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Premiership
/ 6 years agoStooke ready for a scrap against the green giants
Up for the fight: Elliot Stooke ELLIOTT Stooke is relishing the battle with London Irish’s big beasts as Bath aim to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRFU delay Borthwick to Leicester
Notice period: Borthwick LEICESTER TIGERS are having to wait before they can appoint Steve Borthwick to their coaching staff after failing...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBears in move for Cruse
BRISTOL BEARS have switched their attentions to Wasps hooker Tom Cruse as they look to bolster their front row next season....
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Features
/ 6 years agoMay is latest Tigers star to be targeted
SARACENS are weighing up a move for England winger Jonny May who is coming into the last six months of his...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAusterity takes festive fun out of the RFU
BORIS JOHNSON has signalled an end to the government’s decade long austerity but there is no end in sight to the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoLaidlaw set to stay in France
Switch: Laidlaw GREIG LAIDLAW called time on his Scotland career last week but it would appear the scrumhalf wants to stay...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGlasgow triumph in game of cards
GLASGOWWarriors put in a big defensive shift to defeat old rivals Edinburgh Rugby in a match that saw five yellow cards....
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Features
/ 6 years agoSkilful Sam gets drop on Scarlets at death
Threat: Will Talbot of Dragons nears the line PICTURE: Huw Evans A LAST-minute Sam Davies drop-goal snatched victory for the Dragons...
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Features
/ 6 years agoUlster’s late surge leaves Cullen sullen
By JOHN FALLON IT’S a measure of how far Leinster have progressed that even when a secondstring side runs in eight...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBlues ride luck after triple yellow
By ALEX BYWATER Decisive: Jarrod Evans scores for Blues PICTURE: Huw Evans CARDIFF Blues sealed a first league win at the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoTyro Casey drives Munster to victory
By JOHN FALLON CAPTAIN CJ Stander praised 20-year old No.9 Craig Casey, starting his first game for Munster, for steering them...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFaiva try punishes Violi’s inaccuracy
By ADAM ELLIS BENETTON remain top dogs in Italy after edging out Zebre in horrid conditions. Hooker Hame Faiva delivered the...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoMoriarty should stay in Wales with the Dragons
Stick or twist: Ross Moriarty will have numerous options for next season PICTURE: Getty Images ROSS Moriarty has quickly become one...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoDan’s a scary hardman…you have been warned!
DAN Baugh was one of the toughest players I played against. He was with Cardiff Blues when I faced him about...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoIf you need support, Rob, I’m on the end of a phone
Burden: Rob Howley I’M SURE Rob Howley will be relieved the facts are now out in the open and he can...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoI can still cut it at Test level insists Jamie
By NEALE HARVEY I feel 25: The 33-year-old Jamie Roberts with Bath PICTURE: Getty Images JAMIE Roberts believes he still has...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoKearney gets the chop as Farrell names his first training squad
FULL-BACK Rob Kearney has been omitted from a 45- man squad for Andy Farrell’s first training session as Ireland head coach...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoElite 38 will earn cash for Welsh regions
By ALEX BYWATER WALES’ four regions are set to start the New Year by fighting over the players in Wayne Pivac’s...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWe got over 1991 – now class of 2019 must develop
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Gold standard: David Campese of Australia holds the World Cup after beating England 12-6...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSherratt: Ospreys will be back for Christmas
■By STEFFAN THOMAS MATT Sherratt knows all about the “carnival” of Welsh rugby after a stint at Cardiff Blues and a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJenkins fears WRU are failing the clubs
Steffan Thomas talks to Gareth Jenkins about his crusade to boost Welsh rugby The way it was: Then Wales head coach...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoHowley’s two big questions…
NOBODY can accuse the Welsh Rugby Union of not showing real compassion in their handling of the Rob Howley betting issue....
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoKubriashvili has got yellow fever
DAVIT Kubriashvili is only halfway through the season but already far ahead of schedule to break all yellow card records. Grenoble’s...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoNational sport? Not with these crowd numbers!
