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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoElectric Luke lights up the show forOspreys
By ROGER PANTING LUKE Morgan’s try was the highlight as Ospreys began their season with a convincing win at the Gnoll....
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoStudents rally to tame Lions
Loughborough…40 Leicester L……29 KIERAN Curran helped Loughborough Students start the seven-day countdown to the new season on a winning note. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoStortford suffer from yellow fever
Bishop’s S……12 Hertford………12 STORTFORD fielded a much-changed squad from last Saturday’s encounter at Ealing – including just seven players with National...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSutiashvili try topples the Kings
Georgia………24 Southern Kgs 20 SOUTHERN KINGSpushed Georgia close in their own back yard as the World Cup hopefuls had to scramble...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoExiles stay strong as Edinburgh run in nine
By GARY HEATLY EDINBURGHRugby ran in nine tries to see off English Championship outfit London Scottish in their first pre-season fixture...
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Features
/ 6 years agoVitalised Attwood comes full circle
NEALE HARVEY talks to Bristol’s new lock star Dave Attwood about his return home Renaissance man: Dave Attwood enjoyed a good...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPichot’s right to question his own world rankings!
RUGBY MATTERS Rout: Italy’s Luca Morisi and Michele Campagnaro celebrate a try against Russia BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCarnival time calling as the Baa-Baas go to Brazil
The Barbarians famously enjoy a spot of relaxed team bonding before their big games and that approach could reach a new...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHardy dares to take on SAS hero Paddy
TOM Hardy might or might not be the next James Bond when Daniel Craig steps down but the Mad Max and...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoLong-distance Joe gets close and personal for this season
By ADAM ELLIS Buzzing after promotion: Joe Rees BOURNEMOUTH kick off the season as the new boys in National Two South...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoPRE-SEASON FIXTURES
Premiership pedigree: Rosslyn Park lock signing Sam Twomey SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7 Scarlets v Jersey Reds, 3pm Ulster v Glasgow Warriors, 1.30pm...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoChinnor will set the pace warns new captain Carl
By NEALE HARVEY NATIONAL ONE PREVIEW Upbeat: Gareth Lewis FORMER Worcester flanker Carl Kirwan has unfinished business in higher level rugby...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoHuddersfield will bank on their squad strength to carry them through
NATIONAL TWO NORTH PREVIEW BUOYANT Huddersfield boss Gareth Lewis hopes his side can build on a record-breaking 2018/19 campaign to challenge...
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National Leagues
/ 6 years agoHawks ready to pounce this time says boss Dudding
NATIONAL TWO SOUTH PREVIEW Boost for Titans: Dan Lee has returned to the club HENLEY rugby director Nigel Dudding says narrowly...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoGet consistent and Blues can win PRO14 says Mulvihill
By STEFFAN THOMAS JOHN Mulvihill insists the Cardiff Blues must be more consistent if they are to take a giant leap...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFined 50 for not speaking Italian!
MY LIFEIN RUGBY High point: Luke McLean playing for Italy against Ireland at RWC2015 PICTURE: Getty Images LUKE McLEAN THE FORMER...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoKiller Dragons give Munster a roasting
SCARLETS ‘A’ were buried under an avalanche of eight tries in Dublin as they fell to their second successive defeat in...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoReds win earns Luc family bragging rights
By STEFFAN THOMAS GROWING up Luc Jones dreamed of emulating his father’s achievements on the rugby field and last Tuesday he...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCanucks give Eddie Wiggle room in Japan
By JON NEWCOMBE Boss: Kingsley Jones Consultant: Graham Henry Primed and ready: Richard Wigglesworh playing for Saracens PICTURE: Getty Images RICHARD...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoBeware banana skins warns 2003 hero Robinson
By GARY FITZGERALD JASON Robinson has been highly impressed by England’s form in the build up to the World Cup and...
