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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAre the RFU players asked to play too many games?
The hottest debate happening right now is a number of games professional RFU players have to play each season. The Rugby...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLeinster statement on Cian Healy
Leinster Rugby can confirm that Cian Healy was asked to leave yesterday (Sunday) afternoon’s flight from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoDragons sign Bristol centre
Dragons have announced the signing of back Thretton Palamo from Bristol on a short-term loan. The 28-year-old linked up with the...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Francis Saili – Harlequins centre
1. Tony Woodcock – He played in the Blues front row for so many years and then I was lucky to...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoVunipola’s warning over strike splits stars
By SAM JACKSON BILLY Vunipola’s warning of strike action if the rugby season is not shortened has brought a mixed reaction...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoBok ace Habana ready for last hurrah
EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY SOUTH Africa try scoring legend Bryan Habana has given his broadest hint yet that this season will...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoRibbans shows Eddie he could make grade
By NEALE HARVEY SAINTS lock David Ribbans chose the right night to demonstrate his England potential with a barnstorming display in...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoMallinder: We were hurt by the critics
EMOTIONAL Saints supremo Jim Mallinder took a swipe at critics who called for his head after the opening day thrashing by...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWe’re hungry for that title again says Hepher
By ROGER PANTING EXETER ruthlessly exposed the gulf in class between top and bottom of the Premiership as they walloped Worcester...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoGold: We showed lot of fight and spirit
WORCESTER’S director of rugby, Gary Gold, accepted that it had been a tough night for Warriors. He said: “It was very...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoJennings shows his class as Irish show frailties
By COLIN NEWBOULT YOU KNOWit is going to be your evening when a player, who has gone 155 games without scoring,...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoKennedy: Defence not good enough
LONDON Irish director of rugby Nick Kennedy admitted that their performance fell well below the required standard following a second consecutive...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoJohnson out to prove Wasps can defend
By NICK VERDIER WASPS have built a reputation as the most lethal attack in the Premiership, but Ashley Johnson has revealed...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoWe don’t want to be chasing game warns Clifford
BACK-ROWER Jack Clifford reckons Harlequins must fly off the blocks if they are to stop Wasps recording their third win of...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDaly back on show as Young calls for intensity
LIONS star Elliot Daly will make his first start of the season for Wasps following an extended pre-season break. Daly has...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoIt’s wrong Eddie must wait a year to face those NZ bullets
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones was in full ogre-slaying mode this week, sounding like the armour-plated...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCheetahs claw back to record big kill on Zebre
Cheetahs 54 Zebre 39 IT was touch and go for a moment, but the Cheetahs – with two tries apiece from...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCockerill Huw Evans left fuming by sloppy second half
BENETTON caused a shock to earn their first win of the season against Edinburgh on Friday night. And given that the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLacklustre Ospreys get rocket from Tandy
By ALEX BYWATER OSPREYS head coach Steve Tandy accused his players of a lack of effort at a rain-soaked Liberty Stadium....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoShingler fires wide as Blues crash to another defeat
By ROGER PANTING A LATE penalty from Finn Russell condemned Blues to a third consecutive defeat. Despite the loss it was...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTenacious Dee stars in massive win for Dragons
By ALEX BYWATER DRAGONS hooker Elliot Dee produced a stand-out individual display as Bernard Jackman’s men recorded their first win of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years ago5-try Leinster cut loose to leave Kings pointless
By ANDRE JACOBS THREE tries in a devastating 12-minute spell after half-time eased Leinster to their third bonus point win of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoChampions tamed by late Andrew try
In front: Johnny McNicholl runs in his try for Scarlets PICTURE: Huw Evans By RONAN O’BRIEN CHAMPIONS Scarlets fell to their...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSam’s a huge loss but it may work out well for the future
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND SAM Warburton’s injury is a huge blow for Wales. I thought he was outstanding on...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoRhys can earn recall if he maintains early form
Impressive start: Rhys Priestland in action against Northampton PICTURE: Getty Images RHYS Priestland was unfairly treated by the Welsh rugby public....
