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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoBig win over Blitzbokke makes up for early slip
SINGAPORE By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND saved their best until last with a stunning win over South Africa sending them to the...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoFiji earn first win as Amor’s lads crash
HONG KONG WRAP FIJI picked up their first trophy since the Rio Olympics by retaining their Hong Kong Sevens crown last...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoEven loss won’tdeny Juddian prize of promotion
NATIONAL 3 ROUND-UP By NICK VERDIER TONBRIDGE Juddian secured promotion to the National Two South next season with a 46-5 win...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoThey’ll all remember day Eddie called in
Jon Newcombe finds the England coach making dreams come true at the grassroots A guest training session from Eddie Jones on...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLions closer to regaining Rugby bragging rights
By JON NEWCOMBE FOR the past five years Rugby Lions have not even been able to claim to be the biggest...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoBeauden brilliance saves Hurricanes
By SAM JACKSON BEAUDEN BARRETT produced a masterclass performance, albeit with another yellow card, to get the Hurricanes home 28- 24...
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
STEVE HILL RICHMOND DIRECTOR OF RUGBY How about that for a first season in the Championship? The boys were desperate to...
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Features
/ 9 years agoStars past their sell-by dates weren’t going to save Bristol
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN With just three games left to play, the desperation of the clubs...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBritish Rugby
SWALEC Championship Bedlinog …12 Pontypool …31 PONTYPOOL put the final stamp on their National Championship title as they made it 21...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWizards pull a rabbit out of the hat to seal victory
By ROB COLE Principality Premiership Llandovery …27 Aberavon…30 REPLACEMENT hooker Ieuan Davies was the toast of Aberavon after he conjured up...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoBulls write an unlikely script to keep hopes alive
By DAN JONES Neath …29 Bargoed …36 BARGOED performed their own version of the Great Escape as they overturned a 19-point...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoJones dares Gogs to dazzle on big occasion
By JAMES LLOYD PREVIEW…Pontypridd v RGC 1404 Today. Kick-off 5.35pm RGC 1404 head coach Mark Jones reckons it will be a...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoScrivens to follow his father’s footsteps at Cardiff
By ALEX BYWATER WRU Plate Final PREVIEW…Penallta v Ystalyfera Today. Kick-off 3.15pm PENALLTA hope Joseph Scrivens can top his father’s record...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWales legend Williams set to star for boyhood club
By JAMES LLOYD WRU Bowl Final PREVIEW…Amman United v Caerphilly Today. Kick-off 1pm AMMAN United captain Sean Mangan is hoping Shane...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoKidwelly prove they are best of the west
By JAMES LLOYD SWALEC Division One round-up KIDWELLYwere crowned kings in the West as they beat Aberystwyth 27-26 in a thriller....
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
RORY MCMICHAEL SCOTLAND U18’S CENTRE The journey to professional rugby can be a treacherous one for youngsters trying to break through,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDiamond raid for Tarus and Ross from France
By NICK VERDIER TRANSFER WRAP SALE Sharks have bolstered their back row options with the signing of South African Jono Ross,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCockerill has eyes on another title bid
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Richard Cockerill, winner of three Premiership titles with Leicester, has the unexpected vision of another lustrous trophy...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRef boss to blow time
RUGBYSHORTS ED MORRISON, the independent referee appointments commissioner for the PRO12, will retire at the end of the season. Morrison arrived...
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Features
/ 9 years agoClifford set for surgery
RUGBYSHORTS HARLEQUINS back row Jack Clifford has been ruled out of the rest of the season as he requires surgery on...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoChallenge of Sinckler is bringing best out of Cole
By NEALE HARVEY Young rival: Kyle Sinckler England stalwart: Dan Cole driving the ball into the Scottish defence PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoYoung: Gold standard Launchbury a Lions must
By NIC VERDIER Supporter: Dai Young Form: Joe Launchbury DAI Young would be “hugely disappointed” to see Joe Launchbury left out...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoConfident Cowan-Dickie targeting England place
By NEALE HARVEY DYNAMIC Exeter hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie has declared himself fit to underline his worth for England on this summer’s...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoRIP David Perry, a giant of the game
SAD news to hear the loss of former England and Bedford captain David Perry from our ranks. I served with him...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoGatland’s million dollar question: Is it Sexton or Farrell?
