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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoDavies on fire as Aberavon open their account
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Aberavon ................29 Swansea................. 13 ABERAVON opened their Premiership account with a hard-fought bonus point victory. Jason Hyatt’s...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoNew loans aiming to return with interest
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN What do Top 14 back rows Jordan Joseph and Martin Devergie, hookers Guillaume Marchand and Bastien Soury,...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoMid-table Racing on top of the JIFF chart
JAMES HARRINGTON THE argument that the French Top 14 is a haven for overseas megaplayers is increasingly hard to defend –...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
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/ 4 years agoLoan system prepared me for Chiefs’ call says Harvey
By BEN REDWOOD HARVEY Skinner has praised Exeter Chiefs relationships with local clubs in his development from academy to first team....
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/ 4 years ago‘Tougher now to lift Euro Cup’
EXETER boss Rob Baxter says English clubs could find it more difficult to win in Europe with a reduced Premiership salary...
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/ 4 years agoEddie makes a U-turn on Itoje
EDDIE Jones has changed his mind on Maro Itoje’s potential as a future England captain, saying he has seen the Saracens...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoPity Bears could not cut Scarlets a break
WITH a 13-team Premiership there are going to be free weekends. Looking ahead, Bristol have no game on the weekend of...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoRightly, long-term future of the game is RFU’s priority
IF THE Championship is such a good product as Martin Stonecliffe suggested last week, why does its ability to develop players...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoMaro may have lost but he was star man
WHY do TV’s rugby pundits always give the Man of the Match award only to a player from the winning team?...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSpringboks in 7 Nations? That’s plain daft Sir Ian!
COLIN BOAG Writing in the Telegraph last week, Sir Ian McGeechan called for there to be a Seven Nations tournament rather...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
MATT BANAHAN, THE FORMER LONDON IRISH, BATH, GLOUCESTER & ENGLAND WING/CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoPollard’s all-round game will suit Tigers
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK HANDRE Pollard is a brilliant signing for Leicester Tigers to replace the Sale bound...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoDupont or Am? They’re both great
JEREMY GUSCOTT I’VE got no complaints with the World Rugby team of the year and Stuart Hogg will be very pleased...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoFord kicks Tigers to stunning away win
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Bordeaux ..........13pts Tries: Dubie 40 Conversions: Lucu 40 Penalties: Lucu 2, 52 Leicester ..........16pts Tries: Potter 20 Conversions:...
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/ 4 years agoBorthwick: Privilege to work with them
STEVE Borthwick praised the “magnificent effort” of his team. The Tigers director of rugby said: “When Bordeaux kicked the ball to...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoFabulous Finn puts Saints to the sword
By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ..14pts Tries: Skosan 29, Fraser 48 Conversions: Biggar 29, Furbank 49 Racing 92..........45pts Tries: Lauret 8, 42,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRussell: Our best since I joined
FINN Russell had no doubts this impressive victory was Racing’s best since he went to Paris in 2018. “We came here...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRugby fitness at home
By Regan Phillips. Personal Trainer, Online Coach, and Fitness Coach for the Hungarian Rugby Union Team Last week, Regan talked us...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years ago2022 Women’s Six Nations: Venues and ticket information confirmed
The Red Roses’ 2022 Women’s Six Nations home fixtures will be played at Kingsholm and Welford Road with tickets now on...
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/ 4 years agoSpirited Bath will fight back like Tigers says Moody
By PAUL REES Brutish: Tigers captain Ellis Genge has set the tone for new-look Leicester WHEN Lewis Moody looks at the...
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/ 4 years agoByron pays for red mist
RUGBY SHORTS SALE winger Byron McGuigan, 32, has been banned for three games after he was sent off in Sunday’s loss...
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/ 4 years agoPumas prop joins Wasps
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS have signed Argentina prop Rodrigo Martinez from Paraguaybased side Olimpia Lions. The injury-hit Premiership club, who have 20...