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Latest News
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Features
/ 8 years agoHanson on his way to Gloucester
GLOUCESTER have signed Wallaby hooker James Hanson on a short term deal from the Melbourne Rebels. Hanson has just signed a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWilson eyes Bedford link
JAMES WILSON could join the growing clan of ex-Northampton players at Championship side Bedford. The 34-year-old wing/full-back was one of a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■JUAN IMHOFF, the Argentina winger who is out of contract at the end of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSpringboks want Willie to go home
WASPS could lose their second marquee signing in as many seasons with Willie Le Roux under pressure to return to South...
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Features
/ 8 years agoInvestec may return to rugby
INVESTEC could not have picked a better time to make a return to rugby sponsorship after terminating their deal with the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoI joined Irish because of Venter says Franco
By NEALE HARVEY SECOND row enforcer Franco van der Merwe has revealed why the lure of working under South African legend...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoStooke out to grab his new chance
BEHEMOTH lock Elliott Stooke reckons the faith being shown in him by Bath’s coaches will help him deliver on his early...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoStedman’s backing Brown to be a star
By JON NEWCOMBE OLLIE STEDMAN believes Yorkshire Carnegie young gun Louie Brown has the potential to be the next Tom Biggs....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoChampionship is tough life now says Reihana
Force to be reckoned with: Saints flyer Bruce Reihana hands off a young Jonny May in 2010 PICTURES: Getty Images BRISTOL...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoElias has ability to make next Lions tour insists Owen
By STEFFAN THOMAS SCARLETS captain Ken Owens has tipped his understudy Ryan Elias for a place on the British and Irish...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTop Cat still carries the bruises from Meads’ knee
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Clive Rowlands woke up yesterday with the same ache in his lower back,...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSam’s club hold on to the values that count
WITHold-fashioned values under attack from all angles, how refreshing to discover that one club has put them on display at the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoOpera is voice of the people
LASTweek’s column on the striking difference in ticket prices between rugby and football internationals in Cardiff prompted a veritable flood of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoForgive me Father, I am about to wreak havoc
BRENDAN GALLAGHER LOOKS AT THE MEN OF THE CLOTH WHO WAGED WAR ON THE FIELD Rugby – at least outwardly –...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHe’s like a duck on a trapeze!
Brendan Gallgher recalls the splendid commentary of France’s rugby-playing priest Abbe Henri Pistre THERE is a smash hit TV series or...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoFoley has a plan to upset Carnegie
Preview Y’kshire Carnegie u Doncaster Today, Kick-off 3pm CHARLIE Foley is hoping Doncaster can continue their winning start to the season...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLangley gets the new boys over the line with a bonus
By GUY WILLIAMS FLANKER Rob Langley inspired the Championship new boys to their first league win after an impressive performance at...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoBig power surge puts Ealing on trail to top
By NEALE HARVEY EALING roared to the top of the Championship with a scintillating secondhalf display that maintained their 100 per...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoNottingham survive bizarre drama at the death
By LUKE JARMYN NOTTINGHAMheld on for the narrowest of wins after an unclear grounding of the ball denied Scottish a try...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoReds jump in as Pirates lineout goes walkabout
By TOM INNES JERSEY Reds held out in the face of sustained late pressure to claim a second consecutive Championship win....
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoCrane: It’s time we put in 80 minutes
Target: Jordan Crane By NICK VERDIER. JORDAN Crane has revealed how his experience at Leicester is proving handy in more ways...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoMoseley find their rhythm for first success
Birmingham 38 Hull Ionians 24 By DAVE LAWRENCE BIRMINGHAM Moseley ran in six tries on their way to their first National...
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National League One
/ 8 years agoLate breakaways sees Albion home
Bishop’s Sto 17 Plymouth A 36 By JOHN ALLANSON SHORN of eight frontline players through injuries and other absences, Bishop’s Stortford...
International Rugby
Wales drawn with England in Rugby World Cup pool
Autumn Internationals
South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth gets 12-week ban for eye gouge
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