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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoMoriarty try swings it Wales’ way after Vahaamahina red
From NICK CAIN at Oita Stadium Late winner: Ross Moriarty scores the crucial try ROSS Moriarty’s late try clinched a see-saw...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoNorthampton Saints are keen on move for Quins’ Alex Dombrandt
Chris Boyd is plotting a way for Saints to get back on the map as a European club by stepping up...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoRoom 101: Sheffield Tigers player-coach Jamie Broadley
Sheffield Tigers centre Jamie Broadley offers three pet hates awaiting entry to Room 101
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Rosslyn Park and ex-Exeter and Gloucester no.9 Dave Lewis
This is some team picked by the scrum-half who made the move to Rosslyn Park from Harlequins in the summer
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Featured
/ 7 years agoYoung Guns: Saracens tighthead prop Sam Wainwright
From the north Wales coast to Saracens, meet a youthful addition to the Premiership club's front row
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRyan Lamb relishing mentor role under Brad Mooar at Scarlets
The former Worcester Warriors and Leicester Tigers man talks coming out of retirement to answer Mooar's call
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Featured
/ 7 years agoProbyn column: Momentous days for Japanese rugby but place in Six Nations is a non-starter
Reaching the quarter-finals at the World Cup shouldn't immediately open the door for Japan
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCornell du Preez aiming high at Worcester after horror throat injury
The Worcester Warriors back row tells TRP he is back fully fit after having urgent surgery on a fractured larynx
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Rebirth of Hiroshima ignored by Rugby World Cup
Peter Jackson's view on Hiroshima being an ample setting for a Rugby World Cup match 74 years on from the devastation...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 7 years agoTEAMS: It helps having Lions in the squad, says Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones and Steve Hansen have both announced their squads for the World Cup semi-final
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup winner Hill taught me says England star Tom Curry
Tom Curry reflects on the influence of Richard Hill dating back well before England's quarter-final win over Australia in Japan.
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Let’s hear it for World Cup’s little big men
Nick Cain fixes the spotlight on Japan's diminutive flyers after helping the Brave Blossoms to achieve a team first
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years ago600 kids turn out for 2019 Oakman Cup at Allianz Park
Last Sunday over 600 children from 13 Rugby Clubs across seven counties played in one of the UK’s largest independent Minis...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNorthampton flanker Heinrich Brussow forced to call time on rugby career
"I have been battling injuries for some time now" - Brussow
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoWilliams column: Warburton red card still haunts me to this day
The semi-final loss at the 2011 Rugby World Cup was the worst moment in the career of Shane Williams and other...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoThe greatest rugby union fly halves of all-time
With the 2019 Rugby World Cup well into the knockout phase, fans are fortunate to be watching some of the best...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSaracens up their offer to in-demand Max Malins amid interest from rivals
The fly-half/full-back is out of contract at Allianz Park at the end of the season and TRP reported earlier this month...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoNow let Rhino loose on those All Blacks!
