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/ 6 years agoQ&A: Underdogs Ampthill are ready for the fight
Ampthill head coach Paul Turner talks to TRP about the club's prospects in the Championship this season and Wales at the...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoJonny May reveals how much different England’s Rugby World Cup training is compared to 2015
Speedster Jonny May takes our flash quiz of questions
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoScrum guru Phil Keith-Roach lands unreal sporting hat-trick
England's scrum coach of the 2003 World Cup was in attendance at Lord's for the Cricket World Cup final epic
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years ago‘A British League will happen in two years’ – the story that has the country talking
CVC takeover of Premiership and soon-to-be finalised PRO14 deal heralds new opportunity for British League
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Miscellaneous
/ 6 years agoNew British League is ‘coming in two years’
■By PETER JACKSON A BRITISH League featuring the long overdue revival of Anglo-Welsh competition will be ‘up and running in two...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoUren out to catch Eddie’s eye with Bristol
■By NEALE HARVEY ANDY UREN is determined to prove why teammate Harry Randall is not the only Bristol scrumhalf worthy of...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoJantjies double act to handle for wobbly too much Wallabies
■By GARY FITZGERALD HERSCHEL Jantjies produced a dazzling two-try debut to throw his cap firmly into the World Cup ring at...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoHerschel is scrum-half of the future for Boks
■By ADAM ELLIS Praise: Boks’ backs coach Mzwandile Stick HERSCHEL JANTJIES has been marked as one to watch by two senior...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoEngland fall short in Europe Grand Prix
■By ANDRE THOMAS ENGLAND men’s and women’s teams loaded their squads with new caps for the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoBritain are off to Tokyo as men and women win
■By SAM JACKSON Delight: Simon Amor, head of England Sevens, celebrates with Mike Ellery PICTURES: Getty Images Final hattrick: Dan Norton...
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoNew scrum rules could spoil great World Cup
WHEN it comes to timing, World Rugby is like a faulty alarm clock. At the midnight hour, barely two months out...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWales are getting fit in a fairyland torture chamber
James Candy watches Wales put through their World Cup paces in Fiesch, Switzerland Picturesque: Gareth Davies practises his passing in the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRoll the dice but risky to gamble with specialists
WHEN IT COMES to a Rugby World Cup squad the key to success is getting the right balance between versatility and...
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Features
/ 6 years agoRocket man has booked a trip to stardom with Red Rose mates
JONNY May is England’s very own Rocket-Man, the most prolific elite Test finisher on the planet going into the 2019 World...
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Features
/ 6 years agoJONNY MAY ON…
…If his reign as England’s speed king is in jeopardy from his back three mates They are all quick. I know...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPhil’s aiming to defy rugby gods for once
Rob Cole talks to Namibia coach Phil Davies about their prospects in Japan As he prepares for his fourth World Cup...
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Features
/ 6 years agoStrauss off to join the Blue Bulls
SALE Sharks back row Josh Strauss has left the club with a season remaining on his three-year contract to join Super...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWarriors call time on Duncan
WORCESTER head coach Rory Duncan is no longer part of the club’s plans. South African PRO 14 side Southern Kings are...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNew chance for Welsh clubs to join a British Lge
Of all the lamentable decisions taken since professionalism, the one lamented in Wales more than any other revolves around the abolition...
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Features
/ 6 years agoFarewell to Tigers’ life and soul’
THEY came from near and far to a 12th century church in the heart of England last week to pay tribute...
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Features
/ 6 years agoPortrush golfers take a love of rugby onto the fairways
Sharp shooter: Ryan Fox THREE golfers from three continents with connections to international rugby converged on Royal Portrush for the Open...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoMy arm is taking strain OK so far says Faletau
■From JAMES CANDY in Fiesch Boxing clever: Bradley Davies warms up in Wales pre-World Cup training camp in Switzerland Report: Pages...
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Features
/ 6 years agoStars searching for a place to shine
Former Leicester hooker Ross McMillan, who counts Northampton and Gloucester among his other clubs, is lending his support to fellow jobseekers...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDerby days are back for the regions
By ADAM ELLIS BOXING DAY derbies will return for all four Welsh regions this season after the PRO14 released the full...
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/ 6 years agoCeltic Cup dates are announced
POOLS and fixtures were also revealed for the Celtic Cup, which features development squads from the Welsh regions and Irish provinces....
