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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCardiff land 11 tries as they go on the rampage…
■ By SAM JONES Cardiff …75 Ebbw Vale …17 IT CERTAINLY wasn’t a case of after the Lord Mayor’s show for...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPooler complete another clean sweep
Welsh Championship round-up ■ By CARL FIELD PONTYPOOL put the crowning glory on yet another 100 per cent winning campaign in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPonsford predicts gap will close on Saracens
■ By NEALE HARVEY RFU head of women’s performance Nicky Ponsford is confident the women’s Premier 15s will go from strength-to-strength...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBrecon land the double by thrashing Cwmbran
Welsh Division One round-up ■ By CARL FIELD IT has been one hell of a week for Brecon. Six days on...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
IZAIHA MOORE LONDON IRISH BACK ROW Izaiha Moore-Aiono made a try-scoring debut for England U20s in their impressive 35-8 victory over...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoFainga’a cashes in with a hat-trick
■ By ADAM ELLIS Brumbies hero: Folau Fainga’a scored three tries in an epic fightback against Blues PICTURE: Getty Images THE...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoToulouse can’t stop breaking records
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Toulouse are the recordbreakers who are leaving the entire Top 14 in their glittering wake. For a...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoRodwell to call time on 7s career
JAMES Rodwell, the most capped Sevens player of all time, will retire at the end of the season. In January Rodwell...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWatson: No doubt about it, I’m in best shape ever
By NEALE HARVEY Incumbent: England full-back Elliot Daly Back in action: Anthony Watson on the break against Sale Sharks last week...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLittle ‘n’ large have Saints on march
POCKET rocket Tom Collins believes his pace allied to the ‘power of T’ can bring Northampton within touching distance of a...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHogg, Bishop set for Ospreys roles
CARL Hogg and Andrew Bishop have emerged as front runners to join the Ospreys’ coaching team for next season. Current Scotland...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAdams thriving after scrapheap challenge
By NEALE HARVEY Eye for the line: Josh Adams scores for Worcester DEPARTING Worcester wing Josh Adams would love to return...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWainwright would be a starter in my back row says Powell
By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER Wales No.8 Andy Powell believes Dragons tyro Aaron Wainwright can be one of the stars on show...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoWell said Declan
DECLAN Kidney is spot on, the Championship is ‘a nugget’ but sadly undervalued by the RFU and the Premiership. If the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBetter to move on
WHEN a player signs for another club or region, they should not be allowed to play for their present region again....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLet Premiership pay the bill, stop cutting grassroots funding
DECLAN Kidney made an interesting case for artificially sustaining the Championship, effectively to provide competition to the side relegated from the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoNoisy announcers are just deafening
IS anyone else getting frustrated by the loud PA systems used at games these days? At some grounds it’s almost deafening....
