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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoNehe Milner-Skudder returns for Canes ahead of All Black series against France
Photo: (Getty Images) By Jake Jones Nehe Milner-Skudder is set to return for the Hurricanes in their upcoming fixture against the...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWales’ ground-breaking match against South Africa in Washington DC in doubt due to poor ticket sales
Photo: (Getty Images) By Jake Jones Wales‘ June Test in the USA is feared to be in serious doubt as unrest...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 8 years agoBritish & Irish Lions mark 130th anniversary with one-off ceremonial caps
Lions chiefs launch idea to honour all current and previous players to have donned the famous jersey
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Featured
/ 8 years agoTake Chris Ashton to South Africa, Dallaglio urges Eddie Jones
Chris Ashton has been on hot form for Toulon in the Top 14 this season
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Featured
/ 8 years agoWe’re aiming for 3-0 against the Springboks, says Exeter Chiefs Sam Simmonds
The Exeter back row is building up some steam ahead of a tour of redemption to South Africa in June
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDragons sign prop Aaron Jarvis from Clermont
Aaron Jarvis to return to Wales to link up with former Ospreys front row teammates Hibbard and Bevington
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGeorge North to return to Welsh rugby with Ospreys
George North to return to Wales with the Ospreys next season
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoJeff Hassler to leave Ospreys at the end of the season
Canadian, Jeff Hassler leaves Ospreys after five years of service
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoLeinster dominate European Player of the Year shortlist
Tadhg Furlong becomes first prop to be nominated for the EPCR accolade since 2011
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Featured
/ 9 years agoSpringbok great Bryan Habana announces retirement from rugby
Second on the Springboks' all-time appearances list behind Victor Matfield...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWasps scrum-half Dan Robson signs new deal
A new long-term deal for the scrum-half challenging Ben Youngs and Danny Care for their England spots
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoLeinster stalwarts to retire at end of season
Isa Nacewa and Richardt Strauss to bring curtains down on illustrious careers
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoRing-fencing no cure-all warns boss of Tigers
By NEALE HARVEY LEICESTER chief executive Simon Cohen has spoken out against Premiership ring-fencing, insisting its proponents are misguided and that...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoScarlets routed by Leinster’s avengers
Fergus McFadden of Leinster dives over to score their third try PICTURE: Getty Images LEINSTER reduced the Scarlets’ Champions’ Cup dream...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoRacing 92 are my Gallic Barbarians
Brendan Gallagher traces the romantic history of the famous French side which play with panache Influential: Maxime Machenaud PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoEarls returns as Munster shake up the backs
MUNSTER, chasing their fifth appearanc in a European Cup final, have boldly moved their quarter-final hero Andrew Conway to full-back for...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoJackson and Olding face bigger trial among public
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK What happens next to Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding is less about them...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoBearly credible, this Bristol ursine rebrand
THE marketing brains behind Bristol’s rebranding as Bears could not have struck a more timely PC note. During a season in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNorth was a great signing for Saints insists Diggin
By JON NEWCOMBE Glory days: George North with Saints in 2013 NORTHAMPTON legend Paul Diggin says George North’s contribution to Saints’...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoJohnson banned for drugs
WASPS forward Ashley Johnson has been suspended by the RFU after failing a drugs test. He is accused of testing positive...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoWoodward shows he’s England class
By TOM BRADSHAW Teamwork: Tom Marshall dives over for Gloucester’s first try, set up by Jason Woodward, right PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoDeano: We must be better for Tigers
DEAN Richards says his side will have to go up a notch if they are to beat Leicester next week and...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoBlues defy heat of Pau’s pack to claim final place
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Fast start: Gareth Anscombe beats Pau’s Julien Pierre to the ball to score PICTURES: Getty Images Retaliation: Seb...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoWilson: My best win for Blues
DANNY Wilson hailed his side’s win as the best of his three-years in charge at Cardiff Blues. The victory set-up a...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoHenson still big part of Dragons planning
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS HE MAY not have played since the end of January, but Gavin Henson remains a key...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoYoung Ospreys get tough lesson in Italy
By STEFFAN THOMAS Reaching out: Mattia Bellini scores for Zebre A YOUNG and experimental Ospreys side got taught a brutal lesson...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTimoney’s double gets Ulster into Cup
By DECLAN ROONEY ULSTER secured their spot in next season’s Champions Cup as Nick Timoney’s double clinched a crucial bonuspoint win...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoScarlets still have so much to play for
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Great work: Blues wing Owen Lane makes a break against Pau PICTURE: Getty Images It...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHere’s best of luck to the super six playing in the finals this weekend
I CANNOT believe that it is a year ago that I played my last competitive game in the WRU National Bowl...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoReds fall to five minutes of Leinster try mayhem
By TOM INNES LEINSTER ‘A’ produced a stunning comeback to send shockwaves across Jersey and dump the Reds out of the...
