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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRegional results
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 years agoLangley’s double trouble for Glamorgan
Championship Cup round-up By ALED BISON AND JACK NAISBITT BARGOED thrashed Glamorgan Wanderers 41-11 to move to the top of the...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 years agoVersatility can boost Seb’s bid
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE versatility tag has been a hindrance for many players, but Seb Davies believes it can help him...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 years agoFlying Frewen fires Ambers
Premiership By STEFFAN THOMAS Aberavon ................25 Newport .................. 30 A BRACE of tries from flying wing Elliot Frewen fired Newport to...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 years agoGriffiths cuts loose for Quins
By STEFFAN THOMAS Carmarthan Q ........ 30 Llanelli .................... 13 CARMARTHEN Quins earnt the west Wales bragging rights as they comprehensively...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 years agoRumney keeping St Peter’s at bay
Welsh National One round-up ALED BISON and JACK NAISBITT RUMNEY solidified their position at the top of Division One East Central...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSuperior fitness is bedrock of Irish bid for glory
By GARY- FITZGERALD JAMES Stokes claims London Irish’s bid for domestic and European glory is based on the Exiles being “super...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEvans remains the Pirates main funder
BENEFACTOR Dicky Evans will continue to help finance Cornish Pirates, despite selling his stake. Documents lodged at Companies House earlier this...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAshton departure from Worcester confirmed
WORCESTER Warriors have confirmed that former England winger Chris Ashton has left the club “by mutual consent”. The ex-Wigan rugby league...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoColy looks destined to be rival for Dupont
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Depending on your point of view, the fact that France’s so-called ‘golden generation’ shows no sign of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBaxter: Players are still chasing big cash
By SAM JACKSON EXETER boss Rob Baxter says players have not lowered their wage expectations in line with the Premiership’s lower...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoYoungs is fired up to keep Tigers on the run
By PAUL REES LEICESTER are one match away from going into the new year with an undefeated record in the Premiership,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoO’Gara won’t be filling Van Graan role at Munster
FORMER Ireland fly-half Ronan O’Gara has ruled himself out of the Munster head coach job. South African Johann van Graan will...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMaddocks faces big French test
By STEFFAN THOMAS BARRY Maddocks has worked at the cutting edge of professional rugby for 20 years, and now faces one...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPyrgos: There are different ways to bring tempo at 9
By BRYN PALMER EDINBURGH scrumhalf Henry Pyrgos won’t change his game to keep pace with younger rivals as he adapts to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMcElroy switches to Irish
LONDON Irish have completed the loan signing of former Irish U20 international Tadgh McElroy for the rest of the season. Hooker...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAfeaki: Tonga can shake world order
By STEFFAN THOMAS TONGA have been tipped to make a seri- ous impact at the 2023 World Cup by beating tier...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEngland take on All Blacks and Boks next autumn
ENGLAND will play New Zealand and South Africa in next year’s Autumn Nations Series in what boss Eddie Jones is describing...
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Letters
/ 5 years agoRefs must blow for unsporting gestures
IN last week’s paper, Jeff Probyn congratulated Luke Pearce for penalising Saracens for their back-chat. I do wish that referees would...
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Letters
/ 5 years agoLaw changes are needed to make rugby field safer
SOME memorable international matches, but 2021 proved a traumatic year for rugby. While Covid disrupted sport worldwide, rugby faced its own...
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Letters
/ 5 years agoGame needs greater terrestrial exposure
AMONG programmes shown on terrestrial TV last week were horse racing, women’s football, Formula One and Rugby Union (Cardiff v Toulouse...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe salary cap cuts can only do our game good
COLIN BOAG Assuming we getthrough this one, next season is going to be very different for the Premiership. For years the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
MIKE DODDS, THE FORMER GALA, NORTHAMPTON, OTAGO AND SCOTLAND WING/FULL-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1....
