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Features
/ 9 years agoLeo: Islanders need a professional pathway
By GRAHAM JENKINS FORMER Samoa lock Dan Leo has urged World Rugby to dig deep to stem the flow of talent...
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Features
/ 9 years agoAngry Maggs takes swipe at Moseley
KEVIN Maggs remains disappointed by the ‘shocking’ manner of his exit from Moseley but is relishing his new role as a...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSimpson sold on Wasps potential
By NEALE HARVEY SEEING Saracens become top dogs in Europe has only heightened Wasps’ ambition to supersede them, according to scrum-half...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGenge eyes overtime as stars near game limit
By NEALE HARVEY Wrecking ball: Ellis Genge PICTURES: Getty Images LEICESTER prop Ellis Genge is committed to going the extra mile...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDestination Argentina for much-improved Harry
Names in frame: Will Collier and Paul Hill SELF-CONFESSED former fat boy Harry Williams reckons physical improvements and working with the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoI can’t wait to get back to Leicester says Ford
By NICK VERDIER Homecoming king: fly-half George Ford GEORGE Ford is focused on another succesful summer in white before returning to...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoO’Connor confident Tuilagi will recapture match-winning best
MANU Tuilagi is nearing a return from injury and should complete a full preseason according to Tigers boss Matt O’Connor. Tuilagi...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoNow it’s Newcastle’s turn to head abroad
NEWCASTLE are to play a Premiership ‘home’ game in Philadelphia next September which again shows how Premiership clubs care little about,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoFranchising is not the way forward for English rugby
THE article last week regarding Mick Hogan’s concerns about rugby in the North is no doubt founded on genuine concern, but...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoLions legend was just Sir to all of us
I SAW a piece in your paper about John Dawes and the Lions, but to a lot of people he was...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSlimani’s coming back on again – and again
COLIN BOAG Controversy: Rabah Slimani, third from left, comes back on as Wales protest Cast your mind back a few weeks...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoCopy Crusaders’ blueprint to restrict Barrett’s influence
Shut-out: Crusaders defenders swarm around Beauden Barrett PICTURE: Getty Images BEAUDEN Barrett has a skill-set that would be the envy of...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSlade missile sets up smash and grab raid
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter 18pts Tries: Nowell 43, S Simmonds 79 Conversions: Steenson 43 Penalties: Steenson 26, 30 Saracens 16pts Tries:...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMcCall proud of his tired troops
MARK McCall admitted Saracens were ‘hanging on and looking tired’ after their European exertions. The Sarries director of rugby said: “What...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSo sweet for Wasps as Bassett lands the final thrust
From NICK CAIN at Ricoh Arena Wasps 21pts Tries: Beale 7, Bassett 77 Conversions: Gopperth 8 Penalties: Gopperth 2, 23, 39...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBig Joe was just immense says Dai
DAI YOUNG paid tribute to his side after their last ditch win. “I was very pleased with our composure –we never...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoHogan calls for franchise system to save the north
Newcastle managing director Mick Hogan believes club rugby in the north faces terminal decline unless the RFU act to reverse a...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Sam Grahamslaw – Leicester prop
Switching from the back row to prop is no easy feat fresh out of school, but Sam Grahamslaw will not have...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Revitalised Broncos are bucking the trend
The Deri Broncos gave up the ghost when the last of them bolted and left the historic village club without a...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: Nice squad Robin, but why no spot for Davies?
