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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPremier 15s final: Burford insists Quins can still do it without try ace Jess
Harlequins meet fierce rivals Saracens in the Premier 15s final at Kingsholm, with Burford saying Quins are a 'different outfit' this...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoRed Roses World Cup bid begins against Fiji
ENGLAND Women will open their Rugby World Cup campaign next year against debutants Fiji at Eden Park in New Zealand. With...
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Features
/ 5 years agoI knew how Dan felt waiting for his cap
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND B, MIDLANDS AND MOSELEY SCRUM-HALF SIMON ROBSON Quick service: Simon Robson gets the ball out for Moseley Inset...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRyan weighs up bid for injury-hit centre Allen
DRAGONS director of rugby Dean Ryan is looking at Wales centre Cory Allen who has been released by Ospreys. Allen, 28,...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoChavhanga: Fast tracks in South Africa built for Louis Rees-Zammit
Former Springboks wing Tonderai Chavhanga famously clocked a 100m time of 10.2s and sees Rees-Zammit feeling at home on South African...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRassie Erasmus wary Lions have a grand plan to beat altitude
WARREN Gatland has “something up his sleeve” and could rewrite the script on how to beat South Africa on their own...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPremiership bosses concerned by flaws in protracted review system
By PAUL REES Man ‘upstairs’: TMO watches the action AS CROWDS return to rugby, there are concerns about the increasing time...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBaxter calls for clarity on fans return
EXETER director of rugby Rob Baxter says clubs must get some definitive guidance on when they can have full crowds back...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSoft red cards are killing the game
AS WE approach the end of an extremely disappointing season, I am on the brink of ceasing paying any future premium...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGreat to be back, despite the result!
I WAS one of the lucky 1,400 welcomed back to the Butts Park Arena for the first time in 14 months...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRainbow Cup should have been cancelled
COLIN BOAG While Premiership Rugby has done a superb job of managing to run the best and most competitive league in rugby,...
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Bedford Blues winger Elijah Niko
ELIJAH NIKO, THE BEDFORD AND FORMER PAU, YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE AND EALING WINGER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarlequins 44-33 Bath: Quins secure play-off spot in ten-try thriller
Harlequins reach the Premiership play-offs for the first time in seven years
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMarler: Fans got us over the line
JOE Marler couldn’t hide his delight at having fans back at The Stoop as Quins booked their place in next month’s...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSale 22-12 Bristol: And that’s just the start says Sanderson!
Sale Sharks guarantee their place in the Premiership play-offs with victory over leaders Bristol Bears
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDu Preez focused on the final push
SALE revelled in the atmosphere generated by the return of their supporters. Man-of-the match Jean-Luc Du Preez said: “It’s brilliant seeing...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoProp duo join Bath
BATH have added two tightheads props to their squad for next season by signing D’Arcy Rae from Glasgow Warriors and Johannes...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoJapan have the pace to burn Gatland’s Lions says Parkes
The Top League title-winner with Panasonic Wild Knights has seen enough to know the Lions would be dangerous to underestimate Japan
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoChris Boyd brings out the best in his English coaches
CHRIS Boyd is doing his bit for the future of English coaching according to one of his protégés at Northampton...
