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Features
/ 5 years agoBlanco breaks the line … and Wallaby hearts
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
/ 5 years agoWelsh union broke faith with fans over NZ game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Wales kicked off this autumn series of internationals last week with a...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoIf Eddie wins matches no one cares if he’s Mr Nasty
JEFF PROBYN EDDIE Jones has been described by an unnamed former player as being brutal, rude, aggressive and arrogant, while a...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRandall challenged to come back better
RUGBY SHORTS BRISTOL boss Pat Lam has encouraged scrum-half Harry Randall to come back stronger after he was ruled out for...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWilliams banned for four weeks
RUGBY SHORTS BATH forward Mike Williams and kit manager Steve Middleton have both been banned after incidents in last week’s defeat...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBaxter keeps Sam’s spirits up after snub
RUGBY SHORTS SAM Simmonds must use his club form to force his way into the England side, says Exeter boss Rob...
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Features
/ 5 years agoVunipola ruled out for a month
RUGBY SHORTS SARACENS No.8 Billy Vunipola will be out for a month following minor damage to his knee ligaments in last...
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Features
/ 5 years agoInjured Alun Wyn to miss Six Nations
RUGBY SHORTS WALES captain Alun Wyn Jones, 36, is set to miss the 2022 Six Nations with a shoulder injury sustained...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWales offer top ten contracts
RUGBY SHORTS THE WRU is set to offer ten of their 15-a-side women players full-time deals, while there will be retainer...
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Features
/ 5 years agoGUY PEPPER
YOUNG GUNS NEWCASTLE FALCONS FLANKER GUY Pepper is the latest member of the Barnard Castle School production line who hopes to...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoResults
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMarcus gets fans’ cheers, but why keep him waiting?
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham England ............69pts Tries: Radwan 3, George 13, 70; May 29, Itoje 33, Youngs 40, 51; Smith...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDate set for vote on switching back Test allegiance
NEWS EXTRA INTERNATIONAL players will be able to switch nationality if changes to eligibility rules are voted through by World Rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRegional results
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/ 5 years agoEducation key in bid to diversify coaching says Khan
NEWS EXTRA By TOM SANSOM LONDON Scottish backs coach Ricky Khan has called for better education, and creating young leaders in...
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/ 5 years agoHayman diagnosed with early onset dementia
NEWS EXTRA FORMER New Zealand prop Carl Hayman has been diagnosed with earlyonset dementia at the age of 41. Hayman, who...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRegional results
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Features
/ 5 years agoWatson’s production line is strong as ever
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Colts champions: George Watson’s U16s, winners of the Scottish Schools in...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDallas was not a big hit for Kiwis
GEORGE Watson’s College have produced a host of notable players but one of their rugby alumni also went on to achieve...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBarrow thriving on extra duties at Sedgley
NEWS EXTRA By LUKE JARMYN SCOTT Barrow believes balancing his coaching duties at Wasps and Sedgley Park is accelerating his development...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoSlick Stuckey quick to impress for Ponty
Premiership Cup By JACK NAISBITT Pontypridd.............. 31 Ebbw Vale................. 3 PONTYPRIDD got back to winning ways after a convincing bonus-point victory...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoDion delight as the Gogs clean up
Premiership Cup By FREDDIE BENNETT RGC.............................23 Merthyr.................... 17 RGC 1404 came out on top against Merthyr in a thrilling clash in...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoRichards suffers off day as Cardiff slip up
Premiership Cup By ALEX BYWATER Cardiff......................25 Newport...................28 NEWPORT’S fine Premiership Cup form continued as they stayed top of the eastern conference...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoJones helps Drovers reach semis
Premiership Cup By HUW THOMAS Llandovery............. 16 Carmarthen Q............0 LLANDOVERY’S win over Carmarthen Quins virtually guarantees Euros Evans’ side a toptwo...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHarvey does the trick as Bridgend stroll it
Premiership Cup By STEFFAN THOMAS Bridgend..................43 Llanelli..................... 16 A HAT-TRICK of tries from Bridgend hooker Gareth Harvey fired the Ravens to...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoAndrews casts his spell as Wizards stay top
Premiership Cup By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea.......... 20 Aberavon.......... 30 ABERAVON cemented their place at the top of the Premiership Cup west...
