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Featured
/ 7 years agoRFU confirm World Cup warm-up match to be held in the North
St James' Park, not Twickenham, will host England's international against Italy in September 2019
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBath pin down Zach Mercer with two-year contract extension
Blackadder: 'Zach has attributes that can make he a world-class player'
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJonathan Davies to miss Scarlets clash with Leinster
Wayne Pivac says it is 'smart' to not risk the centre against the PRO14 champions
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMatt O’Connor leaves Leicester Tigers one game into the Premiership season
Geordan Murphy has been put in charge as interim head coach
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoBaxter: Cut games and we’ll all go bust
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER supremo Rob Baxter has warned that professional rugby will go bust if demands by players to play...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoLions may play in 95,000 stadium
By PETER JACKSON Roar delight! Quins new boy Nathan Earle celebrates his try against Sale PICTURE: Getty Images THE Lions will...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWarriors’ penalty count has Solomons puzzled
By NEALE HARVEY Double handed: GJ van Velze and Francois Hougaard of Warriors tackle Wasps’ Rob Miller PICTURES: Getty Images Over:...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoYes, we got lucky admits Young
WASPS rugby director Dai Young admitted his side got lucky He said: “I couldn’t have moaned if we’d lost because they...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBristol win will intensify ring-fence campaign
NICK CAIN Bristol’s 17-10 win over Bath at Ashton Gate in front of more than 26,000 fans on Friday night will...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoEddie’s breakdown backdown
EDDIE Jones claimed that he did not need specialist opensides for England to be successful at the breakdown. He has revised...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPumas roar out England warning
ARGENTINA have warned England they are capable of making big gains before the teams face each other in the pool round...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoMaestro Smith gets Quins back on song
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Low centre of gravity: Quins Ben Tapuai evades Byron McGuigan to score their third try PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGustard: Fantastic start but that’s all
NEW Harlequins coach Paul Gustard – who received good luck messages from his old boss Eddie Jones in midweek – insists...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWham bam! Lam given ideal start to Bristol adventure
By NEALE HARVEY Killer Bear: Alapati Leiua scores the late winning try for Bristol PICTURES: Getty Images No way through: Jamie...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoLuatua: Team is crucial word
BATH supremo Todd Blackadder pulled no punches. “The points were there, we just didn’t capitalise,” he said. “Our ball into contact...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWelch has grown into true leader
By TRP REPORTER On the rampage: Will Welch of Newcastle is tackled by Mitch Eadie of Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images AS...
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Premiership
/ 7 years ago‘Slim-line’ Skelton in the best shape of his life
By NEALE HARVEY Feeling good: Will Skelton GARGANTUAN Saracens lock Will Skelton has revealed how losing ten kilos has enabled him...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoWasps eye Vellacott as Simpson replacement
BY NEIL FISSLER GLOUCESTER scrum-half Ben Vellacott could be off when his contract runs out at the end of the season....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoFerreira set to join Lions exodus to Premiership
On move? Ferreira LIONS lock Andries Ferreira wants to join the exodus of players leaving Gauteng to move to the Premiership...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoLangkilde’s date for court return
SAMOA Sevens player Gordon Langkilde could learn his fate this week after his alleged assault on three Wales players during the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoNowell close to agreeing new Chiefs’ contract
Negotiations: Jack Nowell JACK NOWELL looks set to become the first of the large number of Eddie Jones England squad who...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoBath start talks to keep ace Watson at the Rec
Options: Watson BATH have opened talks with England star Anthony Watson about his extending his stay at The Rec beyond the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIt’s right to let regions take control once more
SHANE WILLIAMS Back home: Leigh Halfpenny PICTURE: Getty Images THERE is no doubt in my mind the National Dual Contract system...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPremiership promises to be highly exciting
THE 2018-19 Principality Premiership began at the weekend amid a serious discussion over whether the league has any future in Welsh...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoYoungs wants his Tigers to be home boys again
By NEALE HARVEY On the charge: Leicester Tigers skipper Tom Youngs takes on the Newcastle cover last year at Welford Road...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoNew blood now giving Brew food for thought
ALED BREW was Bath’s Players’ Player of the Year last season and chalked up more minutes on the field than any...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRotherham win their pitch battle
By JON NEWCOMBE ROTHERHAM TITANS’ preparations for life in National One were disrupted this week after the club found themselves caught...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoItalians turn on the style to crush Kings
By TIM LEWIS ZEBRE won the battle of last season’s basement boys with a convincing bonuspoint victory. Scores from Oliviero Fabiani,...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoScarlets pay the penalty as Cooney steals win
By RONAN O’BRIEN JOHN Cooney kicked a last-minute penalty to give Ulster victory over Scarlets in Belfast following a tight opener...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoScintillating Blues left devastated by late try
By ROGER PANTING Catch me if you can: Ray Lee-Lo of Cardiff Blues gets clear to score PICTURE: Huw Evans BLUES...
