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/ 6 years agoSmith’s back for swansong at Headingley
Last hurrah: Lee Smith By JON NEWCOMBE THREE-TIME Super League Grand Final winner Lee Smith admits he didn’t need too much...
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/ 6 years agoFour-year drug ban
LINCOLNRFC player Leigh Dearden has been banned from all sport for four years following a failed drug test on March 23....
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/ 6 years agoWatson sidelined
SARACENS centre Charlie Watson has been given a four-week suspension for kicking Northampton’s Saints’ Andrew Symons last Sunday. Watson was sent...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRix double keeps Wimbledon at summit
London & South East Premier WIMBLEDONstill head the table after taking the honours 23-34 away to Sidcup. Kane Rix bagged a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBournville wrap it up with try avalanche
Midlands Premier BOURNVILLE remain the only unbeaten side in a highly-competitive division following their 64-17 victory over struggling Doncaster Phoenix. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarrogate still on shoulder of the leaders
Northern Premier BILLINGHAMstill head the table, albeit having played one more game than Harrogate, but a bonus point 33-10 win at...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoUnbeaten Barum give Students lesson
South West Premier BARNSTAPLE made it five wins from five matches as they stretched their advantage at the top of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCrooked feed call has cost Scotland
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With the storm crashing in, you can understand the desperation of the...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBack-to-back shutouts set Scots up for grand finale
From TOM BRADSHAW AFTER a 27-3 drubbing by Ireland and a steadying bonus-point win over Samoa, Gregor Townsend’s side delivered a...
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/ 6 years agoScotland bench skipper McInally for Pool decider
PREVIEW… Scotland v Japan Today. Kick-off 11.45pm Dropped: Stuart McInally SCOTLAND are focused on ruining the Japanese “fairytale” ahead of a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSteenson aims to sign off in style as a champion
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY EXETER Chiefs playmaker Gareth Steenson is eyeing a league and Champions Cup ‘double’ to bring down...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoReffell will star for club and country says Thompson
High hopes: Leicester flanker Guy Thompson By NEALE HARVEY TOMMY Reffell is the future of Welsh rugby – and will prove...
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/ 6 years agoKeeping George at 10 is the key for England
EDDIEJones must resist any temptation to tinker with the George Ford/Owen Farrell combination ahead of England’s World Cup quarter-final says Guy...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoSeventh heaven for Lloyd as Lough run riot
By BETHAN ZIEDLER LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning thumped Firwood Waterloo to secure their second win of the new season. Waterloo were not helped...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoBears stung late on as Wasps sneak win
By GEORGE WEST Try sorer: Wasps’ Claudia MacDonald WASPS Ladies came out on top in a fiery encounter with Bristol Bears...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoUnstoppable Quins ease past toothless Sharks
By TOM BULMER HARLEQUINS maintained their perfect start to the season with a bonus point win at the Northern Echo Arena...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoAppleby smiling again as Smith in for two
By LAURA SHANA AFTER last weekend’s defeat away at Harlequins, Gloucester-Hartpury got back to winning ways in the Tyrrells Premier 15s...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoKirsten out to catch Rassie eye
EXETER Chiefs new boy Jannes Kirsten wants to use his move to Sandy Park as a springboard to international honours. Kirsten,...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoBears hunt for Tiger George
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler BRISTOL BEARS have made a cheeky enquiry about the future plans of England star...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoNoel likes to see pathway to seniors
CELTIC CUP PREVIEW… Leinster ‘A’ v Ulster ‘A’ Today. Kick-off 3pm, Energia Park LEINSTER ‘A’ team finished top of the Celtic...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEbbw respond in impressive style after early jolt
By ROB COLE Premiership EBBWVale hit back from a slow start to win at a canter and pick up a bonus...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRGC add bonus point to home swagger
By CARL FIELD RGC picked up another notable scalp on their home patch as they put Pontypridd to the sword. Ponty...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoQuins pack show too much power for Llanelli
By STEFFAN THOMAS CARMARTHEN Quins earnt the West Wales bragging rights over a struggling Llanelli side. Llanelli started strongly, with left-wing...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMerthyr rocked by opening Bridgend blitz
By JAMES CANDY CHAMPIONSMerthyr suffered another away day defeat as Bridgend unleashed a first-half blitz.. Tyler Williams and Ben Mayers-Davies crashed...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWizards need late penalty before they can relax
By GUTO DAVIES ABERAVON made it three wins from three but left it late. The Wizards made an early breakthrough, with...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoIt’s Cardiff’s day as the errors mount up
By PAUL HOPKINS CARDIFF maintained their excellent start to the season in an error-strewn affair at the Arms Park. James Davies...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTrebanos engulfed by the perfect champs
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD IT was a perfect 10 for champions Pontypoolwho inflicted a crushing 60-10 defeat on Trebanos...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDeadshot Edwards hits late winner for Birchgrove
Welsh Cups round-up By CARL FIELD LAST season’s National Plate runners-up Bonymaen took another step towards a return to the Principality...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPR disaster as ‘injured’ Ramos plays for Toulouse
FRENCH COLUMN JAMES HARRINGTON A minor storm, of sorts, is brewing in French rugby, with Toulouse’s international full-back Thomas Ramos at...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSchmidt: We can cover for Bundee
JOE Schmidt says he has a fully-fit squad to pick from for Ireland’s quarter final – unlike in 2015. “We’ve got...
