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/ 5 years agoHowe puts boot in to swing win Quins way
Welsh Championship Cup round-up By ROB COLE BARGOED completed the double over Cross Keys in Pool A of the WRU Championship...
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoKolbe saga could lead to transfer windows
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Cheslin Kolbe’s midcontract switch from Toulouse to Toulon raised a few eyebrows in France. The deal itself...
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/ 5 years agoBolton offer help to mafia-hit club
By PAUL REES BOLTON RUFC, a level seven amateur club that yesterday played their first league match since the Covid- 19...
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/ 5 years agoBall signs for Rockets
New challenge: Jake Ball playing for Wales PICTURE: Getty Images FORMER Wales lock Jake Ball has signed to play for NEC...
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/ 5 years agoOlowofela to Dragons
DRAGONS have signed wing Jordan Olowofela on loan from Leicester Tigers for the 2021-22 season. The 23-year-old spent the summer on...
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/ 5 years agoScots snap up Zondagh
TOULOUSE coach Alan- Basson Zondagh has joined Gregor Townsend’s Scotland coaching team, focusing on attack. The 35-year-old South African replaces Mike...
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/ 5 years agoForthcoming fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Weekend beginning Friday September 10, 2021 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10...
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/ 5 years agoZero tolerance is still way forward insists Blackett
■By PAUL REES LEE Blackett believes there should be no let-up in the drive to eliminate dangerous challenges after referees showed...
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/ 5 years agoWasps ace Gopperth gunning to join golden oldies club
■By JON NEWCOMBE JIMMY GOPPERTH hasn’t ruled out the possibility of becoming the first back to play Premiership rugby past the...
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/ 5 years agoRunning man John chases elusive first Wales cap
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Fighting fit: WillGriff John WILLGRIFF John believes a combination of working with double All Blacks World Cup-winner Ben...
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/ 5 years agoTwice-retired Swinson sets his sights on silverware
■By GARY FITZGERALD TIM Swinson has twice changed his mind about hanging up his boots due to the strong lure and...
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/ 5 years agoCut player numbers or modify the laws
THE problem with the size of players colliding at speed only appears to be an issue for the professional men’s game....
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/ 5 years agoEffectiveness of RFU incentives needs scrutiny
THANK you, Jeff Probyn for again highlighting the duty on the RFU to support all club rugby by distributing the revenue...
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/ 5 years agoWhat about Sarries fans’ headgear?
AS an Exeter supporter I was interested to read Colin Boag’s piece on the Chiefs name and the relationship to Native...
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Features
/ 5 years agoIslanders’ flair can give Super Rugby real boost
COLIN BOAG If it’s hyperbole you’re after, then Rugby Australia’s CEO, Andy Marinos, is your man. Formerly at SANZAAR for five...
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/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
TOM PALMER, THE FORMER ENGLAND, LEEDS, WASPS & GLOUCESTER LOCK AND CURRENT VANNES FORWARDS COACH CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoJersey 0-19 Sale: Quickfire treble puts Sharks in open water
SALE’S first pre-season match, and their first trip to the Channel Islands to play Championship side Jersey Reds ended in a...
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/ 5 years agoWorcester 52-39 Connacht: New-look Warriors get monkey off their back
IT MAY have been only a pre-season friendly but Worcester recorded their first win since November 21. Since then they have...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHarlequins 45-33 Cardiff Blues: Quins put on show for their new boss
TABAI Matson smiled broadly after seeing for himself the kind of fighting spirit, character and skill which helped enabled Harlequins to...
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/ 5 years agoScarlets 55-21 Nottingham: Nine-try Scarlets wow the crowd to kick-off Peel era
DWAYNE Peel’s first game as Scarlets head coach ended in a romp against Championship side Nottingham as 22-year-old winger Ryan Conbeer...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoCornish Pirates 55-3 Royal Navy: Blackmore injury leaves Pirates light at hooker
NEW recruits Carwyn Penny, Callum Sirker and Caleb Montgomery made impressive debuts as the Pirates sunk the Royal Navy with an...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSaints hit big six but Blues pose problems
■By SAM JACKSON Bedford ............21 Northampton ..40 NORTHAMPTON ran in six tries to see off Bedford on Friday night. An early...
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/ 5 years agoSurgeon warns: Act on head peril NOW
■By PETER JACKSON Risk: Prof Fairclough AN eminent surgeon has sent World Rugby a grim warning over the brain-bashing controversy: “Act...
