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/ 5 years agoRegions arrange A-team games to fill gap
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS THREE of the four Welsh regions will play A-fixtures over the next four weeks. The United...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRegional results
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSinfield going the extra mile in 24 hour challenge
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON LEICESTER defence coach Kevin Sinfield is to undertake another mammoth run for Motor Neurone Disease research...
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/ 5 years agoRFU set to join France in bidding for 2025 World Cup
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON THE RFU aims to submit a bid to host the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2025....
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRegional results
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Features
/ 5 years agoLeaving Tigers was a mistake
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER SPRINGBOKS, SWD EAGLES, PUMAS, BULLS, CATS, BOLAND, FREE STATE CHEETAHS, TREVISO, LEICESTER, LEEDS, WASPS AND SHARKS...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoDavies too strong as Ebbw’s poor run goes on
Premiership Cup By JARED EVITTS Ebbw Vale........ 16 Merthyr............. 20 EBBW VALE came up just short for a fourth successive game...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoMathias strikes again to haunt Bridgend
Premiership Cup By ALED BISTON Carmarthen Q.........27 Bridgend.................. 12 CARMARTHEN Quins put in a strong second-half performance to secure victory over...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoGood Evans! It’s Drovers’ win No.21
Premiership Cup By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea.................. 17 Llandovery.............45 AN Ashley Evans brace helped Llandovery secure their 21st victory in a row...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWizards cast a spell despite Cherry heroics
Premiership Cup By ALAN EVANS Llanelli.....................22 Aberavon.................28 ABERAVON hit back after losing their unbeaten record to Llandovery the previous weekend and...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBeetham belter wraps up fightback
Premiership Cup By FREDDIE BENNETT RGC............................... 8 Cardiff...................... 15 CARDIFF overturned a half-time deficit to beat RGC 1404 in Colwyn Bay....
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoCrane lifts Black and Ambers to victory
Premiership Cup By IOAN DYER Newport...................27 Pontypridd...............11 PONTYPRIDD suffered a surprise defeat at Newport as Black and Ambers scrum-half Luke Crane...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 5 years agoBlistering Morgan fires Welsh
All Blacks Championship Cup round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS NEATH ran riot at the Gnoll scoring six tries on their way to...
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/ 5 years agoBeating All Blacks is about belief – Phillips
By ROB COLE FINALLY finding a way to beat the All Blacks after 68 years of heartache is all in the...
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/ 5 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 5 years agoHonest Amos has no regrets
Up front: Hallam Amos CARDIFF full-back Hallam Amos says he has no regrets about announcing his plans to retire despite missing...
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoNtamack at 12 with Jalibert 10 is the plan
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN After this weekend’s Top 14 matches, Fabien Galthie’s chosen 42 will head to FFR’s spartan ‘Marcatraz’ headquarters...
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/ 5 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, October 24, 2021 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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/ 5 years agoWorld Cup could help make Pugh’s US prediction reality
By PAUL REES USA Rugby will in January formally submit its proposal to host either the 2027 or 2031 World Cup...
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/ 5 years agoQuins win put Sanderson in a spin
By NEIL FISSLER ALEX Sanderson admits that downing champions Harlequins last week had him dancing for joy – in the kitchen...
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/ 5 years agoLynagh got his start at Athletic Ground
THE latest players produced by Richmond who have attracted the attention of England this year are wing Louis Lynagh and flanker...
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/ 5 years agoMorgan on hot streak
GLOUCESTER No.8 Ben Morgan is back enjoying playing rugby again after a terrible year with injuries. Morgan has scored four tries...
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/ 5 years agoEngland talent pool strongest since 2003 says Thomas
By ADAM HATHAWAY WORCESTER head coach Jonathan Thomas believes Ollie Lawrence and Ted Hill are victims of the English rugby scene...
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/ 5 years agoEddie has so many better options than Youngs and Farrell
ALONG with the vast majority of England rugby fans, I have found watching England play rugby since the 2019 World Cup...
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/ 5 years agoExeter dress up is disrespectful
IN regards to headdresses, Nick Cain fails to note important points about the wearing of them, and why it can be...
