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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRuthless Sarries send a message to Wasps
By NICK CAIN BY THE time Schalk Brits went off in the 51st minute to a standing ovation from the Saracens...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMcCall: We got a good lesson
MARK McCall said there is still plenty for Saracens to improve on before they meet Wasps in the Premiership semi-final playoff...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoStraight-talking Johann has Gloucester on track
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK JOHANN Ackermann has steered Gloucester out of their lengthy spell in the doldrums...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoQuins must ensure they can finance big changes
HARLEQUINS have not exactly hit the ground running since they celebrated their 150th season last year. Despite their raft of England...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoFord shows his form as Tigers come good
By COLIN NEWBOULT LEICESTER supporters may wonder where this performance has been for most of the campaign. Few teams have outplayed...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoO’Connor: George was back to his best
SALE director of rugby Steve Diamond insisted they will not be signing former Ulster duo Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding. “No,...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBanahan shows Bath what they’ll be missing
By ROB COLE Hero’s send-off: Matt Banahan is chaired from the pitch PICTURES: Getty Images WHAT a way to finish! Matt...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoBlackadder’s Euro premonition comes true
TODD Blackadder was a relieved man after the game having secured a Champions Cup spot on the final day of the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoEarly yellow card can’t derail Foden farewell
By NEALE HARVEY Fans’ favourite: Ben Foden scores on his last appearance for Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images BEN Foden rolled back...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDickens: Still a lot of belief at Saints
WITH two wins and a narrow loss at Wasps to finish the season, Saints interim coach Alan Dickens said: “Ninth is...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoTigers opt for Samoan powerhouse
LEICESTER TIGERS are continuing to make changes to their squad for next season by signing Samoan international prop Nephi Leatigaga. Blindside...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoON THE BLING SIDE
Bath set to confirm Cokanasiga deal BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Bath-bound: Irish wing Joe Cokanasiga BATH are...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoQuins look at Kennedy and Ryan
HARLEQUINS appear to be making progress towards revealing their new coaching set up after holding interviews for a general manager and...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoZebo magic sets up big date with Leinster
By DECLAN ROONEY MUNSTER coach Johann van Graan paid tribute to Simon Zebo as he lit up Thomond Park on his...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoScarlets show teeth to savage Cheetahs
By STEFFAN THOMAS Coasting home: Leigh Halfpenny races in to score for Scarlets PICTURE: Huw Evans THE Scarlets kept their hopes...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCaptaincy could take Tipuric to next level
SHANE WILLIAMS Standard bearer: Justin Tipuric is man to lead Wales PICTURE: Getty Images WARREN Gatland faces a tough job this...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoShingler is my player of the year, he’s nailed on at No.6
THERE are still some big games to come, but we’re nearing the end of the season and that means most clubs...
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Features
/ 8 years agoLittle big man Teddy holds the key to block Leinster
Brains trust: Stuart Lancaster WHO is Teddy Iribaren? What is for sure is that if Leinster do not know the answer...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoCohen urges reform over second ‘marquee’ player
By NEALE HARVEY SOARING wage bills allied to a slump in the sponsorship market contributed to Premiership clubs reporting record losses...
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Features
/ 8 years agoThomas’ plight puts injuries into perspective
Welsh warrior: Rhys Thomas Rhys Thomas began the season waiting for a heart transplant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham....
