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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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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
/ 6 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
/ 6 years agoRichard Wigglesworth not set on retirement just yet at Leicester
One more year?
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoNick Schonert fills the WillGriff gap at Sharks
Done deal at Sale Sharks for the Worcester tighthead
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoHarlequins eye Tommaso Allan to deputise for Marcus Smith
With Brett Herron and James Lang moving on, Quins are looking for immediate depth behind Smith
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Features
/ 6 years agoRock-bottom, but Jake Farnworth finds silver lining at Green & Whites
Daniel Gallan talks to Nottingham vice-captain Jake Farnworth about life at bottom of Tier Two
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoManu Tuilagi nears full fitness to give legs to Lions chance
LIONS attack coach Gregor Townsend is due to meet with Manu Tuilagi, who could yet make the tour to South Africa...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEngland 10-6 France: Red Roses secure hat-trick of titles
England prevail in physical Women's Six Nations final encounter despite worries at the set-piece
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAlun Wyn Jones deal lets him go to World Cup
Signed to a new deal at the WRU and Ospreys this week, a contract clause could take the Wales captain through...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoJohn Dobson in pole to take over at Harlequins
Neil Fissler reports on where Quins' search for a permanent head coach may lie
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoI’m confident Cardiff Blues will move forwards says Dai Young
Paul Rees meets with Dai Young to discuss how progress has fared since he took over at Cardiff Blues
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoPreview: We’re fully charged up, McCall tells Trailfinders
MARK McCALL hopes to celebrate his new four-year Saracens contract by taking a huge step towards promotion back to the Premiership...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFrancis Baron exclusive – Pt.1: This is how rugby can be saved from peril
Introducing a new series with the former RFU chief executive on how the union in England can right the ship financially
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPreview: Bath hooker Tom Dunn reaches 150 on return after red
Bath hooker Tom Dunn has had to wait to make his 150th appearance this afternoon, and watched last week's win over...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoPromotion and relegation are essential at all levels of game – Francis Baron
What does former RFU chief executive Francis Baron think of CVC's growing influence in northern hemisphere rugby and the strategy plan...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRFU must rethink its policies and direction – Francis Baron
"I am passionate about the RFU and find it distressing to see it in such difficulties" - what to expect in...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGloucester 35-24 Newcastle: ‘Honest’ George lights fire under Gloucester
Gloucester come from 14 points down to claim comeback win against Newcastle
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWe blew away with the wind in second half says Dean Richards
The Newcastle director of rugby reflects on Falcons' second-half capitulation against Gloucester
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