AT LAST, after months and months of speculation Warren Gatland is poised to announce his Lions squad for New Zealand… what...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoBishop’s poised to make more history
BISHOP’S Stortford’s steady progress over the last 15 to 20 years within the whole club could see them further rewarded on...
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Features
/ 9 years agoNigel’s latest one-liner leaves this viewer cold
COLIN BOAG No laughing matter: Nigel Owens yellow cards Dan Fish of Cardiff Blues There was an interesting spat between former...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoAlun-Wyn will be Lions leader… or maybe Conor!
Top candidate: Wales second row Alun-Wyn Jones PICTURE: Getty Images WHO should Warren Gatland pick as captain? It is one of...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoImpressive Tigers go back to their basics
By NICK CAIN Try scorer: Leicester’s Ben Youngs scores with a fine solo run Try saver: Vereniki Goneva is tackled by...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoO’Connor: Lions have to pick Youngs
RETURNING Leicester head coach Matt O’Connor said there is no way the Lions selectors can afford to leave Ben Youngs behind...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoHumphreys hails fighting spirit after Gloucester close it out
By GARY FITZGERALD Double trouble: Tom Marshall scores the opening try for Gloucester, the first of his pair PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoDiamond fumes at Foley’s late call
STEVE Diamond once again aimed his wrath in the direction of referee Tom Foley as his side lost 39-30 to Gloucester...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Aaron Hinkley – England U18s flanker
Aaron Hinkley is fully aware making it at senior level will not be a walk in the park but he reckons...
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Guest columnists
/ 9 years agoLions Watch: locks
The giants of the second row have always loomed large in the folklore of the Lions as the driving force behind...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: Judgement Day – for the regions… and Wales
Wales can’t afford to let this summer’s tour pass without blooding some youngsters – and that’s why Judgement Day is going...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoEvans: These backs can test my All Blacks
Harlequins fly-half Nick Evans never bets against the All Blacks, but the Kiwi strategist reckons he can name a British &...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoBiljon fury as Jersey face Friday night Cup fiasco
Frustrated Jersey rugby director Harvey Biljon has blasted B&I Cup organisers for turning what should be his club’s biggest-ever day into...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: James Horwill – Harlequins lock
1. Plane pain Being a longer-limbed person – I am 6ft 6ins – I find it very annoying when the person...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCONFIRMED: Quins centre off to France
As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Matt Hopper will leave Harlequins at the end of the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: JPR’s a Wales legend but was Price even better?
Anniversaries have been all the rage of late, from the 25th of England‘s last Grand Slam double under Will Carling to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoExeter thrive on defying the odds says Steenson
Exeter fly-half Gareth Steenson reckons Rob Baxter’s ability to outwit big-spending Premiership rivals in the transfer market is underpinning their title...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Biyi Alo – Worcester prop
How do you look back at that entertaining game at Wasps last Sunday? It must have been great to watch for...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoAndy Goode: Ford’s a top 10 in Europe but Tigers need to find a pack
Matt O’Connor returned to these shores this week to resume command of the club he left in 2013, which begs the...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoCourtney Lawes – I’m just going to get better and better
Courtney Lawes may have looked back to his best during the Six Nations but the Saints man has warned his would-be...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Chris Malone – former Bath, London Irish and Quins fly-half
I came to England in 2001 and had 10 great years, experiencing time at five different clubs, all of which were...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoGlobetrotter Francis has eyes trained on England
Super Rugby star Piers Francis is determined to challenge for an England fly-half spot when he returns from New Zealand later...
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Guest Blogs
/ 9 years ago3G – sow the seeds of future success
If Saracens can become reigning double champions, and set up another Champions Cup semi-final after beating Glasgow Warriors, what can other...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSale retain Ostrikov for two more years
Sale Sharks have announced that lock Andrei Ostrikov has signed a new two-year deal with the club. The big Russian lock...
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