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/ 7 years agoLions from winter can roar in 2021
NICK CAIN PICKS HIS BRITISH & IRISH LIONS TEAM BASED ON THE SIX NATIONS Cian Healy Ken Owens Alun Wyn Jones...
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/ 7 years agoPatience paramount for Joe’s progress
■ By SAM JACKSON EDDIE Jones believes Joe Cokanasiga can become a “100-Test player” for England, despite being dropped for Saturday’s...
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/ 7 years agoDouble life is working wonders for Morgan
■ By JON NEWCOMBE Top of his game: Gloucester No.8 Ben Morgan PICTURES: Getty Images BEN MORGAN is building for a...
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/ 7 years agoEngland are the top side in Six Nations says O’Shea
■ By GARY FITZGERALD ENGLAND may have missed out on Grand Slam glory in World Cup year but they are still...
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/ 7 years agoLamb keen to stay in France
BY NEILFISSLER ON THE BLIND SIDE FORMER England Saxons fly-half Ryan Lamb has been told he is surplus to requirements at...
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/ 7 years agoDiamond gets star treatment with Fergie
Chopper: Steve Diamond SALE SHARKS boss Steve Diamond arrived at the Cheltenham races last week in style by a helicopter with...
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/ 7 years agoBath and Bristol chasing Cipriani if he’s set to go
Soughtafter: Danny Cipriani DANNY CIPRIANI could remain in the West County next season with Gloucester’s arch rivals Bath and Bristol among...
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/ 7 years agoJason’s back with League – in Jamaica
ENGLAND 2003 World Cup-winning hero Jason Robinson is crossing codes for a second time after he was named operations director for...
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/ 7 years agoProp Alex ready to come home
Move: Alex Brown FORMER Saracens and Exeter Chiefs tight-head prop Alex Brown could be on his way back to the Premiership...
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/ 7 years agoPuma Tomas may turn into a Tiger
LEICESTER TIGERS are looking to strengthen their forward pack for next season with a move for Argentina second row Tomás Lavanini,...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoClark back to put on a show at the Gardens
■ By GARY FITZGERALD CALUM Clark clearly still has a soft spot for Franklin’s Gardens but he hopes to upset the...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSaints flyer Naiyaravoro targets first half blitz
Force of nature: Taqele Naiyaravoro TAQELE Naiyaravoro aims to use his formidable pace and power to help Saints break free from...
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/ 7 years agoFox follows tested exit route for Bath
■ By JON NEWCOMBE ENGLAND U20 star Ollie Fox is set to be the latest scrum-half to come off the Yorkshire...
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/ 7 years agoRhodes cops three-week ban
FLANKER Michael Rhodes will miss Saracens Champions Cup quarterfinal clash against Glasgow after being suspended. Rhodes received a threeweek ban following...
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/ 7 years agoHampson off to join Ealing
EALING Trailfinders’ recruitment drive has continued with the capture of Wasps scrum-half Craig Hampson. Having missed out to Gloucester for Joe...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JACK REEVES GLOUCESTER CENTRE Billy Twelvetrees may be the darling of The Shed right now but coming up fast on the...
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/ 7 years agoJoe’s in right place at resurgent Quins
■ By GARY FITZGERALD Master poacher: Harlequins centre Joe Marchant scores against Worcester PICTURE: Getty Images Quins hero: Greenwood JOE Marchant...
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/ 7 years agoDREAMTEAM
JOHN AFOA, BRISTOL AND FORMER NEW ZEALAND, BLUES, ULSTER AND GLOUCESTER PROP, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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/ 7 years ago2005 Slam? Mike had more fun at Swansea
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Done it! Welsh scrum-half Dwayne Peel celebrates at the final whistle as Wales...
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/ 7 years agoFrench props go walkabout
IN DUBLINlast Sunday afternoon a pair of French props would have needed a sophisticated piece of sat-nav gadgetry to let them...
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/ 7 years agoSaints suddenly become sinners
AT THE start of the month, Northampton were in serious contention for the honour of finishing the season with the cleanest...
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/ 7 years agoFarewell to two great generals
ANOTHER Six Nations has come and gone and the tournament will never be quite the same again. Two of its finest...
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/ 7 years agoRampant Pury put Trent to the sword
■ By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP A FINAL bit of league action was completed on Wednesday with two rearranged games confirming...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoJohnson seals dramatic victory
■ By BRIAN TILLEY Dead-eye: Chris Johnson kicks the winning goal PICTURE: Gareth Lyons TEAMS TYNEDALE: Parker; Passman, Checksfield, Burden, Beaumont;...
