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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMills: This Wasps backline can help challenge for titles
As he gets ready to leave Worcester, Ryan Mills says he has yet to hit his peak
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership targets August date for season’s resumption
League organisers outline steps for matchdays to return in week where training resumes
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBath make splash for Ben Spencer, Will Spencer and Sharks prop
Bath have provided a squad update on the departures, extensions and new signings set to come and go this summer
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Featured
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Brad Mooar: I’m leaving Scarlets with them ready to explode
We ask the outgoing Scarlets head coach about what he's leaving behind in west Wales and his final message to fans
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Cornish Pirates scrum-half JB Bruzulier
Contracted for another two seasons at Pirates, JB Bruzulier reflects on his career to pick a best XV
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins find tighthead to fill void left by Kyle Sinckler
The Premiership club are set to bolster their front row across all three positions
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNicky Thomas urged to make Ospreys chance count
Former coach Bernard Jackman believes the Ospreys is a the final chance for Thomas to show his Wales potential, yet to...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘I can’t respect you, I think you are a bit of a snake’ – Sam Burgess slams Mike Ford
Burgess lifts the lid on his take of what went wrong in England's World Cup and his exit at Bath
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Can Emirati riches pump life into fallen giant Beziers?
Glory days of Beziers gave rise to region removed from French rugby's heartland of the south west, writes Brendan Gallagher
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoThe Saracens players who can thrive in the Championship
Neale Harvey discovers the academy graduates now fully integrated within Saracens first team
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDan Carter makes surprise return to Super Rugby with Blues
Dan Carter has been confirmed as a Blues player ahead of the ten-week Super Rugby Aotearoa competition
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNew signing Tyrone Green shares a trait with Mike Brown, says Gustard
"He possesses the kind of desire you see from a Harlequin great in Mike Brown” - Paul Gustard
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Back three riches will give Wayne Pivac a problem
The 15 players Wales have in their back three stock
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRugby action set to return this June
Are you excited for “Virtual Rugby Show” and New Zealand‘s domestic Rugby competition? After weeks of isolation and social distancing, rugby,...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Givvons spun them a golden yarn in Oldham
The West Indies influence in Britain found its way into rugby league in the 1930s with Alex Givvons, Peter Jackson writes
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens make pitch to Springbok to replace Kruis in second row
Flip van der Merwe announced his retirement last summer to pursue Higher Education interests
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Eddie Jones on touchline is a recipe for a riot
Nick Cain on Eddie Jones' suggestion that international coaches should be allowed to stalk the touchline
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoNigel Owens passes judgement on new orange card available to referees
The orange card will give players a 20 minute exclusion from the action
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGloucester in full rebuild mode as Humphreys heads for the exit
Cherry and Whites looking for new head coach who will incorporate some of Humphrey's duties as DoR
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoLiving with the Lions would be my ideal return, says Dai Young
The ex-Wasps director of rugby responds to speculation linking him with Gloucester
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFive clubs in queue for axed Queensland Reds ace Isaac Lucas
Lucas was one of three Reds players to have their contracts ended last month after a dispute with Rugby Australia
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBristol Bears get set to welcome fans back to Ashton Gate
TRP understands fans will be allowed to attend matches in August under government plans
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership and Championship clubs cleared to return to training
Cleaning controls, PPE and temperature checks to be administered as rugby squads cleared to return
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership unanimously approves salary cap overhaul after Myners report
The Premiership has approved 52 recommendations to reform its salary cap regulations
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: Sedgley Park fly-half Steve Collins
Nobody wants brick-sized phones like the 1980s, Collins argues
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Features
/ 6 years agoTRP’s National Two South Team of the Season
We can reveal the National Two North XV voted for their standout individual campaigns in 2019-20
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Tomos can put pressure on Conor Murray
Nick Cain ranks the scrum-halves available to Warren Gatland for the 2021 tour of South Africa
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago5 questions Bath and England flanker Sam Underhill answered
Francois Louw had a profound influence on Underhill's skills at the ruck
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRugby Australia makes huge staff cuts in £3m cost-saving measure
Rugby Australia chiefs to cut 47 of 142 full-time jobs weeks after securing World Rugby emergency loan
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRob Howley opens up on the gripping darkness which led to his gambling
"When my thoughts went towards my sister, betting on rugby was an escapism" - Howley sheds light on grief
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoOrange card gets thumbs up from Nigel
By PETER No cop out: Nigel Owens THE orange card is today given the green light by the world’s most-capped Test...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBristol get set to welcome back fans
Mills aims to up his game Ryan Mills admits his form was not consistent enough at Worcester and is determined to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBristol get set to welcome back fans
By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP clubs are preparing to welcome back spectators, with Bristol leading the way in being ready to accommodate...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTrailfinders trio are off to join Quins
HARLEQUINS are ready to confirm that they have swooped for Ealing Trailfinders stars Craig Trenier, Jordan Els and Matt Cornish. The...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSaracens make a bid for Bok lock Flip
Offer: Flip van der Merwe SARACENS are set to make a bid to tempt former Springbok second row Flip van der...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYou read it all in Blindside first, folks!
BLINDSIDE has once again proven this week that nobody comes close to us to providing transfer news. We reported last Sunday...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFive clubs in a queue for Lucas
Wanted: Isaac Lucas LONDON Irish and Bath are among the clubs who are interested in signing former Queensland Reds fly-half Isaac...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBack three riches will give Pivac a problem
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND There was a time not so long ago when Wales were worried about their back...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBattlefields to playing fields, medics with double lives
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at the most impressive rugby doctors TOP 20 ...RUGBY PLAYING DOCTORS NEXT WEEK...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTyrrells are toast for the women
TYRRELLS have chosen not to renewtheir threeyear sponsorship of the Women’s Premier 15s when it comes to end in August. The...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHolmes in at Dragons
DRAGONSconfirmed the signing of Wales wing Jonah Holmes following his release from Leicester. The 27-year-old scored 24 tries in three seasons...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIsiekwe will be a Saint for a year
ENGLAND forward Nick Isiekwe, 22, will join Northampton Saints on loan for the 2020-21 season, as revealed on Blindside in March,...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThomas urged to make Ospreys chance count
By ROB COLE Held: Nicky Thomas of Scarlets tackles Leinster’s Ed Byrne Inset: Nicky Smith Help: Bernard Jackman NICKY Thomas’ return...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCudd talks himself out of his job at Dragons
NIC CUDD is quite rightly proud of what he achieved over eight seasons at the Dragons, but perhaps his greatest legacy...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLansdown argument all about monopoly
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST According to the American business magazine Forbes, there are around a thousand people in the world blessed...
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Features
/ 6 years agoForce for good is coming out of Oz at long last
SHOCK! Horror! A good news rugby story from Australia, where tales of woe have been a dime a dozen since Israel...
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Features
/ 6 years agoI’ll never be like Beauden but I aim to be a winner
NICK CAIN TALKS TO WALES AND NORTHAMPTON FLY-HALF DAN BIGGAR, THE SCOURGE OF ENGLAND Injury-hit: Gareth Anscombe DAN Biggar says he...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDAN BIGGAR ON…
...Gareth Anscombe’s arrival spurring him on I made a joke and said I was happy coming off the bench last season,...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRUGBYQUIZ
FORMER LEADING WELSH REFEREE ALUN WYN BEVAN TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE Making an entrance: Erika Roe at Twickenham 1. Who were England’s...
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