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Features
/ 7 years agoReece call up stinks – Hansen’s so wrong
COLIN BOAG Try power: Sevu Reece has been called into the All Black squad Does off-field behaviour matter in professional rugby,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMcConnochie’s enthusiasm would galvanise England
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT Consistently good: Ruaridh McConnochie has a complete skill set PICTURE: Getty Images I’M much more...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoBeaten, but Jaguares still give Eddie lots to think about
By NICK CAIN ASKED whether he was concer ned about the improvements made by a Jaguares side which is virtually England’s...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoRead signs off after 12 years
KIERAN Read thanked the Crusaders as his 12- year stint came to and end as he prepares to leave New Zealand...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoTears show how much we care says Quesada
By SAM JACKSON Dejected: Jaguares captain Pablo Matera and coach Gonzalo Quesada EMOTIONS ran high in the Jaguares changing room after...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoSonny Bill may not last pace
NEWS EXTRA ALL BLACKS coach Steve Hansen admits he has doubts over Sonny Bill Williams’ ‘durability’. Injuries have been an ongoing...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoOverseeing the development of Delon Armitage and Charlie Ewels has been one of my proudest achievements, says Toby Booth
In this lengthy feature, we talk to the departing Bath assistant coach about his time at the Rec and his past...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoMarler, Cipriani and McConnochie all in England’s Rugby World Cup training squad
There are plenty of talking points in Eddie Jones' Rugby World Cup training squad
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRelegation holds back young talent warns Newcastle Falcons Darren Barry
The new arrival at Kingston Park shares his reasoning for ring-fencing the Premiership
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoProbyn column: The week that was for Eddie Jones and Leicester Tigers
Jeff Probyn reflects on Leicester Tigers being put up for £60m
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks to partner with troubled Yorkshire Carnegie?
There are concerns for the future of Carnegie's famed academy after members agree CVA
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoAll Blacks Tests will bring £20m bonanza
■By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND and Wales are to play the All Blacks at home next year – fixtures guaranteed to break...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoRivals say Carnegie could still go down
By JON NEWCOMBE RIVAL clubs believe that Yorkshire Carnegie could still be relegated from the Championship even though their members have...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWalking in the sky to boost Welsh cash
By ALEX BYWATER THE Welsh Rugby Union are well down the line over plans to build an official roof walkway experience...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoSix-try England praised for their great defence!
By SAM JACKSON 50th cap: Amber Reed PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS USA: Mataitoga, Baravilala, Kelter, Haungatau, Duncan, Cantorna, Byrge; Benson, Kitlinski,...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWorld champions show their class in tough test
THE Black Ferns claimed a hard fought win over Canada in their first Test match of 2019. Lock Eloise Blackwell opened...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWarren can conquer the world in stages!
World’s best: Warren Gatland coaching Wales Chiefs: Sam Cane and Anton Lienert-Brown PICTURE: Getty Images ITHOUGHT Warren Gatland was going to...
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoBlues need motivated players not divas who like a moan
CARDIFF Blues are moving out of their Vale of Glamorgan training base to return to Cardiff Arms Park and I’ve got...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRocky road puts Ilnicki on the champagne trail
By JON NEWCOMBE Champs: Jake Ilnicki, circled, and Seawolves team-mates celebrate their title success Negotiator: Tom Beattie MAJOR League Rugby champion...
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/ 7 years agoEwels: It took too long to settle but we’ve learnt our lesson
ALEX BYWATER CHARLIE Ewels admits it took Bath 12 months to finally learn their lesson but the lock insists his team...
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/ 7 years agoWarren’s in line for World Cup double
Warren Gatland has put himself in position to win the World Cup with Wales this autumn and again with New Zealand...
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/ 7 years agoWilli joins exiled Kiwis good enough to take on allcomers
Japan chance: Willi Heinz has been called up by England PICTURE: Getty Images IF WILLI Heinz makes the cut for Japan,...
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/ 7 years agoLet’s hope O’Brien’s spent penny cost him dear
A FAMOUSrugby player urinates on a man in a Dublin pub, a crude offence to put it mildly and yet it...
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/ 7 years agoWard determined to help put Ampthill on the map
By NEALE HARVEY Ambition: Paul Turner Relief: Dave Ward DAVE Ward says he is hugely relieved to have found a new...
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/ 7 years agoDate switch gives Super Six appeal
THE top six Welsh Premiership clubs have been confirmed as the representatives for next season’s cross-border Super Six competition against Scottish...