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/ 4 years agoCattigan dies age 26
RUGBY SHORTS SCOTLAND and Stirling County back row Siobhan Cattigan has died at the age of 26. Cattigan won 19 caps...
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/ 4 years agoPugh heads up Wales 7s
RUGBY SHORTS RICHIE Pugh is leaving his role as a coach at Ospreys to become the WRU head of Sevens. Ex-Wales...
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/ 4 years agoLyn leaves Russia job
RUGBY SHORTS LYN Jones has stepped down as Russia coach after three years in charge. Former flanker Jones, 57, who won...
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/ 4 years agoHayward is U20s boss
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER Wales internationals Liza Burgess and Byron Hayward have been appointed to age-grade coaching roles by the WRU. Ex-Wales...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoOptional changes to laws get 2022 go-ahead
NEWS EXTRA WORLD Rugby are to allow more flexible laws in the community game from January 2022 in a bid to...
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/ 4 years agoURC will press on despite Omicron
NEWS EXTRA THE United Rugby Championship remains committed to the competition’s format and playing all postponed matches despite a turbulent week...
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/ 4 years agoMoseley sign Lewis
NEWS EXTRA FLY-HALF Dan Lewis has joined Birmingham Moseley on a permanant deal. Lewis, 25, played 18 games for Coventry before...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoSmith steps in to help Canterbury
CANTERBURY have formed a sponsorship and community partnership to support young players across south east England. The sponsorship is provided by...
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/ 4 years agoMajor milestone in Kenilworth relocation
KENILWORTH’S planned relocation from their Glasshouse Lane sites has moved a significant step closer with the signing of an agreement to...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRugby was religion in the Douai sixth form
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools IT’S over 22 years since anybody laced up their boots and...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBargoed stay top but 12-try Pooler in pursuit
Championship round-up A DUAN Thomas hat-trick sent Pontypool on their way to an 82-3 thrashing of Tata Steel at home. Leighton...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoPenallta keep lead in East but Newbridge are coming
Welsh National One roundup By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWBRIDGE ran in eight tries on their way to a comprehensive 45-5 victory at...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoMercurial Teddy’s off in search of Test rebirth
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France international winger Teddy Thomas wasn’t even in Racing 92’s squad for this weekend’s Top 14 defeat...
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/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, December 5, 2021 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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/ 4 years agoWe’re sure we can keep Blamire happy at Falcons insists Ward
By PAUL REES NEWCASTLE are confident they can keep their England hooker Jamie Blamire happy at the club even though it...
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/ 4 years agoIrish have the quality to go all the way in Europe – Mafi
By GARY FITZGERALD STEVE Mafi says London Irish have the mental aptitude to transfer their sparkling Premiership form onto the European...
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/ 4 years agoWarrior Bresler makes Top 14 debut at Racing
WORCESTER Warriors second row Anton Bresler has signed for French giants Racing 92, and made his Top 14 debut yesterday against...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoMy alternative to new drop-out law
I DO not like the new law where a goal-line drop out is awarded after the ball is ‘held up in...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoBlues graduates show true worth of Championship
I AM a long-time season ticket holder at Bedford Blues and last weekend the Championship was at its best. Not only...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoLate kick-offs fuel drunken behaviour
I BELIEVE a major catalyst to making many fans ‘three sheets to the wind’ at rugby games is not the land’s...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBuild a league that won’t leave players stranded
COLIN BOAG A number of United Rugby Championship teams got themselves stuck in South Africa after the Omicron variant of Covid...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
PETE LYDON, THE ROUEN AND FORMER STADE FRANCAIS, LONDON SCOTTISH & EALING UTILITY BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoA fit Tuilagi is a must in my England midfield
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE clearest message from the Autumn Series is that England have a better midfield,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoJubilant Chiefs go straight to beer tent
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Exeter ................18pts Tries: O’Flaherty 38, Cowan-Dickie 56 Conversions: J Simmonds 57 Penalties: J Simmonds 25, 64 Saracens...
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