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/ 5 years agoJAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN Alldritt’s out of running for Italy with knee injury Blow: Gregory Alldritt must await test results La Rochelle put...
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/ 5 years agoNew deal for Danny
RUGBY SHORTS DANNY Care has signed a deal to extend his 15-year stay at Harlequins Care is third on Quins’ all-time...
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/ 5 years agoRandox in firing line
PREMIERSHIP Rugby are investigating a number of false positive Covid tests reported by testers Randox Health. Bath self-isolated after 19 players...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJaco pens extension
FLY-HALF Jaco van der Walt has extended his stay with Edinburgh. The South Africa-born Scotland playmaker, 26, has been with the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDoncaster sign Sexton
DONCASTER Knights have strengthened their second row options ahead of Saturday’s Trailfinders Challenge Cup game against Ealing by signing Jerry Sexton....
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Features
/ 5 years agoWomen get Covid tests
COVID testing will be introduced in women’s Premier XVs. The league had played without testing and some players had voiced concern....
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Features
/ 5 years agoForfeit for Saracens
SARACENSwere forced to forfeit their Trailfinders Cup match against Doncaster after two of their academy players tested positive for Covid. Contact...
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/ 5 years agoWilliams fears for a lost generation of Wales U20s
TRP Probyn: Saracens must stay down for two seasons By ALEX BYWATER Promise: Wales U20 beat France last season WALES U20...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBaxter wins the Writers’ Club vote
EXETERdirector of rugby Rob Baxter has won the Rugby Union Writers’ Club personality of the year award for 2020. The 49-year-old...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHis ‘controlled aggression’ earns Falcons No.8 Graham a Scottish recall
By BRYN PALMER Leader: Gary Graham NEWCASTLE No.8 Gary Graham has been picked to bring his “controlled aggression” to the fore...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoUnfortunately now it’s all about money
THE game developed very quickly after professionalism and was quoted, “Like being in the Wild West” with new owners coming in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoIs copying the Prem best way to achieve self-sustainability?
IS the formation of a company “overnight” really the route to salvation for the Championship, as Coventry’s Nick Johnston suggests last...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCut funding so PRL fend for themselves
IF Nick Cain ever wants to change his profession then a carpenter he should be for once again he has hit...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCould Ealing be viable in the Prem in London?
COLIN BOAG Up-and-comers: Ealing Trailfinders beat Saracens last weekend When Saracens lost last weekend to the Premiership pretenders, Ealing Trailfinders, it...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHepher expects response from his champions
NEWS EXTRA EXETER head coach Ali Hepher believes his side are over their month of turmoil and ready come out fighting...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFalcons’ camaraderie reminds me of Quins
Jon Newcombe talks to Nick Easter about his new job as Falcons defence coach Massive moment: Toby Flood scores the winning...
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/ 5 years agoEaster: Big Billy is still vital to Eddie’s gameplan
NICK EASTER believes Billy Vunipola will still be England’s go-to man at No.8 with Eddie Jones unlikely to shift from his...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBig lift for the ref as player gets too familiar
HAVING written a column last week about the dangers of over-familiarity between referees and players, it was instructive to see that...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTesting times all round
THE order of priorities at the RFU are hard to fathom. The Championship clubs are being told to pay the £5,000...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRoom 101: London Irish scrum-half Rory Brand
Brand offers three of his biggest pet peeves up to Room 101
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoThe history of women’s rugby: Growth in wartime years
Brendan Gallagher looks at the pioneers who fired rugby past being a sport played only by men and opened the game...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoRob Baxter voted Rugby Union Writers’ Club personality of the year 2020
The Exeter Chiefs director of rugby is the recipient of the Pat Marshall award after a Premiership and Champions Cup winning...
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Features
/ 5 years agoQ&A – Jonathan Davies: Playing in that World Cup semi-final was worth the pain
Jonathan Davies joins Neale Harvey for a special interview reflecting on his time playing for the Lions, Wales, Scarlets and Clermont
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoFrench system is set up for success – Adamson
Former Bedford Blues wing Dean Adamson is settling in well to life in the second tier of French rugby at Pro...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBristol boy Joe Joyce done with clapping Exeter Chiefs
Spurred by a state-of-the-art training ground, lock Joyce says the squad already assembled by Bears can want for nothing in their...