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/ 5 years agoExclusive: Premiership players urged to take the Covid vaccine
PREMIERSHIP Rugby have asked clubs to take a hard-line approach with players who refuse a Covid-19 vaccine ahead of the new...
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/ 5 years agoPre-season friendlies
Coventry ................60 Nottingham............10 By CHRIS WEARMOUTH COVENTRY put Nottingham to the sword in perfect conditions at Butts Park Arena. Cov’s intent...
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/ 5 years agoAmps turn set-piece power into points to clinch win
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ..........40 Bedford ............38 AMPTHILL recovered from a first quarter bashing to clinch this keenly contested derby between...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling Trailfinders 34-29 Gloucester: Uzokwe at the double to down Gloucester
First blood to Ealing ahead of their reverse fixture with Gloucester next week at Kingsholm
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/ 5 years agoTeenage flyer Cusick cruises in for first-touch try
By TOM INNES Jersey ..................7pts Leicester ..........17pts A TRY from 18-year-old wing Jacob Cusick with his first touch in senior rugby...
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/ 5 years agoMorgan opts for Warriors coaching gig
LONG-SERVING Cornish Pirates player and coach Chris Morgan is leaving the Championship club to take a coaching role at Worcester’s academy....
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Features
/ 5 years agoRoom 101: Harrogate head coach Sam Cox
Harrogate head coach Sam Cox takes us through his pet hates from the rugby world and beyond
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoPremiership clubs like look of Ospreys lock Rhys Davies
'Several' Premiership clubs are interested in young Ospreys lock Rhys Davies
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoKolbe’s tax bill set to rocket at Toulon
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CHESLIN Kolbe, below, could find himself worse off following his recordbreaking move to Toulon...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSaracens prop Mako Vunipola in new contract talks as Top 14 watch
Saracens are set to ask England prop Mako Vunipola to take a salary cut, TRP understands
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSharks move closer to AJ Bell deal
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE Sharks are just ironing out the last few details of the £17m deal...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoMunster coach Stephen Larkham is wanted back by Brumbies
Larkham is under contract at Thomond Park until the end of the coming season
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/ 5 years agoSuperpowers take showdown to tropics
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THIS cursed Pandemic has taken us down some...
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/ 5 years agoItaly show strength of their youth set-ups
THERE is a common misconception that Italy rugby consists only of Benetton and Zebre, understandable given they are the only fully...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSaints sign Springbok flier Skosan
RUGBY SHORTS NORTHAMPTON have made their fourth summer signing by bringing in South Africa wing Courtnall Skosan. The 30-year-old, who has...
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Features
/ 5 years agoIrish boost prop stock
RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have signed props Ryan Bower and Jamie Dever on shortterm contracts. Bower, 30, joins following stints with...
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Features
/ 5 years agoOne more for Swinson
RUGBY SHORTS TIM Swinson has signed a contract extension with Saracens to stay to the end of the 2021-22 season. The...
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Features
/ 5 years agoTigers call for Evans
RUGBY SHORTS LEICESTER have signed back row forward Gareth Evans, 29, on a short-term contract from Ospreys. Evans, who started his...
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/ 5 years agoAfter 18 months away, we just can’t wait to get started again!
PAUL REES TALKS TO SOME OF THE LEADING NATIONAL ONE COACHES AHEAD OF THE NEW SEASON The long wait is over....
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/ 5 years agoDavies back to help club that launched his coaching career
LEEDS are the one club in National 1 to have played in the Premiership and they have turned to the man...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe prince has his eyes on the prize as usual
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoRassie Erasmus set to get date for misconduct hearing
World Rugby will discern if Rassie Erasmus used the right channels to air criticisms of officials after the first Lions Test
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/ 5 years agoJennings avoids jail
FORMER Sale and England U20s centre Mark Jennings has been given a suspended sentence after fleeing police under suspicion of drinking...
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/ 5 years agoNavy set course for Cornwall
NEWS EXTRA CORNISH Pirates are gearing up for their visit from the Royal Navy on Friday night. Various representative service teams...
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/ 5 years agoKelly subs for Oskar
NEWS EXTRA BEDFORD have signed centre Frank Kelly from Luctonians after Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas suffered a potential season-ending Achilles injury. Kelly, 25,...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBernard’s living the dream in Brentford
Danial Gallan talks to leading Exiles about their goal to become top four regulars Apalpable sense of anticipation greets you as...
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/ 5 years agoWood calls on Saints to end ‘transition’ talk …and deliver
By GARY FITZGERALD Veteran: Northampton flanker Tom Wood TOM Wood claims Northampton can take a leaf out of Harlequins’ title-winning book...
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