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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoFreddie’s horror show
PICTURE: Getty Images Freddie Burns drops the ball over the line after blowing kisses in a display of showboating that cost...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoMoriarty deserves chance says Ryan
By PETER JACKSON ROSS Moriarty is being given expert backing in his bid to step into the shoes of Taulupe Faletau....
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoWe could have nicked that at end says Baxter
By ROGER PANTING Driving in: Luke Cowan-Dickie goes over to score for the Chiefs PICTURES: Getty Images On the run: Phil...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoMunster delight at points on road
MUNSTER’S head coach, Johann Van Graan was overjoyed to pick up two points on the road. “Nobody gave us a chance...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoGloucester prepared to live or die by the sword
By NEALE HARVEY Confident: Tom Hudson FULL-BACKTom Hudson promises Gloucester will adopt a rip-roaring approach to their first Champions Cup campaign...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoStretts: No regrets, but now let’s win it
By ADAM HATHAWAY Second spell at Sarries: David Strettle PICTURE: Getty Images DAVID Strettle has been on the receiving end of...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoEvans expects another early onslaught
By STEFFAN THOMAS JARROD Evans believes weathering an early storm holds the key to claiming another famous French scalp as Cardiff...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoTigers suffer a mauling but Tuilagi’s hitting form
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER He’s through: Manu Tuilagi breaks clear to score a second half consolation try PICTURES: Getty Images Touchdown: Alan...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoMurphy: We were bullied up front
GEORDAN Murphy admitted his Tigers pack has come off second best at Kingspan Stadium. “We did a lot of things well...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoGareth’s fatal error costs his Scarlets in late drama
By ALEX BYWATER Determined: Racing No. 8 Antonie Claassen can’t stop Scarlets’ scrum-half Gareth Davies going over PICTURES: Getty Images Opening...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoPivac: I don’t blame Davies
WAYNE Pivac insisted his team’s slow start to the game – and not the late penalty try – cost the Scarlets...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoCockerill rues the famous victory that got away
By PETER WILLIS EDINBURGHmissed a golden chance to cause a major Champions Cup upset in Montpellier after dominating their hosts. As...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoYoung unfazed by Toulon galacticos
By JON NEWCOMBE Big game experience: Falcons scrum-half Micky Young PICTURE: Getty Images Ace: Julian Savea A TRIP to the Mediterranean...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoHughes is a tweet for misjudging the mood
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NATHAN Hughes may feel that a relatively light right-handed punch from a prone...
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/ 7 years agoKennedy making a big mark at Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS JAKE Ball says new Scarlets recruit Ed Kennedy has all the ability to follow in his footsteps and...
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/ 7 years agoRhys is raring to light Toulon touch paper
ALEX BYWATER catches up with exiled Wales star Rhys Webb in the South of France Excited for Europe: Toulon No.9 Rhys...
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/ 7 years agoLimit numbers at the breakdown to reduce brutality
RHYS Webb insists rugby hasn’t gone soft and has proposed an innovative idea as a means of improving player welfare. Webb...
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/ 7 years agoGive Lane a run but continuity is key now
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Test calibre: Cardiff Blues winger Owen Lane PICTURE: Getty Images WARREN Gatland names his Wales...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoBealham try seals win after pair from Godwin
Pool 3 KYLE Godwin scored tries in each half as Connacht got their Cup campaign off to a convincing start at...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoSharks tear chunks out of 14-man Perpignan
By SAM JACKSON BYRON McGuigan’s hattrick helped Sale Sharks to a bonus-point victory to start their Challenge Cup campaign on Friday,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoToo big and too strong, Clermont bash Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Joy: Peceli Yato of Clermont celebrates scoring Consolation: Tom Collins breaks away to score for Saints PICTURE: Getty...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoDee’s double helps Dragons earn the maximum
By ROB COLE THE Dragons quickly put the bitter disappointment of losing at home to Cardiff Blues last weekend behind them...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoNorth stars as debut boy Harri makes history books
By STEFFAN THOMAS Pool 2 ALLEN Clarke praised the performance of George North as the Wales wing crossed for his fifth...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoWarriors make big statement in Paris
By TIM LEWIS WORCESTER made a blistering start to their European campaign with a bonus point win in Paris. A brace...
