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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRFU bid to help Sharks
NEWS EXTRA THE RFU are working with DMP Durham Sharks, who have won one of their last 29 top-flight matches, to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBEM for Reeds’ George
GEORGE Spinks, a long time member of Reeds Weybridge RFC, has been awarded a British Empire Medal in the 2022 New...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTizard quits Stoop to join Sarries
SARACENS have signed Harlequins second row Hugh Tizard for next season. The 21-year-old Quins academy graduate has made 27 appearances for...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoQuins defeat cost me my form admits Simmonds
By PAUL REES A YEAR after captaining Exeter to the Premiership and Champions Cups double, Joe Simmonds found himself on the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPatchell can spur Scarlets says Davies
By STEFFAN THOMAS RHYS Patchell’s return from a long-term injury can help take the Scarlets to another level says Jonathan Davies....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDragons try to lure fly-half Hanrahan
DRAGONS are in talks to sign Clermont Auvergne fly-half JJ Hanrahan for next season. The 29-year-old moved to France from Munster...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNorth America boost for Exeter women
EXETER women have signed United States prop Hope Rogers and Canada back row Gabrielle Senft as they aim for the Premier...
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Letters
/ 5 years agoJackson has been a Sarries inspiration
I HOPE other rugby fans appreciated the article written by Chris Hewett about the injury suffered by Jackson Wray. He outlined...
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Letters
/ 5 years agoGreat pass, but Hill was obvious
WHILE I’ll concede to Jeremy Guscott that scrum-half Richard Hill had a superb pass, I’ve always held the belief that one...
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Letters
/ 5 years agoShane got the rules wrong on hookers
IF COLUMNISTS have to slate referees about law issues, is there any chance they can check they’re right in law first?...
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Letters
/ 5 years agoPundits ignore the rule breaches as well
WHILE I fully agree, as a true rugby fan, with Shane Williams’ views about the blatant disregard of the rules by...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTime to split the pro and amateur game
COLIN BOAG I’ve believed for a long time that a schism between the professional game and the lower echelons is inevitable,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
ALLAN DELL, THE SCOTLAND AND LONDON IRISH PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Cian Healy...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 5 years agoEddie won’t drop Farrell, but he’s behind Marcus
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK ENGLAND found a way to win without Owen Farrell at the end of an...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoParty time for Chiefs as Glasgow crumble
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Exeter ................52pts Tries: O’Flaherty 15, 56, 66; S Simmonds 24, 52; Cowan-Dickie 56, Nowell 74, Ewers 77 Conversions:...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBaxter can’t hide his delight
EXETER director of rugby Rob Baxter was delighted with his team’s performance. He said: “It felt like the old Chiefs were...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoLate Coombes try puts O’Mahony’s men through to knockout stages again
By TOM SHEEDY Castres ..............13pts Try: Larregain 27 Conversion: Botica 28 Penalties: Botica 54,66 Munster ............16pts Try: Coombes 77 Conversion: Crowley...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoWasps keep control after Umaga sent off
By ROB WILDMAN Wasps ............... .30pts Tries: Alo 19, Shields 23, Barbeary 68 Conversions: Gopperth 19, 23, 68 Penalties: Gopperth 42,...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBlackett praise for star Barbeary
WASPS boss Lee Blackett applauded man-of-thematch Alfie Barbeary for his superb display. “You could see what he was made of today,”...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTwickenham ‘too costly’ for Wales to switch Six Nations matches
By PETER JACKSON WALES will almost certainly abandon a contingency plan to use Twickenham as their home base for the Six...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWasps ace Fifita will join Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS Ecstatic: Lloyd Evans celebrates Gloucester’s victory over Saracens on the final whistle PICTURE: Getty Images THE Scarlets have...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBiggar on song as Saints put on a show
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle ..........8pts Try: McGuigan 54 Penalty: Hodgson 13 Northampton ..44pts Tries: Collins 23, Skosan 31, Matavesi 59, Furbank...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoFrench double-header will be difficult for us, says Richards
NEWCASTLE director of rugby Dean Richards admitted he was less than impressed with Falcons performance, but spoke of greater concern around...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoMorahan gets Bears back on the prowl
By ROGER PANTING Bristol ................32pts Tries: Capon 9, Morahan 20, 31; Uren 79 Conversions: Sheedy 9, 31, 79 Penalties: Sheedy 45,...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoAlex is baffled by scrum decisions
SALE director of rugby Alex Sanderson offered a possible explanation after his side continued their long losing away run with their...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoTries galore, but still Warriors struggle
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Bath v Worcester JONATHAN Thomas is taking no notice of Bath’s failure to win a match this...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHooker Doughty gets the call up
TOM Doughty makes his first Premiership Rugby start as Stuart Hooper’s side attempt to turn around their dismal campaign. The hooker,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGet Eddie’s successor to ride shotgun for him now
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK SUCCESSION plans for the England head coach role have been a lottery in...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHougaard: Tigers have Bok qualities
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Wasps v Leicester Sunday, Kick-off 3pm, The CBS Arena FRANCOIS Hougaard agrees playing Leicester is a bit...
