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English Championship
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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Latest News
/ 5 years agoStar player Zoe aims to keep Roses a cut above
By TOM SANSOM AFTER an undefeated year which featured a third consecutive Six Nations title, and back-to-back victories over New Zealand,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMurley gets snappy for fast start to 2022
By GARY FITZGERALD CADAN Murley is finetuning his sprint skills so that he can hit the ground running in 2022...faster and...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLowering cap wasn’t ideal but we stick to it – Lam
By PAUL REES PAT Lam is more concerned that Bristol stick to the Premiership’s salary cap than what rival clubs are...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoPoets, writers war heroes, all the King’s men
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools KING’S Canterbury, save for brief periods in their sporting history, can’t...
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Features
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 years agoResults
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Latest News
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Latest News
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHastings eyes big finish after patient start
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Gloucester v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingsholm Settled: Adam Hastings ADAM Hastings has noticed a difference since...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoO’Driscoll slams the dementia ‘insults’
By PETER JACKSON WORLD Rugby’s claim that early dementia can be caused by smoking, drinking and other lifestyle choices has been...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLynagh’s out to catch eye of Eddie
By GARY FITZGERALD Better times: Steve Thompson wins the World Cup with England in 2003 PICTURE: Getty Images LOUIS Lynagh hopes...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoCurry’s back where his troubles began
By JON NEWCOMBE Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks Boxing Day. Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park WITH injuries and the impact of Covid...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoDeano: I made Pig’s Nose of big match!
BIG Boxing Day games bring back special memories for Dean Richards who used to embrace the spirit of Christmas in every...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMacron’s pique opens way for national cup
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE chances of a new variation of Covid coming through was as predictable...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGriffiths offers Bath fans better future
NICK CAIN THE decision by Bath owner Bruce Craig to pick Ed Griffiths as his successor as chairman is the most...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoAngry young man Alfie just wants to play
By GARY FITZGERALD Wasps v London Irish Boxing Day. Kick-off 3pm, Coventry Building Society Arena LEE Blackett expects a much less...
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Premiership
/ 5 years ago‘Deccy’ is a visionary, no wonder other clubs like him – Rogerson
By PAUL REES Target: Declan Kidney DECLAN Kidney has been linked with a return to Munster but says he has unfinished...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoTwickenham will be different for us this time vows Dowson
By PAUL REES Harlequins v Northampton Saints Monday, December 27. Kick-off 5pm, Twickenham THE last time Northampton faced Harlequins at Twickenham...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoEarle: Warriors can wind you up
Saracens v Worcester Warriors Boxing Day. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX Stadium Flank offensive: Ben Earl on the break against Exeter PICTURE: Getty...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoNew lockdown would be catastrophe warns Thomas
By PAUL REES JONATHAN Thomas has warned of the dire financial consequences if England follow Wales and ban fans from attending...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoSuddenly, stability is in fashion for coaches
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It would be stretching things just a little to describe rugby’s pre-World Cup era as an age...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoGriffiths brings fun and games to The Rec
CHRIS HEWETT IT IS not yet a mathematical certainty that Bruce Craig will end his long spell of chairmanship at Bath...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoA great year for Dupont but Marcus was not far behind
PAUL REES REFLECTS ON THE STAND-OUT EVENTS AND PLAYERS OF 2021 World Player of the Year: Antoine Dupont of France PICTURE:...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJACK METCALF
ROOM 101 THE SALE SHARKS CENTRE TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Noisy eaters...
