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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPreview: McCall brings in heavies to avoid more slip-ups
MARK McCall has named a side with almost 400 Test caps admitting Saracens cannot afford another slipup if they are to...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoPreview: Bath boys primed for Championhip debuts for Coventry
COVENTRY have added two more promising players from the Premiership ahead of today’s match against Ampthill. Director of rugby Rowland Winter...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMcCarthy pumped for wrestle with Lions
Daniel Gallan talks to Bedford captain Seán McCarthy ahead of today’s Sarries clash Like so many of us, Seán McCarthy had...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSix Nations’ treatment of Spain blights game
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE has been much debate this week about...
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/ 5 years agoLee was the heart and soul of Sevenoaks rugby
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A BELATED hat tip and farewell to an old rugby colleague – Lee Adamson – from Reigate...
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/ 5 years agoRight wing’s king for Kiwis
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I WAS struck by an interesting tweet this week from respected New Zealand rugby journo Jim Keyes...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoFree-flowing Fisher put an emphasis on speed
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools JOHN Fisher School might have been founded as recently as 1929...
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/ 5 years agoHill’s happy among best of part-timers
By LUKE JARMYN Thriving: Jesse Liston offloads to Kurt Schonert in Richmond’s win over Jersey PICTURES: Dante K Photography RICHMOND director...
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/ 5 years agoSaracen Tompkins
WALES centre Nick Tompkins has returned to Championship side Saracens from his loan spell with PRO14 club Dragons. The 26-year-old scored...
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/ 5 years agoExiles prop cops three
LONDON Irish prop Will Goodrick-Clarke has been banned for three weeks after being sent off in last week’s Challenge Cup win...
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/ 5 years agoMichele off to France
ITALY centre Michele Campagnaro, 28, will leave Harlequins at the end of the season to join French Pro D2 side Colomiers....
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Features
/ 5 years agoBECKY NOON
WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING BACK-ROW Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players THIS WEEK... Loughborough Lightning are...
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/ 5 years agoWalder: Mike Brown can be vintage for the Falcons
DAVE Walder believes the delivery of Newcastle Brown to Kingston Park next season will refresh the Falcons and ensure there is...
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/ 5 years agoHappy 90th birthday to Lewis, the first of the flying Lions
LEWIS JONES, the first player to join a Lions tour by air at a time when everyone else still went by...
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/ 5 years agoFarrell out of Sarries return
ENGLAND captain Owen Farrell’s return to action for Saracens has been delayed after he sustained a minor strain. The 29-year-old, who...
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/ 5 years agoGenia blown away by O’Connor transformation
Mature: James O’Connor FORMER Wallaby scrumhalf Will Genia has taken a lot of pleasure in watching James O’Connor come back from...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoO’Connor puts the boot into Brumbies
AUSTRALIA ROUND-UP By ADAM ELLIS THE Reds booked home advantage in the Super Rugby AU final with a late comeback in the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoParkes powers up Panasonic charge
JAPAN ROUND-UP By MATT MCILRAITH HADLEIGH Parkes took his try tally to seven for the season as Panasonic Wild Knights beat Yamaha Jubilo...
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/ 5 years agoSuper Rugby Aotearoa: Damian McKenzie’s golden boot decides clash in Dunedin
DAMIAN McKenzie’s ‘golden point’ penalty dramatically secured three straight wins for the Chiefs to keep their Aotearoa final hopes alive. McKenzie...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGiteau’s Giltinis blunt the Arrows
MLR ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON MLR newcomers LA Giltinis continued their assault on the rest of the league with a 43-16...
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/ 5 years agoThere’s still room for skill in the women’s game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME At last the women’s game has an equal platform to the men. The...
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/ 5 years agoFormer Scotland prop Gordon Reid to walk 500 miles in honour of Dad
FORMER Scotland prop Gordon Reid is taking on a mammoth charity challenge in memory of his father, Gordon, who died last...
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Features
/ 5 years agoI’m lucky I still get to work in my shorts!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE NEWCASTLE PROP AND SCRUM COACH MICKY WARD I LIVE about 15 minutes from the rugby club, and have never...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTravel-weary Reds can’t wait for home comforts
Probyn: There’s more skill in the women’s game By LUKE JARMYN LIFE on the road is proving a tough slog for Championship...
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Features
/ 5 years agoPirates pair ruled out for season
AFTER waiting for a year to return to Championship action Cornish Pirates centres Callum Patterson and Nico De Battista have suffered...
