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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSwansea unable to handle Wizards power
Premiership Cup By PAUL HOPKINS Aberavon ..............27 Swansea ..............16 ABERAVON secured a bonus point win over local rivals Swansea in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoReed strikes late to kill off Cardiff
Premiership Cup By ALEX BYWATER Newport ................23 Cardiff ..................20 A LATE Will Reed penalty helped Newport seal a 23-20 win over...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoMerthyr make amends for first day wobble
Premiership Cup By TIM LEWIS Merthyr ................37 RGC ........................29 MERTHYR bounced back from their shock defeat to Ebbw Vale with a...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoCaptain Hughes leads the charge
Premiership Cup Championship Cup round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS YSTRAD Rhondda maintained their 100 per cent winning record as they thrashed Cardiff...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoJoyce hat-trick helps Britain claim Sevens title
Flyer: Jasmine Joyce JASMINE Joyce scored three tries as Great Britain won the Fast Four final at the World Rugby Sevens...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHaloholo: World Cup is on my bucket list
By STEFFAN THOMAS Ambition: Halaholo WILLIS Halaholo is desperate to represent Wales at the 2023 Rugby World Cup and believes Cardiff...
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoQuesada’s prediction over Stade comes true
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Stade Francais’ head coach Gonzalo Quesada insisted this week that he was thoroughly aware of the state...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, September 26th, 2021 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBaldwin’s committed from top to bottom
By PAUL REES SCOTT Baldwin this summer swapped a room at the top for one in the basement but the Wales...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoScott can get back to his best says Peel
SCARLETS’ signing Scott Williams has been tipped to recapture the form which made him a star on the international stage. The...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRalph relishing every minute after horror ankle injury
By GARY FITZGERALD RALPH Adams-Hale was warned he may never walk again after his left ankle was “mangled” on the Kingsholm...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoStop pettiness and bring back Danny
ONCE again we see Ben Youngs in the England line-up for the Autumn Internationals, which I find odd considering he wasn’t...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoFinding volunteers is biggest problem facing grassroots
IT’S far too easy to slam the RFU for all the game’s ills and I firmly believe that local issues of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHuge hole without Flats and Durders
LAST weekend, I searched in vain for the Premiership Rugby highlights programme. I discovered later that the show had been dropped...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWorld Rugby must make discipline consistent
COLIN BOAG For how much longer will World Rugby accept the SAANZAR nations repeatedly sticking up two fingers to their disciplinary...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
CHRIS COOK, NORTHAMPTON AND FORMER BATH, LONDON WELSH AND BRISTOL SCRUM- HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarlequins 35-29 Worcester: Lynagh shows Eddie just what he can do
LOUIS Lynagh would be ready to light up the international stage if Eddie Jones chooses to pick him for the Twickenham...
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/ 5 years agoThomas: We had belief we could win
JONATHAN Thomas admitted his Warriors were the victims of their own undoing as they came across champions in typically free-flowing and...
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/ 5 years agoWasps 44-8 Bristol: Wasps turn on turbos to thunder into season
WASPS made up for lost time after sitting out last weekend’s opening round with a startling performance, based on an uber...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLam: We know we can bring this back
WASPS boss Lee Blackett was delighted with the win but wants his side to back it up against Newcastle next week....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoGeorge Ford and the Vunipolas omitted from England training squad
England head coach Eddie Jones has omitted five senior players including George Ford and the Vunipola brothers from his squad. Billy...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTry-fest as Prem bursts into thrilling life again
By SAM JACKSON THE Premiership season burst into glorious life yesterday with returning fans thrilled by a sumptuous banquet of 27...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPaywall threat to Welsh Tests
Roaring: Nic Dolly Tigers celebrates scoring Leicester’s fourth try PICTURE: Getty Images LAST-DITCH attempts are being made to save Wales’ stellar...
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/ 5 years agoSale 20-19 Bath: Orlando’s agony as late kick just fails
A STORMING second half Bath rally fell agonisingly short when young fly-half Orlando Bailey missed a fiendishly difficult long-range penalty in...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHooper: Danny took a bang, we need to look after him
BATH director of rugby Stuart Hooper was philosophical afterwards: “Sometimes those kicks go over and sometimes they don’t but I'm proud...