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British & Irish Cup
/ 9 years agoEaling provide fizz to bottle up Blues
By JONATHAN LANDY Strike One: Piers O’Conor crosses for Ealing’s opening try PICTURE: Lissy Tomlinson EALING continued their annus mirabilis by...
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Features
/ 9 years agoTom all set to join the exodus at Exiles
LONDON IRISH are set to lose another player with Tom Woolstencroft ready to depart the club once relegation is confirmed. Hooker...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMostert will join up with Ackermann again
GLOUCESTER are set to complete the signing of Springbok lock Franco Mostert within the next couple of weeks. Blindside understands that...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSharks bid £750k for Folau signature
SALE SHARKS have launched a sensational bid of £750,000 a year to lure Wallabies fullback Israel Folau to the North West....
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Features
/ 9 years agoBath boss is battling to stave off the axe
TODD BLACKADDER is battling to save his job as Bath’s director of rugby, according to Blindside sources. The 46-year-old, below, joined...
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Features
/ 9 years agoKalamafoni wants to be ton-up boy at Twickers
LEICESTER’S Sione Kalamafoni knows victory over Newcastle this Friday is nonnegotiable if he is to earn a shot at completing a...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWe can’t wait to play Exeter now says Pirates boss Dicky
By NEALE HARVEY Ambition: Dicky Evans DICKY Evans, director of the Cornish Pirates and a driving force behind the Stadium for...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWe’re aiming for Prem, Ealing warn ring-fencers
BEN WARD, rugby director of ambitious Ealing, has hailed the achievement of Cornish Pirates. And he has maintained his own club’s...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSubscriptions…
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Features
/ 9 years agoHow many games will North bring to Wales?
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The George North transfer saga drags on towards its sixth month, almost half...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWould-be-pilot Adam is grounded by concussion
All over: Adam Hughes playing for Newport Gwent Dragons ADAM HUGHESwent to the 2010 Junior World Cup as part of a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSigning of Cave boost for Ulster
FOR THOSE with a natural affinity to Ulster, the most desperate of seasons marred on the pitch by scant success and...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBear facts at Bristol
THIS may take some believing but once upon a time they invented a team called the Bears who arrived complete with...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTeen star Joseph lands a double to save Ealing
By JON NEWCOMBE Held: Carnegie’s Tom Bullough is tackled PETE LYDON has predicted a bright future for Reon Joseph after the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDragons lining up prop Jarvis
THE Dragons look set to sign former Wales tighthead prop Aaron Jarvis from Clermont Auvergne. Jarvis is returning to the Guinness...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFront five are crucial to Bristol’s survival
LOOKS AT NEXT SEASON’S PROSPECTS FOR THE PREMIERSHIP’S NEW BOYS Champions: Bristol enjoy their bubbly – but will it be a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoThis is how we beat them, reveals Biljon
HARVEY Biljon has the satisfaction as rugby director of Jersey Reds of being the only team in the Championship to defeat...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoHeroic Harrison had spirit of St George
TOMORROW – St George’s Day – is the 100th anniversary of the death in action of Arthur Leyland Harrison, the only...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoDon’t block Cornwall’s rise with ring-fencing
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Pirates in control: Alexander Day puts his backs away...
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