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/ 7 years agoCornell back in training ahead of schedule
■ By SAM JACKSON Training again: Worcester flanker Cornell du Preez SCOTLAND international back row forward Cornell du Preez has resumed...
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/ 7 years agoHarlequins bring in extra cover at No.9
Cover: Hidalgo-Clyne HARLEQUINS have signed scrum-half Sam Hidalgo- Clyne on loan from Scarlets for the rest of the season. The Scottish...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoVictory in Vancouver has got Blitzbokke believing
■ By ADAM ELLIS Confidence boost: South Africa triumph in Vancouver ENGLAND have fallen further from contention for the World Rugby...
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Sevens World Series
/ 7 years agoWomen’s series set to expand
WORLDRugby announced a revamped Sevens series for the next four years with the women’s tournament increasing from six legs to eight,...
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/ 7 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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/ 7 years agoPumas plot another World Cup shock
ALEJO MIRANDA talks to Argentina coach Mario Ledesma about their mammoth task in Japan Masterplan: Mario Ledesma oversees Pumas training PICTURE:...
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/ 7 years agoWhitelock quits Highlanders for Top 14 pay day
Off: Luke Whitelock FLANKER Luke Whitelock has signed a three-year deal with Top 14 side Pau. Whitelock, 28, has been a...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoMarx leads young Lions in stunning fight back
■ By ADAM ELLIS Party time: Lions celebrate the win over Rebels Double: Folau Fainga’a helped Brumbies to victory MELBOURNE Rebels...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoFonotia relishing link up Crusader Mooar
■ By STEFFAN THOMAS NEWS EXTRA KIERON Fonotia has told his Scarlets team-mates they will feel like they are in Disneyland...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoBillingham hit skids in Kirkby downpour
■ By DAVID LAWRENCE REGIONAL PREMIER LEAGUE ROUND-UP JUST one game survived the rain and Kirkby Lonsdale ignored the wretched conditions...
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Features
/ 7 years agoStreet putting Quins on path to success
NEALE HARVEY sits down with visionary Harlequins Ladies coach Gary Street Calling the shots: Gary Street puts the Quins ladies through...
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/ 7 years agoEngland must now show variation under pressure
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Failure to adapt: Scotland triumph at Murrayfield to claim the Grand Slam...
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/ 7 years agoHawks boys get on their bikes for Comben
NEWS EXTRA HENLEY HAWKS players are preparing for a gruelling 600 mile bike ride in memory of their friend and team...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWelsh All Blacks relegated with seven games to go
■ By JOHN MURPHY Principality Premiership NEATH have been relegated from the Principality Premiership after they were comfortably defeated by RGC1404...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWondrous Williams’ hat-trick sinks Newport
■ By CARL FIELD Swansea …27 Newport …5 A HAT-TRICK from outside half John Rhys Williams inspired Swansea to a bonuspoint...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRavens provide Silva service in relegation shoot-out
■ By ALEX BYWATER Bridgend …31 Bargoed …11 BRIDGEND gave their head coach Matt Silva the perfect birthday present as they...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSuper Drovers resist late Steelmen fightback
■ By ROB COLE Ebbw Vale…24 Llandovery …25 LLANDOVERY moved up two places to fourth in the Princiapality Premiership table as...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCokanasiga Jnr starts for Mallinder’s U18s
ENGLANDU18s head coach Jim Mallinder has named his side to play Scotland at Billingham RUFC today, with Phil Cokanasiga named at...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL AND CURRENT WASPS PLAYER DANIELLE WATERMAN IPLAYED international rugby for 15 years until 2018, so while I...
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/ 7 years agoFine day for Webb turns sour in the end
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Ups and downs: Rhys Webb scored for Toulon but they went on to lose to Montpellier It...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoHorror show as Scots see England turn into zombies
■ From NICK CAIN at Twickenham Smart work: Joe Launchbury dummies the defence to score England’s third try THIS was one...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoYoungs: We must discover that killer instinct
BEN YOUNGS shook his head in dismay as he admitted he and his team-mates still lack that “killer instinct to put...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoNow Farrell has a host of questions to answer
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK What a comeback: Scotland’s Sam Johnson celebrates with his teammates after scoring their sixth try...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoNew Zealand would have scored 50 points against the Scots
CHARLIE HODGSON FORMER ENGLAND FLY-HALF Different beast in second half: Finn Russell Ihave to admit I am still a little shell-shocked...
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/ 7 years agoHigh-speed Hadleigh has Cardiff in a frenzy as party time starts early
■ PETER JACKSON at Principality Stadium What a start: Hadleigh Parkes scores for Wales after 69 seconds PICTURES: Getty Images AND...
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