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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRousseau’s romp has never been explained
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What’s happening here?...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFowkes vacancy attracts top quality applicants
NEWS EXTRA NOTTINGHAM’s reputation as a launchpad for coaches seeking to move to a higher level has resulted in a mountain of...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoWRU chief Steve Phillips battles for guarantees over regions in Champions Cup
Could the South African teams in the Rainbow Cup usurp the place of a Welsh region in the premier European cup...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBlues to get Champs spot under new rules
CARDIFF Blues will be involved in the Champions Cup next season, after organisers confirmed there are 24 sides in the competition....
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Features
/ 5 years agoI wouldn’t play rugby now, outside-halves have to tackle!
PAUL REES talks to Lions great Barry John on the 50th anniversary of his star role in New Zealand Fifty years...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLions will need Underhill at his explosive best says Calder
By GARY HEATLY FINLAY Calder, Lions captain for the series victory in Australia in 1989, has backed England’s Sam Underhill to...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPreview: Bedford Blues target first away win of season at Castle Park
AFTER a week off, Bedford Blues go in search of a first away victory of the campaign at Castle Park –a...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoAmpthill 14-29 Jersey: Barnes’ brace seals win as Amps pay for ill discipline
Ampthill count the cost of giving away 18 penalties in loss to Jersey Reds
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoNottingham 0-56 Saracens: Full steam ahead for Sarries
Saracens score eight tries against winless Nottingham, but head coach Neil Fowkes maintains pride in squad
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling 69-7 Richmond: Trailfinders respond in style with 11-try shellacking
Max Bodilly stars for Trailfinders in convincing win one week on from Ealing's unbeaten start was ended by rivals Saracens
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoCoventry 19-30 Cornish Pirates: Pirates claim big away-day win despite double yellow
Pirates come through two sin-bins to leave Butts Park with the win
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTier 2 in Wales set for crunch talks over funding
Reduced funding set to be a fierce area of debate in meeting between Welsh Premiership clubs this week
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRainbow Cup: Hat-trick man Hugo is boss for Sharks
Adam Ellis reports on the first round of the Rainbow Cup for the South African franchises
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/ 5 years agoSuper Rugby Aotearoa: Laumape makes his All Blacks case
Ngani Laumape was simply unstoppable for the Hurricanes in their 41-22 win over the Highlanders
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTop League: Suntory Sungoliath in semis with Rams out of running
Matt McIlraith wraps up the action from the Top League with semi-final places up for grabs
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLions beware those slips before lift-off
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Was it Homer or Robbie Burns – it’s...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoJuggling act with Japan doesn’t cry commitment
RUGBY MATTERS SO Eddie Jones was coining it over in Japan this January helping coach Suntory, and Beauden Barrett in particular,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoGlorious nearly men of St Peter’s will keep trying
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools St Peter’s York might be the third oldest school in the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoDan Biggar makes his case for Lions start | Peter Jackson
Dan Biggar has put himself in serious contention to play for the Lions in South Africa, but will he get a...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoBleddyn Jones, voice of an angel and heart of gold | Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson pays tribute to Bleddyn Jones with Leicester Tigers great Martin Johnson
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Features
/ 5 years agoMeehan quits Irish as Waratahs eye Kiss
RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish scrumhalf Ben Meehan has departed the club for personal reasons. Australian Meehan, 28, was due to leave at...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWales play waiting game on Argentina
RUGBY SHORTS WALES will not tour South America this summer to face Argentina and Uruguay but hope the Pumas could still...
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Features
/ 5 years agoIreland seek alternative after cancelling Fiji tour
RUGBY SHORTS IRELAND’S summer tour to Fiji has been cancelled. In the past week lockdowns have been announced across the Pacific...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBilly Whizz reunites with Alex at Sharks
RUGBY SHORTS SALE have appointed World Cup winner Jason Robinson as non-executive director. The 46-year-old cross-code international spent seven years with...