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/ 7 years agoIrish are fully Loaded for Premiership onslaught
Big potential: Ben Loader Leinster great: Sean O’Brien England wing prospect Ben Loader cannot wait for Super Rugby star Waisake Naholo...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoArgentine history boys power into Christchurch
By GEORGE LAWRENCE THE Jaguares made light work of the Brumbies in Buenos Aires to power into their first ever final....
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 7 years agoRef’s blunder helps Crusaders march on
By SAM JACKSON Hitman: Sevu Reece celebrates the first of his two tries for the Crusaders PICTURE: Getty Images Erratic: Beauden...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTurning pro has cost Tom millions
Major investor: Tigers chairman Peter Tom has sunk huge money into the club PICTURE: Getty Images IF he didn’t quite choke...
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/ 7 years agoCarre can be a breakout star in Japan for Wales
By ALEX BYWATER Mentor: Rhys Gill Apprentice: Rhys Carré RHYS Gill insists fellow loosehead prop Rhys Carré can follow in his...
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/ 7 years agoSubscriptions…
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Features
/ 7 years agoCrossroads could point Booth down the Gold path
NEALE HARVEY speaks to Toby Booth, enjoying a summer off before deciding his next move Protégés: Overseeing the development of Delon...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBronze finish in Moscow but only gold will do in France
By SAM JACKSON Return to fitness: Ollie Lyndsay-Hague ENGLAND finished third at the Moscow Sevens leg of the European Grand Prix...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDavies made me a winner at Leeds
Glory day: Gordon Ross, standing left of skipper Mark Regan, enjoys the Powergen Cup win over Bath PICTURE: Getty Images “Bath...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDon’t write off old England players for World Cup yet
For sale: Leicester should be worth more than £60m PICTURE: Getty Images “I am looking forward to Eddie Jones announcing a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWallace deal signals Nick’s intent to take Cov to the top
Star signing: Luke Wallace joins from Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images MD: Nick Johnston Winners: Coventry coaching panel of Louis Deacon, Nick...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBhatti has a point to prove after axe from Glasgow
NEWS EXTRA SCOTLAND loosehead Jamie Bhatti is determined to show Glasgow Warriors they were wrong to ditch him by making the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEaling’s ambition hits right note for Tommy
Championship fixtures By NEALE HARVEY Bullish: Ben Ward Fresh start: Tommy Bell in action for London Irish PICTURE: Getty Images TOMMY...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWelch leads recovery
By SAM JACKSON Committed: Will Welch CLUB captain Will Welch has given Newcastle a major boost by committing his future for...
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Features
/ 7 years agoOperating costs far outweigh central funding
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER WELSH Premiership clubs are considering the implementation of a salary cap or pay banding system as...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
CHARLIE WRIGHT EXETER BACK ROW Exeter Chiefs have a fine history of thrusting back rowers into the limelight and one name...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCard happy refs could disrupt the World Cup
NEALE HARVEY meets Ted Hill to discuss the 2019 U20 World Championship Cost victory: Alfie Barbeary sees red against Ireland Warning:...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoYou must pick Cips Dallaglio tells Eddie
By GARY FITZGERALD Call: Lawrence Dallaglio In place: George Ford and Owen Farrell Stunning season: Danny Cipriani playing for Gloucester PICTURES:...
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/ 7 years agoArmitage brother Guy tries his hand at Rugby League
■By GARY FITZGERALD Wolf: Luther Burrell LUTHER BURRELL has been joined by former England U20 centre, Guy Armitage, in trying his...
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/ 7 years agoClub go barking mad over awards
BAILDON RUFC did not have to paws for thought when they decided who should win their supporter of the year award....
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/ 7 years agoQuins add Gale force
HARLEQUINS have confirmed the arrival of new academy manager Chim Gale from Worcester Warriors, where he oversaw their academy operation. Billy...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMy Baa-Baas experience was incredibly special
EDDIE Jones will coach the Barbarians versus Fiji at Twickenham on November 16. James Horwill, who led the side last month,...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPenclawdd pack holds a new ace
ALEX BYWATER talks to Sophie Spence, the former Ireland women’s star bossing the boys Driving force: Ireland’s Sophie Spence takes on...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThe big two square up in French power battle
Rivals: Bernard Laporte and Florian Gill, inset “Laporte is the man with the reputation of getting things done but his methods...
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