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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJohan Ackermann has put Gloucester on the path to challenge for top prizes
After seven years with Gloucester, departing chief executive Stephen Vaughan says the club is in a strong position
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Former England Women’s 7s and XVs star Claire Allan
Claire Allan picks a best XV of players she played with and against
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Featured
/ 7 years agoCain column: Nigel Wray is being hounded for caring about his players at Saracens
Is the Saracens chairman the victim of vigilantism from other Premiership clubs?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFormer Leicester Tigers wing Steve Booth has died suddenly aged 42
English rugby has been shocked by the sudden passing of former Leicester Tigers and Bath wing Steve Booth at the age...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: Humble Sir Brian Lochore was touched by true greatness
Peter Jackson pays tribute to late All Blacks great Sir Brian Lochore
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Featured
/ 7 years agoNigel Short Q&A: the Scarlets chairman talks Brad Mooar
Scarlets chairman Nigel Short covets all areas facing the PRO14 club with the impending arrival of coach Brad Mooar
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoOlowofela: I’ll make my mark with Saints just like McConnochie did at Bath
Northampton flyer Ryan Olowofela insists he has no intention of hanging around in the race to replicate Ruaridh McConnochie’s stunning rise...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld Cup refs told to treat high tackles with zero tolerance, as Scott Barrett gets ban
Scott Barrett receives only a three-week ban from SANZAR for his high tackle on Australia captain Michael Hooper
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoEngland squad announcement: The 31 players heading to Japan
A tale of agony and ecstasy for players who have long been on England's radar and some who have only just...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoSouth Africa clinch first Rugby Championship title in a decade
Are the Springboks closing the gap on New Zealand after their 46-13 thumping of Argentina?
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoBust-up pair can still get on the plane says Eddie
By NICK CAIN Sent home: Ben Te’o Sent home: Mike Brown Bledisloe bragging rights: Exeter scrum-half Nic White scores for Australia...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoWales go top of the world rankings
By ALEX BYWATER ALUN Wyn Jones has vowed Wales will embrace the pressure of their favourites tag at Twickenham this afternoon...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoSonny Bill nears full fitness in stint with Counties
NEWS EXTRA NEW ZEALAND centre Sonny Bill Williams says he is happy with how his stint with Counties Manukau has gone...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks thrashed as Barrett sees red
Rugby Championship First of six: Reece Hodge storms home for the Wallabies PICTURE: Getty Images Off: All Black lock Scott Barrett...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoPumas are almost there for World Cup bid says Montera
By SAM JACKSON ARGENTINA captain Pablo Matera believes his team are ‘almost there’ for the Rugby World Cup – but says...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 7 years agoRead: We must turn it around
KIERAN Read refused to push the panic button after his All Blacks colleagues were left dazed by six of the best...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoScotland power up for best ever tournament
Upbeat: Mark Dodson SCOTLAND chief executive Mark Dodson believes Gregor Townsend has assembled the strongest ever squad in World Cup history...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoCanucks outgunned by Tonga pack power
By SAM JACKSON Tonga …33 Canada …23 TONGAended a four-match losing streak to finish the tournament with victory over Canada, leaving...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeitch leads Japan to victory in the Pacific
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Try time: Ryohei Yamanaka scores for Japan JAPAN overpowered the United States to win the tournament and deliver...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoGoneva try lights up stodgy game in Suva
By DAN THOMAS Fiji …10 Samoa …3 Winner: Vereniki Goneva AN outstanding team try finished by Harlequins winger Vereniki Goneva lit...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoWray is being hounded for caring for his players
SARACENS are in the cross-hairs of a number of Premiership rivals who want them nailed for alleged salary cap breaches before...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoYes, Wade could have been true superstar
CHRISTIAN Wade is the wonderkid who made the bold move of leaving Rugby Union for American Football in April because England...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoLine-out size matters
THE height stats in the England back row look too one-dimensional for my liking, because everyone is 6ft 2ins. Whether it...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoUS teen sprint star Tyrese signs for Bristol
BRISTOL have signed teenage former American footballer Tyrese Johnson- Fisher on a one-year deal. The 19-year-old was ranked third in the...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJoe Rigby, star sub
