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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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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoDupont nowhere near Gareth – but he’s got time
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE amount of hype surrounding France’s brilliant scrum-half Antoine Dupont raises the question whether...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMarcus and his giant mate settle a thriller
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........14pts Tries: Northmore 3, Esterhuizen 78 Conversions: Smith 4, 79 Exeter ................12pts Tries: Slade 32, Innard 65...
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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:...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoKing: It’s a proud day for players
ALEX King feels the rare and memorable triumph in Saracens’ backyard will ensure Gloucester carry on the upwardly mobile curve towards...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoA mop-top Gower rises from the past
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Star turn: King’s 1974-75 with David Gower fourth...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBig-hearted Rees risked ruin for his doctor pals
PETER JACKSON FEW players could possibly have been more revered over the course of their lives than Brian Rees, from the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoResilient Tigers land killer blow in injury time
Bristol ................26pts Tries: Harding 22, Lloyd 51 Conversions: Sheedy 23, 52 Penalties: Sheedy 28, 35, 41, 72 Leicester ..........28pts Tries: Nadolo...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDombrandt leads Quins to Big win at Twickers
By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins ........41pts Tries: Dombrandt 6, 40, 79; Murley 17, 30; Lynagh 54 Conversions: Edwards 7, 18, 31; Esterhuizen...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHarris scores two as Gloucester take derby spoils
Bath ....................20pts Tries: Spencer 50, Fox 80+1 Conversions: Bailey 51, 83 Penalties: Bailey 3, 25 Gloucester ........40pts Tries: Penalty 20, Harris...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSaracens run riot in hot pursuit of leaders
Saracens ..........61pts Tries: Lewington 5, 38; B Vunipola 11, 52; Goode 14, Tompkins 21, Isiekwe 29, Earl 47, Malins 61 Conversions:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFrost double helps Wasps seal first win in six games
Wasps ................38pts Tries: Crossdale 7, Frost 16, 46; Barbeary 30 Conversions: Gopperth 8, 18, 47 Penalties: Gopperth 26, 36, 61, 69...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBreach makes scoring return
Quins Women ....29 Wasps Women ....5 JESS Breach scored on her return from a broken back as Harlequins stormed into second...
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Features
/ 4 years agoI’m learning new things every day, I love it here
PAUL REES talks to Stuart Hogg about how life in Devon is growing his game Stuart Hogg was voted the best...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTigers back row Wiese banned for two games
LEICESTER Tigers back row Jasper Wiese has been banned for two matches after getting three yellow cards this season. The South...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMidfield boost for Eddie
ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones is expected to have captain Owen Farrell and Manu Tuilagi available for the Six Nations opener against...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRussia prop Morozov arrives at The Rec
BATH have signed Russia’s former Sale Sharks prop Valery Morozov. The 27-year-old joins from CSKA Moscow and comes in as cover...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoSuper-charged Amps start the year in style
By ZAK CARR Ampthill ............36pts Tries: Ryan 23, Sharp 35, Dawkins 46, Dickinson 60, Crean 70 Conversions: Bennett 24, 47, 61,...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoKnights charge top with Boxing Day bonus
BOXING DAY WRAP By BEN JAYCOCK DONCASTER went top of the Championship after a 39-19 win over London Scottish on Boxing...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoHartpury primed for revenge mission
Preview Hartpury v Nottingham Today, Kick-off 2.30pm HARTPURY take on Nottingham in today’s only Championship match after yet another round has...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMy job at Sedgley Park was to punch people
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS HEAD COACH AND FORMER ENGLAND COUNTIES, LANCASHIRE, SALE, SEDGLEY PARK, ORRELL, NOTTINGHAM, MOLESEY, CALDY...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoWage cap minefield needs a clean slate
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME At the end of the year, it’s a time to look back...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCult figure Seb inspired the outstanding 1964 Sevens team
Simply the best: King’s triumphant team at Rosslyn Park in 1964 THE late, great, Geoff Dodds – talent spotter extraordinaire and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ROSIE GALLIGAN THIS WEEK... HARLEQUINS SECOND ROW Rosie Galligan had...
