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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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/ 4 years agoRefs Pearce and Carley may need body armour
TEST referees live precarious lives, one dodgy pass away from enraging an entire nation. Wayne Barnes discovered that much back in...
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/ 4 years agoURC fixtures 2021-22: Leinster face Bulls first up
CHAMPIONS Leinster welcome the Bulls in Round 1 of the new United Rugby Champiosnhip which kicks off on September 24. Dates...
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/ 4 years agoBracken: Head injury ‘scandal’ must end
Rugby desperately needs its own seat belt when it comes to head injury, says Kyran Bracken
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Features
/ 4 years agoRoom 101: Chinnor back row Ben Manning
THE CHINNOR BACK-ROWER TAKES US THOUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Badly poured Guinness They say...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoNeil Back’s son in Forest debut
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FIN Back, the son of England World Cup winner Neil, last week made his...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoBaldwin quits for a life in the City
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Calling time: Luke Baldwin, playing here for Worcester, has left the Dragons LUKE Baldwin,...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoAgents and clubs go to mediation
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER RUGBY players agents are set to have a mediation meeting with Premiership Rugby to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoMeihuizen tells Quins it’s no go
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER HARLEQUINS have missed out on signing Stormers lock David Meihuizen, below, who is now...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoPre-season friendlies
RC Vannes..............28 Jersey Reds..........28 By TOM INNES A THRILLING pre-season ‘local derby’ finished with honours even as Jersey Reds battled back...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSurging Sale pack regain their pride
By CHRIS PAINE Sedgley Park ..14pts Sale ....................31pts SALE banished the issues which dogged their display a week ago to claim...
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/ 4 years agoPre-season round-up: Dave Ward gets Bristol Bears off to winning start
A look at some of the matches played by Premier 15s and National One teams this weekend
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Features
/ 4 years agoTigers tie up gives kids route through
Paul Rees finds out more about Nottingham’s new partnership with Leicester Tigers Nottingham were among the leading clubs in England 30...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoRichmond 26-7 Ampthill: Richmond power too much for Amps
Match report from the all-Championship pre-season friendly
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Features
/ 4 years agoJP Doyle available ‘for a pie and a pint’ after return from Major League Rugby
What next for the former Premiership referee who spent 17 weeks officiating in Major League Rugby
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/ 4 years agoHill excited by his new recruits
NEWS EXTRA RICHMOND have confirmed their new signings for the forthcoming season. The new players include: Ntinga Mpiko, Will Carrick-Smith, Cameron...
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/ 4 years agoLeicester Tigers team with Lichfield
LEICESTER Tigers have launched a women’s team in a merger with Lichfield to compete in the second tier of English rugby....
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoWhy no fixtures out yet for URC?
ONE month to go and still no word of the fixtures for the opening round of the United Rugby Championship. At...
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/ 4 years agoGatland didn’t help himself
WHEN the Springboks suggested a second match against their A team to fill a void in the fixture list, Lions head...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLaw changes will help players take more risks says Exiles star
PAUL REES TALKS TO LONDON IRISH FULL-BACK TOM PARTON ABOUT HIS PASSION FOR EXCITING RUGBY Tom Parton is part of a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWith these young stars set to break through, Eddie has real options this season
Class: Tom Parton playing for England U20 TOM Parton was one of four backs who started England’s 2017 World U20 final...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe magnificent men of England’s swinging 20s
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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/ 4 years agoI’ve changed my mind now says Warburton
FORMER Lions captain Sam Warburton says he has changed his view over a concern expressed in his autobiography that a player...
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/ 4 years ago60 cap rule brings big names home
ALEX BYWATER talks to Dragons new signing Will Rowlands and rounds up the other big transfers Benetton Ins: Rhyno Smith (Cheetahs),...
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Features
/ 4 years agoName-change for Cardiff is a home-coming for legend Peter
Q&A ON THE RECORD PETER THOMAS Benefactor: Peter Thomas is Cardiff’s geatest backer Peter Thomas played for Cardiff in the 1960s...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players LYDIA THOMPSON THIS WEEK... WORCESTER WINGER Winger Lydia Thompson has...
