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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPooler too good as they run riot at home
■By THOMAS ROBERTS SWALEC Championship round-up PONTYPOOL powered to a 12th win from as many games in the WRU National Championship,...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPonty pile on the pressure with heavy victory
■By TIM LEWIS Pontypridd …54 Bedwas …17 Principality Premiership PONTYPRIDD moved to within two points of Principality Premiership leaders Merthyr with...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPack power gets Drovers over the line
■By JAMES SMITH Llandovery …21 Bargoed …11 LLANDOVERY came out on top in a mudfest at Church Bank to move up...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTitle race back in the ballance after try-fest
■By ROB COLE Merthyr …28 Cardiff …34 WALES under-20 centre Max Llewellyn and Ben Thomas both scored tries, and had a...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFricker brace guides Steelmen to win
■By GEOFF CHAMPION Ebbw Vale…20 Llanelli …7 FLANKER Lloyd Evans pounced for a crucial 70th try to earn Ebbw Vale victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWarlow demands response to heavy defeat
■By ANDREW REYNOLDS PREVIEW Newport v Carmarthen Quins Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Rodney Parade NEWPORT head coach Craig Warlow will be hoping...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGlynn’s go top thanks to terrific Tennant
■By MARTYN DANIELS SWALEC Division One round-up GLYNNEATH went top of One West Central after a 31-0 bonus-point win over KenfigHill....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTackle law review as more die in France
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Concerns: Giant prop Jefferson Poirot PICTURE: Getty Images Jefferson Poirot, the France international prop, has most things...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoO’Donnell double delivers victory for Lightning
■By HANNAH THOMPSON Loughboro’ …29 Glos-Hartpury 10 Try double: O’Donnell CATHERINE O’Donnell bagged a brace for Loughborough Lightning as they bounced...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoWaterloo crushed at home by rampant Quins
■By DANIEL MATTHEWS Waterloo…0 Harlequins…65 HARLEQUINS made it an impressive nine wins in a row as they produced a brilliant display...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoHat-trick heroes help leaders maintain pace
■By SARAH GWYNN Saracens…48pts Richmond …0pts Round the corner: Bryony Cleall scored for Saracens LEAGUE leaders Saracens maintained their imperious form...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoWinless Valkyries call new recruits into action
■By MATTHEW LONG PREVIEW Worcester Valkyries v Wasps Today. Kick-off 2pm, Sixways WORCESTER Valkyries will be hoping they can end their...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoSharks show bite against Bears in tight win
■By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks …7 Bristol Bears …5 Flyer: Georgina Roberts DARLINGTON Mowden Park Sharks recorded their third win of...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoOspreys striving to reclaim No.1 spot
Target: Brad Davis OSPREYS are preparing for a season-defining Christmas period as they look to reassert themselves as the strongest Welsh...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDuncan calls on Te’o to play big role over Xmas
Adapting: Rory Duncan BEN Te’o’s value to Worcester will be apparent over the forthcoming block of Premiership matches, insists head coach...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoGrassroots need you!
GREAT letter from Chris Taylor last week, proposing a “Community Game Arrangement” to provide central funding to clubs according to what...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoStance on recruitment smacks of hypocrisy
SOUNDS like sour grapes to me in Nick Cain’s piece entitled “Schools in moral row” in which he described how a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoRugby must rediscover its identity
RUGBY needs to look seriously at its reason for being. We are not soccer (now resembles contactless sport) or American Football...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoRemarkable job to stay under the cap
SHOCK horror! UEFA suspect Manchester City FC have been contraventing their rules on the amount they spend on players’ salaries. The...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIt’s not boring Ugo, it’s called winning
Tough conditions: Exeter v Gloucester last week COLIN BOAG Last week I commented on BT Sports’ attitude towards the fare served...
