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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCanterbury want no part in shortened National League season
The RFU plans to have National League rugby back in November but with much fewer than 30 games to be played
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoHarlequins back row Jack Clifford forced to retire at 27
A cruel blow to the former England U20s captain who claimed 10 caps for the senior side
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years ago‘This is my make or break year’ says Christian Wade of Buffalo Bills roster hopes
Wade is listed as the fifth-choice running back at the team who reached the NFL play-offs last season
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Port Talbot wizardry fizzes on in Regan Grace
A hat-trick against Leeds Rhinos in SUper League has got everything talking about Regan Grace
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPGB introduce player welfare measures for ‘most arduous playing schedule ever’
27 days will separate the end of the current season from 2020-21
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSt Helens sensation Regan Grace could be Eddie’s new Billy Whizz
A hat-trick to marvel at has got everyone talking about the Port Talbot native being a possible code convert
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: England Sevens scrapping sounds alarm bell for World Sevens Series
Brendan Gallagher believes the England Sevens programme did everyything for player development, but nothing for silverware on the Sevens circuit
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBen Earl and Max Malins frozen out of Saracens WhatsApp group while at Bristol
Earl and Malins are both on loan at the Premiership challengers
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoDragons boss Dean Ryan won’t give up the ghost on Wasps’ Will Rowlands
A player the Dragons and WRU appear very keen on bringing to the PRO14
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoTullow Tank backs Stuart Lancaster for Lions coaching gig in 2021
Sean O'Brien speaks of his first-hand experience of working with Stuart Lancaster at Leinster
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoEngland Sevens flyer Dan Norton becomes latest London Irish signing
The World Sevens Series tries record-holder has been on the circuit for the past 12 years
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoVirtual Gaming and iGaming
In this article, C.J Fisher partner of Gaming Practice Group discusses the role virtual sports could play in the future for...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJohn Inverdale and RFU director comment on plans to further regionalise grassroots
A vote will be held on October 2 to determine whether clubs reduce schedule demand in National League One and below
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Leicester Tigers tighthead Jack Rowntree
There is another Rowntree coming through at the Tigers. Meet Jack, the son of Munster scrum coach Graham
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoGreatest UK rugby teams of all time
Rugby is one of the most popular professional and recreational team sports, which is ultimately appreciated in the UK and beyond...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoFlyer Grace could be Eddie’s new Billy Whizz
■By PETER JACKSON REGAN Grace, the Welsh flyer whose amazing hat-trick for St Helens has been acclaimed as the greatest in...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoLancaster ‘perfect’ coach for the Lions
■By NEALE HARVEY STUART Lancaster would be a “perfect” choice to join Warren Gatland’s Lions’ coaching team in South Africa next...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoLate penalty try keeps Bears on the title trail
By MIKE SINCLAIR Last gasp: Bristol celebrate their penalty try in the dying minutes PICTURES:Getty Images On the run: Ben Earl...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoPenalty count is worry for Lam
SCOTLAND international Sean Maitland described playing in an empty stadium as “weird”. The Saracens full-back admitted: “It’s going to take a...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoNew breakdown focus will keep the jackals on straight and narrow
NICK CAIN NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE breakdown is back at the top of the refereeing agenda...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBattered Hartley’s bitter ode to dying of the light
DYLAN Hartley might have preferred something more poetic when he was axed as England captain by Eddie Jones. Something like the...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWarriors brushed aside after Nanai’s early red
■ By ROGER PANTING MELANI Nanai’s red card ruined Jonny May’s comeback and any chance Worcester had of returning from lockdown...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoNew boss thrilled by brilliance of Cips
GLOUCESTER’S new head coach George Skivington was delighted with a win on the Premiership’s resumption. He said: “It wasn’t the ideal...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBrilliant Ben gets his Rec life off to a great start
■ By GARY FITZGERALD BEN Spencer showed his international class as he took less than five minutes to create a big...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoKiss: We had our chances but fell off the pace and suffered
Hungry: Charlie Ewels LES Kiss admitted his Irish side were lacking a little sharpness and physicality as the Exiles spluttered to...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBrad’s fighting the sound of silence
■ By NEALE HARVEY BRAD Shields knows he faces a battle to restate his England credentials after admitting he has had...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoStars on display for ding-dong battle
NORTHAMPTON have named a side full of big name internationals as they look to cement their position in the top four....
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMore leagues with fewer clubs is RFU plan for future
JOHNInverdale, chairman of the National Clubs Association, yesterday welcomed the RFU’s plan for a shake-up of the National Leagues. The proposals,...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNerdvana is far from providing a paradise
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Professional rugby is fast becoming a game of gadgets and gizmos: a bewildering array of cutting- edge...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCalling Toby…are you really at Ospreys?
TOBY Booth is one of the most talented coaches around. No less a figure than Brian Ashton recognised this more than...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPerenara’s word perfect
TJ Perenara is not the first scrum-half to have plenty to say for himself. It’s part of the job description. But...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFrankly, I’ve got to improve
NICK CAIN TALKS TO NORTHAMPTON’S STAR ALL BLACKS PROP OWEN FRANKS Brains trust: Chris Boyd discusses tactics with coach Sam Vesty...
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Features
/ 6 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Options: Sam Davies Bath have Welsh ace Davies on their hit list BATH are...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMorahan: We can’t afford complacency
By NEALE HARVEY LUKE Morahan says Bristol’s players are fully aware of their responsibilities around combatting the Covid-19 menace that continues...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPort Talbot wizardry fizzes on in Regan
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW By giving Leeds the runaround at Headingley last Sunday, Regan Grace did more...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNigel demands some home truths
NIGEL Davies has done a great deal more than play 527 matches for Llanelli, as they were pre-regionalisation, and Wales. He...
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Latest News
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCanterbury want no part in 15-game season plan
■By WARREN MUGGLETON Concern: Giles Hilton CANTERBURY chairman Giles Hilton says promotion and relegation plans for a 15-game season are ‘nonsense’...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBlues, Ospreys yet to agree wage reductions
DRAGONS and Scarlets have agreed a 25 per cent reduction in player salaries with their squads for the next 12 months....
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Latest News
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/ 6 years agoScots flyer Graham gunning for home semi-final
EDINBURGHwill come out “all guns blazing” against Glasgow on Saturday as they try to secure a home PRO14 semi-final, says Scotland...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSam targets Wales jersey after switch
By ROB COLE Split loyalties: Sam Moore in U20 Six Nations action for England against France in 2018 SAM Moore trained...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWainright can spring some more surprises
AARON Wainwright plans to keep on surprising the rugby world after a stunning first 18 months at Test level took in...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoClean slate for Samson
Strong: Samson Lee DOUBLE World Cup-winning All Black prop Ben Franks wants to help resurrect the career of Wales’ ‘once in...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHuw can recapture his best form – Bell
GLASGOW attack coach Jonny Bell is certain Huw Jones can rekindle the sparkling form that saw him score ten tries in...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSad to say but 7s had lost its way
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Rare win: Dan Bibby celebrates with Ethan Waddleton...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHume worked miracles at Ampleforth
Star: Basil Hume in Ampleforth 1st XV, 1940 IT’S a funny thing but in the 850 odd years since Britain last...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoImanol goes through pain barrier in Basque country
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 6 years agoScarlets, Ospreys to win amid fireworks
SHANE WILLIAMS Wise piece of business: Stephen Myler has signed for Dragons The excitement is starting to build already Rugby is...
Autumn Internationals
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