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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoA snap Q&A with England head coach Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones discusses Billy Vunipola, Ben Earl, Jacob Umaga, and staying enthusiastic for the new World Cup cycle
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoTompkins thanks his gran after Test dream
By JAMES CANDY Hat-trick: Josh Adams FORMER England Saxon Nick Tompkins dedicated his dream debut try to the grandmother who made...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoWe’ll put France in a box jibes Eddie
By SAM JACKSON EDDIE Jones has told his England team to put France under pressure like “they have never felt before”...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoA blunder like Hogg’s will drive the tartan army straight to the pub
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Defiance: Nick Haining pushes off Garry Ringrose of Ireland As playing for Scotland has obviously turned Finn Russell...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoFast, furious England must overcome the French power
Nick Cain considers the forward battle we can expect today at Stade de France Mobile: Toulouse hooker Julien Marchand Challenge: Mohamed...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoI’m back with England because they deserve something says Marler
Quest: Joe Marler ENGLAND loose-head Joe Marler says he has prolonged his international career to help deliver the silverware his team-mates...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoFurbank’s got a high tackle rate – and needs it in Paris!
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Not the biggest: Northampton full-back George Furbank PICTURE: Getty Images THE aerial battle in...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoGarbisi on target to help Italy shock Wales lads at home
By SAM JACKSON Hard yards: Federico Mori on the attack for Italy Welsh-born: Varney PAOLO Garbisi kicked 12 points to help...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoCapstick clinches triumph at the death
By GARY FITZGERALD Determined: Matthias Haddad battles on for France EXETER Chiefs flanker Richard Capstick snatched a dramatic win for England’s...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoCrowley try double gets Irish title defence off to a flyer
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Try: Jack Crowley FLY-HALF Jack Crowley capped a man of the match performance with a stunning try double...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoGallagher jumps ship to join Bok stars at Munster
NEWS EXTRA WORLD Cup winning pair Damian de Allende and RG Snyman will join Munster from the start of next season...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoAoife’s back to boost the Irish
MUNSTER wing Aoife Doyle makes her return to the Ireland side after a fouryear absence playing Sevens. With a World Cup...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoMiddleton’s determined to see England improve
By ADAM ELLIS Happy memories: Lydia Thompson scored a lastminute try as England beat France 17-15 in November PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoSevens speedsters return after Australian sojourn
By SAM JACKSON JASMINE Joyce and Hannah Jones return to the starting line-up for Wales having missed the fivematch autumn series...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoPressure can turn even the best refs into homers
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones has a habit of stirring the pot, and he did it...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoEarly RWC draw risks French pool of death
IF World Rugby can make a mess of a World Cup draw, invariably they do. Their current plan is to hold...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoSmall, strong, stroppy – Dupont is ideal France 9
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Feisty: Scrum-half Antoine Dupont is exciting the French...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoWorld changed the day Jonny flattened N’tamack in Paris
THE Stade de France has proved tough going for England with just four wins in 12 Championship encounters. It did, however,...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoDance of death starts for RWC rankings
WORLD Rugby’s plans for a World League, designed mainly to add spice to the groundhog day summer Tests and the increasingly...
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Features
/ 6 years agoQuins want Wilco to replace Sinckler
ON THE BLING SIDE Bok star: Wilco Louw HARLEQUINS are in advanced discussions to sign Stormers tight-head Wilco Louw as they...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFlament flies Wasps for Toulouse
WASPS are set to lose Thibaud Flament who went from being Loughborough University’s fifth team’s flyhalf to playing flanker in the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTigers heading the chase to land Ross
Attracting attention: Ross Moriarty. Matias Alemanno Leicester target: Jack Singleton LEICESTER TIGERS have emerged as favourites to tempt British Lions back...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBath take a look at Hill
BATH are interested in signing Northampton Saints prop Paul Hill, right, when his contract runs out at the end of the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKvesic back to Warriors?
