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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTime running out for Leinster to keep Rob Kearney
Rob Kearney's agent says negotiations aren't looking too promising currently
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPat Lam rewarded with mega contract at Bristol Bears
Staying put at Ashton Gate to the next World Cup
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCian Healy signs for two more years with Leinster and Ireland
The prop thanks Leinster supporters for supporting him through his injuries
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks sign elusive Simon Hammersley from Newcastle
We revealed on Sunday Hammersley was one of two players leaving - who else is set to depart the Falcons?
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Featured
/ 7 years agoRevered flanker George Smith announces retirement
Evergreen back row calls it a day with 111 Australia caps to his name
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoSaracens ask: What more can Goode do?
By NEALE HARVEY Out in front: Henry Slade runs in a try for Exeter in their big win over Northampton SARACENS...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoWelfare worries hit 13-club proposal
By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP Rugby proposals for a 13-team league from season 2020/21 may be scuppered because of concerns over player...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBath’s late win leaves Sharks lying in wait
By ROB WILDMAN Impact from the bench: Dom Coetzer scores for Gloucester SALE summoned their best at the death in a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDenny’s one of a kind for Diamond
STEVE Diamond made another push for England to recall Denny Solomona after the wing scored Sale’s winning try. “The selectors (England)...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBlackadder goes forth with a proud farewell
By GARY FITZGERALD Making it his: Bath try scorer Joe Cokanasiga catches a high ball Over: Brendan O’Connor scores for Tigers...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoEwels: We did it for boss Todd
CHARLIE Ewels admitted the Bath players were desperate to ensure Todd Blackadder left on a positive note. Bath captain Ewels, who...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoNerveless Weir lands a photo-finish victory
By ROGER PANTING Last hurrah: Wing Josh Adams scores in the corner in his final game for Worcester PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMcCall: Tough for us to lose like that
SARACENS’ director of rugby Mark McCall was disappointed to lose in the last minute. He said: “It was a very valuable...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoRelease the Tier 2 brake or game will go in reverse
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Dream killers: Lucas Rumball scores for Canada as they beat Germany in the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoRefreshing that Baxter and Cohen stand by principles
ROB Baxter’s trenchant statement in favour of promotion and relegation this week shows that not all Premiership clubs are convinced that...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBears have come out of the woods to stay
By LUKE JARMYN Man of the match: Charles Piutau goes over for the Bears’ opening try PICTURES: Getty Images Collision: Falcons’...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLam vow: Top six for us next season
PAT LAM called the win a “perfect send-off ” for several departing players and staff, including retiring 38-year-old former Wallaby George...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBegles sniffing around Brock
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler HARLEQUINS could suffer a setback in their move for Bordeaux Begles’...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMcGuigan making his mind up
Choices: McGuigan GEORGE McGUIGAN is at the centre of a three way tug-of-war between Premiership rivals Leicester Tigers and Gloucester, and...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFalcons stars opt out to prolong life in top-flight
Joining Sale: Newcastle full-back Simon Hammersley NEWCASTLE Falcons are set for a double body blow following relegation to the Championship with...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLam’s on lookout for front row cavalry
In market: Pat Lam BRISTOL BEARS boss Pat Lam is still targeting a couple of signings to bolster his squad for...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSarries would thrash best of the rest in England
NICK CAIN RATES THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS AGAINST THE REMAINDER OF THE PREMIERSHIP’S RED ROSE CONTINGENT SARACENS’ third European Cup final triumph...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLeinster get back in the groove after Euro misery
By JOHN FALLON LEINSTER put the disappointment of last week’s Champions Cup final defeat behind them to oust arch rivals Munster....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEuropean shootout goes Ospreys way
By STEFFAN THOMAS No stopping: Olly Cracknell scores Ospreys’ second try PICTURE: Huw Evans TEAMS OSPREYS: Evans 7; North 7, Allen...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRampant Warriors canter into the final
By GARY HEATLY Glasgow ………50 Ulster………20 GLASGOW played some of their best rugby of the season to ease past Ulster into...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTaskmaster Ryan won’t let the rot continue
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Non-nonsense: Dean Ryan coaches his Gloucester players PICTURE: Getty Images DEAN Ryan is a no-nonsense,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFor Wales’ sake, end the verbals
I WAS interested to read Shaun Edwards’ tit-fortat with Wayne Pivac last week. Both are passionate rugby men, but this talking...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMcCall for Test arena
I WAS delighted to see Liam Williams win the Champions Cup with Saracens – but their real unsung hero is Mark...