From NICK CAIN in Oita EDDIE JONES hailed Kyle Sinckler’s “rhino charge” of a try as he revelled in England’s thrashing...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoVolcanic Kyle erupts into smiles during England rout
Rhino charge: Kyle Sinckler, right, celebrates scoring England’s third try against Australia with Anthony Watson From NICK CAIN at Oita Bank...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoLet’s do it for Gats, orders Alun Wyn
ALUN WYN Jones has told Wales this morning’s World Cup quarter-final with France has been ten years in the making for...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoSecond-half salvage job secures top spot in Pool
WALES led only 7-6 after a error-strewn first-half but went onto clinch the bonus point and ensure they topped Pool D...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoJosh is hunting down Shane’s try record
Alex Bywater talks to Wales wing Josh Adams who has scored five World Cup tries so far JOSH Adams never thought...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoHuget: My sloppiness killed the mood in Six Nations
YOANN Huget admits the pain of his Six Nations horror show against Wales still hurts as he plans to make amends...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoWarburton red card still haunts me today
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THERE is a picture of me after our 2011 World Cup semi-final defeat by France....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoRaise a glass to stickler Gardner
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S that time again. Who deserves a jouer de rugby gallant t-shirt this week for their class...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoEddie got ‘bullet train’ game back on track
The term ‘bullet train rugby’ – almost too fast for the eye, direct, unstoppable – beautifully describes Japanese rugby at present....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoLeitch is new hero for man in sumo suit
Nick Cain looks at the impact Japan’s World Cup giant-killing is having on the whole country THE day after Japan had...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoWe’re a very different team from four years ago warns Pollard
By ADAM HATHAWAY History men: Japan beat South Africa in Brighton in 2015 SOUTH African fly-half Handre Pollard has refused to...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoJapan players will be humble even if they beat the Boks
By TOM BRADSHAW NEVERMIND the so-called Miracle of Brighton in 2015, when Japan stunned South Africa with their lastminute 34-32 win,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoScottish fans call for Townsend head but he’ll get Six Nations
By NICK CAIN at Yokohama Stadium Irrepressible: Keita Inagaki evades Stuart Hogg to score Japan’s third try THE knee-jerk reaction after...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoYoung guns set to bump off the old guard
Tom Bradshaw says the Scots let themselves down on and off the field Half-an-hour into their defeat in Yokohama, there came...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoTonga reel in Eagles to break their duck
TONGA came from behind to beat the United States in their final Pool C game and earn their first win at...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoRebirth of Hiroshima ignored by RWC
PETER JACKSON IN JAPAN They began queuing in the rain at the Peace Memorial Park first thing on Friday morning, global...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoSaracens offer more to Malins
SARACENS have made an increased offer to highlyrated fly-half Max Malins to keep him at the club next season. Exeter Chiefs...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoSaints are keen on Dombrandt
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler NORTHAMPTON Saints are leading the chase for Harlequins back row Alex Dombrandt as they...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoBorthwick in under Murphy
LEICESTER Tigers will be waiting for England’s World Cup campaign to finish so they can finalise a reshuffle of their coaching...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoAct now to save us from elitist rulers
IT’S time to get rid of the elitist segregationists approach to international rugby if there is a genuine desire to grow...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoOur beautiful game has become ugly
BEFORE a player is very seriously hurt there have to be some difficult decisions and changes to the game, once beautiful...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoTyphoon Hagibis put RWC in perspective
AROUND40 people lost their lives due to Typhoon Hagibis; thousands more lost their homes or suffered unbearable disruption. The cancellation of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoUnfair endurance test
THE date of the Bill Beaumont Cup final is linked with the England XV v Barbarians game on June 21. This...
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Features
/ 7 years agoJapan should join the Rugby Championship
COLIN BOAG Even as a Scot I was applauding Japan by the end of the match, but I do wonder whether...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGrayson shows nerves of steel to sink Sarries
By GARY FITZGERALD CHRIS Boyd saluted young James Grayson after the fly-half kept ice cool to ensure Saints left Allianz Park...
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Premiership
/ 7 years ago‘It’s your job to land kicks…you just get on with it’
JAMES Grayson believes Northampton made a big statement by defeating champions Saracens in their opening game of the season to end...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSpencer: Sarries are best club to push my case
NEWS EXTRA BEN Spencer is on a mission to prove Eddie Jones wrong for leaving him at home watching the World...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLawday: Quins is a better fit for me
NEWS EXTRA By NEALE HARVEY AMBITIOUS No.8 Tom Lawday has revealed how silver-tongued Harlequins boss Paul Gustard persuaded him to complete...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoQuins flair crushed by the boot of Simmonds
By MIKE SINCLAIR NOT many teams outscore Exeter for tries at Sandy Park – but Harlequins still took home only a...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoIbitoye makes the magic we like says Gustard
TWO-TRY winger Gabriel Ibitoye was described as “a special talent” by Harlequins director of rugby Paul Gustard. “He’s been working hard...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWe showed fight roars triumphant Ackermann
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL JOHAN Ackermann and his players celebrated like wild men after a dramatic finale saw Gloucester open their Premiership...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoNo targets for us say Gloucester, just be best
Boss: Johan Ackermann VICTORIOUS Gloucester boss Johan Ackermann refused to set any targets for the season after his men saw off...
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