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Features
/ 5 years agoRussian powerhouse Kirill set for Kingsholm
RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTER have signed prop Kirill Gotovtsev for next season from Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk. The 33-year-old Russia international tighthead was...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTwickenham to host Euro finals weekend
RUGBY SHORTS THE Champions and Challenge Cup finals will take place at Twickenham in May in front of up to 10,000...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThe Lions player wrangle was all about money
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME At last the Lions have managed to reach a deal that allows them...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoProp star set to join Wasps
WASPS are close to agreeing terms with Scarlets giant prop Pieter Scholtz. Lee Blackett has been searching for a new tighthead...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHalaholo targeted in racist post on Ponty site
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER WALES centre Willis Halaholo has found himself at the centre of yet another racism storm. Halaholo, who...
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Features
/ 5 years agoI went round Campo, so what if he slipped!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND, LEICESTER, SALE, ROTHERHAM & CLECKHEATON CENTRE/WINGER STEVE BURNHILL On the way to glory: Steve Burnhill of Leicester is...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSpeedster Regan stays with League
NEWS EXTRA REGAN Grace, the highest-scoring Welsh wing in either code over the last four seasons, is to extend his contract with...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAlapati’s still a Bear
NEWS EXTRA ALAPATI Leiua has triggered an extension to his contract with Bristol. Samoa international Leiua, 32, who can play on...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoOne more for Hibbard
NEWS EXTRA VETERAN hooker Richard Hibbard has agreed a oneyear extension at Dragons. The 37-year-old has made 56 appearances since joining...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLiebenberg: ‘Keep 15 on pitch and Tigers are match for all’
The Tigers back row says the improvements made by Leicester have been tempered by indiscipline. Eradicate that and the sky is...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPros and cons for Gats
PREMIERSHIP players from clubs not involved in the final will be released for the British and Irish Lions’ warmup game against...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWilliams joins Willi at the Warriors
Signing: Owen Williams WORCESTER have signed Owen Williams from the Red Hurricanes in Japan. The 29-year-old former Leicester and Gloucester fly-half,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEvans suffers leg fracture
HARLEQUINS flanker Will Evans will not play again this season after fracturing a tibia. Evans, 24, was injured in Quins’ 25-21...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoWard: Defeat hasn’t dampened expectations at Trailfinders
Daniel Gallan talks to Trailfinders director of rugby Ben Ward about the loss to rivals Saracens last month ending their unbeaten...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWho is really to blame for player release furore?
I AM always fascinated by the furore that now precedes Lions tours and I always come back to the all-pervading influence...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRed card puzzler
I’M BEMUSED by punishments handed out for red cards. Rob du Preez gets three weeks for a blatant tip-tackle; Ben Obano...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo patch on Bob
I WAS pleased to note that Danny Care and Mike Brown were rightly praised for reaching 300 and 350 games for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoResilient Roses are example for Eddie
WHAT an incredible match between England and France last weekend for the Women’s Six Nations Championship. Nervous starts and failing lineouts...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLions need to heed that Prem warning or else!
COLIN BOAG Predictably, there was a reaction to my comments on the Lions, and my view that perhaps the world has moved on...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
ROB HARDWICK, THE FORMER ENGLAND, COVENTRY, LONDON IRISH & LA ROCHELLE PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoToulouse 21-9 Bordeaux: Toulouse on cruise control to Twickenham
Bordeaux-Begles failed to score a try in the quarter-final but edged past Racing 92, but that didn't stand up this time...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoMaxime Medard’s 11-year wait over at last at Toulouse
The Toulouse full-back reacts to the four-time champions reaching the Champions Cup final
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoPreview: Bok flyer Rhule has found his second wind in French Alps
Daniel Gallan preview Sunday's clash between La Rochelle and Leinster with a place in the final awaiting the victor
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoController Ross Byrne takes reins for 100th Leinster cap
Ross Byrne starts at fly-half for Leinster as Johnny Sexton and Harry Byrne miss out through injury in the Champions Cup...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWorcester Warriors step in for fly-half Owen Williams
Worcester Warriors are interested in the fly-half/centre currently playing in Japan's Top League
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoRichard Wigglesworth not set on retirement just yet at Leicester
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