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Latest News
/ 8 years agoEastwood calls for ring-fence debate
WASPS chief executive Nick Eastwood insists no decisions around ring-fencing the Premiership can be made until all available options have been...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWorkhorse Wilson’s my pick at No.6 – Dowson
By NEALE HARVEY Grafter: Mark Wilson has forced his way into the England squad PICTURE: Getty Images No.6 contenders: Chris Robshaw...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDombrandt making life even harder for Robshaw
HARLEQUINS man-of-themoment Alex Dombrandt can pile on the agony for injured stalwart Chris Robshaw as he aims to cement his back...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Te’o gets time off after his England exertions WORCESTER centre Ben Te’o has flown home to New Zealand for a “break”....
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Kyle off till New Year LEICESTER Tigers centre Kyle Eastmond has received a four-week suspension for a dangerous tackle on Bristol...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 8 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Wales line up ‘perfect’ World Cup training schedule ■By ALEX BYWATER WALES’ bid for World Cup glory will see them undertake...
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Features
/ 8 years agoRayment learning on the job at Cambridge
ADAM ELLIS talks to Cambridge’s rising front row star Alex Rayment Big talent: Alex Rayment celebrates beating Georgia in Tbilisi Released...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Merthyr …30 Carmarthen …5 MERTHYR returned to winning ways in the Principality Premiership with a bonus-point triumph over Carmarthen Quins. Fly-half...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMurphy’s magic conjures up key win for battling Bridgend
■By ALEX BYWATER Bridgend …16 Aberavon …13 JAMIE Murphy’s last-gasp drop goal gave Bridgend a dramatic victory over his former side...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLlanelli cut loose to pile more misery on Neath
■By ROB COLE Neath…12 Llanelli …69 NEATH managed to field a side despite their on-going financial problems, but they were put...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLast-gasp Jones drop goal clinches victory for Ebbw Vale
■By JAY BAYFORD Ebbw Vale…22 Cardiff …20 EBBW Vale snatched victory away from Cardiff thanks to a superb drop goal from...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPonty thump Bargoed to keep heat on at the top
■By CARL FIELD Pontypridd …51 Bargoed …14 PONTYPRIDD remain in touch with rivals Merthyr at the top after a thumping win...
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Features
/ 8 years agoThomas bags two tries as super Swansea bully Bedwas
■By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …30 Bedwas …10 SWANSEA boosted their survival hopes with a comprehensive five-try victory over rivals Bedwas. It...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSam’s the man as RGC unlock Cross Keys defence
■By DEAN JONES RGC 1404 …33 Cross Keys …13 A BRACE from Sam Jones helped RGC overcome Cross Keys in Colwyn...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStudents beat the weather to go second
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up CARDIFF Met took advantage of the postponements in the WRU National Championship to climb up...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoEdwards try helps Penallta stay in the hunt
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Div One/ Plate & Bowl round-up WRU National Plate champions Brynmawrmarched into the fourth round of the...
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Top 14
/ 8 years agoLaporte rides the outcry over £7m loss
DAVID BARNES Dogged: Bernard Laporte is still fighting to stage the 2023 World Cup in France ”Laporte asked an annual meeting...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFiji blip can’t halt England
Jeff Probyn: Nigel Melville is ‘real rugby man’ at RFU PAGE 29 ■By SAM JACKSON Promise: Dan Norton ENGLAND will face...
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Latest News
/ 8 years ago’I’m 35 but there’s still room for improvement’
By NEALE HARVEY Veteran: Richard Wigglesworth breaks against Japan EVERGREEN England No.9 Richard Wigglesworth aims to prove old dogs can learn...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDeano has pop after prop crisis
NEWCASTLE boss Dean Richards accused European Cup organisers of disregarding player welfare in Friday’s 31-13 Champions Cup defeat at Edinburgh. Following...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoReward clubs for efforts
AFTER meeting their agreed commitments to the Premiership and Championship, the RFU appear to believe that the best use of their...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCVC buy-up would hit Premiership in future
I FEEL it is necessary to comment on some of the expectations from the negotiations between PRL and CVC investments. The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoIf ref didn’t see it, then it didn’t happen
COLIN Boag in his comments about TMOs misses a fundamental aspect of the game – ‘Play to the whistle’, a basic...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoIs Meville wavering over ring-fence?