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/ 5 years agoAllianz Cup
By SAM BRETT Sale ....................0 Exeter ..............19 EXETER ran out easy winners in the wind and rain at Sale. A double...
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/ 5 years agoCowell double helps Harlequins keep on winning
By MATT MERRITT Harlequins ..........29 Glouc-Hartpury ..12 HARLEQUINS were a team on a mission from the off as they made it...
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/ 5 years agoLovibond brace puts Bears in the clear
By JOHN JONES Bristol ..................33 Wasps ....................10 BRISTOL Bears put their cup campaign back on track after last week’s defeat against...
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/ 5 years agoSaracens strike back after Lightning’s electric start
By GEORGE EVANS Loughborouh ......12 Saracens ..............22 SARACENS powered to victory in the second half but were given a scare by...
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/ 5 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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News Extra
/ 5 years agoLeeming hitting top form after beating cancer
NEWS EXTRA By LUKE JARMYN JERSEY Reds fly-half Sam Leeming is making up for lost time after his 20- month break...
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoPlayers get a breather in season marathon
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The relief on the faces of those players playing Top 14 rugby in France this weekend when...
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/ 5 years agoReds star White chasing his Blitzboks World Cup dream
By LUKE JARMYN WESLEY White, the son of South Africa’s 2007 World Cup-winning coach Jake White, is fast making a name...
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/ 5 years agoWelsh ace Cracknell joins Irish
LONDON Irish have signed flanker Olly Cracknell from Welsh side the Ospreys. The 27-year-old joins the Exiles with immediate effect after...
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/ 5 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, November 7, 2021 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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/ 5 years agoNew broom has given the old lags a kick up backside
BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT THE thing about new starts, fresh brooms, and kicks up the backside is sometimes it’s not so much...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 5 years agoEngland must be at their best to beat the Wallabies
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK AUSTRALIA has always had unbelievable potential as a Rugby Union nation, because the skill-set...
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/ 5 years agoENGLAND AND WALES AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON
WIN a pair of tickets to England v Australia or Wales v Australia courtesy of Dove Men + Care! Dove Men...
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/ 5 years agoEven a Jenkins’ can’t stop Boks
PETER JACKSON in Cardiff Wales..................18pts Tries: Biggar 10, 14, 27, 31, 50, 65 South Africa ....23pts Tries: Marx 73 Penalties: Pollard...
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/ 5 years agoCurry: I can put arm round new lads
By PAUL REES TOM Curry was one of England’s younger players when he played in the 2019 World Cup, but less...
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/ 5 years agoAlun Wyn faces new battle for fitness
Warrior cry: James Shillcock roars with delight after scoring for Worcester in their win against Sale PICTURE: Getty Images WALES head...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoRed card wrecks any hope for Bath
By ROGER PANTING Bath ....................17pts Tries: De Glanville 28, Rokoduguni 75 Conversions: Bailey 28, Cipriani 75 Penalties: Bailey 20 Wasps ................27pts...
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/ 5 years agoI can’t fault the fight in our boys says beleaguered Hooper
BATH’S director of rugby Stuart Hooper believed the red card proved decisive. “I didn’t see the incident close-up but if a...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWarriors show their heart for the battle
By ANDREW DEERING Worcester ........27pts Tries: Shillcock 7, 68; Van der Merwe 9, 56 Conversions: Smith 7, 11 Penalties: Smith 28...
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/ 5 years agoSharks ‘were off in every area’
SALE Sharks still await their first away victory of the season following their defeat at Sixways. It was a performance that...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoGloucester let the big scalp slip from grasp
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........13pts Tries: Sngleton 13 Conversions: Hastings 14 Penalties: Hastings 25, 28 Exeter ................16pts Tries: Hepburn 51, Whitty...
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/ 5 years agoBaxter: Emotion won it for us
GLOUCESTER head coach George Skivington was frustrated by the outcome. “We had chances but we weren’t accurate enough and we need...
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/ 5 years agoWorld Rugby must act to battle the lure of the yen
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE devaluation of the international game was emphasised this week after it was...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoQuins out to prove title run was no fluke
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Harlequins v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop SECOND in the table meets third at The Stoop...
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