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/ 6 years agoSarries committed to lifting community spirit
BEHIND THE SCENES Inspiring: Sarries RFC kids in kicking practice PICTURES: Matt Impey - Wired Photos/Saracens Sport What does a Premiership...
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/ 6 years agoAshley aims to help Wales live healthier
By ALEX BYWATER Man on a mission: Lloyd Ashley PICTURES: Getty Images WHILE most rugby players have tried as best they...
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/ 6 years agoScapegoat Botica left Llanelli having lost money
Steffan Thomas talks to Frano Botica about his time in Wales FRANO Botica is remembered as one of New Zealand’s best...
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/ 6 years agoIt’s time to get real and ring-fence Premiership – Bentley
By NEALE HARVEY Realist: Chris Bentley Reaching the top: Chris Bentley was part of the Exeter side promoted in 2010 PICTURE:...
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/ 6 years agoCotterill’s Aussie strategy expands Shelford horizons
By JEREMY BLACKMORE SHELFORD boss Will Cotterill credits a new expansive style of rugby with the transformation which brought the Peacocks...
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/ 6 years agoPRL have strung us along says players’ chief Hopley
By COLIN BOAG Concern: Damian Hopley RPA chief executive Damien Hopley has accused PRL of taking them for a ride as...
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/ 6 years agoKiss: We have to protect league rugby
By NEALE HARVEY LONDON Irish head coach Les Kiss says World Rugby must not sacrifice league rugby on the altar of...
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 6 years agoAlex aims to conquer England after France
By JON NEWCOMBE Channel-hopper: Alex Lozowski of Saracens skips the tackle of Munster’s Chris Farrell Inset: Chris Ashton PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 6 years agoLance’s switch to Edinburgh collapses
JONO Lance will not be joining Edinburgh after the Australian failed to get a UK visa. The 29-year-old fly-half spent two...
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/ 6 years agoSpencer cuts ties for sake of his family
By NEALE HARVEY Changes: Eddie Jones On the move: Ben Spencer runs in a try for Saracens against Harlequins PICTURE: Getty...
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/ 6 years agoWill’s return to Bath feels like it’s meant to be
Reunited: Stuart Hooper, Will Spencer and Neal Hatley WILL Spencer aims to put two disappointing years at Leicester behind him as...
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/ 6 years agoCollier banking on scrum supremacy for Test recall
By NEALE HARVEY Rock solid: Quins tighthead Will Collier PICTURE: Getty Images Highlight: Marland Yarde, Chris Robshaw, Danny Care, Will Collier...
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/ 6 years agoCarter can play on until 40 says Anscombe
By SAMUEL JACKSON In shape: Dan Carter DAN CARTER’S return to top-flight rugby in New Zealand might not be as brief...
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/ 6 years agoScarlets poised for legal battle
By ROB COLE THEScarlets are preparing to go to war with their regional colleagues and the WRU after seeing their mediation...
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/ 6 years agoCarleton tribute to friend and mentor Seabrook
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Orrell and England Grand Slam winger John Carleton has paid tribute to his long-time coach and friend...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMoney row is turning best league in world into a joke
COLIN BOAG Exception: Charles Piutau earns a fortune but scores of others get a lot less Remember that song that starts...
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/ 6 years agoPlayers must be given a voice over salary cuts
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Get the finances right: Lord Myners’ report gives Premiership a chance for a rethink...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHighlanders’ Bryn Gatland crushes Chiefs hopes of victory
Warren Gatland's Chiefs condemned to defeat by son Bryn's last-minute heroics
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRPA issues statement accusing Premiership of ‘lack of governance’
Premiership clubs and RPA in complete breakdown as pay dispute escalates
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWasps flanker Nizaam Carr makes return to South Africa with Bulls
Joining Duane Vermeulen and Josh Strauss at the Bulls in South Africa
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Features
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Les Kiss: Dec and I have come a long way since our days in an Airbnb
We ask the London Irish head coach about Brentford, the Championship, and the big money outlay last summer paying off
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Tuilagi has the power to trouble de Allende
Irish duo in tow for battle of Lions No.12 shirt for tour of South Africa
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoOghre, Willis and Barbeary can all get Wasps firing, says Richard Blaze
Blaze has moved back into coaching in the Premiership after success with England's Red Roses
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Features
/ 6 years agoLuke Cowan-Dickie interview – Hooked on being the best for England
Is the gap closing on Jamie George after the Exeter hooker's form this season?
