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Features
/ 4 years agoBeziers’ heroes get warm welcome in wee hours
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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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoEuro rugby chiefs have made a right mess of it
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME If there has been more muddled thinking by a sports governing body...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoGrand Slam glories 30 years on…
JEFF PROBYN IT’S FUNNY to think that 30 years ago this year I took part in something that happened only five...
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Features
/ 4 years agoEVAN MITCHELL
YOUNG GUNS COVENTRY FLY-HALF Evan Mitchell is one of few rugby players to be able to follow his father’s footsteps in...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoQuiet lad Ollie is ready for Eddie call up says Kidney
New understanding: Ollie Hassell-Collins DECLAN Kidney is hoping that London Irish are represented in England’s Six Nations squad announced this week...
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/ 4 years agoEngland are true World Cup contenders warns Boyd
By PAUL REES Change? Boyd wonders if Marcus Smith will be asked to alter his approach. Owen Farrell WHEN Chris Boyd...
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/ 4 years ago‘Exceptional’ Aneurin could be answer to Wales’ midfield problems
WAYNE Pivac has been urged to select young Dragons centre Aneurin Owen in his squad for the upcoming Six Nations. Owen,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFans set to attend Wales’ Six Nations opener
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON CROWDS at outdoor events in Wales can return from Friday, January 21 after the Welsh government...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLeague ace Tuoyo signs for Moseley
NEWS EXTRA BIRMINGHAM Moseley have signed former Rugby League wing/centre Tuoyo Egodo on a permanent basis. The 24-year-old began his League...
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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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/ 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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/ 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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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoWales captain Lillicrap says: No excuse now
By SAM JACKSON THE first full-time Wales Women players have been contracted by the Welsh Rugby Union. Twelve players have accepted...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoEight-try Cardiff batter RGC blue and black
By TOM PROSSER RGC ........................29 Cardiff ..................52 CARDIFF scored eight tries as they claimed their first league win of the season...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBulls make it six wins on the spin to extend their lead
Championship round-up By TOM PROSSER BARGOED continued to show their ultra-consistent form as they made it six league wins out of...
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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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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,...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoBlackett praise for star Barbeary
WASPS boss Lee Blackett applauded man-of-thematch Alfie Barbeary for his superb display. “You could see what he was made of today,”...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoRugby needs fans
I FULLY endorse Louis Rees-Zammit’s tweet that ‘rugby is nothing without fans’, even if it means Wales play their home games...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoRegulate the drunks
RE THE problems with crowd drunkeness at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff and the WRFU’s failure to act as highlighted by...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSix Nations must follow government guidelines
COLIN BOAG With the Six Nations still four weeks away, it’s already dominating the rugby headlines. First we had the storm...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
NICK WALSHE, THE FORMER ENGLAND, HARLEQUINS, SARACENS, BATH, SALE AND BEDFORD HALF-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSmith kicks ‘are no fluke’
QUINS senior coach Tabai Matson was delighted with the win but that won’t spare Quins a tough debrief at training this...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoLudlow’s late show grounds Saracens
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens ..........24pts Tries: Morris 20, Segun 28, McFarland 54, Lewington 87 Conversions: Lozowski 21, 29 Gloucester ........25pts Tries:...
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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