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/ 5 years agoExeter and England lock Jonny finds some more hills to climb
The time for reflection isn't now for the double-winning lock eager to press his claim with England
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Northampton Saints and Fiji hooker Sam Matavesi
Sam Matavesi, Northampton, Fiji and former Toulouse, Cornish Pirates, Plymouth Albion, Redruth and Camborne, hooker selects a XV based on the...
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/ 5 years agoExtrovert Sanderson will be great for Sale says Petrus du Plessis
Wallabies scrum coach Petrus du Plessis worked as a player under Sanderson at Saracens, and believes his appointment at Sale to...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHarry Randall has been a key influencer every week for Bristol | Kyran Bracken
Kyran Bracken considers Bristol Bears to have one of the Premiership's best scrum-half departments, and it will only get better once...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCardiff’s defeat to St Peters brought a call from the Vatican | Peter Jackson
'The Miracle' of Cardiff Arms Parks in 1993 had a touch of the unbelievable which stretched as far as the Vatican
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoFans’ petition backs Lions tour to South Africa
The petition urging Lions organisers not to switch to a tour in the UK & Ireland has passed 5,000 signatures
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Features
/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Kevin Maggs: Connolly and Foley ruined my Bath team
The Bristol, Bath, Ulster and Ireland centre discusses his career which had plenty of twists and bends
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/ 5 years agoDai Young must target Blues academy says Ring
Welsh rugby great Mark Ring says Dai Young's main priority in fixing Cardiff Blues lies in a revamping of the region's...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoLeave friendships in changing room, ref! | Nick Cain
Referees should feel free to have a beer with players after matches, but on the pitch the formalities should be enforced...
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/ 5 years agoWasps’ Ben Vellacott ready to relocate to Scotland?
Dan Robson holds the keys to the Wasps backline and that has seen one PRO14 side contact Vellacott
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/ 5 years agoChris Ashton could join the exodus to Japan
Neil Fissler reports on the future of Harlequins and former England wing Chris Ashton
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Premiership
/ 5 years ago‘Homesick’ Kelly Brown set for return to Saracens
TRP understands Kelly Brown could be on his way back to Saracens, following the departure of Alex Sanderson to Sale
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Backs are turning into grunts now
HEARTFELT apologies in advance to forwards everywhere for this treacherous item because I know how incredibly hard you all work and...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAlex Sanderson aims to turn Sale Sharks into Premiership powerhouse
Alex Sanderson answers questions on stepping into Steve Diamond's shoes, the role that awaits Paul Deacon, and his vision for rugby...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRingfence? Think again!
Done it! Alun Walker’s late try seals the deal for Ealing against Saracens PICTURE: PRiME Media Images EALING Trailfinders beat Saracens...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRhys Patchell is out for the entire Six Nations for Wales
Wales head coach Wayne Pivac is set to name his squad for the 2021 Six Nations
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHougaard’s off, so Worcester headhunt replacement at Bath
Neil Fissler reports on Worcester's plans at scrum-half, with Francois Hougaard destined to return home to South Africa
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoQuins fly-half Brett Herron looks across Channel
Herron has held talks over departing the Stoop at the end of the season
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/ 5 years agoGlasgow 23-22 Edinburgh: Tyro No.10 Thompson in command for Warriors
Edinburgh pass up on victory at Scotstoun after missed conversion late on by Jaco van der Walt
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/ 5 years agoIt’s better, but more to come from Ospreys says Booth
Toby Booth and Dan Lydiate comment on the Ospreys upturn in fortunes, with a resurgent George North key
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHighs and lows of Will Taylor’s rollercoaster rugby career, now settled at London Welsh
Taylor is now involved with London Welsh and runs a gym in Richmond
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Features
/ 5 years agoBring back old guard to steady the ship | Shane Williams
A number of Dragons players can hold a big value in Wayne Pivac's Six Nations plans, writes Shane Williams
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/ 5 years agoNorthern leagues kick-off delayed
The Halbro North West Leagues have set new dates for a new season, pending the easing of lockdown restrictions by the...
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/ 5 years agoJones: Be like Harry Kane and stay loyal to your club
New Worcester Warriors coach Mark Jones has advice for the Premiership club's England starlets
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