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/ 4 years agoWorcester 52-39 Connacht: New-look Warriors get monkey off their back
IT MAY have been only a pre-season friendly but Worcester recorded their first win since November 21. Since then they have...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoHarlequins 45-33 Cardiff Blues: Quins put on show for their new boss
TABAI Matson smiled broadly after seeing for himself the kind of fighting spirit, character and skill which helped enabled Harlequins to...
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/ 4 years agoScarlets 55-21 Nottingham: Nine-try Scarlets wow the crowd to kick-off Peel era
DWAYNE Peel’s first game as Scarlets head coach ended in a romp against Championship side Nottingham as 22-year-old winger Ryan Conbeer...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoCornish Pirates 55-3 Royal Navy: Blackmore injury leaves Pirates light at hooker
NEW recruits Carwyn Penny, Callum Sirker and Caleb Montgomery made impressive debuts as the Pirates sunk the Royal Navy with an...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSaints hit big six but Blues pose problems
■By SAM JACKSON Bedford ............21 Northampton ..40 NORTHAMPTON ran in six tries to see off Bedford on Friday night. An early...
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/ 4 years agoAmps turn set-piece power into points to clinch win
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ..........40 Bedford ............38 AMPTHILL recovered from a first quarter bashing to clinch this keenly contested derby between...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoKolbe’s tax bill set to rocket at Toulon
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CHESLIN Kolbe, below, could find himself worse off following his recordbreaking move to Toulon...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSaracens prop Mako Vunipola in new contract talks as Top 14 watch
Saracens are set to ask England prop Mako Vunipola to take a salary cut, TRP understands
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSharks move closer to AJ Bell deal
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE Sharks are just ironing out the last few details of the £17m deal...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoMunster coach Stephen Larkham is wanted back by Brumbies
Larkham is under contract at Thomond Park until the end of the coming season
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSuperpowers take showdown to tropics
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THIS cursed Pandemic has taken us down some...
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/ 4 years agoItaly show strength of their youth set-ups
THERE is a common misconception that Italy rugby consists only of Benetton and Zebre, understandable given they are the only fully...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSaints sign Springbok flier Skosan
RUGBY SHORTS NORTHAMPTON have made their fourth summer signing by bringing in South Africa wing Courtnall Skosan. The 30-year-old, who has...
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Features
/ 4 years agoIrish boost prop stock
RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have signed props Ryan Bower and Jamie Dever on shortterm contracts. Bower, 30, joins following stints with...
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Features
/ 4 years agoOne more for Swinson
RUGBY SHORTS TIM Swinson has signed a contract extension with Saracens to stay to the end of the 2021-22 season. The...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTigers call for Evans
RUGBY SHORTS LEICESTER have signed back row forward Gareth Evans, 29, on a short-term contract from Ospreys. Evans, who started his...
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/ 4 years agoAfter 18 months away, we just can’t wait to get started again!
PAUL REES TALKS TO SOME OF THE LEADING NATIONAL ONE COACHES AHEAD OF THE NEW SEASON The long wait is over....
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/ 4 years agoDavies back to help club that launched his coaching career
LEEDS are the one club in National 1 to have played in the Premiership and they have turned to the man...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe prince has his eyes on the prize as usual
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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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoRassie Erasmus set to get date for misconduct hearing
World Rugby will discern if Rassie Erasmus used the right channels to air criticisms of officials after the first Lions Test
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/ 4 years agoJennings avoids jail
FORMER Sale and England U20s centre Mark Jennings has been given a suspended sentence after fleeing police under suspicion of drinking...
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/ 4 years agoNavy set course for Cornwall
NEWS EXTRA CORNISH Pirates are gearing up for their visit from the Royal Navy on Friday night. Various representative service teams...
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/ 4 years agoKelly subs for Oskar
NEWS EXTRA BEDFORD have signed centre Frank Kelly from Luctonians after Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas suffered a potential season-ending Achilles injury. Kelly, 25,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBernard’s living the dream in Brentford
Danial Gallan talks to leading Exiles about their goal to become top four regulars Apalpable sense of anticipation greets you as...
