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Premiership
/ 6 years agosends Eddie a two-try reminder
By NEALE HARVEY Here I am Eddie: Ruaridh McConnochie runs in for Bath PICTURES: Getty Images WING ace Ruaridh McConnochie issued...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoGustard grumbles as Smith struggles
HARLEQUINS fly-half Marcus Smith endured a difficult day and boss Paul Gustard lamented his side’s failure to control field position. He...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoOllie on fire to spark Exiles with all four of their tries
By GARY FITZGERALD Hat-trick: Ollie Hassell-Collins scores London Irish’s third try PICTURES: Getty Images Don’t forget him: Louis Rees-Zammitt dives in...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoJohan: Our family is having tough time
JOHAN Ackermann urged his Cherry and Whites to fight their way out of a rut which is threatening the club’s bid...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoYarde hat-trick keeps Sale up with leaders
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL On a charge: Sale’s Luke James PICTURES: Getty Images MARLAND Yarde’s deadly hat-trick illuminated a thumping bonuspoint win...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoDiamond promises three top signings
STEVE Diamond revealed more big-name signings are set to be announced after Sale maintained their title charge. For the first time...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoIt’s a rout as Wasps come alive in the lights
By ROGER PANTING First blood: Jack Willis has scored for Wasps THE Ricoh Arena’s first night match in Wasps’ history was...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoMcCall: Where do you start assessing where it all went wrong?
Harsh lesson: Mark McCall SARACENS’ director of rugby Mark McCall accepted that there was nothing his side could take from a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoChampionship threaten to revive play-off system
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Strategist: Alistair Bow SARACENS’ expected procession back into the Premiership might have to negotiate extra hurdles with...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoKnights No.9 James next to make the step up
DONCASTER scrum-half Tom James is primed for a move to Northampton – the latest in a growing list of players making...
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/ 6 years agoSubscr iptions…
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoHarrison hungry to get one over rival Simmonds
By NEALE HARVEY Stalwart: Ian Whitten NORTHAMPTON No.8 Teimana Harrison is adamant he still has a Test future and aims to...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoPurdy aims to repay Bristol faith
By NEALE HARVEY Dangerman: Henry Purdy is in top form for Bristol HENRY Purdy aims to fire Bristol to Premiership glory...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEngland ought to replicate the French system says Gimoldby
By NEALE HARVEY Sharpshooter: Ampthill fly-half Louis Grimoldby AMPTHILL fly-half Louis Grimoldby urges English rugby to mirror the French system of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTruth is, Championship is simply a failing league
COLIN BOAG Not enough: Coventry attracted a crowd of 1,932 for their match with Carnegie In all of the kerfuffle about...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEarl and Malins are off to join the Bears
Loan: Ben Earl BRISTOL Bears have won the race to land Saracens stars Ben Earl and Max Malins on season-long loans....
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Features
/ 6 years agoCarling’s fly-on-the-wall England plan
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ON THE BLIND SIDE WILL CARLING says it is possible that the RFU could...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBath swoop for two Spencers and a Redpath
Three-year deal: Ben Spencer BATH have agreed to a triple deal that will see them sign Cameron Redpath, Ben Spencer and...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBooth now favourite for top job at Ospreys
Impressed: Toby Booth TOBY Booth is now the clear favourite to take over at the Ospreys next season after impressing during...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHeffernan hopes for Premiership chance
NOTTINGHAM tight-head Oisin Heffernan, right, is attracting interest from the Premiership clubs looking to strengthen their squads for next season. The...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoFarewell to man who made Munster great
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Modern-day rugby cathedral: Thomond Park in full swing PICTURE: Getty...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLord Myners’ review gets off to a distinctly dodgy start
I HAD been hopeful that the salary cap review by Lord Myners might cast an objective and slighlty jaundiced eye on...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHancock’s 15 seconds of fame lasted his lifetime
MANY sportsmen enjoy 15 minutes of fame but for Northampton wing Andy Hancock, who died aged 80 this week, it was...
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Features
/ 6 years agoEddie pins his faith on a new player proto-type – the super hybrid
NICK CAIN TRIES TO UNRAVEL THE LATEST ENGLAND SELECTION RIDDLE THERE are times when Eddie Jones’ spinning and weaving around selection...