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/ 6 years agoDavies’ plucky Welwitschias give All Blacks first half scare
By SAM JACKSON NEW Zealand recovered from a sticky start and two yellow cards to demolish Namibia, who had battled to...
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/ 6 years agoRecord for Reinach in Canucks carnage
By GEORGE LAWRENCE COBUS Reinach equalled the fastest hat-trick in Rugby World Cup history as the Springboks booked their place in...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoAmos eager to finally end his role as bridesmaid
By ALEX BYWATER HALLAM Amos made his Wales debut in 2013 and Japan is his second World Cup – but with...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRadradra has been my player of the tournament
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK WALES must be licking their lips with the prospect of France as their quarter- final...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGive us more top level games, plead Uruguay
By ALEX BYWATER URUGUAY captain Juan Gaminara has told World Rugby the South Americans must take on the game’s best sides...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFans have spent £5,000 and not seen one game
THEREwere thousands of disappointed England fans milling around Tokyo after the announcement that their Pool match against France was cancelled because...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSadness behind Klim’s big journey
Alex Bywater talks to Namibia’s Lesley Klim about the problems he faced in his early life World stage: George Bridge of...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy hotel was swaying like a huge concrete tree
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK A PART from the spatterings of rain on the glass window of my...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoEddie Jones really doesn’t care if Scotland miss out on World Cup quarter-finals
England head coach Eddie Jones has said only Scotland will be to blame if they fail to progress out of their...
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World Rugby Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoThe lingering questions for England heading into the knockouts
The considerable disruption Typhoon Hagibis has already caused may have accidentally offered Eddie Jones and England some sense of clarity as...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoWhat to do about minnows?
The Rugby World Cup has caught the imagination of the spectators in Japan as well as audiences on television across the...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: The truth about why Mendez punched Paul Ackford
The first shock result of the World Cup fittingly provided by the hosts, Japan, against Ireland will certainly have focused the minds...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDream Team: Coventry and former Northampton Saints forward Ben Nutley
We talk to Ben Nutley and ask him to pick a XV of the top players he's played alongside or against
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoExeter Chiefs keeping an eye on Welsh scrum-half Rhys Webb
Current first-choice scrum-half Nic White will leave Sandy Park at the end of the season and here's why Webb could leave...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoWorld Rugby cancels England’s clash with France as ‘violent’ Typhoon Hagibis stays on course
Tournament organisers cancel two matches with concerns now being raised about Scotland's crunch match against Japan
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: England v Wales in World Cup final, says John Gallagher
As the first Englishman to win the World Cup and the only one to retire unbeaten, John Gallagher made the most...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: There’s no pleasure in Domes full of sweat
Nick Cain explores the sweltering conditions of Japan made more energy-sapping by the closure of the roof at stadiums such as...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNic White to leave Exeter Chiefs and make Brumbies return
White is currently on duty with Australia at the Rugby World Cup
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoFast games suit super-fit Wales says training guru
How sports science has Wales ready to be unbroken in the humid conditions of Japan
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoHow to bet on rugby
Rugby is widely considered as one of the most physically combative sports on the planets. No protective pads, no helmets and...
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