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/ 6 years agoWallace has unfinished business in top flight
By NEALE HARVEY LUKEWallace is confident Coventry will provide the vehicle for a fast return to the Premiership after salary cap...
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/ 6 years agoUlster prop Gareth out for nine months
PROP Gareth Milasinovich will miss much of his debut season with Ulster after suffering a knee ligament injury. The Irish-qualified forward,...
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/ 6 years agoSaints will bulk up to take on Sarries and Chiefs
NORTHAMPTON full-back George Furbank has revealed how Saints’ stars are bulking up to try and break the stranglehold of Saracens and...
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/ 6 years agoUnderdogs Ampthill are ready for fight of their lives
After coaching stints at Sale, Bedford, Harlequins, Dragons and Wasps, former Wales, Newbridge, Newport and Sale flyhalf Paul Turner tells NEALE...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoDowson plans to blood kids in Cup again
Champions: Alex Waller lifts the Premiership Cup for Northampton By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS will welcome Bristol Bears to the Twickenham Stoop...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHighs and lows on
Lions tour in ‘74 RIGHT up until my early 20s, when I was playing professionally for Middlesbrough, I seemed to be...
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Features
/ 6 years agoIncome protection insurance is a must
At a time when there is little happening in the world of rugby as we wait for the excitement of the...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoPolynesian muscle men are moving in
The new season brings improved budgets for some National One clubs, discovers Adam Ellis Hard edge: Ofisa Treviranus is bound for...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoCricket ace Bevan is USA secret weapon
■By STEFFAN THOMAS American danger man: No.8 Samu Manoa PICTURE: Getty Images HE PLAYED A crucial role in helping England’s cricketers...
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/ 6 years agoWELSH COACHES WORKING ABROAD
LYN JONES Russia head coach After a successful reign at the Ospreys, Jones has had spells with the Dragons, London Welsh...
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Features
/ 6 years agoYOUNG GUNS
SAM WOLSTENHOLME WASPS SCRUM-HALF Twenty-year-old Sam Wolstenholme has packed a lot of life experience into his tender years. As an outstanding...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 6 years agoRed Roses undone by Wickliffe magic
By SAM JACKSON Winner’s smile: Kendra Cocksedge parades the Super Series trophy ENGLAND may be the dominant force in Europe but...
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Features
/ 6 years agoWeight of a nation won’t faze Fonotia
STEFFAN THOMAS meets centre Kieron Fonotia as he prepares for battle with Samoa SAMOA are very much the underdogs in a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBRETT HERRON
HARLEQUINS’ NEW FLY-HALF TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND. 1. People that are chronically late...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoEngland could axe Baa-Baas for another Wales Test
■By PETER JACKSON ENGLANDare considering squeezing yet another match against Wales into their schedule for what could be a fifth ‘Test’...
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/ 6 years agoMaco’s getting stronger every day says Sarries scrum guru Peel
■By NEALE HARVEY SARACENS coach Ian Peel is convinced England prop idol Mako Vunipola will recover from his hamstring trouble in...
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoQuins trio join Eddie’s Bristol training squad
ENGLAND’S second World Cup training squad assembled in Bristol last week included Harlequins players Mike Brown, Alex Dombrandt and Marcus Smith...
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/ 6 years agoWorld Cup snub will fire up Chiefs’ back row rejects
■By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S failure to embrace Exeter’s array of “world-class” back rowers should spark fear throughout the Premiership, according to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoDeano’s ring-fence paradox
In TRP July 14, Jon Newcombe describes Coventry’s ambitions, while Neale Harvey writes about those of Cornish Pirates. This follows similar...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoNo room for rugby in summer
THOSE advocating summer rugby should contemplate the veritable smorgasbord of sporting events on offer last weekend. Besides the small matter of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoAre England strong enough mentally?
REGARDING Neale Harvey’s interview and Colin Boag’s comments on Exeter’s chief exec Tony Rowe and his personal view that England are...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFalcons work in the community deserves praise
MY instinctive reaction to Colin Boag’s repetition of his proposal that the Premiership clubs be given charge of the national team...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoWomen’s game needs support
I COMPLETELY agree with Catherine Spencer. From what we could glean from the limited access, awkward timings and poor publicity, the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNo Jeff, rugby was not better in 1991
COLIN BOAG Made good in New Zealand: Northampton’s Piers Francis was let go by the Saracens Academy PICTURE: Getty Images During...
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