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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSorry Catherine, I wasn’t carping about mismatches
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, I was right. It didn’t take long before some of the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCourtney’s itching to go again for England
By NEALE HARVEY RAMPAGING Lions lock Courtney Lawes says he will not give up his England place lightly and insists he...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoConfident pack will front up and get us quality ball – Ford
LEICESTER fly-half George Ford is relishing his return to Welford Road and linking up with old mates Ben Youngs and Manu...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
TOM DE GLANVILLE ENGLAND U18S & BATH CENTRE Tom de Glanville has one of the most famous rugby names in England...
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Features
/ 9 years agoNev happy with Bordeaux crew
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Sale winger Nev Edwards is hoping history will repeat itself as he looks to grab a second...
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Features
/ 9 years agoPiratical Cully plots to storm Chiefs
HARRISON Cully is bidding to follow in the rapid footsteps of Stuart Townsend and Sam Simmonds by progressing from the bench...
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Features
/ 9 years agoFekitoa hopes Test recall will follow French leave
ALL BLACK centre Malakai Fekitoa says his slip down the Test pecking order prompted his move to Toulon. At 24, he...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSharples grateful as Hartpury step in
HARTPURY RFC will replace Yorkshire Carnegie as the opponents in Charlie Sharples’ testimonial at Kingsholm on Friday. The Scarlets will also...
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Features
/ 9 years agoTownsend overlooks Scott for Test camp
GLOUCESTER star Matt Scott has been left out of Scotland’s 41-man squad for a two-day training camp in St Andrews this...
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Features
/ 9 years agoAbendanon: I could be onway back to England
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Nick Abendanon faces a decision on his future next month and has not closed the door on...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoResurgent Hibbard is eyeing Test recall
RICHARD Hibbard says he has “fallen in love” with rugby all over again as he seeks to build on his Player...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCipriani not giving up on his England ambitions
By GARY FITZGERALD DANNY CIPRIANI approaches the ripe sporting age of 30 utterly convinced the best years of his troubled rugby...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHook backs Owen to star in Welsh two playmaker system
By ALEX BYWATER JAMES Hook has urged Wales to adopt a twin playmaker system to take them to the next level....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSlade happy in midfield but No.10 still his aim
By NICK VERDIER HENRY Slade still sees himself as a fly-half but the Exeter star is prepared to keep playing in...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBlues to get defence tips from Shaun
WALES defence coach Shaun Edwards has joined Cardiff Blues on a consultancy basis. The 50-year-old has already begun working with the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoEuropean Cup is a mess for the fans
I CAN’T be the only rugby supporter who continues to be frustrated by the ‘much improved’ organisation of the major European...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoAckermann era could spell end for Humphreys
IT’S clear the Cherry and Whites are going through an overdue reconstruction: new coach, new players, new DNA. Johan Ackermann is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoGive full penalties for crooked feeds
THE rule regarding crooked scrum feeds is very clear: the scrumhalves’ shoulders should be parallel to the scrum, he should stand...
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Features
/ 9 years agoPlease, let’s have an end to this phony war
COLIN BOAG It’s the waiting that’s the hardest part. The long summer break with next to no meaningful rugby is drawing...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
NIC WHITE, THE EXETER CHIEFS AND AUSTRALIA SCRUM–HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Scott Sio...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCheika has to sort out his sorry Wallabies – and fast
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK It is not all doom and gloom yet for Australia despite that 54-34 hammering by...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSaints strike late to rescue victory in Scotland
By ALEXANDER MCLEMAN Glasgow …19 Northampton…14 TWO tries in the final five minutes clawed back victory for Northampton and spoiled Dave...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBig task ahead for Ackermann
By NEIL FLEMING Leinster …50 Gloucester …14 IT might have been only a pre-season game but Johan Ackermann saw what he...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoStar-studded Irish ready for step up
By ROB STEEL London Irish …29 Ealing …6 LONDON Irish got a big morale booster two weeks from the start of...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoChampagne rugby from Exeter’s forgotton centre Campagnaro
By ROGER PANTING Red hot: Exeter centre Michele Campagnao. Right: Sarel Pretorious scores for Dragons PICTURE: Pinnacle TEAMS EXETER: Bodilly, Woodburn...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRandall runs rings around Rosslyn Park
