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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSolomons: Players will go from feast to famine
By NEALE HARVEY WORCESTER supremo Alan Solomons fears player development will be halted in its tracks unless Championship and National League...
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/ 6 years agoRavens swoop for another of Cardiff’s stars
BRIDGEND Ravens are set to sign Cardiff full-back Edd Howley as the capital side’s playing stock continues to plummet. With Cardiff...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBig job for Joe to stop Sharks getting a sniff
By NEALE HARVEY Praise: Paul Gustard JOE Marchant returns to the city where he won an U20s World Cup with England...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoJames targets return to glory days
By JON NEWCOMBE Hunting silverware: Sharks centre Sam James SAM JAMES hopes the Premiership Rugby Cup can serve as a catalyst...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoJacek’s stats don’t lie, drop the box kicks!
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Tedium: Ben Youngs puts up a box kick...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoEnd of the road for villainous Victor
SO rugby is bidding farewell to Clermont and Georgia flanker Victor Kolelishvili who, after struggling with concussion issues for the best...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoGloucester fail to fire in front of the fans
■By SAM JACKSON HARLEQUINSbooked their place in next season’s Champions Cup as a 1,000- strong crowd were unable to lift Gloucester...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWasps fly up to second with nine-try demolition
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Try scorer: Jack Willis WASPS scored nine tries against a weakened Bristol outfit to move up to second...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSpencer’s try double puts Bath in control
By TIM WOODS Bonus ball: Jonathan Joseph scores the last try of the game Right: Rohan Janse van Rensburg scores Sale’s...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoLethal Lawrence hits top gear for Warriors
By JACK ROBERTS OLLIE Lawrence showed his class as Worcester scored five second-half tries to earn just their second Premiership win...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSarries kids produce the goods again for McCall
By DAVID FLEMING Control: Manu Vunipola EXETER suffered their first defeat in eight games as both sides put out much-changed lineups...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoTenacious Tigers ride out yellow card storm
By TOM WALKER LEICESTER earned only a second win in seven matches since the restart despite three yellow cards and a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoBlanco exits the stage after an English shoeing
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful What happening...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMarathon man Myler goes clear of the field
PETER JACKSON Evergreen: Ospreys fly-half Stephen Myler in his London Irish days THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW As from next...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPhil talked Lomu into becoming a cult hero
PHIL Kingsley Jones, one half of rugby’s supreme little-and-large double act, was fond of summing up his partnership with Jonah Lomu...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIf we can’t have a crowd we can’t have a Championship
MARK LAVERY ON THE RECORD Q&A Motor industry executive and Ampthill director of rugby Mark Lavery tells NEALE HARVEY why the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHarri’s happy to learn at the feet of master Ben
YOUNG GUNS HARRIO’CONNOR SCARLETS TIGHTHEAD Being coached by one of the world’s best is a bonus for any aspiring player and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoKinghorn the latest Accies lad to excel
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Best of the best: Fraser Gillies holds the schools Cup after...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEdinburgh’s links with the auld enemy run deep
WHISPER it quietly but Edinburgh Academy have some interesting links with the auld enemy across the wall, the cursed Sassenachs. Not...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFrench row may spark new schism in game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT RAW VIEW OF THE GAME Political: French rugby team are at the centre of a dispute that...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTough calls made even harder for Fowkes as Notts go part-time
By ADAM ELLIS NEIL Fowkes says there were conversations he would much rather have had in person than over Zoom as...
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/ 6 years agoBangor lead the way – when will RFU follow?
By JON NEWCOMBE THE long wait for community rugby to be played in the UK has finally come to an end...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNovalpina bid for a slice of the action
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Dispute: Lock Leone Nakarawa is demanding €1million from Racing 92 With the Top 14 in temporary hiatus...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLolesio ends Brumbies trophy drought
SUPER RUGBY AU By ADAM ELLIS BRUMBIES held off a late Reds fightback to claim the Super Rugby AU trophy, winning...
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/ 6 years agoDom’s putting in long hours – he’s obsessed, says Atkinson
By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER midfielder Mark Atkinson has explained why brother-inlaw Dom Waldouck’s slavish devotion to detail will banish any doubts...
