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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSaracens hot favourites but Diprose wary of Trailfinders
WHEN Saracens were last relegated in 1993, they lost half their first-team squad and it took two seasons to regain top-flight...
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/ 6 years agoTiger Joe Heyes ready to jump from shadows in Leicester front row
Joe Heyes is the heir-apparent to veteran tighthead Dan Cole, Neale Harvey speaks to the youngster and Tigers boss Steve Borthwick...
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/ 6 years agoWasps home Heineken Cup tie is confirmed
■ By SAM JACKSON THE CHAMPIONS and Challenge Cups will resume in April with a knockout round of 16, after the...
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/ 6 years agoDelaney in no doubt Josh will return to Test scene
■ By ALEX BYWATER JOSH MACLEOD has been told he will come back better and stronger than before with Scarlets and...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Sale Sharks captain Beth Stafford
From being left without a club at Firwood Waterloo to being named captain at Sale Sharks, Stafford opens up about the...
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/ 6 years agoLivewires Meg Jones and Abby Dow knock Sarries off their stride
Wasps make ground up on Saracens with 26-24 narrow victory at Twyford Avenue
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/ 6 years agoExeter 76-5 DMP Sharks: Four-try Burgess stars in Exeter rampage
LOUISE BURGESS had a full debut to remember for Chiefs as her four tries propelled Exeter to victory over DMP Sharks....
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoSale 5-45 Harlequins: Jess Breach hat-trick has Quins nudging top spot
■By ADAM ELLIS Sale ....................5 Harlequins......45 HARLEQUINS moved to within one point of leaders Saracens thanks to a hat-trick from England...
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/ 6 years agoLightning 43-14 Worcester: Lark Davies on song to notch try No14 for the season
Lark Davies remains top of the Premier 15s tryscorer charts, as Lightning ease past Warriors
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/ 6 years agoGlo-Hartpury 36-0 Bristol: Hunt’s double helps keep Bears out in cold
Zoe Aldcroft makes her comeback form injury in convincing win for Gloucester-Hartpury at the Alpas Arena
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoConcussion threatens Carwyn Jones’ French idyll | Peter Jackson
Like Jack Clifford, Carwyn Jones is a participant of the 2013 JRWC final whose career came to a premature end
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/ 6 years agoMob-handed Leinster still can’t outdo the Ospreys
IRELAND kicked off in Rome yesterday with 11 players from Leinster, a commendable effort by the perennial PRO14 champions but still...
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/ 6 years agoHammer man Halpin hit back for the Paddies
GARY Halpin hurled the hammer far enough to qualify for the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome. His best effort there was...
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/ 6 years agoSuper Rugby AU: Penney under pressure as Tahs taken to cleaners again
The Waratahs have now suffered the heaviest-ever defeats to Australian opposition in their history within two weeks of each other
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/ 6 years agoSuper Rugby Aotearoa: Champions Crusaders off to bonus point flyer
TOM COVENTRY’S Blues and reigning champions Crusaders made strong starts to their Super Rugby Aotearoa campaigns with bonus point, away victories....
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/ 6 years agoTop League: Hurricane Williams wins battle of Britain
Matt McIlraith rounds up the action from Japan as Owen Williams, Alex Goode and Beauden Barrett all took to the field
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/ 6 years agoSwanepoel’s no slouch in giving Lions a solid platform
IT WAS a mixed bag for two of South Africa’s franchise heavyweights as they began preparations for the Rainbow Cup, launching...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: London Irish centre Will Joseph
The younger brother of England centre Jonathan tells Neale Harvey why the Exiles No.13 jersey is one he wants to make...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoGuildford make history in Daily Mail U15 Cup
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools GUILDFORD’S finest hour, and major claim to rugby fame, was winning...
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/ 6 years agoNo moans from players picked
JEFF PROBYN No complaints: Mike Brown playing for England PICTURE: Getty Images I AM surprised that Eddie Jones bothered to try and...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHeinz deal confirmed
RUGBY SHORTS WORCESTER confirmed they have signed Gloucester No.9 Willi Heinz for next season as revealed in Blindside last week. To counter-balance...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFour weeks for Williams
RUGBY SHORTS BATH lock Mike Williams has been banned for four weeks after his red card for a high tackle on Gloucester’s...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWasps snap up Thomas
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS have signed Ospreys tighthead Nicky Thomas on a short-term loan deal. The 26-year-old joined Ospreys at the start of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoItaly prop to Saracens
RUGBY SHORTS SARACENS have signed Italy prop Marco Riccioni from PRO14 side Benetton. The 23-year-old tighthead has 12 Test caps and started...