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/ 7 years agoOpportunity knocks for Ryan’s Dragons
By ROB COLE NEW Dragons boss Dean Ryan insists the talent pool in Wales is as big as England and plans...
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/ 7 years agoMako will be fine for World Cup – McCall
SARACENS loose-head Mako Vunipola will be sidelined for “a minimum of three months” with a torn hamstring. Vunipola sustained the injury...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoIron-man Ryan back on parade
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Two minutes’ fame: Lee Jarvis of Wales in action. Inset: Yannick Caballero PICTURES:...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCaballero’s walk-on part among Test bit players
THE raft of retirees leaving the stage within the next fortnight includes Castres back row forward Yannick Caballero, after 15 consecutive...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEuropean Cup takes a bow in Detroit
DETROIT, where Henry Ford invented the assembly-line and Diana Ross personified the sound of Motown, is big on sport, too. It...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSouth African invasion will give Sharks teeth
By JON NEWCOMBE Top tackler: Jono Ross Talisman: Faf de Klerk A TWEET from Sale showing Faf de Klerk in a...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoFerguson has got Saints pack rolling again says Waller
By NEALE HARVEY NORTHAMPTON’S pack is becoming a force to be reckoned with again according to long-serving prop Alex Waller. Waller,...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoAttacks rule in Div 2 as try-fest ensues
DIVISION 2 ROUND-UP By DAVE MOORE LEICESTERSHIRE sealed a shot at Twickenham glory as they beat East Midlands 29-20 in what...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoCounties hold on as Bird lets it slip
By STEVE JACKSON East Counts….28 N’umberland ..27 EASTERN Counties finished their season with a bonus-point victory over Northumberland at the Haberden...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoBirkenhead boost for Cheshire final
By FEARGAL BRENNAN Cheshire……….52 Durham …………..7 CHESHIRE stormed into the final of the 2019 Bill Beaumont Cup with a dominant display...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoYorks hold off to edge the late fightback Roses rivalry
By CHRISTIAN EVANS YORKSHIRE and Huddersfield winger Tom Hodson praised his team as the White Rose County edged arch rivals Lancashire...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoTwickenham calling as Cornish run riot in second half
By SARA RAINE Devon …………20 Cornwall ……50 CORNWALL ran in eight tries against their big rivals Devon at Brixham yesterday to...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoCant’s heroes to the fore for Kent
By TIM ALLEN Hampshire……26 Kent ………………35 ON a warm sunny afternoon at Hooks Lane, home of Havant RFC, Hampshire hosted Kent,...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoFirst-half barrage spells broken Herts
By JOHN FOX GLOUCESTERSHIRE won on Hertfordshire soil for the first time since 2006 thanks to a powerful first half in...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 7 years agoDorset & Wilts to meet Cumbria in final
DIVISION 3 ROUND-UP By TOM HAIMOVICI IT WAS Cumbria who took the spoils in a dramatic head-to-head shootout against Oxfordshire in...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoLion’s share for top three but try-hungry Tigers get two
The Rugby Paper’s reporters have submitted their votes to reveal our National 2 North Team of the Season NOMINATIONS have come...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoProp star steps up for shot in top-flight
LONDON Irish have bolstered their front row options for next season by signing prop Will Goodrick-Clarke from Richmond. The 23-year-old, named...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
SAM COSTELOW LEICESTER FLY-HALF It promises to be a memorable month for 18-year-old flyhalf Sam Costelow, who hopes to line up...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoPat’s putting me back on track for Wales – Thomas
By STEFFAN THOMAS DAN Thomas hopes a stellar Premiership campaign with Bristol can throw him into contention for the Wales set-up...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBlues get green light for Williams
CARDIFF Blues have won their appeal to retain No.8 Nick Williams for next season. Kiwi Williams, 35, was due to come...
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