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/ 5 years agoWorcester 36-24 London Irish: Heinz is the maestro as Warriors start well
WILLI Heinz made an inspirational debut for Warriors as the team which finished bottom of the Premiership last season started this...
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/ 5 years agoKidney baffled by White yellow
DECLAN Kidney was less than pleased with the yellow card that he felt stopped Irish’s momentum. New scrum-half signing Ben White...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBristol 9-26 Saracens: Lozowski back with Sarries master class
A SUPERB performance from Alex Lozowski ensured that Saracens returned to the Premiership with a bang by stunning last season’s table-toppers....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSloppy penalties cost us says Lam
AN UNHAPPY Pat Lam said: “We missed a number of chances and our ill-discipline cost us 21 points.” The Bristol director...
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/ 5 years agoQuestions the RFU’s new boss ignored
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK TOM Ilube’s first Press conference as RFU board chairman was carefully scripted, and...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWallabies are threat to Eddie’s RWC future
EDDIE Jones’ autumn agenda took a more challenging turn yesterday when Australia – the team that have been whipping boys for...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoEarle: Brownie recruited me for the Falcons
■By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Newcastle v Harlequins Sunday September 19, Kick-off 3pm, Kingston Park A CHANGE of life style and environ...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoI love to play ‘the Quins way’ says stand-in Tommy Allan
TOMMY Allan has been tasked with filling the boots of Marcus Smith for the opening two games of the season while...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoOspreys have the talent to head regions’ challenge
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND So, a new season of club rugby is finally upon us and it’s a new...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLEWIS BARKER
ROOM 101 THE CALDY FLY-HALF TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. God Save the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoCoach Jason in line for a cross code switch
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow m e on Twitter: @neilfissler JASON Strange could be set for a cross-code...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoNew kit contract for Quins
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER HARLEQUINS are set to become the second Premiership club to join forces with sportswear...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoRobbo still California dreaming
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CHRIS Robshaw has said he will continue playing for San Diego Legion in the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoDai is ready to bring son Thomas Young home to Wales
WASPS are bracing themselves for a raid by former boss Dai Young who is eying up a family reunion with son...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoIbitoye on Cup duty in Israel
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER GABY Ibitoye raised a few eyebrows last week when his name was included in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoRacing all set to raid Prem in hunt for prop
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER RACING 92 are looking at the Premiership to strengthen their squad next season and...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoMonye can waltz into a whole new world
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST When Ugo Monye squeezes himself into a sequined toreador’s jacket, spangly tights and a feather boa for...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoOne reason why Eddie may snub Marcus
THERE are plenty of supporters out there who hope and pray that Marcus Smith is promoted to the full England starting...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoSirker’s debut double gets Pirates on the front foot
By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates..33pts Tries: Bolwell 6, Duncan 22, Cant 36, Sirker 48, 52 Conversions: Robson 6, 22, 36, 52...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoReds are green for go-go with seven tries
By TOM SANSOM L Scottish ............7pts Tries: Nutton 2 Conversions: May 2 Jersey Reds ....47pts Tries: Thompson 27, 40, 58; Van...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoCoventry comeback wipes out Knights fast start
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ..........39pts Tries: Dacres 31, Peters 56, Bainbridge 58, Curtis 69, Burrows 78 Conversions: Fenner 31; Curtis 58,...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoHollingsworth is star turn as Archers hit the first target
By ASH WILLIS Nottingham ....36pts Tries: D Williams 13, 46; Thacker 23, 50; Hollingsworth 73 Conversions: Hollingsworth 23, 46, 50, 73...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoYes, Ealing win..but they have to fight for it
By ANDREW BEACHAM Ealing ................54pts Tries: Campher 8, Penalty 14, 20; Smid 28, Uzokwe 39, Al-Jiboori 68, Kernohan 70, Burns 73...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLam: Every season we must aim a rung higher
By PAUL REES PAT LAM has signed a contract extension that will keep him at Bristol until 2028 and having turned...
Autumn Internationals
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