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/ 6 years agoSaints return for Wilkins
RUGBY SHORTS NORTHAMPTON have resigned academy graduate Karl Wilkins from French ProD2 side AS Beziers Herault. The 24-year-old, who plays at lock...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFly-half pair join Pirates
RUGBY SHORTS CORNISH Pirates have signed Cardiff Blues flyhalf Luke Scully on loan. The 20-year-old joins the Championship side a day after...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup win left me totally shattered
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER SOUTH AFRICA, LIONS AND LEEDS TYKES CENTRE JAPIE MULDER My uncle, Boet Muller, was a Springbok on...
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/ 6 years agoWales 40-24 England: Don’t blame the ref, this was English indiscipline
Nick Cain reports from the Principality Stadium where Wales claimed the Triple Crown against an improved, but indisciplined, England
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoThey will all be coming for us but we’re ready, says Saracens’ Wray
Club stalwart Wray tells Neale Harvey how all Saracens players are aware of the target on their backs in the Championship
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/ 6 years agoSaracens coach role for Brown
FORMER Scotland back row Kelly Brown has returned to Saracens as an assistant coach, as revealed in Blindside last month. The...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoTriple Crown in the bag, now Wales can land that Grand Slam | Shane Williams
Shane Williams says Wales supporters should savour this victory over England, after a down 2020 followed World Cup agony
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/ 6 years agoTime to sub the ref as well as players | David Flatman
Yes, England were prone to daft penalties against Wales but the refeering certainly aided their opponents
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/ 6 years agoItaly 10-48 Ireland: Now Sexton sets sights on Scots and English
Ireland are one step of the way to achieving Andy Farrell's goal of winning all three remaining Six Nations games
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/ 6 years agoGeorge North is massively undervalued in Wales says Owens
Hooker Ken Owens delves into George North's standing within the Wales cap ahead of his 100th cap
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/ 6 years agoExclusive: Sam Simmonds working for all round excellence
The European Player of the Year is on track to eclipse Neil Back's Premiership record for tries scored by a forward...
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/ 6 years agoConfirmed: Northampton Saints sign ex-Clermont back row
Saints sign Beziers back row Karl Wilkins, a former academy teammate of Lewis Ludlam
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/ 6 years agoExeter 12-13 Northampton: Simmonds shocked by last minute kick charge
An usual finish the Exeter's clash against Northampton saw Joe Simmonds denied a chance to connect with a late penalty kick
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/ 6 years agoOspreys 10-0 Zebre: Rhys Webb try offers rare highlight in ugly affair
Rhys Webb's hot form for Ospreys fires them past a hapless Zebre at the Liberty Stadium
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/ 6 years agoNick Mallett sad to see Italy’s fall but says it’s time for relegation in the Six Nations
After Conor O'Shea said Italy should be allowed time to develop young stars like Stephen Varney and Paolo Garbisi, their former...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 6 years agoRelocating the tour to Australia tour will raise £10m for British & Irish Lions
THE Wallabies are prepared to reinforce their British & Irish Lions offer by making the summer tour pay to the...
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/ 6 years agoWe don’t sit here and complain about refs says Rob Baxter
Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter wouldn't be drawn into criticising the referee after Joe Simmonds' penalty kick was charged...
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/ 6 years agoBath 16-14 Gloucester: Rhys Priestland holds his nerve to settle feisty derby
Another gut-wrenching defeat for Gloucester to contend with as the Premiership's basement boys
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoAnother big blow admits Gloucester coach George Skivington
GEORGE Skivington said Rhys Priestland’s last minute winner was a “big blow” after his Gloucester side slumped to an eight successful...
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/ 6 years agoPreview: Luatua back as Bears look to plug gaps against Irish
Bristol Bears wing Luke Morahan previews his team's trip to Brentford where they will be without a number of key stars...
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/ 6 years agoDavis: London Irish must make tackles stick to snare the Bears
London Irish are looking to make amends for their heavy loss at Exeter Chiefs, as they face another title challenger in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNational League caps need stricter policing
I TOTALLY agree with the comments from Martin Hothersall last week but I think we need to look at why playing...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWhere’s flair gone?
THE England backline (with the exception of the mis-positioned Elliot Daly) were all in Stuart Lancaster’s doomed 2015 World Cup squad....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFive-year first
I HAVEN’T missed a Rugby Paper for five plus years and seeing the team Eddie Jones picked for the Italy game...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWhy spend if academy system works so well?
Expensive import: Stormers back row Juarno Augustus is set to join Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images IT SEEMS to me that Premiership...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRugby paying high cost for entertaining
A WEEK in which it has been hard to discern which is the bigger disappointment – a faltering England team or...
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