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/ 7 years agoNelson outraged by unfair RFU ‘attack on Lancashire’
By NEALE HARVEY Frustrated: Mark Nelson LANCASHIRE head coach Mark Nelson has accused the RFU of launching an attack on county...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoEmphatic first 40 sets Bristol up for big win
By WILL CARPENTER PAT Lam called for a big response from his players after last week’s defeat to Worcester and the...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoRussians concede 12 tries Round-up
Gain and pain: Nathan Earle touches down for Quins’ fourth try despite the efforts of Loris Tolot, but injured himself in...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoGustard: Chisholm is ready for Eddie
By GARY FITZGERALD PAUL Gustard claims Eddie Jones could do a lot worse than give James Chisholm a chance with the...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoAmbitious Ealing on the trail of Simpson
Wanted: Joe Simpson EALING Trailfinders are again hot on the hunt for Wasps scrumhalf Joe Simpson who is out of contract...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoSaints ‘make an offer’ to Fekitoa
BY NEILFISSLER ON THE BLIND SIDE Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Choice: Malakai Fekitoa NORTHAMPTON Saints have joined the race to...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoTigers join the hunt for Bok superstar Eben
Best in world: Eben Etzebeth LEICESTER Tigers have enquired about the post- World Cup availably of Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth. The...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoMontpellier give Skelton yet another option
MONTPELLIER are the latest French club to ask Will Skelton about his plans for next season with his Saracens contract coming...
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Features
/ 7 years agoROOM 101 OLLY WOODBURN
THE EXETER CHIEFS WINGER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Poor connectivity I’m always...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Du Plessis to Glasgow GLASGOW have signed South African prop Petrus du Plessis from London Irish until the end of the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWe’re 6/10 so far but still have a way to go
NEALE HARVEY sits down with supremo Paul Gustard to assess Harlequins’ start to the new campaign Big job on: Quins head...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMarchant back on track for World Cup place
PAUL Gustard reveals how a pre-season kick up the backside has pushed electric centre Joe Marchant back towards England selection. With...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThrills and spills but no score on the board
A 0-0 draw is a collector’s item these days so we should cherish London Welsh’s scoreless London Three Northwest encounter with...
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Features
/ 7 years agoI still feel the stress of that French fightback in ‘99
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Comeback kings: France beat New Zealand in 1999 RUGBY MATTERS...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCrisis? What crisis? Brown says RFU are in good shape
INTERVIEW STEVE Brown has taken so much flak over the past year that it would be no surprise if he took...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTwo new names in Italy squad for autumn
By SAM JACKSON CONOR O’Shea believes Italian rugby is going in the right direction after selecting a 37-man squad for the...
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/ 7 years agoOlowofela making case for more games at HQ
By NEALE HARVEY Foot race: Jordan Olowofela runs in a try against Northampton at Twickenham PICTURES: Getty Images Twin: Ryan Olowofela...
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/ 7 years agoDingwall relishing his opportunity in Saints midfield
Chance: Fraser Dingwall HOME-GROWN defensive dervish Fraser Dingwall is determined to prove why Northampton need not break the bank to find...
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/ 7 years agoBrown wins award as new Bionic Elbow man
PETER JACKSON Indefatigable: Mike Brown has made a remarkable 300 appearances for Quins PICTURE: Getty Images Back in the old days...
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/ 7 years agoPointless? Not these streetwise stars
OLD Streetonians in London’s east end profess to having ‘a story like no other rugby club’, one formed by ‘artists and...
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/ 7 years agoBeat boozers, close the bars!
WALESwill introduce an alcohol-free zone at the Principality Stadium next month for their four Autumn matches. The AFZ will cover 4,200...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDragons flying at full throttle for shot at Marseilles miracle
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks ahead to next month’s World Cup repechage in Marseilles Determined: Max Denmark on the charge against the Cook...
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Features
/ 7 years agoCanada start as slight favourites, but we’ll be fitter
Brendan Gallagher talks to David Rees about the Welsh connection aiding Hong Kong’s progress Brains trust: David Rees, Leigh Jones and...
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/ 7 years agoDanny boy playing for his future at Quins
By NEALE HARVEY Aiming to be No.1: Danny Care celebrates a try against Saracens on his 250th appearance for Harlequins PICTURE:...
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