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Paul Rees
/ 5 years agoDiscipline is still a concern for me admits Borthwick
By PAUL REES Banned: Jasper Wiese LEICESTER’S rise to the top this season has coincided with a significant improvement in their...
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Features
/ 5 years agoALEX WALLER
ROOM 101 THE NORTHAMPTON SAINTS PROP TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Coriander I...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoQuins look south for flanker Tshituka
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER PREMIERSHIP champions Harlequins look set to raid the South African transfer market again to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoGopperth in talks over switch to Tigers
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Shock: Jimmy Gopperth VETERAN Wasps ace Jimmy Gopperth is poised to put off retirement...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoFalcons delay paying England fees to their stars
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Exeter target: Leone Nakarawa NEWCASTLE Falcons are set to have crunch talks with their...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoMunster bid for Morris
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Wanted: Dom Morris MUNSTER have offered Saracens centre Dom Morris a contract for next...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoBaxter set to move on Fiji lock Nakarawa
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EXETER Chiefs have enquired about Fijian star Leone Nakarawa as Rob Baxter scrambles to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMunster job not for me yet says O’Connell
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON FORMER Ireland captain Paul O’Connell has ruled himself out of the running for the Munster head...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoZebo’s red can’t stop Munster momentum
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............18pts Tries: Haley 60, Kendellen 76 Conversions: Healy 77 Penalties: Crowley 33, 39 Ulster..................13pts Tries: Herring 8...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMarksman Anscombe trumped by Tuipulotu
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ............38pts Tries: Forbes 22, Tuipulotu 27, 62; McKay 48, Brown 73 Conversions: Thompson 23, 28, 49, 63;...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEdinburgh too strong for wretched Cardiff
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ........34pts Tries: Moyano 5, Boffelli 9, Bennett 30, 73; Lang 39 Conversions: Boffelli 6, 31; Van der...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoKnights go to Jersey bidding to keep pressure on
By BEN JAYCOCK Thriller: Hartpury on the attack against Nottingham THE Championship returns next Saturday with a full round of fixtures...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players LISA NEUMANN THIS WEEK... SALE SHARKS WINGER Sale Sharks wing...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoI can hear opportunity knocking insists Lam
By PAUL REES PAT LAM believes he and Bristol will benefit from their struggles this season, the first time the graph...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoExeter power tells in one-way second half
By SAM BRETT Sale ....................7 Exeter ..............43 EXETER have proved tough opposition for Sharks this season and yesterday’s fixture did not...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoUnderwood double savages the sorry Bears
By MATT MERRITT Bristol ..............14 Glouc-Hart ......36 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury hit the ground running in both halves to secure a comfortable win...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 5 years agoSaracens look set to feast off the Sharks
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Saracens v DMP Sharks Sunday, Kick-off 2pm SARACENS head coach Alex Austerberry believes his team are entering...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRing-rusty stars may struggle in Six Nations
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND All the international coaches used to want to wrap their star players in cotton wool...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHookers and kickers are getting away with murder
SHANE WILLIAMS HANDS UP if you are tired of seeing scrum halves putting the ball into the second row. That is...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoEuro re-matches to be announced this week
By PAUL REES THE Champions Cup organisers will decide by the end of the week whether to rearrange the five matches...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFolau’s back with try double in Japan debut
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK ISRAEL Folau made an emphatic return to rugby union, scoring a double for his new club...
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