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/ 8 years agoSouth Africa name seven uncapped players for Wales Test in Washington
Blitzbokke star and Lions openside flanker Kwagga Smith starts
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGloucester sign Springboks forward Franco Mostert
Ackermann works his magic again to lure familiar face from his old club Lions
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMark McCall follows up Premiership title with new contract at Saracens
McCall will mark ten years at Saracens next year...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStuart Olding signs for relegated Top 14 side Brive
Olding and Ulster team-mate Paddy Jackson had their contracts at the Kingspan revoked in April
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoI’m all fine ‘injured’ Farrell tells England
By GARY FITZGERALD We’re bubbling: Brad Barritt holds the Premiership Trophy aloft after beating Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images OWEN Farrell told...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoLeinster complete double in Dublin
By STEFFAN THOMAS SCARLETS coach Wayne Pivac believes his side can bounce back and compete for silverware next season. Champions Cup...
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/ 8 years agoFearns warns more will quit England amid Shields row
CARL Fearns believes Eddie Jones’ decision to fast-track Hurricanes captain Brad Shields into England’s squad could backfire by persuading more home-grown...
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/ 8 years agoExpand play-offs to Top Six argue Bath
By NEALE HARVEY Test future: Bath No.8 Zach Mercer PICTURES: Getty Images Boss: Todd Blackadder TODD Blackadder has called on Premiership...
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/ 8 years agoFerguson relishing key role in new-look coaching lineup
FORMER England Women’s scrum guru Matt Ferguson insists big names will not faze him as he begins the task of restoring...
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/ 8 years agoMallett TV spat reveals the split in SA rugby
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN TV panel: from left, Ashwin Willemse, Naas Botha and Nick Mallett THE disunity...
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/ 8 years agoTrinder impresses Jones, so will he go on tour?
Recall: Henry Trinder HENRY Trinder’s rise from a late inclusion in Eddie Jones training squad to a place at outsidecentre in...
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/ 8 years agoBath call for French help
BATH have gone cross- Channel with Pierre-Henry Broncan, leaving the Toulouse coaching dug-out to join Todd Blackadder and his crew at...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoLancashire league is warning to RFU
NEWS that 24 Lancashire clubs will break away from the RFU league structure should sound alarm bells ringing at Twickenham –...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoCould you imagine Man City having to play off for the title?
I WONDER how many rugby supporters and club season ticket holders feel like me, that the play-off system to decide the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoExpect Trinder to shine for England
IT will be great to see Henry Trinder back in England colours today after what has been such an inuury-hit career....
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Features
/ 8 years agoNow spend the summer solving these problems
COLIN BOAG Coming back: London Irish look certain to return to the Premiership Well, that’s it for another Premiership season, so...
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/ 8 years agoSpencer confident Tigers can ignite bid for England
SECOND ROW enforcer Will Spencer is redoubling his efforts to make a Test breakthrough after being cruelly denied the chance to...
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/ 8 years agoYoung taking on defence duty after Sarries stinger
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS TRY-SCORING AND DEFENCE UNDER DAI YOUNG WASPS rugby director Dai Young will adopt a more hands-on approach...
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/ 8 years agoSopoaga’s not only All Black signing on
Stepping up: Billy Searle PICTURES: Getty Images BILLY Searle once played for the Cornish All Blacks – now the precocious fly-half...
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/ 8 years agoJenkins knows performance must be ‘outstanding’
By ROB COLE ELLIS Jenkins will use elements of the captaincy style of three of Wales’ greatest players on next month’s...
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/ 8 years agoGareth must be fearless in the face of Bok fire
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SHANE WILLIAMS Starter at 10: Blues fly-half Gareth Anscombe PICTURE: Getty Images I MUST admit when I...
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/ 8 years agoMcNicholl would be a star for Wales if he follows Parkes’ lead
THE ISSUE of rugby’s residency rules doesn’t seem to go away and I can’t see that changing even with the qualification...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDaly gets his chance to play full-back in World Cup
NICK CAIN TALKS TO EDDIE JONES AND ELLIOT DALY ABOUT THE WASPS MAN’S NEW ROLE FOR ENGLAND Natural talent: Eddie Jones...