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/ 7 years agoTry double gets North off to bang with Ospreys
By STEFFAN THOMAS GEORGE North made a dream start to his Ospreys career with a brace of tries as the Welsh...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoConnacht collared as Hogg drops in so late
By DECLAN ROONEY Connacht …26 Glasgow…27 GLASGOW Warriors survived the sin-binning of Adam Hastings and a late penalty attempt from Craig...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoZanini zips in for Italians to douse early Dragons fire
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE DRAGONS got their season off to a horror start with a shocking home loss to Benetton. After...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoMunster revel in ‘perfect’ six-try opener
By DARAGH SMALL Munster …38 Cheetahs …0 IMPRESSIVE Munster winger Darren Sweetnam revelled in “the perfect start” to the new season”...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoTwo more South African teams ready to join PRO14
THE South African Rugby Union confirmed yesterday that two more of their provincial teams are in the process of migrating north...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoSubscriptions…
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Features
/ 7 years agoMcCall factor is magic ingredient for Sarries
BRENDAN GALLAGHER charts the remarkable rise of Mark McCall and his methods at Saracens Champions: Saracens celebrate with the Premiership trophy...
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Features
/ 7 years agoOn McCall’s watch
2009-10: Regular season: 3rd. Premiership Play-offs: Runners up losing 32-27 to Leicester Tigers. Europe: European Challenge Cup semi-finalists, losing 16-13 to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThe other men in the hot seat this season
BATH: Director of Rugby Todd Blackadder: Beginning his third season in charge at Bath with a 5th and 6th to his...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBackrow battle will keep all of Wales agog
PETER JACKSON Million dollar man: Gavin Henson. PICTURE: Getty Images Since Sam Warburton made his last stand in the Six Nations...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHigh-speed Beauden leaves even Carter in slip stream
DAN Carter took 12 years to assemble his collection of 29 Test tries. Beauden Barrett has gone one better in half...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAt 37, Brock just keeps rolling on
PLAYERS come and players go but, like Old Man River, Brock James keeps rolling along. The uncapped Australian began his 13th...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEvans: I’m quicker and bigger, now let me play
By NEALE HARVEY Flat out for glory: Gloucester’s Gareth Evans flies into a tackle against Harlequins PICTURE: Getty Images GLOUCESTER enforcer...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWales aim to be world No.1 in player welfare
By STEFFAN THOMAS WELSH rugby is on the way to becoming a world leader in player welfare and personal development as...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSociety darling Maro shows his caring side
Learning: Maro Itoje misses Faf de Klerk in the first Test Maro Itoje insists that outside the game he is, “a...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoRayer: This could go down to wire
Preview Nottingham v Bedford Sept 2. Lady Bay. 3pm TWO new recruits will be making their Bedford debuts when the Blues...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoDetermined Cov defy late fightback by Jersey
By TOM BRANSTON COVENTRY Rugby returned to life in the second tier with a lively win over Channel islanders Jersey Reds...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoIrish put a marker down with power play
By GARY FITZGERALD Hero: James Cordy gets a hug on scoring Rock and roll: Benjamin Meehan’s try celebration PICTURES: Lissy Tomlinson...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoHill delighted by hard-fought win over big rivals
By GEOFF NORDEMANN A PERFECT start for Richmond, beating local rivals and ground-sharers London Scottish at the Athletic Ground, much to...
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