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/ 5 years agoPremiership trio go in search of second rows to add for 2021-22
WEST Country trio Gloucester, Bath and Exeter are all looking to strengthen their second rows for next season. But they are...
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/ 5 years agoNorton to spearhead Team GB’s search for Tokyo gold
TOM Mitchell will lead the men’s squad at the Tokyo Olympics looking to go one better than their silver medal five...
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/ 5 years agoGloucester go hi-tech to match game tempo
■By JON NEWCOMBE New age: Gloucester’s state of the art gym Impressive: Gloucester’s new indoor training pitch Gloucester CEO Lance Bradley...
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/ 5 years agoBenetton 35-7 Bulls: Benetton rip up the script to give Bulls a whipping
KIERAN Crowley wrapped up five seasons in Treviso before he takes charge of the Italian national side by leading Benetton to...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoSaracens v Ealing: Vincent Koch set for a double celebration in second leg
SARACENS have named an unchanged line-up for today’s second leg of the Championship play-off final against Ealing Trailfinders. The north London...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Wales captain and Bristol back row Siwan Lillicrap
Wales captain Siwan Lillicrap would love to see Welsh teams introduced into the Premier 15s when the league re-tenders in two years’...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoNot a fan of Springboks joining our Six Nations | Shane Williams
I’M old enough to have played in the Five Nations before it expanded to six teams with Italy’s arrival in 2001...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoFree to view games vital for rugby’s resurgence | Shane Williams
AFTER a horror year or more of Covid-19 we all know rugby has its financial challenges. We also know the way...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSpringbok props are part of my ‘woldwide front row family’ says Furlong
By ADAM HATHAWAY Making waves: Tadhg Furlong TADHG Furlong will be ‘keeping it in the family’ in the recesses of the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoJenkins: Jersey boys do have an edge
THE Lions’ incoming personnel will be playing catch-up in their quest to face South Africa, according to kicking coach Neil Jenkins....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLes Bleus announce themselves to the world
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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/ 5 years agoGeorgia finally get a slither of recognition
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST When the great vaudevillian wit WC Fields suggested a possible epitaph for his own gravestone – “On the...
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/ 5 years agoWales fear more will follow Cory Hill to Japan
WALES run the risk of more senior players sacrificing their Test careers for pots of Japanese gold. Cory Hill’s abrupt removal...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGibson’s late try puts end to Blues 18-year trophy drought
By BEN JAYCOCK TRANS-TASMAN FINAL Blues ................23 Highlanders ....15 THE BLUES’ 18-year wait for a Super Rugby triumph is over after...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoHarri’s rush of blood opens door for 6-try Irish clobbering
By STEFFAN THOMAS Scotland ....7pts Tries: Gourlay 21 Conversions: Scott 22 Ireland ....38pts Tries: Soroka 4, Penalty 36, Illo 42, Kendellen...
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/ 5 years agoItaly 8-25 Wales: Sam Costelow kicks Wales U20 off to big win in Cardiff
A KICKING masterclass from Sam Costelow ensured Wales U20s coasted to a comfortable opening Six Nations victory over Italy....
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 5 years agoYoung Gun: Cornish Pirates fly-half Harry Bazalgette
Harry Bazalgette has championed BUCS Super Rugby for putting him on the path to the top level of the game after the conclusion...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRoom 101: Sheffield Tigers centre Tom Hart
1. Fake exercise gurus With gyms being closed, lockdown spawned a rise in so-called online fitness experts; everyone on social media...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Chiefs duo deserve bans… and sympathy
THE question of tackle heights and what constitutes a legal tackle continues to vex the game, myself included. For example I...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLions aside, rugby has no place in sport’s silly season
THE rugby in recent weeks has been generally splendid and, until this weekend sun kissed, but perversely more than ever I...
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/ 5 years agoTributes to Jack, a top player and great man
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER THE tragic death of Jack Adams at just 34 from cancer has been felt in many rugby...
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Features
/ 5 years agoEngland’s attack stats: Eddie Jones must add sparkle
PAUL REES crunches the numbers to find out where it all went wrong for England Eddie Jones is taking charge of...
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/ 5 years agoTownies are the tops in this unique world XV
PETER JACKSON Double act: There are two famous Hastings, of course, but we’ve gone for centre Scott as we already have...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLions pride runs deep in this Belfast powerhouse
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ANY discussion on the best rugby schools in the UK and...
