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Features
/ 6 years agoPRO14 restart preview
BENETTON Head coach: Kieran Crowley Captain: unconfirmed Stadium: Stadio Comunale di Monigo Current position: 5th (B) Last five games: WWLLW The...
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Features
/ 6 years agoProud to see so many of my players step up to Premiership
Q&A HARVEY BILJON ON THE RECORD Proactive: Harvey Biljon Former Wasps No.9 Harvey Biljon has forged a successful career in coaching...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
OLLIEWYNN WORCESTER NO.9 Ask Ollie Wynn to reveal his scrumhalf role models and he reels off an impressive list of top...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoBurke’s law has turned Epsom into champions
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Flyer: Kitan Ojo in action against Wellington Inset, below: Paul Burke...
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Features
/ 6 years agoForeign players are both cheaper and always on call
Gone to Premiership: Steve Borthwick, left, and Paul Gustard PICTURE: Getty Images Chris Boyd, a New Zealander, has questioned why England...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoZac wants to make a late splash in England
Neale Harvey talks to former All Black wing Zac Guildford about a Premiership switch High point: Zac Guildford scores for the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPetersfield assemble top brains trust after promotion
NEWS EXTRA By ADAM ELLIS HAMPSHIRE Premier champions Petersfield are gearing up to come flying out of the blocks when the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoExtra sessions with Corbs cost us dear
MY LIFEIN RUGBY JON FISHER LONDON IRISH FORWARDS COACH AND FORMER IRISH, BEDFORD, NORTHAMPTON AND BRISTOL BACK ROW Dream start: Jon...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHurrell targets Prem return as a skills coach
By JACK ZORAB Ambitious: Will Hurrell wants to pass on his expertise to the next generation PICTURE: Getty Images WILL Hurrell...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCrusaders let the trophy slip
SUPERRUGBY THECrusaders clinched the Super Rugby Aotearoa title last Sunday and promptly damaged the trophy. Their 32-22 victory over the Highlanders...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCovid spike puts Top 14 on high alert
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN An abundance of caution marked professional rugby’s preseason return on Friday, 166 days after Toulon beat Stade...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSocino: I’m here to give Barritt a run for his money!
Jon Newcombe talks to the Pumas centre who is joining Saracens JUAN Pablo Socino arrived in Hertfordshire in mid-June blinking into...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoZach hopes bigger will be even better
■By NEALE HARVEY Hard yards: Bath’s Zach Mercer is tackled by Worcester’s Scott Van Breda PICTURES: Getty Images STRONGER and fitter...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoIrked Broad takes aim at WRU governance
WRU chairman Gareth Davies and chief executive Martyn Phillips are to blame for the problems the game is facing in Wales...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDon’t mess with scrum warns ‘old man’ Cole
■By JON NEWCOMBE New-age prop: Kyle Sinckler Warrior: Dan Cole gets on the ball for Leicester PICTURES: Getty Images HAVING been...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBlackett: Exciting time for young English hopefuls
■By NEALE HARVEY Fittest: Ben Velacott Talent: Charlie Atkinson WASPS head coach Lee Blackett believes a postlockdown surge of homegrown talent...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFull-contact rugby carries significant risk of Covid
Steve Grainger of the RFU replies to last week’s letter, above. The community game remains a priority for the RFU and...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNow Premiership must get finances in order
COLIN BOAG Critical issue: Some Sale players take the knee while wearing ‘Rugby Against Racism’ t-shirts before their match with Harlequins...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHatley has the know-how to make Bath contenders
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Promotion: New head coach Neal Hatley, here on England duty with Lewis Ludlam, is...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSmith takes control of scrappy affair at Stoop
By NICK CAIN Crash ball: Scott Baldwin scores from a lineout drive for Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images Held: Manu Tuilagi tries...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWe didn’t fire any shots – Diamond
STEVE Diamond summed up the difference between what his title-chasing Sale side had promised, and what they delivered, when asked for...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBusiness as usual for Chiefs after early Tigers roar
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stand-out moment: Stuart Hogg goes over to score his side’s second try Battering ram: Dave Ewers powers over...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoHogg try was the killer says Baxter
EXETER DoR Rob Baxter and his squad are looking forward to the hectic end of this season that could see them...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoWallabies combination can unlock Exiles potential, says Sekope Kepu
Veteran prop Sekope Kepu believes the acquisition of Australia teammate Rob Simmons can take London Irish forward
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoLeicester signing Matt Scott feels no pressure to replace Tuilagi void
Left in limbo by Edinburgh last Christmas, ex-Gloucester centre Scott has managed to turn uncertainty into a second stint in the...
