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/ 4 years agoWardle gets Sarries armband
PREVIEW... Saracens v Sale Today, Kick-off 1pm CARA Wardle captains Saracens as they look to back up their win at Loughbrough....
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Features
/ 4 years agoScots pioneers took the game global, now it’s rewards time
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The eclectic nature of Scotland’s teams these days...
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/ 4 years agoBlackie went into battle with programme notes!
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE irony will not be lost on Wasps legend Alan Black, who passed away this week, but...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWinstanley’s guidance got me ready for Premiership
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER SALE SHARKS, WORCESTER, ROTHERHAM, LEEDS AND ROUEN PROP ROB O’DONNELL BIG tall props were fashionable...
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/ 4 years agoDrunken yobs end Craig’s 50-year Wales love affair
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Craig James has been watching Wales since his father took him at the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoJonny’s glowing again in Mediterranean sun
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 agoI got my World Cup gold medal for losing!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Last week’s game against Tonga gave Eddie Jones and England the chance...
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/ 4 years agoExeter sign Pumas flanker Grondona
RUGBY SHORTS ARGENTINA back row Santiago Grondona, 23, has joined Exeter until the end of the season as injury cover. Jacques...
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/ 4 years agoColeman free for Quins trip
RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish lock Adam Coleman has been banned for two matches following his red card for a dangerous tackle...
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/ 4 years agoPhillips takes chair at Prem Rugby
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER WRU chief executive Martyn Phillips has been appointed as the new chair of Premiership Rugby, to succeed Andy...
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/ 4 years agoReid returns to top flight action
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS have signed Scotland prop Gordon Reid on a short-term deal. The former Glasgow and London Irish loosehead, 34,...
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/ 4 years agoLions great Smith joins Hall of Fame
RUGBY SHORTS TOM Smith was yesterday inducted into the Scottish Rugby Hall of Fame and hailed as the “greatest Scotland player...
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/ 4 years agoLifetime ban for pitch invader
RUGBY SHORTS WALES have handed a lifetime stadium ban to 28-year-old Callum Rowe of Caerphilly, who ran on to the pitch...
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Features
/ 4 years agoOLLY HARTLEY
YOUNG GUNS WASPS CENTRE OLLY Hartley yesterday took his first steps towards emulating his England trialist dad Gary when he made...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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/ 4 years agoMarcus stirs Eddie’s new gravy but it’s still lumpy
From NICK CAIN at TWICKENHAM England ............32pts Tries: Steward 7, Blamire 80+1 Conversions: Farrell 8; Smith 80+2 Penalties: Farrell 13, 18,...
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/ 4 years agoButcher keeps Welsh chair for next year
NEWS EXTRA WRU chair Rob Butcher has been re-elected for a further year. The former schoolteacher and longserving Bargoed official took...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRegional results
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/ 4 years agoIreland end turbulent week with gutsy win
Ireland ............20 USA ....................10 IRELAND battled to a hard-fought win in Dublin after a week dominated by comments made by IRFU...
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/ 4 years agoFresh faces earn call for Canada challenge
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... England v Canada Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Twickenham Stoop TEENAGE flanker Sadia Kabeya and wing Heather Cowell will...
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/ 4 years agoEason selects strongest line-up for Japan
Preview... Scotland v Japan Today, Kick-off 4.10pm SCOTLAND head coach Bryan Easson has made just one change to the side that...