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Features
/ 7 years agoTime for RFU to leave the pro game to professionals
COLIN BOAG Stripped of captaincy: Will Carling paid a heavy price for his comment It’s nearly 25 years since Will Carling...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYet again England have let Edwards slip the net
NICK CAIN THE decision by Sean Edwards to join France after the 2019 World Cup is another instance of the RFU...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWallabies peform a new trick to get White on board
RUGBY Australia has forced itself into contractual contortions in order to circumvent eligibility regulations that it put in place to stop...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSarries’ supersubs hit leaders with five tries
By NICK CAIN He’s away again: Alex Lewington breaks past Alex Cuthbert for his second try PICTURES: Getty Images THIS was...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMcCall: Leinster game has us buzzing
SARACENS DoR Mark McCall said his side were going into Saturday’s European Cup final against Leinster with “a real buzz around...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoAce Biggar on target to line up top four showdown
By GARY FITZGERALD Double-teamed: Northampton try-scorer Luther Burrell makes his presence felt in midfield PICTURES: Getty Images Rare highlight for Worcester:...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSolomons: Now sign off in style at Sixways
WARRIORS director of rugby Alan Solomons called on his players to give Sixways supporters an enjoyable last day performance and victory...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Danny Cipriani can rain on Saracens dream of a double
Saracens are on course to compete for a Premiership and Champions Cup double – but the Gloucester fly-half can spoil that
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Cornish Pirates, ex-Sandbach and Leeds Beckett fly-half Will Cargill
The Pirates goal-kicker picks the best XV based on who he has played with and against
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoProbyn column: The Premiership has a long way to go to return the sort of profit CVC desires
Jeff Probyn addresses the gulf that will form between grassroots rugby and the top level with the CVC's influence on the...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEngland Sevens stalwart James Rodwell to retire
"There is no better feeling than running out onto the pitch with some of your closest friends to some of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDragons to appoint Dean Ryan as new head coach
It's been a season of uncertainty at the Welsh region – but this could be the start of something new
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership represented in Conor O’Shea’s Italy squad for Rugby World Cup camp
Three Premiership players included in mix of Benetton and Zebre for World Cup training camp
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoThe Rugby Paper Awards 2019: The Championship and National League stars shooting for silverware
We’re looking at some of the front-runners for the Championship and National Leagues’ Players of the Year to honour in our...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLions won’t sack defence coach found guilty of indecently assaulting female hotel staffer
Set to resume coaching responsibilities on 6 May
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorcester Warriors flanker Marco Mama suffers severe dead leg
Alan Solomons has confirmed flanker Marco Mama should be out for ‘a few months’ after requiring hospital treatment on a dead...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoShaun Edwards rejects WRU offer and will leave after Japan
What next for Wales' much sought-after defence coach?
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Get Anthony Watson in the England no.15 shirt
How would the return of the Bath full-back figure in England's 31-man World Cup squad?
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Featured
/ 7 years agoThe best betting offers for rugby punters
What’s best, Rugby Union or Rugby League? It’s an argument that will keep diehard followers of either sport up all night...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLondon Irish rachet up Premiership plans with several targets in mind
A sizeable shopping list for the Championship winners
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Featured
/ 7 years agoWallabies prop brings the hammer down on Rugby Australia for their treatment of Israel Folau
Has the Wallabies Rookie of the Year award winner just jeopardised his Rugby World Cup?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoConnacht are hitting their best, says Andy Friend
Friend reveals the Connacht squad have been hitting new highs in the gym and on the pitch
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCipriani, de Klerk and Cordero all nominated in 2019 RPA Awards
England's Men and Women's teams are shortlisted across six award categories
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Bristol Bears explore investment from USA
Bristol Bears owner Steve Lansdown in Manchester City's model
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKen Pisi to leave Franklin’s Gardens after seven years
"When I first came over, I didn’t know what to expect" – Pisi
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Featured
/ 7 years agoThe Rugby Paper Awards 2019: Which youngster deserves recognition?
We’re looking for your Young Player of the Year to honour in our inaugural Rugby Paper Awards. Youth has had a...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoWhat next for Shaun Edwards after rejecting Wigan Warriors?
In August 2018, Shaun Edwards made a verbal commitment to returning to his former club in rugby league, Wigan Warriors, once...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWarren Gatland includes Owen Lane in World Cup training squad
Cardiff Blues winger one of two uncapped players named in 42-man training party
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Alun Wyn Jones the last man standing from 2007
His first World Cup ended on the western coast of France with Wales plunged into a national crisis which forced them...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoShane Williams column: Owen Lane offers Wales variety out wide
Owen Lane simply has to be a strong consideration for the World Cup
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoBristol look to explore American investment
EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY Stunned: Bristol celebrate Harry Thacker’s late winner against Leicester PICTURE: Getty Images STEVE Lansdown, majority shareholder of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoWales wait on French verdict from Edwards
By ALEX BYWATER SHAUN Edwards will this week decide between a firm offer to join France or the option of staying...
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