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/ 6 years agoBen upping game to save England career
By JON NEWCOMBE Under threat: Ben Youngs faces stiff competition for his Red Rose jersey PICTURES: Getty Images Kyran Bracken: Give...
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/ 6 years agoDiamond blasts council after stadium u-turn
SALE boss Steve Diamond has accused local council bosses of “bottling it” over the club’s proposed new £100m stadium. Title-chasing Sharks,...
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/ 6 years agoBrock plots Ospreys path back to the top
By ALEX BYWATER Man with a plan: Brock James excelled as a player, now as a coach he must help turn...
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/ 6 years agoValue of Lions shirt soars despite coronavirus
By JACK ZORAB VODAFONE’Ssponsorship of the 2021 Lions tour will be in the region of a staggering 1,800 per cent mark-up...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoGive RFU a break, they have been hit hardest
AS a long-time public advocate for community rugby, I have often been critical of the RFU’s inability to lend greater support...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDon’t forget Elton’s greatest hit, Peter
AN addition to Peter Jackson’s article regarding Scarlets European record since the 1996-97 season, in reaching seven quarter-finals and four semi-finals,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoStop clock and speed up game
I SUGGEST two simple law changes to give the paying fans more rugby to watch. Stop the clock immediately a scrum...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFuture stars giving us great show, Chris
CHRIS Hewett’s column last week was more than disappointing. He likens the young stars, future internationals mostly, to ‘polished t**ds’! Does...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoExplain the action but don’t rabbit on
I TOTALLY agree with last week’s letter from Derek Penhaligon regarding commentators speaking too much. As a rugby follower and administrator...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMakes no sense to relegate Saracens
COLIN BOAG Small steps forwards: Gloucester play Harlequins in front of 1,000 fans at Kingsholm Sometimes we have to push our...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSpencer must be given his chance against Italy
KYRAN BRACKEN GUEST COLUMNIST FROM WORLD CUP WINNER Best in England: Bath scrum-half Ben Spencer. Inset: Ben Youngs PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoDeadly Teddy keeps Racing out of reach
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Racing away: Francois Trinh Duc celebrates his try RACING 92, with Teddy Iribaren in killer form with the...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoGoode’s very good, Saracens are superb
By NICK CAIN Immense: Vincent Koch ALEX Goode went on a three-day knees-up after Saracens beat Leinster in the European Cup...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoBarritt so proud of Sarries’ spirit
BRAD Barritt paid tribute to his team-mates - and looked forward to playing the semi-final in France alongside them. “This team...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoUlster call on Cooney to shoot down Top 14 giants
By SAM JACKSON Recall: John Cooney comes in for Alby Mathewson SCRUM-HALF John Cooney has been recalled to Ulster’s starting line-up...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers tie cancelled after Castres’ positive COVID-19 tests
Sunday's Challenge Cup quarter-final at Welford Road has been cancelled, meaning Tigers progress
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Featured
/ 6 years agoBromsgrove prep school stars kick off decade of success
Brendan Gallagher continues his series of articles on rugby's great schools
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Features
/ 6 years agoJimmy Gopperth is having a blast at youth-inspired Premiership challengers Wasps
Nick Cain discusses Wasps revival under Lee Blackett and his hopes for the future now he is 37
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Johnny Sexton captains Leinster in Champions Cup showdown with Saracens
Leo Cullen and Mark McCall have named their line-up for the repeat of last year's Champions Cup final
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European Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoGeorge Ford back for Leicester Tigers Challenge Cup clash
Team line-ups for this weekend's Challenge Cup action, as Tigers welcome Castres to Welford Road
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoLosing Owen Farrell won’t stop us winning, says Saracens’ Wray
Saracens vice-captain Jackson Wray previews the repeat of last year's Champions Cup final this weekend in the quarters
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Georgia know the eyes of the world are on them
Brendan Gallagher talks to the man who appointed Rob Baxter as Exeter Chiefs boss, now working on lifting Georgia to higher...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoWe’re not going to Exeter planning to grind out a win, says Dan Biggar
Northampton Saints look to arrest their slump in form against an Exeter side that has sent them down to heavy defeats...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoFormer England lock Geoff Parling named Wallabies forwards coach
Wallabies head coach Dave Rennie brings in Parling to backroom staff after time with Melbourne Rebels
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