RFU’s interim chief executive, Nigel Melville, confirmed that relegation from the Premiership would remain for this season. For Melville to even...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMemo to BT: Rugby’s not all about try-fests
Muddy marvellous: Bath v Sale was played in horrendous conditions COLIN BOAG Did you watch last Sunday’s televised game between Bath...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoNow Tigers have to build a pack that can roar again
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Great days: Pack power helps Tigers become champions in 2013 as Graham Kitchener, left, scores their second...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDo-or-die in Dublin for Bath after horror pass
By NICK CAIN Strong carry: Sam Underhill breaks away from Leinster’s Garry Ringrose Interception: Jordan Larmour on his way to scoring...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWe got lucky admits Cullen
BATH rugby director Todd Blackadder said that his side had made gains despite a home defeat by the European champions which...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoHughes limps off as Wasps fluff their lines again
By GARY FITZGERALD False dawn: Wasps players celebrate as Will Rowlands scores PICTURES: Getty Images Gone: Toulouse’s Sofiane Guitoune avoids Wasps’...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years ago’Players have to ignore rumours’
KIERAN Brookes denied the constant speculation surrounding potential moves for Wasps’ stars was to blame for their poor form this season....
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Featured
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun: Northampton Saints hooker Samson Ma’asi
A look at one of Northampton's up-and-coming front row forwards
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoBen Moon intent on casting shadow over Mako and Genge
'I enjoyed the entire experience during the autumn'
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoDe Kock column: Northern hemisphere’s no.9s are getting better and better
Neil de Kock analyses the Lions options at scrum-half
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJames Grayson signs senior contract with Northampton Saints
A deal running until 2021
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoArmed robbery victim Naka Drotske has been ‘through hell and back’, family say
Former Cheetahs head coach Naka Drotske has successfully undergone surgery to reconstruct his elbow, his family has said. The veteran Springboks...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWorcester Warriors hand first-team contract to centre Ollie Lawrence
"It is only a matter of time before he pulls on the England jersey" – Solomons
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLuke Cowan-Dickie back at the negotiating table with Exeter Chiefs
News on Cowan-Dickie, Dave Ewers and Greg Holmes
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoPack will have to be at Test standard to beat Leinster, says Bath’s Ewels
England lock anticipating ferocious clash against kings of Europe
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWarren Gatland on England’s radar, as RFU plan talks
Does the head coach job at Twickenham await Gatland?
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Curse of knee injuries blindsides Wales
No.6s in short supply to Gatland ahead of Six Nations
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoRansom: I didn’t get enough love at London Irish
The former Exile and Saracens full-back will play in the Varsity match this week for Oxford
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLeigh Halfpenny to remain sidelined for Scarlets
Unavailable for the region's Champions Cup match against Ulster
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Latest News
/ 8 years ago2019 is set to be a big year for new rugby betting sites
This is set to be a seminal year for the sport of Rugby Union, with the latest iteration of the World...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoTigers face relegation scrap says Murphy
By NEALE HARVEY Routed: Luke Morahan scores Bristol’s third try against Tigers PICTURE: Getty Images GEORDAN Murphy admits his Leicester Tigers...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoCardifftickets just got dearer
By PETER JACKSON THE WRU have increased ticket prices for the Six Nations within weeks of announcing a record turnover of...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoHumiliation for Tigers as Thacker turns screw
By NEALE HARVEY Remember me? Harry Thacker dives over for Bristol’s second try PICTURES: Getty Images Good sight for England: Manu...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoNo moan over Kyle red from Murphy
KYLE Eastmond’s red card drew no complaint from Tigers boss Geordan Murphy. He said: “Barnsey (Wayne Barnes) is one of the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDifficult aftermath of that Ritchie Prem deal
All smiles: Ian Ritchie with RFU president Jason Leonard and the World Cup in 2015 IAN Ritchie must be looking on...
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Premiership
/ 8 years ago’We used money to grow game’
THE RFU are keen to represent the current criticism of their financial affairs as a legitimate divergence of opinion over fiscal...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoSpeaking up has cost Baron
AT the same time Francis Baron and Graeme Cattermole have been separated from their ‘privileged member’ status by a score-settling RFU...
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