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/ 4 years agoNorth Wales launch invasion of England
By ROB COLE ROBIN Williams has joined the ever growing band of north Wales bred players moving into the Championship and...
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/ 4 years agoWelsh Championship Cup round-up: Wanderers beaten by driving lineout
YSTRAD Rhondda came out on top in a thrilling and engaging contest against Glamorgan Wanderers at the Memorial Ground in Ely....
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Features
/ 4 years agoYoung Guns: Wasps centre Will Simonds
Will Simonds appears well set to excel at Wasps this season with John Mitchell now joining a coaching group that puts...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHaileybury go from VCs to courage of Danny Hearn
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Although also an enthusiastic football school, Haileybury College, just a few...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDanny’s belief set Cooke on road to Harlequins and England fame
Hard core: David Cooke DAVID Cooke might have looked a little like Jean Pierre Rives and, like the legendary French flanker,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHeineken Cup? It was Devon Senior Cup that Exeter were after in the Eighties!
MOMENTINTIME EXETER, DEVON SENIOR CUP WINNERS 1979-80 NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO JOHN LOCKYER TIM WOODROW’S programme notes for the visit of...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe Baxter family have Exeter blood flowing in their veins
How the Baxters have impacted Exeter Chiefs since the 1960s
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/ 4 years agoLamb’s looking to add spice to Albion attack
■By JON NEWCOMBE RYAN LAMB has swapped coaching in the Championship for National One but is delighted to be at a...
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/ 4 years agoWales consider hosting Sanzaar tournament
THE Welsh Rugby Union are exploring hosting Rugby Championship games at Principality Stadium. A mid-tournament switch is being considered because of...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWhen we lost in France the butcher blanked me
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER ROTHERHAM, SALE, BOURGOIN, LONDON WELSH AND LEICESTER HOOKER NEIL BRIGGS When you think about the carefully...
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/ 4 years agoQuins aiming to conquer Europe next says Murley
By GARY FITZGERALD CADAN Murley sees no reason why Harlequins cannot be a major force in Europe this season as well...
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/ 4 years agoKefu ‘doing well’ after knife attack
TONGA coach and Australia rugby great Toutai Kefu says he is out of hospital and “doing well” after a violent attack...
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/ 4 years agoLewies wants more of Quins factor 500
■By ADAM HATHAWAY Driven: Stephan Lewies is hungry for more success with Quins PICTURES: Getty Images HARLEQUINS captain Stephan Lewies has...
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/ 4 years agoLang relishing life at Edinburgh after early agitation following Cockerill’s exit
Goals: James Lang NEW Edinburgh centre James Lang may describe his decision to quit Premiership champions Harlequins and move north to...
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/ 4 years agoMaitland is chasing a flyer for Scotland
■By GARY FITZGERALD SEAN Maitland will leave it up to Gregor Townsend to decide when the curtain should fall on his...
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/ 4 years agoOlympian Ollie back in XVs at Falcons
■By SAM JACKSON NEWCASTLE Falcons have signed another former Harlequins back with Olympic Sevens player Ollie Lindsay- Hague joining on a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLet stars go abroad AND play for their countries
COLIN BOAG It seems to be part of rugby’s culture that the Unions like to flaunt their muscle and tell players...
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Dream Team
/ 4 years agoDream Team: Doncaster Knights centre Mark Best
MARK BEST, THE DONCASTER, ULSTER &, JERSEY CENTRE CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1. Logovi’i Mulipola...
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/ 4 years agoArgentina 10-29 South Africa: Handre Pollard puts boot into the misfiring Pumas telling
A penalty-ridden affair sees the Springboks beat the Pumas for the second-straight week
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/ 4 years agoDave Rennie blazing over NZ snub
AUSTRALIA coach Dave Rennie says he is “bloody angry” about New Zealand cancelling the teams’ Bledisloe Cup match without telling the...
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