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Latest News
/ 9 years agoCheetahs will be competitive but Kings facing check mate
IT’S interesting that the Cheetahs and Southern Kings have joined an expanded PRO14 competition by default rather than design in as...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoARGENTINA
FIXTURES: August 19 v South Africa (Port Elizabeth); August 26 v South Africa (Salta); September 9 v New Zealand (New Plymouth);...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoAUSTRALIA
FIXTURES: August 19 v New Zealand (Sydney); August 26 v New Zealand (Dunedin); September 9 v South Africa (Perth); September 16...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoWill All Blacks be fresh to go again?
BRENDAN GALLAGHER runs his expert eye over the Rugby Championship contenders ahead of next weekend’s big kick-off New Zealand have lost...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoNEW ZEALAND
FIXTURES: August 19 v Australia (Sydney); August 26 v v Australia (Dunedin); September 9 v Argentina (New Plymouth); September 16 v...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 9 years agoSOUTH AFRICA
FIXTURES: August 19 v Argentina (Port Elizabeth); August 26 v Argentina (Salta); September 9 v Australia (Perth): September 16 v New...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWe had 13 internationals with majority home grown
NEIL FISSLER talks to Peter Rossborough about that glorious Coventry team of the early 1970s COVENTRY RFU CUP WINNERS ‘73 WHERE...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJones must show courage of convictions this autumn
JEFF PROBYN Old and new: Back row competition is fierce after the performances from Don Armand, Chris Robshaw, Sam Underhill, Mark...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoWilliams plots route to Cardiff via Gloucester
By TOM BRADSHAW Top 10s: Sam Davies OWEN Williams believes his summer switch from Leicester to Gloucester will enhance his prospects...
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Miscellaneous
/ 9 years agoHumphreys fronts up for a change in fortune
By COLIN BOAG Confident: Humphreys, top, with head coach Ackermann and Slater DAVID Humphreys believes the answer to Gloucester’s fragility in...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
BEN JONES CARDIFF BLUES FLY-HALF Ben Jones is after game time in his first season at senior level and with three...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCan’t beat passion of Cornish public
MY LIFEIN RUGBY GAVIN CATTLE THE FORMER CORNISH PIRATES, LLANELLI SCARLETS, ORRELL & PERTEMPS BEES SCRUM-HALF Feeding the big men: Gavin...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMatawalu cleared of Exeter club assault
EXETER Chiefs scrum-half Nikola Matawalu has been cleared of sexually assaulting a woman while on a Christmas night out with his...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBlackadder still looking to recruit
TODD Blackadder says he is confident Bath Rugby will be able to bring in some new players before the Premiership starts...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMoriarty eyes trophy before Kingsholm exit
GLOUCESTER flanker Ross Moriarty admits he is unsure where his long-term future lies. The Wales and British and Irish Lions back...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLopez in defiance of ‘no-ball’ training rule
DAVID BARNES Complaints: Fly-half Camille Lopez dislikes the new international regime in France while, inset, Chris Ashton scored again for Toulon...
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Features
/ 9 years agoAll Blacks will still be team to beat in Japan – Delaney
By NEALE HARVEY FORECASTS of New Zealand’s impending demise in the wake of their drawn series with the B&I Lions have...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHammer blow for Hartpury
HARTPURY College’s bid for Championship survival took a hit this week with try-scoring machine Jonas Mikalcius likely to miss the entire...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoEddie on World Cup fact finding mission in Miyazaki
EDDIE Jones has taken key members of his backroom team to Japan for a recce ahead of the 2019 Rugby World...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoContest for No.10 will help keep Chiefs at the top says Steenson
By NEALE HARVEY Top dogs: Jack Yeandle, left, and Gareth Steenson lift the Premiership trophy in May PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoDeacon confident that Loughborough links can create more Lions for Tigers
Confident: Brett Deacon LEICESTER development coach Brett Deacon believes closer ties with Loughborough University will reinvigorate the club’s academy pipeline and...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSummer tour turns up trumps for new cap Beard
Giant: Adam Beard ADAM Beard admits the start of his first summer tour with Wales got off to a terrible start....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMaturing Bassett is ready to battle for his place at Wasps
WASPS wing Josh Bassett believes his growing maturity is enabling him to fulfil the top-flight potential he first showed when making...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoBloemfontein is not on my travel list
IN Nick Cain’s column on Sunday you reported that the EPCR stated that it would take a unanimous vote of the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoYou don’t need Hawkeye to see crooked feeds
FIRST, I need to say thank you for the quality (and quantity) of news and articles in The Rugby Paper –...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoSarries must take blame over wages
I CANNOT shed any crocodile tears for Alex Sanderson’s complaints about expected wage demands. For years Saracens, with others, have run...