Wales have got the squad balance right for their summer tour, but there’s one glaring omission – where is James Davies?...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoToo much rugby? No, I want to play more says Marchant
John Kingston might think Joe Marchant has played too much rugby this season, but the young Harlequins centre is desperate for...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Mark Wilson – Newcastle flanker
1. Topknot hairstyles Admittedly I’m not the most fashionable person around, but I can’t see why anyone would want to have...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Jack can be the lad to help swing it for the Lions
You underestimate Jack Nowell at your peril, as many international defence coaches will readily concede. The nuggety Cornishman is not the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoChampions Cup qualification process to change
The Pro12 nations have lost automatic qualification to the Champions Cup as EPCR today announced that only the best seven teams...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoMercer: I’ll prove why I should be in Argentina
Teenage back row sensation Zach Mercer aims to show Eddie Jones why he should have been on the senior tour to...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Will Owen – Rotherham centre
How do you look back at the season two weeks on? It wasn’t great and very frustrating. We started the season...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: World Cups need more pools of death
Here are the cold hard facts. There is only one “pool of death” in the 2019 World Cup draw made in...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoFrancis out to prove his versatility in Argentina
Gobsmacked Auckland Blues fly-half Piers Francis has revealed how he thought a 5am phone call from Eddie Jones advising him of...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Peter Scrivener – former Wasps No.8
In the early days of professionalism, I was officially the highest paid player in the world which still makes the lads...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoTEAMS: Championship final (first leg)
Yorkshire Carnegie Head Coach Bryan Redpath has named his side for the first leg of the Championship Play Off Final against...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWorcester tie down another Springbok
Worcester have announced that South Africa international Dewald Potgieter has signed a new contract to extend his stay at Sixways. Potgieter...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoFlanker quits Newcastle for Ealing
Dan Temm will swap life beside the River Tyne for life near the Thames when he joins Ealing Trailfinders from Newcastle...
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Latest News
/ 9 years ago2018 and 2019 Six Nations fixtures announced
The fixtures for both the 2018 and 2019 Six Nations Championships have been announced. Rugby’s Greatest Championship will take place over...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 9 years agoAll Blacks will need big guns firing – Franks
Double World Cup-winning Kiwi prop Ben Franks reckons the array of “world-class” talent within the Lions ranks, led by the indomitable...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Karl Dickson – Harlequins scrum-half
1. Joe Marler – One of the hardest men in rugby and that’s why he’s going on the Lions tour this...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoKing Billy of Europe!
Vunipola inspires Saracens to superb double Champions Cup triumph By NEALE HARVEY Mac-nificent: Owen Farrell and Brad Barritt lift the Champions...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoGoode: We just want to get better and better
SARACENS full-back Alex Goode praised the composure of his teammates after scoring another late matchwinning try to seal victory over Clermont....
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoWe’re going to miss you Ashton, try scoring ace
BRENDAN GALLAGHER No one individual ever wins a match for Saracens, it’s not how they go about their work, but it...
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Champions Cup
/ 9 years agoAbendanon: It’s not a nice feeling but we’ll be back again
NICK Abendanon was left gutted by Saracens’ stunning finale after his side had fought their way back into the match. He...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoWorld Cups need more pools of death
HERE are the cold hard facts. There is only one “pool of death” in the 2019 World Cup draw made in...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoBrown had to take off his passing blinkers to be a Lion
YOU would have to have an ice block rather than a heart not to empathise with Mike Brown, and all the...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoPeerless Parisse leads his nearly men to glory
From NICK CAIN at Murrayfield STADE Francais have been Europe’s nearly men for so long they must have thought they were...
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Challenge Cup
/ 9 years agoGlaws rue high penalty count
WITHGloucester losing out not just on a third Challenge Cup title, but also a chance at play-off qualification for next season’s...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCastleford accused of breaching contract
DENNY SOLOMONA will claim that Castleford Tigers ‘belittled’ him as the case over his switch to Sale Sharks heads to trial...
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Features
/ 9 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■KYLE EASTMOND’S much heralded return to Super League with the Warrington Wolves has...
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Features
/ 9 years agoAll Black Saili set to sign for Quins
HARLEQUINS are close to doing a deal that will see them sign former All Black centre Francis Saili from Munster. Saili,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLamb looks for French lifeline at La Rochelle
RYAN LAMB could continue to play on next season if he can secure himself a contract with Top 14 outfit La...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWeir cut adrift as Townsend opts for fresh blood at No10
By GEORGE LAWRENCE NEW Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has called up three uncapped players to his squad for the summer...
International Rugby
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