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Features
/ 8 years agoVictory on Saturday will place Nacewa in land of European giants
SHOULD Leinster justify their No.1 seeding and reclaim the Champions’ Cup in Bilbao on Saturday, Isa Nacewa will find himself on...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNavidi all the way
POLLING in the election of Welsh Player of the Year, as voted for by the Welsh Rugby Writers’ Club, closes on...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 8 years agoNavy assault torpedoed by Matavesi’s mad red
By SAM JACKSON Army 22 Navy 14 Done it again: The Army boys celebrate retaining the Babcock Trophy in front of...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 8 years agoJersey sign Premiership youngsters
GLOUCESTER forward Charlie Beckett and Bath scrum-half Will Homer are to join Championship side Jersey Reds. The pair, both 22, have...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 8 years agoDe Jongh will get down and dirty
MIDFIELD linchpin Juan de Jongh knows Wasps’ must shore up their defence if they are to claim the Premiership title. Wasps...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoInjury issues may scupper Gloucester’s bid for glory
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for next week’s Anglo-Welsh finale of the Challenge Cup Decisions: Johan Ackermann As somebody once said...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoUgly ducklings’ springboard to bigger success
Brendan Gallagher looks at how the Challenge Cup has been the launching pad for some big names Coming force: Harlequins triumph...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBig rewards for Lam’s lads who put league to slaughter
BRISTOL won the league at a canter but they’ve not got it all their own way in our correspondents’ Dream XV...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBumper crop from Tier Two make step up to Premiership
By JON NEWCOMBE Happy shopper: Pat Lam FOR all the talk of chairman Steve Lansdown’s treasure chest and bigname signings like...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDerby side Melbourne to appeal relegation
NEWS EXTRA MELBOURNE RFC have been relegated despite getting the vital point they thought they needed to avoid the drop. Melbourne’s...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFinal glory for Thirlby
ST IVES gave player-coach Paul Thirlby a league and cup double send-off as he heads into retirement. Former Bath centre Thirlby,...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoChinnor promoted in thrilling play-off
■By KEN VAUGHAN Going up: Chinnor celebrate at the end of the match PICTURES: Simon Cooper GEORGE Oliver’s lastgasp try secured...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoWhat a Week for hat-trick hero
■By NICK BURT Plymouth …53 Rosslyn Park …14 ROBBIE Weeks scored a hat-trick as Plymouth Albion cut loose in an emphatic...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoMeredith strikes at the death to clinch Lucs win
■By ROSS BARNETT Leicester Lions 21 Luctonians…22 LUCTONIANS overturned an eight-point deficit at half-time to defeat Leicester Lions. Charles Meredith grabbed...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoUruguay gear up for new Super League
URUGUAY, give or take a couple of players based in France, were the only truly amateur team at RWC2015 but that...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoTHIS WEEK’S AWARDS…
Try of the week: Danny Cipriani is in the kind of form that makes it impossible for Eddie Jones to ignore...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
European farce has forced Samoa to play waiting game BRENDAN GALLAGHER Weekly look at the game’s other talking points Frustrated: Samoa...
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National Leagues
/ 8 years agoBaa-Baas will be spoilt for choice with this lot
Great: Conrad Smith TO misquote Hemingway, there are players retiring this season who never retired before! Never can I remember so...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoWarks back to winning ways at long last
■By HENRY HOLLAND Division Two Round-up WARWICKSHIRE failed to secure a victory in the Bill Beaumont County Championship last season but...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoMinken’s speed is great for Yorks
■By JAMIE RUSSELL Cheshire…27 Yorkshire…34 THE perfect summer’s day ended in disappointment for Cheshire as they were losers to an efficient...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoRayner is too late to rescue Mids
■By DAVID BIRD East Mids …19 Eastern Co …22 EASTERN Counties held on to beat East Midlands despite Lawrence Rayner’s late...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoArbury tackle saves Surrey in tight draw
■By BILL HOOPER Cornwall …15pts Surrey…15pts On he run: Tom Notman of Cornwall sprints down the wing PICTURE: Jack Dawe Photography...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoReigning champs Lancs start with a bang
■By SIMON MCINTYRE North’land …20 Lancashire…64 ON a hot day more suited to cricket than rugby, Northumberland made a positive start...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoCloud nine for Herts after victory
■By GRAHAM COX Hertfordshire 59 Kent …21 NINE tries gave Hertfordshire the perfect start to their County Championship campaign. Kent had...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoGuardian Angel to Glos’ rescue
■By SARA RAINE Devon …26 Gloucs…38 GLOUCESTERSHIRE had to dig deep to see off a spirited Devon side at Brixham. The...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 8 years agoWilliams saves Dorset & Wilts at death
■By HENRY HOLLAND Division Three Round-up MARLBOROUGH scrumhalf Jake Williams was the hero for Dorset & Wiltshire as they snatched victory...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
BEN WHITE LEICESTER SCRUM-HALF Ben White’s perfect summer would see him playing a lead role for England U20s during a World...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoFab at 40, Filisi can crown it all with Cup
By PETER JACKSON TAU Filise is ready to make one last historic stand for Cardiff Blues as the first 40-year-old to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFarcical that players must quit their club for England
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Farcical situation: London Irish wing Joe Cokanasiga must leave the club to...
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