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Features
/ 7 years agoChiefs’ European problems raise questions for Baxter
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Too many mistakes: Exeter were well beaten by Gloucester at Sandy Park PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoBath gunned down by Leinster’s six-shooters
■By RONAN O’BRIEN Jamie Roberts of Bath is tackled by Dan Leavy, left, and Ed Byrne HOLDERS Leinster began this game...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoTodd left flat by failure to execute
BATH boss Todd Blackadder says his side aren’t far off the likes of champions Leinster despite a second defeat in a...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoBuzzing Wasps are swatted by French panache
■By STEFFAN THOMAS TOULOUSE edged closer to the Heineken Champions Cup quarter finals with a stunning bonus point victory at the...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoWe can build on this says Young
DAI YOUNG believes Wasps’ valiant effort in defeat has put them back on track but concedes his side are out of...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership coach marks Wilson as the must-start no.6 for England
Northampton Saints forwards coach Phil Dowson looks at England's back row
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBrexit minister Stephen Barclay’s history with rugby and Fylde
'My childhood activities revolved around rugby'
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: The numbers don’t lie, fans snub the regions in PRO14
Peter Jackson examines the drop in attendance figures among the four Welsh regions
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoSteve Hansen to step down as All Blacks head coach after World Cup
Weeks of speculation over World Cup-winning coach's future becomes clearer at press conference
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoShaun Edwards in advanced talks to become new Dragons head coach
Already committed to moving to Wigan Warriors in 2020
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Former Connacht flanker and Bristol Bears defence coach John Muldoon
The best XV he's played with and against
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International Rugby
/ 7 years agoWallabies can turn things around in 2019, says Matt Toomua
Leicester Tigers and Australia centre throws his support behind Michael Cheika
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Featured
/ 7 years agoCain column: Melville understands the dangers of ring-fencing
Nick Cain on the big topic of ring-fencing the Premiership
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBristol Bears flanker George Smith on how long he has left at the top and Pat Lam
The evergreen Australia back row feels he can reach four decades playing the game
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStade Francais teenager Nicolas Chauvin dies after sustaining neck injury in match
Stade Francais are 'in mourning' following death of 19-year-old
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoConnacht submit plans to redevelop the Sportsground Stadium
The PRO14 side's capacity could be doubled
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSale Sharks complete addition of Russian international prop
Valery Morozov has been on the Sharks' radar for the past 12 months
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Leicester Tigers line up Paul Gustard as director of rugby
The story from our front page on Sunday
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDragons and Bernard Jackman part ways
Forwards coach Ceri Jones will take interim charge of the struggling PRO14 club
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWill RWC 2019 see the end of Southern Hemisphere dominance?
The 2019 Rugby World Cup is less than a year away and some fans have already discovered whether or not they...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWho is favourite to succeed Eddie Jones?
Barring a complete flop at next year’s World Cup, Eddie Jones will be England coach until his current contract expires in...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoTop clubs shake-up
Bragging rights: Gloucester’s Gerbrandt Grobler celebrates Willi Heinz’s early try in their big win over Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images BLINDSIDE EXCLUSIVE...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoDynamic duo return to operate backline
Preview Munster v Castres Today, Kick-off 1pm. Thomond Pk FOUR months of waiting are over for Munster fans who will finally...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoSarries suffer Itoje blow but Mako’s back in front row
By NEALE HARVEY Return: Mako Vunipola INFLUENTIAL lock Maro Itoje misses out as Saracens seek back-toback wins over Cardiff that will...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoChiefs set for a hard crash out of Europe
By MIKE SINCLAIR Backing up: Willi Heinz dives over to score for Gloucester PICTURES: Getty Images Early hope: Don Armand lands...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoRennie’s rampant Warriors in fine nick for knockouts
By ALEX BYWATER GEORGE Horne ran the show with a man-of-thematch display as Glasgow dismantled Lyon. Horne was supreme at scrum-half,...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoBaxter: ‘It was error after error after error’
BOSS Rob Baxter admitted that Exeter are struggling to take their usually efficient Premiership performances into Europe. “First you have to...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoTimid Tigers fight for pride after white flag at Bristol
By NEALE HARVEY Under fire: Murphy MATT Toomua has called for a resilient response as Leicester fight to put memories of...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoSloppy Scarlets sign own death warrants
By ROGER PANTING Not quite enough: Steffan Evans slides in to score for Scarlets PICTURES: Getty Images SCARLETS’ European Cup hopes...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoBeware backlash warns Dwayne
FORMER Wales and Scarlets favourite Dwayne Peel, now Ulster’s backs coach, was pleased with the clinical finishing on display. He said:...
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