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Features
/ 4 years agoROSS McKNIGHT
YOUNG GUNS GLASGOW WINGER Glasgow Warriors Academy winger Ross McKnight made his Scotland U20 debut earlier this year and now is...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMcBryde: We aim to make life hard for Ealing
NEWS EXTRA WITH Covid leading to the postponement of fixtures in the Championship, Doncaster sit top of the league, although the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, January 2, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoNew Covid rules test powers of persuasion
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN After much of the second round of European competition was called off before Christmas because of Covid-...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMore high calibre signings on way to Glasgow says Wilson
By BRYN PALMER GLASGOW coach Danny Wilson has signalled more signings of the quality of recent recruits Jack Dempsey, Sione Tuipulotu...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSaracens flanker Reffell to join Ulster
IRISH-QUALIFIED flanker Sean Reffell will join Ulster in the summer from Saracens. The 23-year-old former England U20 international was named Sarries’...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLaunchbury set for Wasps return in European Cup
By GARY FITZGERALD JOE Launchbury will soon be fighting to regain his England jersey and showing Eddie Jones he can still...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPeel keen for Liam to re-sign
SCARLETS head coach Dwayne Peel hopes Wales full-back Liam Williams stays with them. The 30-year-old, in his second stint in Llanelli,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCole: Tigers are willing to take on new ideas now
DAN COLE made his England debut when Steve Borthwick was the captain and admits he did not detect the coaching potential...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoA poker face, but Boyd can cut loose!
By PAUL REES AS Northampton blew an early 21-7 lead against Harlequins at Twickenham last week, returning home without even a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAnkle trouble will see Faletau miss start of the Six Nations
Working hard: Faletau DEFENDING champions Wales look set to start the Six Nations without topchoice No.8 Taulupe Faletau. The triple British...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAmor gets a big job with Japan 7s
FORMER England men’s 15s assistant coach Simon Amor has been appointed technical director of Japan Sevens. Japan disappointed at their home...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRyan hopes derby integrity remains
DRAGONS director of rugby Dean Ryan hopes the “integrity of derby games will remain” as league organisers face the challenge of...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoFeel for Borthwick, but inquiry is right
WHEN it was revealed Saracens had broken the salary cap and were to be relegated to the Championship two years ago,...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoUnderhill must stay
ANTHONY Watson leaving Bath could have huge consequences on and off the field and surely others will now follow with the...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoStags still charging
IN LAST week’s Rugby Paper, Alec Jones, who regularly writes in support of lower league rugby lamented the supposed withdrawal of...
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Features
/ 4 years agoYes, there were some good bits in 2021…
COLIN BOAG Last year was likeno other, with Covid wreaking havoc, and sadly the signs are that 2022 might be no...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
PAOLO ODOGWU, THE WASPS AND FORMER SALE & ENGLAND U20s CENTRE/WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEddie has failed in his dealings with No.9s
KYRAN BRACKEN WORLD CUP-WINNING SCRUM-HALF FOR the last two years I have been baffled by the decision by Eddie Jones not...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBoxers get month off after KO, why not rugby men?
KYRAN BRACKEN I FEEL very let down by World Rugby and its approach to concussion. There is a malaise and a...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHero Hogg has final say as Chiefs get back on song
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Exeter ................19pts Tries: O’Flaherty 13, Hill 31, Hogg 75 Conversions: J Simmonds 14, 76 Bristol ................13pts Tries: Purdy...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDiscipline will be key for Falcons to keep danger man Ford at bay
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Leicester v Newcastle Today. Kick-off 3pm, Welford Road In swing: Brett Connon JUST as Newcastle United had...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoIt’s great start to New Year – Hogg
STUART HOGG was delighted to celebrate his decision to stay at Exeter with a man-ofthe match performance. “The smile on my...
International Rugby
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Autumn Internationals
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International Rugby
George North signs off with a try double for Barbarians against Wales
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