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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEx-Leicester Tigers head coach Aaron Mauger leaves Highlanders
Only the Chiefs laid behind the Highlanders in the Super Rugby Aotearoa standings
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoCould Sonny Bill Williams Return to Rugby Union?
Things haven’t looked rosy of late for dual-code megastar Sonny Bill Williams. The All Black veteran of 58 caps crossed codes once...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoFormer Gloucester coach linked with Georgia role
Georgia are being lined up to replace Japan in the Eight Nations tournament this autumn
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Double helping of the Curry twins may be on Eddie’s menu
Ben Curry is closing the gap on his Test brother after starring for Sale on the Premiership's restart
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Flattery can even help you win the Rugby World Cup
Nick Cain shares his view on the report highlighting how the Springboks got on the right side of World Cup final...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoWhat is required from Ben Spencer to be England’s regular No.9?
Scrum-half Ben Spencer is looking to find his voice at Bath now he is out of the shadow at Saracens, a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFrustrated Blackheath director of rugby James Shanahan calls for 2020-21 start
Shanahan wants the governing bodies involved in sport's return to take the brakes off rugby
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoRFU pushes to have 20,000 fans permitted to attend October clash with Barbarians
Fans wishing to buy tickets can only do so for themselves and others in their household
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoRevealed: Champions Cup and Challenge Cup to undergo radical format change
EPCR confirm big shake-up to European format for 2020-21
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFree agent Greg Bateman joins Dragons after Leicester exit
Only Kyle Eastmond remains unsigned out of the five Leicester players who rejected new contract terms in July
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoThree Premiership clubs eye demolition man Virimi Vakatawa
France centre Vakatawa has been on form for Racing 92 this season in the Champions Cup
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoDual-role Alex Brown shares his blueprint for Gloucester success
Brown is tasked with the smooth running of the Gloucester team under its new coaching heads, while keeping things tight off...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Leicester Tigers centre Dan Kelly
Kelly fielded a call from an unknown number last year where Geordan Murphy was on the other end when he picked...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoProp Logovi’i Mulipola to re-join Newcastle Falcons at end of Gloucester stint
The Samoan international will move back to Kingston Park for the 2020-21 Premiership season
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former England flanker Mickey Skinner
A deeper look at the career of the iconic back row, revered for more than just the Cecillon tackle in '91
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWhat to expect for the 2020-2021 rugby season?
Stemming from the greatest disregard of football rules that happened back in 1823, rugby is one of the most beloved sports...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBill Sweeney urged to take the axe to untouched RFU-Premiership fund
Is the RFU chief executive keeping Premiership clubs happy so they release England players this autumn?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby announce £1.86m lifeline for sevens as more tournaments canned
Support for unions that have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Steff Evans has the talent to back up the mullet hair choice
Steff Evans has hit the ground running for the Scarlets after the return of the PRO14
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoSweeney urged to battle the ‘fat cats’
■ By NEALE HARVEY TAKING an axe to Premiership funding would earn RFU boss Bill Sweeney applause from the community game,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoNorth in race to be fastest ton-up kid
Hitting six: Marland Yarde goes over for Sale’s sixth try against Bristol PICTURE: Getty Images Match action - starts Page 8>>...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSkivington calls for big guns to shoot down Tigers
■ By SAM JACKSON GEORGE Skivington has reverted to his experienced XV for the clash with Tigers following Wednesday’s defeat to...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBrown’s got blueprint for long-term success
■ By NEALE HARVEY Rookie head coach: George Skivington, left, watches on as Gloucester warm-up for the Worcester match last week...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFlattery can even help you win World Cup
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE lengths that international coaches will go to in order to get an...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLet Lions play on without travelling supporters