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/ 5 years agoPivac’s right, Louis won’t have a choice
IN last week’s TRP, the Wales head coach, Wayne Pivac, states his confidence in winger Louis Rees-Zammit eventually joining a Welsh...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRugby must mop up these infuriating water carriers
COLIN BOAG It’s unusual for any issue in rugby to be almost unanimously applauded, but the citing of the two Wasps...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
RORY JENNINGS, THE LONDON IRISH AND FORMER BATH, JERSEY , LONDON SCOTTISH, YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE, COVENTRY AND CLERMONT FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 5 years agoEddie musn’t load Smith down with tactical data
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE England squad of 35 picked by Eddie Jones for the autumn series is...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoTigers’ Boks more effective than Sale’s
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........19pts Tries: Langdon 80 Penalties: Wilkinson 36, 56 Sale ......................11pts Tries: Liebenberg 49 Conversions: Ford 49 Penalties:...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoQuirke missed game with knee injury
LEICESTER boss Steve Borthwick said he would “have been proud” of his Tigers even if they had lost. “I was really...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoIt’s that man Smith to rescue for Quins
By PAUL REES Harlequins ........31pts Tries: Esterhuizen 4, 16; Smith 47, Marchant 73, 77 Conversions: Smith 5, 48, 74 Bath ....................17pts...
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/ 5 years agoMatson: Marler yellow enough
TABAI Matson feels no further action should be taken against Joe Marler for the no-arms tackle on Tom de Glanville that...
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/ 5 years agoBrown: I’m still ready for you Eddie
By PAUL REES MIKE Brown is primed and ready to add to his 72 England caps – even at the age...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoJosh Navidi is out for six months, Wales told
WALES have been hit by yet another crippling blow with Josh Navidi out for as long as six months. The multi-purpose...
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/ 5 years agoNewcastle 13-5 Bristol: Connon the marksman guns down sorry Bears
NEWCASTLE fly-half Brett Connon redeemed himself for his second-half sinbinning by sealing Falcons first win against a poor Bristol side since...
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/ 5 years agoLam: Too much ‘me’ out there, we gifted that game away
BRISTOL DoR Pat Lam is pleased to have a byeweek coming up given their long injury list, which saw him make...
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/ 5 years agoSale 28-22 Harlequins: Super Quirke sends message to Eddie
RAFFI Quirke will hope to make the England squad for the Autumn Internationals tomorrow after his delightful double in front of...
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/ 5 years agoSanderson: ‘Raffi can be even better than Faf’
SALE boss Alex Sanderson reckons rising star ‘Raffi de Klerk’ could be even better than World Cup-winning South African Faf de...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoPreview: McNally relishing re-branded Rec style
PREVIEW... Bath v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, The Rec FIT-AGAIN lock Josh McNally has welcomed the transformation in Bath’s style as...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDavies: Switch from Wales has given me new lease
By GARY FITZGERALD Kicking on: Aled Davies SARACENS scrum-half Aled Davies is loving his new English “adventure” and has no regrets...
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/ 5 years agoWar-bonnets are just a salute to courage
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE problem that the ExChiefs4Change pressure group has is that it is annexing...
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/ 5 years agoMercer can return a better player
THERE has been some wailing and gnashing of teeth following Zach Mercer’s decision to leave Bath and join Montpellier this season....
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/ 5 years agoSaturday slot for Sale
SALE’s attendance of 8,214 for Friday night’s visit of champions Harlequins to the AJ Bell was disappointing, and shows just how...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoPreview: Irish keep faith despite being winless in ten
PREVIEW... London Irish v Gloucester Today. Kick-off 3pm, Brentford Stadium London Irish have gone ten matches without a league victory in...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoShark hunter Hastings holds reins as Glos prepare for Exiles onslaught
By PAUL REES Settled: Adam Hastings GEORGE Skivington says Adam Hastings is ready to make his mark on the Premiership after...
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News Extra
/ 5 years agoBoks U20 back row called for Scotland training
NEWS EXTRA SCOTLAND have selected South Africa-born Sharks back row Dylan Richardson for a two-day training camp before their first Autumn...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWALES AND SCOTLAND AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON
WIN a pair of tickets to Wales v New Zealand or Scotland v Tonga courtesy of Dove Men + Care! Dove...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJOHN BARNES
ROOM 101 THE DIRECTOR OF RUGBY AT HARTPURY COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoMarler sleeps it off in vaccination centre!
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler JOE Marler has revealed that he broke into the...
Autumn Internationals
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