DELL, THE SCOTLAND AND LONDON IRISH PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Cian Healy...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoEddie won’t drop Farrell, but he’s behind Marcus
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK ENGLAND found a way to win without Owen Farrell at the end of an...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoParty time for Chiefs as Glasgow crumble
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Exeter ................52pts Tries: O’Flaherty 15, 56, 66; S Simmonds 24, 52; Cowan-Dickie 56, Nowell 74, Ewers 77 Conversions:...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoBaxter can’t hide his delight
EXETER director of rugby Rob Baxter was delighted with his team’s performance. He said: “It felt like the old Chiefs were...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLate Coombes try puts O’Mahony’s men through to knockout stages again
By TOM SHEEDY Castres ..............13pts Try: Larregain 27 Conversion: Botica 28 Penalties: Botica 54,66 Munster ............16pts Try: Coombes 77 Conversion: Crowley...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoWasps keep control after Umaga sent off
By ROB WILDMAN Wasps ............... .30pts Tries: Alo 19, Shields 23, Barbeary 68 Conversions: Gopperth 19, 23, 68 Penalties: Gopperth 42,...
International Rugby
Alex Coles encourages England team to fill Maro Itoje void
Autumn Internationals
Jamie George: Henry Pollock’s self-belief is inspiring for England
International Rugby
George North signs off with a try double for Barbarians against Wales
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