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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoBill Beaumont re-elected to second term as World Rugby chairman
First round of voting sees Beaumont pass 26 votes required to be elected
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExeter will be boost for Premier 15s, says Worcester boss Jo Yapp
Jo Yapp shares her view on how Premier 15s can continue to develop after taking the game to new territories
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘It’s a match made in heaven’ – Hogg on Exeter Chiefs
The full-back talks Chiefs and Finn Russell's likely return to the Scotland fold after missing the Six Nations
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoLions tour contenders RANKED – Itoje can compete with Bok giants
Nick Cain ranks the locks who can form a formidable second row to unsettle the Boks in 2021
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoEverything you need to know about coronavirus
There has been an epidemic of coronavirus in China in the past couple of months. What is it? It is a...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoPicking a greatest England team from the four World Cup squads to have reached finals
Nick Cain selects a composite XV mined from the four England teams to have reached a Rugby World Cup final
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBath fly-half Freddie Burns confirms where he will be playing next season
Leaving the Premiership behind for Japan after a decade in English rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAfter steering Taunton to National One, kicking guru Tony Yapp wants 50:22 law
A believer in the proposed 50:22 law trialled by World Rugby
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoGeorgian rugby icon Mamuka Gorgodze announces retirement
Gorgodze won't get end-of-season farewell after Top 14 season abandoned
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoThe seven toughest rugby players of all time
Rugby is one of the world’s toughest games. As you can imagine this means players are hard as nails. This sports...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDragons take advantage of rival stalling over move for Saracens’ Nick Tompkins
Dean Ryan wants to add Nick Tompkins to the Dragons backline, scuppering Cardiff Blues' attempt to sign the centre
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Featured
/ 6 years agoQ&A – Alan Solomons: Global club season must happen to make rugby recognised the world over
We jump straight into the serious point of whether Worcester are financially sound
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Features
/ 6 years agoFive promotions in six seasons – the Reeds Weybridge RFC blueprint
To the casual observer Reeds Weybridge RFC looks like just another amateur rugby club operating in leafy suburban surroundings, but appearances...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoObscurity of National 1 clubs sees null and voiding of contracts proposed
A bid to curtail expenditure has hit strong opposition in the third tier of English rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMake your mind up time for Bath fly-half Freddie Burns
Burns is set for a stint abroad when his contract at the Rec expires
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Easy does it when we finally get green light
The Welsh rugby icon contemplates rugby's return to training and matchdays
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers release Jonah Holmes to allow Wales return
Holmes will depart Tigers just like Jonny May, but the Premiership club have signed a centre
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWRU announces its support for Bill Beaumont in World Rugby election race
Six votes in the bag for Bill Beaumont as Wales join France agree to add their support to re-election bid
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Don’t mess up this crucial changeover
Brendan Gallagher points out that no-one from rugby's professional era has chaired World Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHalf of Premiership clubs plan breakaway from PRL
Dispute over payment of £28m to clubs leads to consideration of Premier League-style breakaway
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks great Dan Carter plots last hurrah
The fly-half isn't ready to call it quits at 38, writes Neil Fissler
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: WRU hard ball killed Test dreams of Steven Shingler
Peter Jackson sheds lights on the 'injustice' which came the way of fly-half Steven Shingler
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby election: Agustin Pichot could be five votes short of winning
Pichot appears unlikely to win chairmanship as European powers stands behind Beaumont's bid
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Our Golden Goose is an endangered species
Nick Cain says rugby can come through its most precarious challenge if it becomes more transparent
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Guy Thompson finds new club after being let go by Leicester Tigers
Thompson was reluctantly let go by Leicester days before the outbreak
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRugby risks being banished from the Olympics amid homophobia row
Calls for World Rugby to face probe from IOC over breach of code of ethics
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoBenefits of playing rugby union
Rugby players are passionate about this type of game. They believe that rugby union is the best sport above the rest....
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Featured
/ 6 years agoSpecial report: Question time at Twickenham
The RFU has been accused of showing 'disrespect' towards Championship Clubs by a former chair of the management board
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCVC to meet this week to evaluate PRO14 investment plans
Welsh regions are relying on a £40m windfall from CVC's acquisition of a stake in the PRO14
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEllis Genge’s rare feat in the Six Nations shows how props are changing
Willie John McBride told TRP last week props weren't built like they used to
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMatt Toomua could dodge Rugby Australia cuts by making return to Premiership
Matt Toomua and two other Wallabies stars eye Premiership moves
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTaqele Naiyaravoro keen to switch allegiance to Fiji
Wallabies wing Naiyaravoro has expressed his desire to play for Fiji depending on the outcome of the World Rugby election
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLuke Northmore might have as interesting a story as Harlequins teammate Dombrandt
After finishing school, the Quins centre worked in a pasty shop while playing for Tavistock RFC
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNorthampton in advanced talks to sign South African flanker based in France
Former Bulls back row closing in on move to Franklin's Gardens after two years in France
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoom 101: England Sevens forward Richard de Carpentier
De Carpentier submits one consideration we don't think we've had offered before...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAnalysis: So, how do you fix this mess called the scrum?
TRP's mailbag is teeming with letters regarding the scrum every week. Nick Cain examines what's wrong and how it can be...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTalent of Bristol half-backs is off the charts, says Morgan
Bristol strength and conditioning coach Kevin Morgan has seen first-hand the rise of Sheedy, Randall, Lloyd, and Protheroe
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoProud brother Luke Whitelock tips Crusaders flanker to hit the big time
Four brothers raised on a dairy farm who have hit the heights of New Zealand rugby
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Guest Blogs
/ 6 years agoFive advantages of indoor sports games
While referring to indoor sports games, we usually mean online gaming, which has gained enormous popularity these days. In this kind...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Cardiff Blues prop Theo Bevacqua
England-born, loosehead Bevacqua says Wales was always his first choice
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoClubs plan breakaway the same as football
By NICK CAIN A GROUP of six English Premiership clubs are planning to breakaway from PRL, the administrative arm which represents...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoToomua may take Bath to dodge cuts
PICTURE: Getty Images FORMER Leicester playmaker Matt Toomua could make a return to the Premiership following pay-cuts to all professional players...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoBilly gets backing of Six Nations
By PETER JACKSON THE SIX Nations claim they stand united in their support for Sir Bill Beaumont’s re-election as chairman of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoEasy does it when we finally get green light
I can almost hear the twang of hamstrings as we contemplate the return to action of our professional players. Everyone is...
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Features
/ 6 years agoThe Principality pointed way perfectly for the new millennium
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s best grounds TOP 20 …RUGBY GROUNDS NEXT WEEK Rugby Scandals Sheer...
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Features
/ 6 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Tompkins is new target for Dragons THE Dragons appear to be nowhere close to...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHolmes calls halt to become a city slicker
By JEREMY BLACKMORE NOTTINGHAM skipper Tom Holmes has called time on a 13-year career in the wake of the Championship funding...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoGood news for Boris, the right is might again
Best wing in the world? Cheslin Kolbe PICTURE: Getty Images The Prime Minister rather enjoys his rugger: indeed, he attended last...
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoThe best England team in the world
Jonny Wilkinson Phil Vickery Steve Thompson Jason Leonard Martin Johnson Maro Itoje Mike Teague Peter Winterbottom ENGLAND have had four teams...
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