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Latest News
/ 7 years agoChampionship is world class now says Pirates boss Stirling
NEALE HARVEY talks to a New Zealand coaching guru who believes the value of the Championship is vastly underrated Cornish Pirates...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoChampions Jesters fall to Samurai in thriller
EALING Trailfinders’ ground was the venue for the final round of the 2019 Super Sevens Series on the hottest day of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoTop-flight survival takes precedence for Exiles
By NEALE HARVEY NEWLY-promoted London Irish risk missing out on RFU funding worth £750,000 next season unless they significantly increase their...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoBates quits as U20 coach after three World Cups
ENGLAND U20s are looking for a new head coach after Steve Bates decided to quit the RFU. Having joined in 2017,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoJapan is such a happy hunting ground for Josh
Alex Bywater talks to Josh Navidi about his roundabout route to international stardom JAPAN has played a crucial role in Josh...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLomu-tamer Small dies at age of 50
SOUTH Africa World Cup winner James Small has died aged 50. The former Springbok winger was taken to hospital on Tuesday...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPienaar signs for Cheetahs
RUAN Pienaar will take on his former Ulster teammates next season after joining Pro14 side the Cheetahs. The 35-year-old has agreed...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSmall was a giant when it came to showing courage
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW IN A RADIOinterview last summer, James Small confessed that he had attempted suicide...
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Features
/ 7 years agoNadolo puts family first – much to relief of Wales
When Wales roll into Otia for their penultimate World Cup Pool match in October, the largest wing in the game will...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMorgan is following in Irish footsteps
CONTRARY to popular opinion, Eoin Morgan will not be the first Dubliner to line up in a World Cup final for...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBoks snub will fire up Wallabies
THE Springboks are packing their first XV off to New Zealand this week to prepare for their date with the All...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMapletoft switches to Quins academy
MARK Mapletoft will transition from his role as Harlequins head coach to take over the academy. Mapletoft will also assist with...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLees quits Chiefs to join Brive
LOCK Mitch Lees has left Exeter Chiefs after five years at Sandy Park, agreeing a move to French Top 14 side...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoNathan couldn’t ask for a better start than playing Bath at home says delighted Lam
By NEALE HARVEY Buzzing: Nathan Hughes is eager to impress at Bristol HELPING to fire Bristol into the Premiership big time...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCalcutta kick ban Jeffrey in top job
FORMER Scotland international John Jeffrey, once banned for six months for kicking the Calcutta Cup along Princes Street, Edinburgh, with England’s...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoO’Connor is a Red
FORMER Australia utility back James O'Connor has signed a long-term deal with Super Rugby side Queensland Reds and will be included...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoThis is why old-fashioned rugby was so much better!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME There is an old saying, if you don’t learn from history you...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAll Black baptism led me to a Slam
WHEN I was first picked to play for England against the All Blacks in the Autumn of 1979, I could only...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThis Super series has been far from super
CATHERINE SPENCER FORMER ENGLAND WOMEN’S CAPTAIN With the last two games of the tournament taking place this evening, I ask whether...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoAspiring Coventry
JON NEWCOMBE reveals another big signing as Coventry aim to mount challenge Ampthill IN: Kwaku Asiedu (Coventry), Dave Ward (Harlequins), Darryl...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agosplurge on Purdy
(Wasps) also boost the squad. Bell said: “Ealing’s a club on the up who like to throw the ball around and,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoLozowski: I’ll use RWC snub as my motivation
By NEALE HARVEY ALEX Lozowski will use the burning resentment of his England World Cup omission to resist any challenge from...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoJust watch me play, Venter tells his Ospreys critics
By STEFFAN THOMAS OSPREYS new boy Shaun Venter has vowed to brush off criticism of his arrival in Welsh rugby and...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
RYAN CONBEER SCARLETS WINGER Ryan Conbeer began his sporting life as a footballer but remembers the day he knew he really...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHewitt’s hungry for some action replays
Hit by injury: Ashton Hewitt PICTURES: Getty Images By ALEX BYWATER THE coming season promises to be something of a new...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoHowley’s now one of world’s best – Roberts
By STEFFAN THOMAS ROB Howley has been backed to land a big coaching role at either club or international level when...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCanada are already aiming at RWC 2023!