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/ 5 years agoAttwood to stay a Bear next season
BRISTOL Bears veteran Dave Attwood has agreed to extend his contract with the Premiership club by a further year. The 34-year-old...
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/ 5 years agoChiefs keep hold of flier Cordero
ARGENTINA flyer Facundo Cordero has extended his contract at Exeter. The 22-year-old, who can play full-back or wing, joined last summer...
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/ 5 years agoReds bolster pack options
JERSEY Reds have boosted their forward options after bringing in Glasgow prop Adam Nicol and Worcester lock James Scott. Nicol, 23,...
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/ 5 years agoRibbans keen to march on with Saints and England
By PAUL REES DAVID Ribbans has not been able to see his family in South Africa for 18 months because of...
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/ 5 years agoPRO16 Boks will be fit and fearsome for Rainbow Cup warns Aled
Benefit: Aled Walters SOUTH Africa’s giant World Cup-winning Springboks will face the best of the Celtic nations in prime physical condition...
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/ 5 years ago‘Give WRU cash to regions, not hotel builders’
By STEFFAN THOMAS Low point: Scarlets thrashed by Sale SCARLETS chairman Simon Muderack has outlined a way out of the Covid-19...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNewcastle Brown is mouth-watering
I DO hope Mike Brown joins Newcastle – what a signing. Brown has been playing out of his skin this season,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSad morph into something ugly
WATCHING the rugby last weekend I was aghast when one particular slide of statistics came on screen. Collision dominance! How sad...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWho’s watching RFU watchmen?
I READ with interest that there will be a review into England’s poor showing in the recent Six Nations. However, who...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoTwo more four-time English Slammers
IN Peter Jackson’s column about W.J.A. “Dave” Davies beating Alun Wyn Jones as the first Welshman to win four Grand Slams,...
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Features
/ 5 years agoConsistent refereeing is priority for World Rugby
COLIN BOAG Controversy: John Afoa on the ball during Bordeaux-Bristol match When we watch ‘our’ team play, we obviously want them to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
JOE BERCIS, THE AMPTHILL AND FORMER MOSELEY OPENSIDE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1. Alexi Lutui...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoHead to heads all round as Top 14 giants go toe to toe
By SAMUEL JACKSON PREVIEW... Clermont v Toulouse Today. Kick-off 4pm, Stade Marcel-Michelin Ace: Romain Ntamack CLERMONT have lost their last two...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoExeter 22-34 Leinster: Chiefs falter after fast start against brilliant Irish
Leinster come from 14-0 down to keep their double hopes alive at Sandy Park
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBaxter: We went off script and paid
EXETER DoR Rob Baxter said: “We just went off script at times and each time it hurt us. We are disappointed....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSantiago wings in for Begles shot at history
By GEORGE LAWRENCE PREVIEW... Bordeaux-Begles v Racing 92 Today. Kick-off 1.30pm, Stade Chaban-Delmas Star: Mathieu Jalibert BORDEAUX-BEGLES are in the European Cup...
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/ 5 years agoPandemic sees even champs Exeter suffer loss
By SAMUEL JACKSON PREMIERSHIP and European champions Exeter Chiefs have recorded a pretax loss of £2.26m after being “significantly impacted” by...
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/ 5 years agoScarlets plan to prosper through New Zealand link
The Scarlets stand to net gains as part of the deal to let Brad Mooar return to New Zealand
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/ 5 years agoBBC and ITV drive Six Nations bid to £100m
BBC and ITV have upped their bid for the Six Nations to avoid the tournament vanishing behind a paywall
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoLeonard: Boks will be brutal in warm-ups
British & Irish Lions chairman Jason Leonard ponders how the Springboks may prepare for the arrival of Warren Gatland's side this...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoPreview: Cockerill gambles on Blair at No.10
Edinburgh head coach defends the risky selection choice to play Blair Kinghorn not at full-back or on the wing, but at...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoGloucester 16-27 La Rochelle: Gloucester courage not enough this time
Levani Botia was the star of the show at Kingsholm, as La Rochelle progress
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoWe came to target Barton, admits La Rochelle’s O’Gara
La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara says the French club came to Kingsholm with the gameplan set up to disrupt George...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoMunster 33-40 Toulouse: Matthis Lebel try kills Munster momentum
Munster put up a fight at Thomond Park but lose out in the battle of Europe's two giants waiting on their...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoPreview: Wales ace Sheedy leads Bristol Bears into dog fight
Callum Sheedy and Matthieu Jalibert to go head-to-head at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Sunday afternoon
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