JOE Rigby, a senior sub editor at Greenways Publishing, working across the Rugby and Cricket Papers, has died suddenly. Editor in...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoB&I League would turn the fans off – Baldwin
By NEALE HARVEY Quins new boy: Scott Baldwin in action for Ospreys PICTURES: Getty Images Lock star: Bradley Davies FORMER Wales...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDan hopes to make grand-dad proud with Wales U18s
By STEFFAN THOMAS WALES U18 full-back Dan John is hoping to keep his family’s proud rugby tradition alive while playing for...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoThis time it’s clearly personal for Eddie and Gats
Ahead-to-head between England coach Eddie Jones and his Wales counterpart Warren Gatland on which their 2019 World Cup ambitions, and their...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoAmerican rugby is set to boom says San Diego coach Hoadley
By NEALE HARVEY Big plans: San Diego Legion coach Rob Hoadley FORMERLondon Irish and Wasps centre Rob Hoadley has revealed why...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoMallinder: Argentina were too big and physical for us
By SAM JACKSON Try: Louis Hillman-Cooper England ……….19 Argentina ……29 ENGLANDU18s coach Jim Mallinder saw positives to build upon after Argentina...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoOur young lads played all the rugby – Horsman
By WILL FARRELL SA Schools ….23 Wales …13 CHRIS HORSMAN praised Wales for playing ‘all the rugby’ in their defeat to...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoFrench show their class in 40-point romp
SA Schools A …19 France …………43 SIX NATIONS Grand Slam winners France U18 made light work of SA Schools A by...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSeven-try Moseley put on the style
By ADAM ELLIS Debut: Jonny Arr MOSELEY began their pre-season with a 40-5 win over Caldy at Billesley Common. Caldy were...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoI’m predicting 2-0 to Wales this week
Big fan: I’d like to see Owen Lane play on Saturday PICTURE: Getty Images WARREN Gatland has gone fully loaded for...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoWorld Rugby must sort out danger at the breakdown
I’M VERY interested to see how World Rugby’s latest trial laws will go, but my view is our game continues to...
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Latest News
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWe must clear up Sarries salary cap row – Vaughan
By NEALE HARVEY Call for clarity: Vaughan OUTGOING Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan has called on Premiership Rugby to come clean...
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Features
/ 7 years agoJohan’s put us on the path to challenge for top prizes
Q&A STEPHEN VAUGHAN ON THE RECORD No excuses now: Head coach Johan Ackermann has nurtured a strong culture at Kingsholm PICTURES:...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLong’s eye for detail will be a game changer says Gustard
By JON NEWCOMBE Pub chat: Paul Gustard Sean Long Big potential: Quins fly-half Marcus Smith HARLEQUINS boss Paul Gustard reckons new...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGleeson steered by advice from Shaun
By NEALE HARVEY On the attack: Martin Gleeson in action for Salford PICTURES: Getty Images Advice: Lee Blackett CROSS-CODE convert Martin...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoFriendly? This will be full metal jacket for Gatland
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Far from preserving the status of the Test match, rugby has given it...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoHumble Lochore was touched by true greatness
THEY came by the thousand to pay their last respects at lunchtime on Thursday and listen in their sorrow to the...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoTaking the Mickey no laughing matter
SOMEONE, somewhere can be relied upon to take offence at something said tongue-in-cheek. As Steve Hansen knows. Confronted with the notion...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoNo Peter, so my job gets harder
PRESS officers have long been redefined in my trade as prevention officers, notorious for blocking access to the more interesting interviewees...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGriffiths on mission to come in from the cold
By STEFFAN THOMAS Fighting fit again: Dragons back row Ollie Griffiths PICTURES: Getty Images OLLIE Griffiths plans to muscle in on...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWynne aims to shine in Scottish shop window
By NEALE HARVEY ROOKIE London Scottish skipper Lewis Wynne is planning on enjoying a cracking Championship campaign to roar back on...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoScrap the warm-up games and take a short tour instead
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Proper preparation: Ben Kay and Steve Thompson celebrate...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoFireside chats with Lochore will never dim
Son of the soil: Brian Lochore against SA in 1970 LIKE many All Black legends Sir Brian Lochore was a son...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoMulvihill rejects offer of Russian tune-up
By ROB COLE NEWS EXTRA CARDIFF Blues have turned down the chance to play Russia before the World Cup and will...
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