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Features
/ 6 years ago50-cap Joseph goes back to where it all began
Debut: Jonathan Joseph wins his first cap for England on the wing in Durban 2012 JONATHAN Joseph may have scored the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMunster dig deep to break resistance
Zebre ………………0 Munster ……….28 IT WAS desperate for the first 40 minutes and stylish for the second, as JJ Hanrahan led...
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/ 6 years agoSpringbok ace Werner takes reins for Scarlets
By SAM JACKSON Captain: Werner Kruger Back in: Elrigh Louw SOUTH African international Werner Kruger takes over the captaincy as Scarlets...
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/ 6 years agoLeinster stretch unbeaten run to 12
By ALEX BYWATER OSPREYS coach Carl Hogg bemoaned his side’s inability to build enough of a first-half lead as Leinster made...
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/ 6 years agoWarriors turn up the power to earn bonus win
By GARY HEATLY GLASGOW Warriors are into the Conference A playoff spots and teenage scrum-half Jamie Dobie had a first pro...
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/ 6 years agoUlster put themselves in pole for the playoffs
Ulster…………….20 Cheetahs ……..10 DAN McFarland’s men boosted their play-off hopes with victory over Cheetahs at Kingspan Stadium. Leinster had gone 19...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMulvihill desperate for Blues response
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Starting: Hallam Amos, and Seb Davies WALES’ Six Nations squad men Hallam Amos and Seb Davies start for...
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/ 6 years agoCockerill’s lads cruise to another five-pointer
Edinburgh……..41 Connacht ……..14 EDINBURGH eased past Connacht on Friday to stay top of Conference B. They were 20-7 up by half-time...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSpare a thought for National League clubs
DID the Championship clubs really not see the RFU funding cuts coming, as all the “shock, horror” reactions would suggest? The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRFU executives should take pay cut
THE outrageous decision by the RFU to cut funding of the Championship by 50 per cent from next season is a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoConsign this shameful class system to history
Giant killers: Duncan Roke, of the National League XV, on the attack against the Springboks in 2000 PICTURE: Getty Images BRENDAN...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPerhaps it’s time to boycott the top tier
COULD this season get any worse? The whole salary cap saga proved just how poor the administration of the professional game...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoPremature relegation devalues competition
THE Saracens debacle and the cut in Championship funding are significant, but are these the main issues to ensure the future...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoIt’s become too money orientated
THE women’s Six Nations is becoming more exciting than the men’s to these eyes and I see it having a thriving...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoEscape from Nazis got Olly his Welsh cap
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The Six Nations has never been short on journeys of a miraculous nature but this...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoCan Bono do what Delilah did and unnerve England?
ENGLAND fans of a superstitious disposition will have reason to be wary of what awaits them at Twickenham this afternoon given...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCourtney aiming to give Irish a shiner
By GARY FITZGERALD Black eye: Lawes COURTNEY Lawes shrugged off a nasty training ground eye injury and insisted it will not...
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/ 6 years agoBracken: England back row will munch them up
EDDIE Jones is preparing to lay a ‘kick and squeeze trap’ for the Irish to fall into at Twickenham today. That’s...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Hurrell suffered a stroke at Tigers BRISTOL Bears centre Will Hurrell is recovering well after revealing that he suffered a stroke...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoDeano rues missed tries and lack of organisation
By LUKE JARMYN Flyer: Adam Radwan scored his second for Falcons JOHNNY Williams’ scintillating break split Scottish’s defence for Adam Radwan...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoIona sin-bin helps Ealingblast into last four
By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders booked their place in the semi- finals with an outstanding display to see off Jersey Reds...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoPirates ready for another ding-dong in Mennaye mud
By SAM JACKSON Aspirational: Alan Paver Scoring ace: Pete White PIRATES expect another epic ‘ding-dong’ at Mennaye Field today when Coventry...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoEight-try Amps flick switch in second half
By DAN HAWKHEAD IT WAS another tough afternoon for Yorkshire Carnegie as they suffered an eight-try defeat to Ampthill at Emerald...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoAlbion turn on style as Cambridge dominated
By PADDY MARSH Plymouth ……..49 Cambridge ……10 PLYMOUTH Albion moved up to seventh place in the National 1 standings with a...
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