By TOM LYONS Hartpury …66 Rosslyn Park …12 HARTPURY College were back at their attacking best yesterday scoring ten tries on...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoExeter class tells in the end as Pirates battle on
Exeter …47 C Pirates…15 AN OMINOUS opening of two scrum batterings led to Carl Rimmer crashing over in just the third...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoProtheroe stars in first half before Scarlets bring on the heavy mob
By STEFFAN THOMAS Bristol…26 Scarlets …33 SCARLETS scored 21 unanswered points to inflict a second preseason defeat on Bristol. Wayne Pivac’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTyro flier Radwan states case for Falcons
By JOE JONES Newcastle …59 Rotherham…14 NEWCASTLE continued their unbeaten pre-season run at Kingston Park yesterday going through the gears against...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoEngland tour was just what I needed after Lions setback
England lock and Wasps captain Joe Launchbury tells NEALE HARVEY how he has overcome his Lions disappointment and is targeting silverware with...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Billy Scannell – Munster hooker
This year will live long in the Scannell household’s memory with Niall and Rory making their international debut for Ireland and...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLions prop commits to Harlequins until 2021
Harlequins have today announced that England and British and Irish Lions prop Joe Marler has committed his long-term future to the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Cricket lost out in battle of tortoise and Hare…
Had everything gone the way he and others planned it, Dusty Hare would never have played rugby for England. He would...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: Quest for Autumn success starts now
The Rugby Championship is a tournament I’ve always enjoyed watching. Its brilliant rugby, played in great conditions and it involves some...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoLondon Welsh double act with a five-year masterplan
The John Dawes suite at Old Deer Park is adorned with memorabilia from the bygone age when London Welsh were the...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Ross Grimstone – Richmond hooker
1. Slow golfers I play quite a bit of golf, off 14, and I struggle being on the same course as...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoGary Gold: Time now for Boks to unleash wonderkid
The wave towards the 2019 World Cup is gathering pace and while the wily old veterans will be in situ for...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Lack of common sense could kill Aussie rugby
The Aussies are used to baking hot temperatures and droughts, but as sporting meltdowns go they do not come much worse...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoContest for No.10 will help keep Chiefs at the top
Exeter hero Gareth Steenson has revealed he is fighting for a new contract just months after leading the Devon outfit to...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Matt Protheroe – Bristol full-back
How’s the move to Bristol going? Really well thanks. I’m getting used to everything around the club especially with a new...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoHow Henley helped make England Women great
Rochelle Clark and Tamara Taylor are seasoned world champions who will play a crucial role in the Red Roses’ bid to...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoCatherine Spencer: Stop judging us by the scorelines, men’s game had mismatches, too
In front of a not-so full crowd (arguably due to tournament format) England secured a fairly straightforward ten-try victory over Spain....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoWilliams plots route to Cardiff via Gloucester
Owen Williams believes his summer switch from Leicester to Gloucester will enhance his prospects of leapfrogging Dan Biggar and Sam Davies...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jan Webster – former England and Barbarians scrum-half
After all these years, I’d like to put the record straight – I did not decline to play over in Ireland...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMeehan glad to be clear of ‘shocking’ Aussie mess
Livewire London Irish scrum-half Ben Meehan has set his heart on impressing England boss Eddie Jones after escaping the “disgraceful” events...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoGive Manu new chance – O’Driscoll urges Jones
Brian O’Driscoll reckons “world-beater” Manu Tuilagi is too good to go on England’s black list just yet. But the Irish legend...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Arthur Ellis – Ealing Trailfinders openside
1. Joe Marler – I played with him for England U20s. His work rate in attack and defence is what made...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoGive Manu new chance O’Driscoll urges Jones
By NICK VERDIER Rampant: Mitch Eadie on the attack for Northampton in their pre-season match against Dragons PICTURE: Andy Taylor BRIAN...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoFilise’s still firing at 40 with the Blues
By PETER JACKSON CARDIFF Blues prop Tau Filise will set a world record next month as the first professional player to...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSurreal start for Bedford’s local boy Lane
By MARK WOOD Bedford 43 Plymouth 7 TRY-SCORER Rich Lane enjoyed a perfect homecoming as he touched down one of seven...
International Rugby
Mike Tindall: Steve Borthwick is still the man to lead England forward
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