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoFive tips on how to become a freelance personal trainer
Whether you’re a fitness instructor looking to upskill or maybe you are considering a complete career change, being a personal trainer...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership club in salary cap probe, source tells TRP
Neil Fissler reports on a new potential salary cap breach looming over the Premiership
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: The Premiership returns for Round 14
Catch coverage of all the Premiership action in this Sunday's edition of TRP...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoHarlequins consider London Irish star after receiving five-figure sum for Ibitoye
Harlequins winger Gabriel Ibitoye signed with Top 14 club Agen earlier this month
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBath have second target if outlandish bid to sign Pollard fails
Fly-half Handre Pollard joined Montpellier after the World Cup on a deal worth £675,000-per-season
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoNZ Rugby suffers new financial blow as Covid clouds hang over North v South game
On September 5th the North vs South match at Eden Park will be held without spectators unless entirely cancelled. If the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Workload too heavy? Get players to lose bulk
Super Rugby Aotearoa format gives an idea of Northern Hemisphere rugby's fast and furious calendar structure, writes Nick Cain
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: The invisible stars are letting down PRO14
The stars of the Six Nations are often left absent in their PRO14 campaigns, writes Peter Jackson
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSam Vesty can help Saints starlet Fraser Dingwall maintain England bid
Dingwall, 21, earned a shock call-up to Eddie Jones' Six Nations squad in January
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Features
/ 6 years agoWhy won’t Eddie pick Alex Dombrandt? It’s a mystery to Winterbottom
England and Harlequins great Peter Winterbottom deliberates why Dombrandt is being overlooked by the England head coach
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoAttwood: Seeing Semi Radradra do his thing in training is something special
The Bristol Bears lock labels Fijian arrival 'the best player he has ever seen'
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoI’ve got to win back my England place, says Billy Vunipola
After surpassing 50 caps for England, Vunipola admits his England place is under threat now more than ever
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBath promote Neal Hatley to head coach role
Director of rugby Stuart Hooper had wanted to create a DoR-head coach structure at Bath
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership clubs have stated how they plan to promote anti-racism movement
Harlequins and Wasps players will take the knee before kick-off in the Premiership this weekend
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoAlex Goode commits to Saracens but will head on loan to Japan
NEC Green Rockets-bound Goode will return to Saracens after their first season in the Championship
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Features
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Rob Baxter reveals how he plans to balance Premiership with ‘A’ League fixtures
Rob Baxter also reveals how he plans to use Gareth Steenson within his coaching group
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoUlster captain Iain Henderson set to miss remainder of 2019-20 season due to hip surgery
The province is set to welcome back Sam Carter and Matt Faddes into contention to ease the loss of Henderson
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Shaun Edwards rules himself out of Lions tour of South Africa
2023 Rugby World Cup hosts France remain defence guru Edwards' top priority
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoLondon Irish confirm signing of former Argentina captain Agustin Creevy
The Exiles add to a position short of numbers after the departures of Dave Porecki and Saia Fainga'a last month
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoChris Boyd questions absence of more English coaches under Eddie Jones
Attack coach Simon Amor is the only Englishman under the Eddie Jones hierachy
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years ago‘I can’t see any player playing three games in a row’ – Gloucester owner Martin St Quinton
The long-term director at Gloucester addresses concerns over player welfare ahead of the Premiership's return
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoLevi Davis is London-bound after leaving Bath
Ealing Trailfinders continue to build their squad for the new Championship season
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoNottingham sign fly-half following exit of Shane O’Leary to Rouen
Former Birmingham Moseley fly-half Sam Hollingsworth has joined the Green and Whites from Rotherham
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs chairman Tony Rowe reveals how the profit-making club is struggling
TV rights income, CVC investment, and central funding all aren't enough to save clubs, says Rowe
Autumn Internationals
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