At close of business on Friday, shrinking attendances in the PRO14 confirmed that the Welsh regional teams had joined Jeremy Corbyn...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoWebster would not have been in the pink
THROUGHOUTa distinguished career for Swansea, Wales and the Lions, Richard Webster never lost sight of his oldschool values. They served him...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoPlumtree served his time well
NOBODY can accuse John Plumtree of cutting corners during his apprenticeship for a position among the All Black coaching elite, one...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoRugby’s decade of difference
Brendan Gallager looks back over the past ten years…the good, the bad and the superstars Brendan Gallager looks back over the...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoSuper sub provides the Bright spark for Scottish
By TOM INNES THE ultimate in impact substitutions saw veteran No.8 Mark Bright claim the winning try for London Scottish within...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWelch has willpower to quench Trailfinders
By NEALE HARVEY NEWCASTLE took a giant stride towards reclaiming their Premiership place with a hard-working display which, coupled with some...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoPirates target home win hat-trick after switch in style
By MIKE SINCLAIR On track: Gavin Cattle CORNISH Pirates aim to make it three home wins in successive weeks when they...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWinter rues lineout errors as bonus goes begging
By PAUL SMITH A POWERFUL scrummaging display allied to the ball-carrying skills of skipper Ryan Burrows saw Coventry to a comfortable...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoGriffiths keeping his Knights on guard
By SAM JACKSON Prepared: Clive Griffiths Winless: Martyn Wood YORKSHIRE Carnegie are still looking for their first win of the campaign...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoTyro Tupai turning up heat on Boks star Cobus
PRECOCIOUS Northampton No.9 Connor Tupai vows to keep pushing South African World Cup winner Cobus Reinach hard for his place. Tupai,...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoKiwi stay broadens Umaga’s horizons
By NEALE HARVEY Ambitious: Wasps fly-half Jacob Umaga Ambitious: Wasps fly-half Jacob Umaga WASPS tyro Jacob Umaga credits worldlywisdom gained from...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPackman feeling rejuvenated under Boden
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Northampton full-back/wing Howard Packman is striving to put a couple of stop-start years behind him at his...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoMacho Makis can make their mark in Sevens
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Size matters: Madagascar concede a try to Namibia’s Renaldo Bothma in their RWC2015 quaifier in Antananarivo Iwonder if the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGeorgia will progress with Currie Cup invitation
GEORGIA have given up expecting any help from the Six Nations but South Africa are proving staunch allies. This week the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoFagerson red card opens new debate
MATT Fagerson got a red card for a forearm into Danny Priso’s throat/neck last week playing for Glasgow Warriors against La...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHouse of Lancaster is fighting for the future of Yorkshire
Neale Harvey talks to young fly-half Dan Lancaster about his love for Carnegie and the influence of his dad, Stuart Brave,...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoPrem Rugby to begin salary cap review
PREMIERSHIP Rugby will undertake a “comprehensive review” of their salary cap regulations following champions Saracens being docked 35 points and fined...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoAnother away win for flying Cinders
By PADDY MARSH CINDERFORD maintained their fine form away from home this season with a two try to one victory over...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoHumberstone’s the hero for Rams
By DAVID LAWRENCE ANDREW Humberstone kicked a last-gasp penalty to round off a dramatic fightback from league high-flyers Rams who had...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoBrady on fire as Titans are crushed
By STEVE SMITH SALE made it an incredible festive season for their supporters by smashing Rotherham Titans on home turf. Speedster...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoHolland brings up a ton as Rosslyn keep pace at top
By SAMUEL DRAPER He’s in: Joe Munroe goes over for Rosslyn Park PICTURES: David Whittam ROSSLYN Park head coach John Mills...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoSweet 16 for Hodgson as Chinnor finally beaten
By JACK JOHNSON RICHMOND ended Chinnor’s unbeaten run as they left Oxfordshire with a hard-earned victory. Sixteen points from Tom Hodgson...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoFry Cookes up a treat in bonuspoint victory
By GRAHAM COX A CONTROLLED and disciplined performance saw Blackheath to this comfortable win in a match dominated by the conditions....
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National League One
/ 6 years agoSeventh heaven for Asher-Wood
By KEVIN ROBINSON BRANDON Asher-Wood scored seven tries and Darlington Mowden Park crossed 14 times in all as they thrashed a...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoCambridge dig in after yellows
By STEVE JACKSON CAMBRIDGE and Bishop’s Stortford served up a deliciously spiky local derby, marred in the end by three yellow...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoNew boss relishing restoration challenge at Albion
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY NEW Plymouth Albion head coach James Scaysbrook says the challenge of guiding the club back towards...
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