WORCESTER Warriors are weighing up whether to enter the race to tempt former England flanker Matt Kvesic, right, back to Sixways...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDelaney gets the nod over Peel for Scarlets job
By ALEX BYWATER Stepping up: Glenn Delaney GLENN Delaney is set to be appointed new head coach of the Scarlets as...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSix Nations will keep its slot says the boss
BENJAMIN Morel, the Six Nations chief executive, has insisted the tournament will keep its slot and that the autumn window is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoCan’t allow cheating of any kind
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with Colin Boag about drugs in the game but I cannot agree with his overall view of cheating....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoRefs have to be free thinkers
REGARDING law change trials, while I understand why Colin Boag welcomes the removal of subjectivity by referees, I take issue over...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSad to see Joe call time at Carnegie
SO Yorkshire Carnegie player-coach Joe Ford has signed off to concentrate on business activities away from rugby, a sad loss and...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoSorry apologists, but our suspicions were proved right
YOUR columnists are entitled to act as apologists for Saracens but this ignores the fact that part of your readership is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoOne rule for all, not just Saracens
ALLrugby players have a right to obtain maximum rewards for their skills but this can only be done within the rules...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPRL must hand over control of salary cap
COLIN BOAG Under scrutiny: Saracens in better times. Lord Myners I have questioned whether Premiership Rugby would include supporters in their...
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Features
/ 6 years agoStars saddle up for epic Calcutta Cup challenge
Jon Newcombe talks to John Hall about his gruelling charity bike ride Tartan rider: Rob Wainright carries the ball during last...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoScots must make fast start again says Hodge the hero
By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND must take the game to England and not let the visitors settle into their rhythm early on...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoGustard: Eddie won’t ignore us much longer
By JON NEWCOMBE Outstanding: Alex Dombrandt scores for Quins against Worcester PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS EXETER: Dollman; Bodilly, Wyatt, Hendrickson, Short;...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSkinner makes his return to lead charge for Chiefs
SCOTLAND international back-rower Sam Skinner, right, makes his first start of the season after injury to captain an Exeter side showing...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoLineen led the way for Six Nations invasion
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Trail-blazer: Sean Lineen playing for Scotland in 1990 The entire cast for the...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoPosponed game puts a sudden spoke in Les’ bicycle wheel
AS A WING for Aberavon and Wales, Les Keen always knew where to go, hard and fast, ideally along the line...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSpecifically our Terry was simply one of the very best
TERRY Cooper was an old-fashioned reporter with an innate love of the game he wrote about. As Rugby correspondent of the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLove of all rugby keeps Wayne in the game
NICK CAIN TALKS TO REFEREE WAYNE BARNES ABOUT THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF HIS OUTSTANDING CAREER Inner steel: Wayne Barnes sends...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoFalcons give nod to a new creator
Preview Newcastle v Ampthill Today, Kick-off 1pm FLY-HALF Brett Connon makes his first start of the season as Newcastle make five...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoKnights rely on their Olver ‘get out of jail’ card again
By GUY WILLIAMS ONCE again Doncaster can be grateful for the accurate goal kicking of fly-half Sam Olver whose successful 78th...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoMartin flies solo to sink Pirates
By PAUL SMITH Flyer: Kyle Moyle makes yards for Pirates A WONDERFUL solo try from debutant James Martin clinched an against-the-odds...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWorthington picks up the points for Bedford
By LUKE JARMYN AN injury time try by replacement No.8 Huw Worthington sealed a nailbiting comeback for the Blues in an...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoTrailfinders up intensity to continue perfect run
By OLI SHAPLEY EALING Trailfinders kept up their perfect start to 2020 with a dominant nine-try victory over Hartpury at Trailfinders...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSpittle hits high-five as Carnegie crumble
By LUKE JARMYN WING Jack Spittle ran in five tries as Nottingham romped to a comfortable win against struggling Yorkshire Carnegie...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRavaged by war, the heroes return
Brendan Gallagher looks back at the Five Nations Championship one hundred years ago Magnificent men: Royal Flying Corps pilots had a...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBack row Paris battle will be key says Ollivon
By GARY FITZGERALD New boss: Fabian Galthie CHARLES Ollivon is confident Les Bleus will win the battle of the back row...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRobshaw: Sarries boys will enjoy challenge
CHRIS ROBSHAW is predicting a buoyant England returning across the Channel today with an opening Six Nations victory in the bag...
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