THE suggestion by Jurie Roux, the South African rugby chief executive, that the 2021 Lions tour could be postponed if coronavirus...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoLuke adds finishing touch for Sharks
A SECOND half try from Luke James sealed the win for Sale to leapfrog Wasps into third place. Having lost at...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBath put Saints on the skids
■ By GEORGE LAWRENCE Star: Tom de Glanville BATH made it three wins on the spin since lockdown to move up...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoGustard embarassed by Quins
■ By SAM JACKSON WORCESTER ended their eight-match losing run to record their first league victory of 2020 after bullying Quins...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSuper-sub Billy tames the Bears
■ By SAM JACKSON BILLY Keast powered over in the closing seconds to maintain Exeter’s winning record since lockdown and move...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoCaptain Tom drives Sarries maul machine
■ By PAUL ROGERS Saracens ……36 Gloucester ….20 TOM Woolstencroft scored a hat-trick of push-over tries in a fierce second-half performance...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoReffell wins breakdown battle to get Tigers rolling
■ By TOM WALKER GEORGE Ford’s trusty boot ensured Leicester ended a three-game losing run in the Premiership. Eight points from...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoFrom Reds to Scarlets
SCARLETS have signed former Bath scrum-half Will Homer. The 24-year-old left Jersey Reds during the summer and his Scarlets signing comes...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSnyman sidelined
MUNSTER’S South African second row signing RG Snyman could be out for up to nine months after sustaining a torn anterior...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGriffiths is hamstrung
DRAGONS flanker Ollie Griffiths has been hit by another injury setback with a hamstring problem likely to rule him out until...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSurgery for Williams
WALES will be without Cardiff Blues scrum-half Tomos Williams for their autumn games. He is set to have surgery on a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoAerial ace Kurt hopes to give Jersey a leg up
■ By NEALE HARVEY HIGH-FLYING Kiwi full-back Kurt Heatherley is aiming to bring his aerial skills to bear for Jersey after...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRed card clanger earns North four game ban
OSPREYS wing George North has been suspended for four matches after his red card in the 20-20 draw with the Dragons...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPRO14 set to start new season without Boks
SOUTHAfrican sides Cheetahs and Southern Kings will not play in the PRO14 for the rest of 2020 and will miss the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSteff has the talent to back up his hair cut!
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Joy to watch: Steff Evans scored twice for Scarlets PICTURE: Huw Evans It was great...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLosing South African sides makes sense
THE news that the two South African teams are unlikely to play in the PRO14 next season could well be a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHere’s hoping Hard Ground is a tough nag
NOTmany people know this, but in 1979 the Grand National winner, Rubstic, was owned by the former Scotland and British &...
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Features
/ 6 years ago‘With every try I score I honour my dead pal’
NICK CAIN TALKS TO EXETER AND SCOTLAND FULL-BACK STUART HOGG High standards: Rob Baxter The special sign: Stuart Hogg makes his...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSTUART HOGG ON…
…why he wanted to be Scotland captain I wanted to be the middleman and take some of the pressure on myself…...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMcCall in market for loosehead
Looking: Mark McCall ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler SARACENS have started an emergency search for...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWasps keep it zipped on Zoom
WASPS took media prevention to a whole new level last week at a time when the sport needs all the coverage...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTigers on the prowl for front row cover
LEICESTER TIGERS are looking to get a head start in their recruitment for the 2021/22 campaign even though the opening date...
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Features
/ 6 years agoVakatawa could follow pal Semi to Premiership
Stunning footwork: Virimi Vakatawa FRENCH international Virimi Vakatawa could move to the Premiership next summer after seeing how much his close...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGeorgia have Rory in mind
Interest: Rory Teague RORY TEAGUE is a possible contender to became the new head coach of Georgia, who are being lined...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHarrison try keeps ‘Tahs in play-off race
SUPERRUGBY ■ By ADAM ELLIS THE WARATAHSkept their Super Rugby AU play-off hopes alive in a tense ninetry thriller to edge...
Autumn Internationals
Ben Spencer targets 2027 Rugby World Cup place with England after surgery
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