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Features
/ 6 years agoControversial Te’o finds it tough going in Top 14 debut
FRENCH WRAP A WEEKLY ROUND-UP OF ALL THE ACTION FROM THE TOP 14 Axed England centre Ben Te’o was thrust straight...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFarming stock keep Wharfedale solvent
Threshfield legend:John Spencer PICTURE: John Ashton @ickledot MY CLUB WHARFEDALE JON NEWCOMBE SPEAKS WITH A NUMBER OF WELL-KNOWN RUGBY FIGURES ABOUT...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFord and Farrell look right call for England
JEFF PROBYN With the warm up games almost done and dusted and the team’s focus set on Japan, what did we...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNo joke, I’m deadly serious about this – Haskell
FORMER England flanker James Haskell insists his switch to become a heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter is no PR stunt. Haskell,...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCole wants to be king at his third attempt
By ADAM HATHAWAY Paid price: Stuart Lancaster Last chance: Dan Cole has had two World Cup failures PICTURE: Getty Images VETERAN...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLaunchbury: It’s not been easy to get in this squad
By NEALE HARVEY JOE Launchbury believes fierce competition within England’s vastly experienced, power-packed second row unit is boosting their World Cup...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoNow I can try to follow my hooker hero Thompson
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND hooker Jack Singleton says he owes Worcester a huge debt of gratitude for rescuing his career and...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCare ruled out until November
HARLEQUINS scrum-half Danny Care will undergo surgery on an ankle injury sustained during preseason training, ruling him out for eight weeks....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoStockdale’s try-double spoils Gats’ farewell party
By NICK CAIN Step up: Owen Lane cuts in to score for Wales THIS rough old sport does not have a...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoHutchinson stakes claim with classy try-double
By GARY FITZGERALD RORY Hutchinson swept over for his first Test tries to throw down his challenge for a place to...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoPatchell has last word but is it enough?
PETER JACKSON VERDICT The Welsh scrum had splintered like a trunk of rotting balsa wood when Romain Poite stepped aside from...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoHuget try catches Italy cold in their warm-up for England
By SAM JACKSON FRANCE got their rugby World Cup preparations back on track with a powerful seven-try win at the Stade...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFather figure Ackermann can bring best out of Jaco Kriel at Gloucester
Jaco Kriel has more going on in his life than you may see on the surface
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Featured
/ 6 years agoProbyn column: This Italy warm-up game should be in Yorkshire
Jeff Probyn shares his view on Newcastle United's St James' Park hosting England's match against Italy
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: The day the floodgates opened on the pro rugby era
Peter Jackson digs deep into the story of how rugby turned professional 25 years ago
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Featured
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Saracens wing Elliott Obatoyinbo
Elliott Obatoyinbo is a man in a hurry, metaphorically as well as physically, and a big season lies ahead for the...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRhys Carre one of two uncapped players in Wales’ team to face Ireland
Josh Navidi will captain Wales in Cardiff, as revealed by TRP last week
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMennaye Field remains at the heart of Cornish Pirates plans
The Championship club don't plan on abandoning their current home when the Stadium for Cornwall is completed
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSpencer column: Equality is what the women’s game wants not ‘neutrality’
Catherine Spencer writes on World Rugby's branding change for the Women's Rugby World Cup and Rocky Clark's new career move
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoAll Blacks coach Steve Hansen drops star centre from World Cup squad
New Zealand have named their 31 players to travel to Japan
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Sorry, Bill but men and women are different
Have World Rugby blurred the lines in the pursuit of gender neutrality?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoScotland lock Sam Skinner out of 2019 Rugby World Cup
The Exeter Chiefs lock limped off at Murrayfield with a hamstring injury at the weekend
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoExclusive: Axed England star Ben Te’o makes overseas move
Te'o has found a permanent home once his term as a medical joker at Toulon expires
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoThere’s so much more to come, roars Itoje
By GARY FITZGERALD MARO Itoje issued a fierce warning to England’s World Cup rivals after he and his team-mates dished out...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoNavidi gets nod to lead Wales
JOSH Navidi looks set to captain Wales for the first time in their third World Cup warm-up clash with Ireland at...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoRFU warned – change or we could break away!
By JON NEWCOMBE CAMBRIDGE president Stephen Bowller has advocated that National League clubs should consider a breakaway from the Rugby Football...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMako: I let the last Cup pass by
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND prop Mako Vunipola is determined to make the most of his second World Cup chance after admitting...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMy defending has to improve to be the best, admits Billy
BACK ROW battering ram Billy Vunipola candidly admits he must sharpen up on defence if he is to truly be considered...
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