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Premiership
/ 7 years agoThacker keeps Tigers dangling on the edge
By NICK CAIN Go with the flow: Dan Thomas touches down for Bristol after the best move of the game PICTURES:...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMurphy: We knew Harry was a threat
TIGERS head coach Geordan Murphy remained phlegmatic despite watching former player Harry Thacker help inflict their fifth home defeat of the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBaxter raps his pack as the Quins comeback falls short
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER boss Rob Baxter tore a strip off his floundering forwards after the Premiership leaders were left hanging...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGustard: We can still make top four
HARLEQUINS suffered their fifth successive Pemiership defeat but head coach Paul Gustard still believes they can clinch a play-off place. Justifiably...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Welsh clubs risk European wipe out in Judgement Day weekend
Will the Principality Stadium be the heartbreak hotel for Welsh regions?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremier 15s final: Saracens v Harlequins preview
It's a repeat of the 2018 final at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRugby World Cup Japan 2019: Six of the biggest host venues
The Rugby World Cup Rugby 2019 will be held in Japan from September 20th until November 2nd. There are twelve venues...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGuy Thompson: Exeter’s example will always be the argument against ring-fencing
Leicester Tigers back row Guy Thompson wants promotion and relegation to remain in the Premiership
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMatt Moulds follows Blues teammate Melani Nanai in Worcester move
Worcester Warriors director of rugby Alan Solomons’ raid of Super Rugby outfit Blues has continued with the signing of hooker Matt...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSlater mystified by England freezing out Danny Cipriani
Gloucester lock joins the calls for Cipriani to get a seat on the plane to Japan
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNorthampton Saints add Henry Taylor to scrum-half options
"He has all the qualities to stake a claim for regular first-team rugby" – Chris Boyd
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAnthony Watson to make first start for Bath after 13 months out
England international on the comeback trail after ruptured Achilles
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks complete signing of Springbok Lood de Jager
Joining Rob du Preez and Akker van der Merwe in moving north
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Featured
/ 7 years agoA record £44.4m in losses, Premiership club finances in deeper detail
But Exeter Chiefs, who were the only club to turn a profit, chairman Tony Rowe says CVC money has boosted balance...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years ago‘I walked off after the 2003 World Cup hating rugby’ says Jonny Wilkinson
England's superstar of 2003 reveals his disillusionment with winning the game's top prize at the age of 24
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoBarnes column: Fabien Galthie and Raphael Ibanez to reshape the French
The ultimate humiliation for France head coach Jacques Brunel
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLondon Irish record appearance holder Topsy Ojo to retire
The one-club man is calling it a day at the conclusion of the Exiles Championship-winning season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDavid Strettle to hang up his boots
Where does the Saracens wing sit among the Premiership's top tryscorers?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDan Jones sticking close to home with new Scarlets contract
Nearing 500 points for his home region
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLawrence Dallaglio’s scathing condemnation of Billy Vunipola
Former England no.8 slams Vunipola's post-match interview after being asked about his social media comments
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoRFU face grassroots revolt over cash cuts
■By NEALE HARVEY THE RFU are facing a grassroots revolt over plans to slash their Community Rugby budget. In a letter...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoFan comes on pitch to call out Billy
Afters: Munster fan confronts Sarries No.8 Billy Vunipola PICTURE: Dan Sheridan BILLYVunipola was confronted by a spectator after his man of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEdwards gets coach offer from Wasps
■By PETER JACKSON THE Shaun Edwards saga has taken another twist with Wasps revealing their bid to bring him back into...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoRef Owen takes centre stage in Sharks battle
■By GARY FITZGERALD Ever alert: Chris Ashton touches down for Sale PICTURES: Getty Images STEVE Diamond’s Sharks slumped despairingly out of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoDiamond: Now we must aim for top 6
STEVE Diamond urged his players to quickly forget their European despair and focus on snatching a top six place in the...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoTry burst comes too late to save brave Quins
■By JAMES LLOYD EVEN a late try blitz by Harlequins could not stop Clermont Auvergne from setting up an all French...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoArrogant and divisive, but Galthie is a winner
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE suggestion that the former France scrum-half and captain Fabien Galthie has been...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoRFU chief executive
Steve Brown told us in October there would be a prudence measure by the RFU to reduce spending by £4- £5m...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoJobs for the boys is a concern
THE blurred lines between senior executives in sport being guardians of governing bodies and then, armed with inside knowledge, joining corporate...
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Features
/ 7 years agoExiles in a hurry to splash the cash
Big money: Adam Coleman LONDON IRISH are ready to splash a significant chunk of the £15m they received from CVC to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBlackadder opening for Girvan
BATH could promote Girvan Dempsey to head coach next season with Todd Blackadder leaving a year early, at the end of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoProp Smith gets ready to cross Severn Bridge
No to Ospreys deal: Nicky Smith SALE SHARKS have jumped to the front of the queue of clubs looking to sign...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorld-wide bidding war starts for fly-half Sam
Wanted: Sam Davies OSPREYS fly-half Sam Davies has got four clubs from around the world looking to lure him away from...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWales must get Shaun and Byron in tandem
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND YOU know the saying – two heads are better than one. Well, that certainly applies...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLouis has gas to burn and looks a serious prospect
IT’S IMPORTANT in Wales that we always keep an eye on the next generation and that’s why I’ve been keen to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThe England fire still rages for ‘Churchill’ clone Vickery
NICK CAIN TALKS TO PHIL VICKERY ABOUT PROPS, ENGLAND AND CAPTAINCY Playing with intesity: Phil Vickery takes on Wales’ Martyn Williams...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWHO ARE YOUR RUGBY HEROES?
Diamond: Tom Curry playing for England against Scotland Youth has had a wonderful season in rugby. In 20-year-old openside Tom Curry...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWe’ll have no problems with Billy insists Shields
■By NEALE HARVEY BRADShields foresees “no issues” between social media rebel Billy Vunipola and his England teammates once World Cup preparations...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoKeep views to yourself says Care
DANNY Care has urged his England team-mates not to risk their careers by making controversial comments on social media`. The Harlequins...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGive owners a break says Rowe as clubs lose £44m
■By NEALE HARVEY EXETER chairman Tony Rowe insists Premiership Rugby’s under-pressure owners deserve praise rather than vilification in the face of...
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Latest News
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoWharfedale stretch clear in dominant second half
■By ED WILLIAMS Ace: Blakeney-Edwards WHAREFDALE coach Jon Feeley praised his side’s big effort in the sun as they overwhelmed Stourbridge...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup defeat by Wales still bites
MY LIFEIN RUGBY KEVIN SIMMS THE FORMER ENGLAND, WASPS AND LIVERPOOL ST HELENS CENTRE On the attack: England centre Kevin Simms...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI used to be a nervous kicker admits Twelvetrees
PREMIERSHIP hot-shot Billy Twelvetrees says he relishes the pressure of goal-kicking but admits that the responsibility once scared the life out...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThis Welsh Brexit from Europe is shameful
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW More than 50,000 will converge on Cardiff ‘s Superdome next weekend for the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWasting time is name of game for the Tigers
RUGBYused to be big on ‘the ethos of the game’, ensuring it stayed immune to all those nasty bits of gamesmanship...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPirates prepared for Stirling ‘magic’
Preview Cornish Pirates v Yorkshire C Today, Kick-off 2.30pm SCRUM-HALF Alex Day returns to the Cornish Pirates lineup as the only...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPack power gets Hartpury across the line to safety
■By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY head coach, Mark Cornwell, was a relieved man after his team won a breathless game in the...
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