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/ 4 years agoPhillips’ hat-trick on Test comeback
Wales ..............29 South Africa ..19 CARYS Phillips made a mockery of the decisions of previous head coaches not to select her...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRosslyn Park robbed of Winterbottom class
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ROSSALL, situated in the Lancashire coastal town of Fleetwood, have a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoRossall beach hockey was just bonkers
EVERY rugby player at Rossall will at some stage have played Rossall Hockey, a unique version of the game which relies...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMerthyr rack up six of the best in late show
Premiership Cup By DAFYDD HUGHES Merthyr............. 61 Pontypridd.......32 MERTHYR went into overdrive in the second half as they hit their nearest...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoBlack and Ambers are left black and blue
Premiership Cup By ARWEL DAVIES Newport...................28 RGC.............................34 THE North Walians gained revenge for their 27-15 home defeat to the top team...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoLaw men hit back from slow start
Premiership Cup By ALEX BYWATER Cardiff......................32 Ebbw Vale................. 7 CARDIFF bounced back from a derby defeat to Newport by hammering Ebbw...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoFive-star show from four-try wing Warren
Premiership Cup By HUW THOMAS Llanelli..................... 12 Llandovery.............54 LLANDOVERY continued their winning ways in the West Conference with a dashing eight-try...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMagic stuff as Wizards stay on top
Premiership Cup By FREDDIE BENNETT Aberavon.................36 Bridgend.................. 15 ABERAVON came out on top after putting five tries past Bridgend as the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoMarshall rides to the rescue for the Quins
Premiership Cup By PAUL HOPKINS Carmarthen Q.........24 Swansea................. 21 A LAST-MINUTE Steff Marshall penalty saw Carmarthen Quins defeat Swansea in a...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 4 years agoSix-guns Pooler are off to a flyer
National Championship round-up By ALED BISTON PONTYPOOL got their Championship campaign off to a flying start with a comprehensive 42-3 bonus-point...
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/ 4 years ago‘Data backs 60-cap rule’
By STEFFAN THOMAS WELSH rugby has been told it must continue to bring its best players back from the Gallagher Premiership...
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/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 4 years agoFive-try Newbridge pick up where they left off
Welsh National One roundup By FREDDIE BENNETT & ALED BISTON NEWBRIDGE ran in five tries as they kicked off their league...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoPeace at Biarritz as row starts in Bayonne
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 side Biarritz look set to remain where they belong – in the heart of the...
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/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, November 14, 2021 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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/ 4 years agoAmerican Indians call on Chiefs to change
NEWS EXTRA THE National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) has called on Exeter Chiefs to drop their Native American branding. Last...
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/ 4 years agoTiger Steward’s taken to Test rugby like a duck to water
BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT If you were a rugby fan who, for reasons I cannot readily think of, had spent the last...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoEngland must play smart to beat these Springboks
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK SOUTH Africa’s 31-29 win over New Zealand at the start of last month said...
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/ 4 years agoPumas pile more misery on Azzurri
Italy..................16 Argentina ......37 ARGENTINA outscored Italy by five tries to one to end their run of seven successive losses – Italy...
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/ 4 years agoSame old story as Boks grind it out
By DANIEL GALLAN Scotland ............15pts Tries: Hogg 35, 58 Conversions: Russell 35 Penalties: Russell 17 South Africa ....30pts Tries: Mapimpi 29,...
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/ 4 years ago‘No holds barred’ as Marcus steps out
By ADAM HATHAWAY MARCUS Smith came off the bench to terrorise Tonga and score 15 points in England’s 69-3 rout at...
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/ 4 years agoPitch yob hits Wales’ chances of victory
Twickenham favourite: Marcus Smith celebrates as he scores his try that earned the biggest cheer of the day PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 4 years agoTake a bow, Ellis – that was a wonderful return
SHANEWILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Standout for Wales: Ellis Jenkins Boks super sub Malcolm Marx Asa reaction to the 54- 16...
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/ 4 years agoSexton enjoys his gala day in Dublin
By JOHN FALLON Ireland ..............60pts Tries: Conway 11, 19, 74; Lowe 4, Gibson-Park 34, Sexton 48, Aki 55, Ringrose 70, Healy...
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/ 4 years agoJob done but ‘Jalimack’ partnership
By JAMES HARINGTON France ................29pts Tries: Flament 49, Mauvaka 71 Conversions: Jaminet 50, 72 Penalties: Jaminet 2, 18, 34, 64, 80...
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/ 4 years agoWallabies brains trust has the jump on Scots
By BRYN PALMER PREVIEW... Scotland v Australia Today. Kick-off 3pm, Murrayfield GREGOR Townsend admits Australia counterpart Dave Rennie will have the...
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/ 4 years agoAll Blacks set world records in Rome
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Italy....................7 New Zealand..49 NEW Zealand set world records for the most Test points and tries scored in a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoNICK BINGHAM
ROOM 101 THE SHEFFIELD TIGERS PROP TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Rugby/cold showers...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoLam ready to raid Saracens talent again
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler PAT Lam could return to Saracens at the end...
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