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/ 5 years agoSurely Robson’s ready for a first start now, Eddie
By NEIL FISSLER Pushing for his first start: Dan Robson takes on Paolo Garbisi during the Six Nations PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 5 years agoJohn eyes U20s springboard
By ALEX BYWATER EXETER Chiefs and Wales tyro Dan John plans on proving a point to Rob Baxter in the U20...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoMatt Challinor joins the Knights exodus to Titans
ROTHERHAM’S rapidly expanding group of ex-Doncaster players will include Knights legend Matt Challinor next season. Challinor has retired from full-time rugby...
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Features
/ 5 years agoAs a No.8 and wing I was called McLomu
MY LIFEIN RUGBY ROLAND REID THE FORMER SCOTLAND, GOLDEN LIONS, GLASGOW, LONDON IRISH,LEEDS AND EDINBURGH BACK ROW/WING Versatile: Roland Reid in action for...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMotu leads Irish exodus
RUGBY SHORTS SAMOA hooker Motu Matu’u and ex-All Black winger Waisake Naholo are two of ten players leaving London Irish. Harry Elrington,...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFans frozen out of final
RUGBY SHORTS THOUSANDS of supporters have had their tickets cancelled for Saturday’s Premiership Rugby final at Twickenham after the government capped the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTyro White exits Tigers
RUGBY SHORTS LEICESTER have released scrum-half Ben White, 23, the youngest player to appear for the club in the Premiership. White was...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSwansong for Rhodes
RUGBY SHORTS SARACENS back row Mike Rhodes will leave the club after today’s Championship final. The South Africa-born 33-year-old has made 106...
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Features
/ 5 years agoPack change at Kingsholm
RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTER forwards Matt Garvey, Jamie Gibson and Ollie Atkins have left the club. Matt Banahan has retired, while scrum-half Willi...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWRU to aid grassroots
RUGBY SHORTS THE WRU has pledged £1m to help the community game return safely in Wales after Covid-19. The money is designed...
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/ 5 years agoPennell: I’ve never felt so fresh, I’d love to carry on
CHRIS Pennell insists he is fit enough to carry on playing after parting company with Worcester age 34. The once-capped England...
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/ 5 years agoUndercooked Wales set for gruelling week of fitness work
By ALEX BYWATER Experienced head: Wales captain Jonathan Davies WALES head coach Wayne Pivac admits he fears his team will be...
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/ 5 years agoWorld Cup guru Larder expects Sinfield to be a huge hit with Tigers
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL League legend: Kevin Sinfeld playing for Rhinos PHIL LARDER believes Rugby League legend Kevin Sinfield will prove a...
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/ 5 years agoWRU could raid Premiership Rugby for performance executive
WALES could be set for a raid on English rugby with Gallagher Premiership supremo Phil Winstanley emerging as a serious contender...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoExpansion plan is best way forward
RECENT TRP issues have contained some good opinions on the ring-fencing question. I liked the idea from Kevin Higginson (June 6)...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoOnly snag is money
DEAN Richards is right to want a professional second tier in England, the snag is only a few of the teams...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoIrish-Wasps was compelling, keep up the good work!
I AM sorry that Jeff Probyn did not enjoy the recent London Irish v Wasps encounter; he was probably the only...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoStay true to ethos that game is for all
DO WE keep grassroots principles of promoting the game for all, at all levels – therein supporting ambitious clubs to succeed...
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Features
/ 5 years agoIf Ealing are the best, what are the others like?
COLIN BOAG Let’s hope that themembers of the RFU Council were watching Saracens annihilate Ealing Trailfinders in the first leg of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
SAM OLVER, THE DONCASTER AND FORMER ENGLAND U20, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND MOSELEY FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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/ 5 years agoPlayers driven by their own motivation
ONE ring-fencing argument put forward was that the Premiership had remained highly competitive despite the jeopardy of relegation being removed by...
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/ 5 years agoSky talent dodge SA
WORD is that although Sky have the broadcasting rights to the 2021 Lions tour, none of their main pundits or commentators will...
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/ 5 years agoBristol 36-43 Harlequins (AET): Breathtaking as Quins hit back to leave Bears bereft
BOTH sides take a breathless bow. In one of the greatest Premiership games ever staged, Harlequins produced an extraordinary rally to...
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/ 5 years agoBears’ writing their own ‘living history’ under visionary Pat
■By PAUL REES So close: Bren Earl scores Bristol’s first try in yesterday’s 12-try thriller PAT LAM has used his love...
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/ 5 years agoSouth African teams will be eligible for Champions Cup in revamped ‘United Rugby Championship’
PRO14 have unveiled a new format for next season’s expanded league which will welcome four South African franchises and be renamed...
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/ 5 years agoWe’ll be the poor men of Europe say regions
WALES’ four regions fear they will be put at an even greater disadvantage next season with their English rivals being up...
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