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Features
/ 8 years agoOld-style props like me are just clinging on now says Marler
Loves a scrum: Joe Marler JOE MARLER says he feels increasingly like part of an endangered species. The bearded Harlequins loosehead...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEngland on look out for their next tooth fairy
THE dentist’s chair has a number of sporting connotations – not least the conspicuous consumption of alcohol by Paul Gascoigne in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSpecial send off please for a giant of the game
A weekly look at the game’s other talking points RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER Best of the best: Argentina legend Juan Martin...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBeno training blow has Bath seeking prop
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ BATH director of rugby Todd Blackadder has been sent...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWigan may beat England to deal over Edwards
Return: Shaun Edwards could be on his way back to League SHAUN EDWARDS could be set to make a return to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoGustard looking for back rower at Quins
Recruiting: Gustard NEW Harlequins boss Paul Gustard is already looking to strengthen his squad ahead of taking over at the Twickenham...
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/ 8 years agoEvolving England on course for World Cup success says Norton
By JOE BYRNES Looking for a big finish: Dan Norton BY Dan Norton’s own admission, this year’s World Series “hasn’t gone...
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/ 8 years agoAmor needs greater depth to challenge consistently
SIMON Amor concedes a lack of strength-in-depth has hindered his side’s chances this season. England head into the London event in...
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/ 8 years agoCrusader Day on quest to give players more power
By NEALE HARVEY PLAYERS boss Christian Day has launched a crusade to modernise rugby by bridging the growing divide between players...
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/ 8 years agoU20s tackle height lowered to ‘below the nipple’
WORLD Rugby is to trial two new tackle laws at the upcoming U20 World Championship in a bid to combat risk...
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/ 8 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Narraway to Bordeaux COVENTRY No.8 Luke Narraway has quit the club to join the coaching staff at Top 14 club Bordeaux-Begles....
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Features
/ 8 years agoChiefs claim top spot in top team
Nick Cain picks his team of the season from the Premiership THE Premiership has a legitimate claim to being the most...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSymons signs for the Quins
NEWS EXTRA HARLEQUINS have agreed a deal to sign Wasps forward Matt Symons. The 28-year-old lock, who joined Wasps from London...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER SCOTLAND, MELROSE, LEICESTER AND EDINBURGH WINGER. CRAIG JOINER I got lots of good advice throughout my career but drinking...
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/ 8 years agoCarleton try snatches famous win in Tbilisi
Heroes all: England Counties U20 celebrate their famous win over Georgia By JON NEWCOMBE MATCH-WINNING hero Tom Carleton is glad to...
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/ 8 years agoLong names Counties squad for Romania tour
THREE of Cinderford’s promotion-winning side have been called up into the England Counties squad for a tour to Romania. Joe Smart,...
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/ 8 years agoKolisi’s on the brink of making Bok history
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Rationed: Johnny Sexton made limited appearances for Leinster PICTURE: Getty Images Siya Kolisi...
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/ 8 years agoIs a 5am start any way to treat the Scarlets’ Cup finalists?
WHEN the Welsh Rugby Union agreed to squeeze Washington into their congested Test schedule, they presumably took the likelihood of the...
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/ 8 years agoPride of Lions turn out to honour Top Cat
PORT TALBOT, famous for making steel as well as a trio of matinee idols in Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins and Michael...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIreland face tough task of keeping Folau quiet
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for the big Southern Hemisphere tours set to depart in June Challenge: Michael Cheika THIS summer...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNamibia are big favourites with Bothma back to lead
AS was the case for RWC2015 the CAR African Championship will double up as the RWC2019 qualifying tournament for Africa 1,...
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/ 8 years agoNext Robinson stepping up in coaching world
By WILL CARPENTER AMBITIOUS Jersey Reds’ new assistant coach Ed Robinson is relishing his opportunity to join up with Harvey Biljon’s...
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/ 8 years agoIrish fully loaded for Australia tour
UNCAPPED pair Tadhg Beirne and Ross Byrne have been named in a 32- man Ireland squad for the three-Test series against...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoBig rewards for super-charged forward pack at promoted Sale
Champions Sale take top billing but the best backs in National Two North all come from elsewehere Handful at No.8: Hinckley’s...
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National League 2N
/ 8 years agoTonga’uiha sure Pacific franchise would be smash hit
NEWS EXTRA SOANE Tonga’uiha reckons a combined ‘Pacific Force’ Super Rugby team could quickly challenge the old order and become a...
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