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/ 4 years agoWood calls on Saints to end ‘transition’ talk …and deliver
By GARY FITZGERALD Veteran: Northampton flanker Tom Wood TOM Wood claims Northampton can take a leaf out of Harlequins’ title-winning book...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWinning a breakdown was my greatest joy
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BRUMBIES, BATH, LEICESTER AND EXETER FLANKER TURNED DEFENCE COACH JULIAN SALVI WHEN I look back...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLadesma and Cheika are under pressure
MARCELO BOSCH FORMER ARGENTINA AND SARACENS CENTRE Having lived in Europe for 14 years, I’m now back in Argentina and have...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLosing the Jaguares has brought a crucial talent drain
MARCELO BOSCH WITH the Jaguares no longer part of Super Rugby, everything has changed for Argentinian rugby. In 2019, almost the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWe ignored coach, played our fast 15-a-side rugby and claimed the day!
MOMENT IN TIME LONDON WELSH 1994-95 NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO KEY PLAYERS THE record books show that Welsh won promotion from...
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Features
/ 4 years ago‘We chased the Prem dream and went bust’
LONDON Welsh might have been a powerhouse in the amateur era of the 1960s and 1970s, supplying seven members of the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHat-trick for Evans as Quins power on
Welsh Championship Cup round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS A LEWIS Evans hat-trick fired Maesteg Harlequins to the top of their WRU Championship...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCarlisle answers call to help Titans rebuild
By JON NEWCOMBE JOEY Carlisle’s love of rugby may have been tested in recent years but the 33-yearold former Premiership player...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoRFU funds needed to maintain leagues
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The way it was: a great Championship clash between Ealing Trailfinders and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoScots’ brains trust restoring Uppingham’s former glory
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BACK in the dawn of rugby history Uppingham played their own...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBoobbyer quit at his peak to aid post war reconciliation
BRIAN Boobbyer was arguably Uppingham’s finest ever rugby player – certainly in modern times – but, as a committed Christian who...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHuw’s that new star in Quins back line?
■By GARY FITZGERALD HUW Jones is ready to fight like crazy for his first-team place at Harlequins and show Gregor Townsend...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoO’Brien brings know-how to Park
■By WARREN MUGGLETON LONDON Irish flanker and former Ireland international Sean O’Brien has joined National League 1 Rosslyn Park as a...
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/ 4 years agoBaa-Baas women to follow men at Twickers
BARBARIAN Women are set to play South Africa at Twickenham in a doubleheader with the men on November 27. It will...
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/ 4 years agoPlayers feedback saw end of Cockerill at Edinburgh
By GARY HEATLY GRANT Gilchrist admits it became clear in the summer that Edinburgh Rugby needed to evolve, whether with Richard...
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/ 4 years agoIt’s time to call it a day says Mama
FORMER Worcester Warriors back row Marco Mama has announced his retirement. The 30-year-old joined the Premiership club in January 2016 after...
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/ 4 years agoChick: Falcons aim to start fast and not fade
■By ADAM HATHAWAY NEWCASTLE back rower Callum Chick says the Falcons will be flying when their Premiership campaign kicks off against...
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/ 4 years agoWarriors will attack from the back says Forbes
■By GARY HEATLY COLE FORBES believes the new-look Glasgow Warriors back three will click quickly and play a fast brand of...
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/ 4 years agoLast man standing Moon eyes more glory
■By PAUL REES AND then there was one. Ben Moon is the last survivor from the squad that won Exeter promotion...
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/ 4 years agoJoe quits Eddie for Scarlets
SCARLETS have confirmed the signing of a key man from Eddie Jones’ England staff, as revealed in TRP on August 1....
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/ 4 years agoGenge is captain
ENGLAND prop Ellis Genge has been appointed captain at Leicester, taking over from hooker Tom Youngs. Genge, 26, has made 89...
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/ 4 years agoWomen’s Lions will be a full English
I AGREE with Simon Middleton “that the formation of a women’s Lions team is only a matter of time” and I...
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/ 4 years agoIrish tyros still way off
TOM Parton looks a great prospect, as does Tom Hassell-Collins and Ben Loader, but I can’t see any of them playing...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTime for Exeter Chiefs to ditch the warpaint | Colin Boag
Exeter Chiefs' appropriation of Native American symbolisation is treading a tightrope, explains Colin Boag
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/ 4 years agoWolfpack sharpen claws for bear pit
■By GARY FITZGERALD JACKSON Wray claims the Wolfpack have sharpened their claws and are “hungrier than ever” to regain their seat...
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Dream Team
/ 4 years agoDream Team: Former Bath and Northampton prop Charlie Beech
1. David Flatman – Flats was an inspiration during my time at Bath, both as a prop and as a bloke....
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