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoEwels: Kruis’ exit gives opportunity to show this is England’s great era of second rows
The Bath captain came within a whisker of going to the Rugby World Cup in Japan
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: New rule gives spirit of the game a red card
Peter Jackson looks at the thin ice rugby is treading after introducing the orange card
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSale Sharks plot return to hometown with new stadium plans
The Premiership club plans to move back to their origins with a new stadium in Crossford Bridge
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBristol explain why they relaxed their opposition to salary cap changes
Owner Steve Lansdown had previously openly stated his opposition to changes to the salary cap
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEaling Trailfinders confirm signing of Leicester’s Guy Thompson
Thompson's move to Ealing was exclusively revealed by TRP on April 26
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNew regime at Old Redcliffians as Kevin Coster leaves
Old Redcliffians were relegated from National Two South along with Sutton & Epsom and Bournemouth
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAshley Johnson pays thanks to supporters as he leaves Wasps
The hooker/back row was brought to Wasps by Dai Young in 2012
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: BT Sport rugby presenter Tim Cocker
We flip the conversation the way of the man usually asking the players and coaches the questions on BT Sport
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: So Super that rugby is back on the TV
Rugby will be back on our screens this weekend when the Highlanders host the Chiefs
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGopperth: Shift to summer season would set rugby apart from football
The Wasps veteran talks global calendar, coaching, and his desire to play until he is 40
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRPA chairman warns of ‘significant legal dispute’ if union’s input to salary cap plans continues to be shunned
Player union's fury at 'absolute disregard' for Premiership players as clubs vote to cut salary cap threshold
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: So who was really in charge at Gloucester?
Brendan Gallagher looks at how the director of rugby and head coach roles can appear blurred
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoEngland and Wales plan Twickenham showdown in wider plan for Six Nations re-run this autumn
Remaining Six Nations fixtures to be completed and be followed with new raft of fixtures
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins bid to give Chris Robshaw proper send-off, after captain signs new deal
Robshaw has signed an extension to see the remainder of the 2019-20 Premiership season through
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNew name emerges in overhaul of Gloucester coaching set-up
London Irish forwards coach George Skivington has seen his reputation grow after the Exiles strong Premiership season
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEx-Munster coach Jerry Flannery joins Harlequins
"I believe Jerry has a skill set and determination to help foster a ruthless pack mentality" - Paul Gustard
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs maestro Rob Baxter backed to take over England and Lions job
But Baxter still has silverware to claim at Sandy Park before he moves into the Test arena
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Dream Team
/ 6 years agoDream Team: USA and former Northampton and Bedford Blues fly-half Will Hooley
Hooley includes a number of players he came through the England age-grade level with earlier in his career
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Sam Burgess gets his own back in the end
Nick Cain reacts to Sam Burgess finally giving his account of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, after staying silent until last...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU facing new round of staff cuts in cash crisis at Twickenham
The financial accounts for 2019 show the RFU have next to no reserves
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership clubs agree to cut salary cap down from £7m
Clubs vote by majority to reduced threshold of salaries to £5m, but with scope to be equal to £6m
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoSA Rugby admit Lions tour dates could shift to fit global calendar
The 2021 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa could shift to later in the year, bearing developments to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDelayed Premiership salary cap vote goes ahead today
Clubs to take vote on reducing the salary cap and marquee players rule
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former USA Eagles captain, Leicester and Cardiff Blues full-back Blaine Scully
Scully explains how his career started Stateside and drew the attention of Leicester in 2013
Autumn Internationals
Ben Spencer targets 2027 Rugby World Cup place with England after surgery
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