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Features
/ 5 years agoPremiership title race: Heading in to the eye of the storm
Bristol, Exeter, Harlequins and Sale are all set to contest the 2020-21 Premiership knockout stages to be crowned league champions
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFan power caused TV U-turn on Six Nations
THE salvation of the Six Nations from vanishing behind a television paywall is being acclaimed as another victory for people power....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoAlex Cuthbert to leave Chiefs and join Ospreys
ALEX CUTHBERT is set to leave Premiership champions Exeter Chiefs when his contract ends in the summer, with the Ospreys set...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBath boss Hooper searches for emergency cover at hooker
BATH boss Stuart Hooper has spent the last week looking for a hooker to join the club until the end of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoYoung Tigers are set to roar again says Kay
Despite not emulating the cup success of their footballing neighbours, Ben Kay believes Leicester Tigers are on track to vie for...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHighlanders ‘unsung hero’ Michael Collins hopes to star at Ospreys
Steffan Thomas talks to the Wales-qualified back who will be playing at the Liberty Stadium next season
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoYoungs: This will help us be great
The Leicester Tigers captain offered his reaction after coming agonisingly close to winning the Challenge Cup trophy
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoLeicester 17-18 Montpellier: Tigers put maul in the bin and pay the penalty
Brendan Gallagher's report from Leicester Tigers' narrow Challenge Cup final defeat at Twickenham
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoBok Watch: La Rochelle offer Lions blueprint to stop Cheslin Kolbe
Daniel Gallan kept a close eye on the Saffas who featured at Twickenham over the European Cup final weekend
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Features
/ 5 years agoRoom 101: Plymouth Albion prop Dan Pullinger
ROOM 101 THE PLYMOUTH ALBION PROP TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Cold dripping showers...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoRichard Hill coming back to England after Rouen stint
FORMER England scrumhalf Richard Hill is leaving French club Rouen because he wants to be nearer to his family in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWasps continue shopping spree with 20 stone prop from Scarlets
WASPS have agreed to sign Scarlets prop Pieter Scholtz who moved to South Wales from the Southern Kings last December. Wasps...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoNo rules broken this time by Wray, says legal expert
NIGEL Wray broke no rules when he bought a substantial stake in Owen A Farrell Limited, a leading sports lawyer has told...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWatch out world, game in Japan will sky rocket | Shane Williams
WHEN I moved to Japan in 2012 to play for Mitsubishi Dynaboars, I was one of the first northern hemisphere players to try...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTurnbull’s Cardiff form deserves recognition | Shane Williams
I REMEMBER before the 2011 World Cup with Wales we went on a brutal training camp to Poland. The work we...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBig Four: The deciding factors
FIXTURES Sale have the toughest run-in with their three remaining fixtures against the other clubs in the play-off positions. The first...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLam helps launch the dazzling rise of Samoa
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What happening...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoLions 1997 – from the players themselves
WE’VE seen and heard so much of it, so many times: Ian McGeechan’s “No words, just a look” speech; Jim Telfer’s...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPreview: Trimble shooting for high places
MAX TRIMBLE is backing Richmond to get one over on Ampthill as the two long-standing semi-professional squads meet at Dillingham...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoHartpury 19-50 Jersey: Free-scoring Reds put in a bit extra for Argyle’s 100th
JERSEY’S Harvey Biljon was delighted after his teams’ eight-try demolition of an off-colour Hartpury who conceded 50 for the second week...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoCoventry 0-73 Saracens: Relentless Sarries put 11 tries on brave Cov
DIRECTOR of rugby Mark McCall lauded the steely focus Saracens showed in an unerring signal of intent at the business end...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling 38-15 Doncaster: Flying finish sets Ealing up for the final showdown
EALING came from behind in each half to produce the pace and precision to run in six tries and clinch a...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPreview: Alex Rae aims to spoil Fowkes’ send off
ALEX RAE believes Bedford’s run of just one win in six games is not a fair reflection of the squad’s development...
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Features
/ 5 years agoCHEICK KONE
YOUNG GUNS Warriors so lucky Kone popped up WORCESTER WARRIORS LOCK As the newest member of the Worcester Warriors senior academy, Cheick Kone admits...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoAmpthill feature: They’re only human… just far stronger and fitter!
Ampthill head coach Paul Turner and captain Billy Johnson are drawing on the pasts of Exeter Chiefs and Worcester to dream...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Wigan Warriors gave Union their wake-up call
Brendan Gallagher recalls the illustrious players who shone in the battle of the codes for Wigan Warriors
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoShame my dream team won’t grace Olympics
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER APROPOS of almost nothing other than probably having too much time on my hands, it struck me...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWallabies launch bid for RWC
AUSTRALIA have officially launched their bid to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup, calling it a “once-in-a- generation opportunity”. The 1991 and...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSevens gets revamp to become a global game
By PAUL REES WORLD Rugby is looking to grow the game globally through Sevens which returns from its Covid lockdown next...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoStade set the fashion in red not pink
BACK in the day when they reigned as the sport’s supreme fashionistas, Stade Francais possessed a team of rugged quality to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: DMP Sharks wing Lauren Torley
The DMP Sharks winger moved away from playing XVs after puncturing a lung in a game, but came back to full-contact...
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