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Features
/ 9 years agoEddie should make an example out of Tuilagi
COLIN BOAG Facing a ban: Manu Tuilagi training with England in 2016 It’s been a bad week for English rugby, with...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoNow it’s down to George to pull this show together
Orchestrator: George Ford looks to unleash his England backs against Argentina in June GEORGE Ford will feel a bit like the...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSolomona scores to finish bad week on high
By MARC SPENCER Castres 31 Sale 14 DENNY Solomona ended the week far better than he started it with his late...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDebutant Stuart shows his class
Newcastle 31 Doncaster 8 NEWCASTLE made a winning start to their pre-season campaign with a five-try success over Doncaster at Kingston...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoFlood delivers goods on Newcastle return
A TOBY Flood-inspired second half helped Newcastle overcome Nottingham yesterday and make it two wins in two games in the same...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoWard double bails Quins out but Wallace facing six month layoff
By NEALE HARVEY Winning start: Quins captain James Horwill with the Cunningham- Duncombe Trophy London Irish 29pts Tries: Paice 7 Du...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHyatt’s Wizards all at sea after shipping points in Penzance
C Pirates 64 Aberavon 7 THE PIRATES proved too hot to handle in the Penzance sun as the Championship side romped...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSheffield 0 Rotherham 61
ROTHERHAM kicked off their pre-season campaign with a comfortable 61-0 victory over Sheffield on Friday evening. The Championship outfit scored nine...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoSaracens just short of getting ton up in Caribbean
US Islanders 92 Saracens 0 SARACENS kicked-off their pre-season calendar in style, running in 14 tries against the USA Islanders invitational...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoClinical Tigers capitalise after Ospreys hit by late yellow card
By ROGER PANTING Binned: Rowan Jenkins Winner: Jake Kerr Ospreys 14pts Leicester 21pts A LATE yellow card to young Ospreys prop...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDogged Coventry make it tough for Islanders
By TOM INNES Jersey 26 Coventry 17 JERSEY were made to work hard by a team who have their sights set...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoMouritz Botha retires due to concussion
Mouritz Botha, former England and Newcastle Falcons second rower, has been compelled to make the unfortunate decision to retire from professional...
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Young Gun
/ 9 years agoYoung Gun: Matt Worley – Racing 92 full-back
It was a PR stunt that took Matt Worley from Hong Kong to Racing 92, but two years later the young...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoCharles Piutau signs for Bristol
Bristol have made a major coup on the transfer market with the signing of All Black Charles Piutau from the start...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoPitman out to prove how good he can be after mental health issues
Rory Pitman is loving his new life in Jersey but the big Welsh No.8 has revealed he needed the help of...
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Room 101
/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Brett Daynes – Coventry back-rower
1. Literally Using literally in the wrong context is probably one of the most annoying things around; I “literally” can’t stand...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoChris Robshaw commits to Harlequins
Chris Robshaw will remained at Harlequins until at least 2020 after putting pen to paper on a new deal. A former...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams: Scarlets can get Leigh back to his attacking best
Now the Guinness PRO14 is all sorted, I’m looking forward to the campaign ahead because I think there have been some...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson: Action man Alun-Wyn is charging towards record
If his track record is anything to go by, Alun-Wyn Jones will pass another landmark towards the end of the coming...
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Nick Cain
/ 9 years agoNick Cain: Dangerous for PRO14 to copy Super Rugby conferences
The new PRO14 marks South Africa‘s first steps at shifting from SANZAAR to align with the Northern Hemisphere. The inclusion of...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoDan Robson on track to go distance with Wasps
Wasps scrum-half Dan Robson says he will push the boundaries of endurance in an effort to overcome last season’s double dose...
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20 Questions
/ 9 years ago20 Questions: Ross Neal – London Scottish centre
How’s pre-season going? Pretty well, thanks. We’ve been training at the Lensbury Hotel which is a great place to train. The...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGloucester sign new head coach’s son
Gloucester have confirmed the signing of Ruan Ackermann, the son of incoming head coach Johan, from the Lions. The back-rower, who...
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