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 5 years agoBristol-boy Genge can be a home town hero
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IT’S not surprising that Ellis Genge has made a success of being captain of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 5 years agoDupont has the world at his bewitching feet
JEREMY GUSCOTT I EXPECT Antoine Dupont’s world-class credentials to last in much the same way as they did for Dan Carter...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoQuins aces trump the brave lads of Cardiff
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins........43pts Tries: Care 10, Smith 18, Dombrandt 57, 62, Marchant 67, Esterhuizen 78 Conversions: Smith 11, 19, 58,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWe have to beware the curveballs now warns Matson
QUINS might be sitting pretty in Europe but head coach Tabai Matson has warned his team they must be ready for...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoMisfiring Chiefs get lost in Glasgow fog
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ............22pts Tries: Matthews 79 Conversions: Weir 80 Penalties: Thompson 14, 49, 53, 60, 76 Exeter ..................7pts Tries:...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBaxter: Scary how we lost ball
EXETER boss Rob Baxter said: “The amount of ball we gave up was scary really. “Credit to Glasgow, a lot of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTigers and Chiefs put Europe on a warning
By SAM JACKSON LEICESTER Tigers and Exeter Chiefs kept the Premiership flag flying in the Heineken Cup yesterday. Leicester landed a...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTwo more teams in for Rugby Europe
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Delight: Leicester Tigers hail their 19-16 victory over Bordeaux Begles yesterday THE Rugby Europe Championship will be...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoGray hat-trick gets Chiefs off to a stormer
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter ................42pts Tries: Hogg 23, Gray 41, 52, 60; S Simmonds 70, Armand 80 Conversions: J Simmonds 23,...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoCooney kicks 19 points as Ulster record famous win at Clermont fortress
By STEFFAN THOMAS Clermont...... ......21pts Tries: Penaud 35, 57 Conversions: Hanrahan 58 Penalties: Hanrahan 40, 50, 80 Ulster ............... ...26pts Tries:...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoDupont ends resistance of plucky Cardiff all-sorts
By ROGER PANTING Touchdown: Pita Ahki dives in for Toulouse’s second try despite being held by James Botham PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoMuch more to come from us warns Tadh
By JOHN FALLON Leinster ............45pts Tries: Gibson-Park 4, 28, Furlong 11, Lowe 17, Keenan 24, Kelleher 47, Van der Flier 57...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHooper: Our lads are on a journey
STUART Hooper said it was always going to be a tough outing for his understrength side at Aviva Stadium, so he...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoOh, for those refreshing Heineken Cup years!
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Heineken Cup rugby was once so vibrant and exhilarating – so spellbindingly good, year after year –...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoWhy doesn’t Curry cut mustard for best XV?
CHRIS HEWETT THIS column does not make a habit of agreeing with World Rugby, but this being the season of goodwill,...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoWarriors bring in their rested big guns
Preview La Rochelle v Glasgow Today, Kick-off 3.15pm GLASGOW Warriors will be hoping to recreate their 2019/20 success as they travel...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBarbeary returns to the back row
PREVIEW... Wasps v Munster Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Coventry Building Society Arena The boy’s back: Alfie Barbeary returns to the Wasps starting...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoInjury-hit Wasps aren’t ‘fooled’ by Munster’s Omicron woes
By PAUL REES WASPS announced their arrival in Europe 17 years ago when they defeated Munster in the semifinal at Lansdowne...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoQuins call for ref Nika to stand tall
By GARY FITZGERALD PREVIEW... Castres v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 5.30pm, Stade Pierre Fabre Skills: Quins hooker Jack Walker JERRY Flannery has...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoLawday starts as only change from Tigers loss
TOM Lawday comes in at flanker in Harlequins’ only change to their starting XV from their defeat to Leicester Tigers for...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoSet-piece dominance will be key says Friend
Preview Connacht v Stade Francais Today, Kick-off 1pm CONNACHT are relishing the challenge of hosting Stade Francais as they look to...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoOut-of-form Sale wary of deadeye Anscombe
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Ospreys v Sale Today. Kick-off 1pm, Swansea.com Stadium SALE’s last visit to Wales in April ended with...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoWe don’t fear anyone says Ospreys captain Webb
RHYS Webb’s style of captaincy is to lead by deed more than word, but the scrum-half ’s leadership skills have been...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGalvanised Ospreys can spring a surprise
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WAS with James Hook at the start of last week when he mentioned Ifan...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoCreevy at the double as Exiles enjoy away day
By JOHN WILLIAMS Pau ......................17pts Tries: Levron 58, Joseph 77 Conversions: Levron 59, 78 Penalties: Levron 14 London Irish ....26pts Tries:...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoValiant Gloucester kids fall just short
By GARY FITZGERALD Lyon ....................19pts Tries: Taufua 46 Conversions: Doussain 47 Penalties: Doussain 10, 24, 58; Pelissie 70 Gloucester ........13pts Tries:...
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