Steffan Thomas meets the Canadian coach Gruff Rees to discuss RWC 2019 IT HAS been eight years since Canada won a...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCardiff Uni lose Davies to Bridgend
By ROB COLE CARDIFF University are looking for a new director of rugby following the departure of Alun Wyn Davies to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoMelville: Carnege’s fate is still in the balance
By JON NEWCOMBE RFU director of professional rugby Nigel Melville says the future of Yorkshire Carnegie as a Championship club is...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoItoje and Kruis are my No1 No2s says Bayfield
By NEALE HARVEY INDOMITABLE Saracens duo Maro Itoje and George Kruis offer England their best route to second row domination, according...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoDowson: Ludlum has the attitude that Eddie loves
LEWIS Ludlam’s hardnosed attitude and determination in the face of adversity will give him a vital edge in the battle for...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoJoe can star at World Cup then roar as a 2021 Lion!
By GARY FITZGERALD JOE Marler may enjoy his fresh taste of England so much he will decide to also take a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoYour way is highway now, Eddie
THE England rugby coach meets the chief executive of the RFU in the corridors of Twickenham. “How yuh doing, Eddie?” asks...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoSquare pegs not wanted
ONCE again I open up the pages of TRP and see all doom and gloom, well nearly all. If it’s not...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoLet’s have more focus on disability
I THOUGHT it was time to think about how the game can improve for next season. I would like to see...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoDon’t forget the community clubs need cash, too
IN AN otherwise wellreasoned interview with Neale Harvey in last week’s Rugby Paper, Tony Rowe, chairman of Exeter presents a very...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoBates is a big miss
IT’S a shame to see the RFU lose another top coach as England U20 boss Steve Bates follows Dean Ryan out...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRowe’s so wrong to doubt England
Strong opinions: Tony Rowe celebrates an Exeter win with Jack Yeandle COLIN BOAG It always makes for a great read when...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCan Wales go all the way in Japan? Yes, they can!
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK THE question that keeps on coming up is whether Wales, having won a Grand Slam...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRelegation? It was just part of life – we’re coming back
Newcastle rugby director Dean Richards tells NEALE HARVEY why relegation last season has failed to dampen his enthusiasm for rugby in...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFormer Harlequins coach John Kingston on hand to help Rams
Kingston will work with National Two South champions Rams
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks recruit Jake Cooper-Woolley sees club hitting next level
The departing Wasps prop has been impressed by the signings announced by Sale
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLooking back on James Small’s colourful career
Many rugby fans around the world will be carrying around a great sadness upon hearing the news that the former Springbok and...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFIXTURES: Premiership clubs discover their 2019-20 schedules
London Irish's return to be broadcast on TV with trip to Wasps
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Featured
/ 7 years agoExclusive: Exeter head Rob Baxter won’t be tempted by England job if World Cup ends in failure
In our extensive Q&A interview, Exeter Chiefs chairman Tony Rowe shares his opinion on England head coach Eddie Jones
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWales captain Alun Wyn Jones finally signs new contract to stay with Ospreys
The Grand Slam-winning lock assures the Ospreys are the best place for him to be 'at this stage' of his career
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEllis blow as Wales head for the Alps
By PETER JACKSON Second op: Ellis Jenkins WALES head for the Swiss Alps this week amid renewed fears that one of...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoRob won’t join England says Exeter boss Rowe
Try time: Codie Taylor scores for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby final victory over the Jaguares PICTURE: Getty Images EXETER...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI’m going to help take Sale to next level
Jake Cooper- Woolley, Sale’s new tighthead prop, tells NEALE HARVEY why he believes the club are ready for lift-off Jake Cooper-Woolley...
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