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/ 9 years agoRoberts ready to put Lions hurt behind him
By SAM JACKSON Experienced: Jamie Roberts hands off Luke McLean of Italy to score PICTURES: Getty Images JAMIE Roberts admits to...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoNice squad Robin, but why no spot for Davies?
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WALES have got the squad balance right for their summer tour, but there’s one glaring omission –...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoWales must find way to overcome bogey boy Wallabies
THE 2019 World Cup might be a way off yet, but what a tournament we can expect in Japan. This week’s...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJack can be the lad to help swing it for the Lions say ex-England stars
NICK CAIN ASKS TWO LIONS WINGERS ABOUT JACK NOWELL – AND THEY AGREE THE EXETER STAR CAN BE A HIT YOU...
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Features
/ 9 years agoJACK NOWELL UP CLOSE
Jack and the sea Jack Nowell’s father, Michael, is a trawlerman who runs a fleet of three boats out of Penzance....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHogan calls for franchise system to save the north
By NEALE HARVEY NEWCASTLE managing director Mick Hogan believes club rugby in the north faces terminal decline unless the RFU act...
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/ 9 years agoExeter ‘wanted £250k’ for Blues to sign Francis
WALES have abandoned plans to sign Exeter prop Tomas Francis because his club demanded a ‘silly’ transfer fee of £250,000. The...
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/ 9 years agoSubscriptions…
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Features
/ 9 years agoFlutey: Lions must play keep ball to stay alive
As the only man to play for and against the British & Irish Lions, Riki Flutey gives Jon Newcombe his unique...
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Features
/ 9 years agoPerelini blasts England for selecting Solomona
Relief: Apollo Perelini SAMOAN legend Apollo Perelini has applauded World Rugby’s decision to raise the residency ruling from three years to...
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Features
/ 9 years agoRevitalised Broncos are bucking the trend
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Local heroes: Deri Broncos celebrate their final match victory over Markham The Deri...
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Features
/ 9 years agoChampions Cup play-off farce is poor advert for organizers
WHENthe clubs wrestled control of their major European competition from the Unions they did so on the basis that they would...
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Features
/ 9 years agoHistory is on the side of Irish in PRO12
FOUR of the seven PRO12 Grand Finals have been all-Irish affairs, most recently Connacht- Leinster at Murrayfield last year. Nobody will...
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Features
/ 9 years agoChiefs to beat Saracens but Wasps for title
Brendan Gallagher sets the scene for next week’s Premiership semi-finals …and picks his winners THERE’s no guarantee a cracking regular season...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWasps – 1st
STORY OF THE SEASON: Can be summed up in one word: Attack. Wasps have gone for broke from the off and...
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Features
/ 9 years agoExeter Chiefs – 2nd
STORY OF THE SEASON: The Chiefs endured a rocky start with just two wins in their first seven Premiership games including...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSaracens – 3rd
STORY OF THE SEASON: Hugely impressive when at full strength and then hanging tough when short handed. Saracens know they are...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLeicester Tigers – 4th
STORY OF THE SEASON: How long have you got? Horrendous injuries not least the ongoing Manu Tulagi situation and the eventual...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoGopperth: Ending drought will prove selectors wrong
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS will head into the play-offs fuelled by a burning sense of injustice over their international exclusions, according...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoKitchener confident Tigers can spring a surprise
Defiant: Leicester lock Graham Kitchener GRAHAM Kitchener reckons Leicester’s durability in adversity will enable them to ruin Wasps’ party and reach...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoRhodes now relishing life as colossus of Saracens
NICK VERDIER meets the black sheep who’s turned into a starring wolf for Saracens It can be a daunting prospect for...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSteenson hoping for some Clermont pointers
By NICK VERDIER EXETER find Saracens on their path to Premiership glory once more but talisman Gareth Steenson reckons they could...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWales lads get in gear for Scottish warm up
By SAM JACKSON OSPREYS flanker Will Jones will captain Wales U20 for the World Rugby championship in Georgia, which pits them...
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/ 9 years agoMercer: I’ll prove why I should be in Argentina
By NEALE HARVEY TEENAGE back row sensation Zach Mercer aims to show Eddie Jones why he should have been on the...
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/ 9 years agoOld Elthamians targeting top-flight says boss Lach
By NEALE HARVEY OLD Elthamians have set their sights on capturing the hearts and minds of rugby fans in Kent after...
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/ 9 years agoEngland will be firing the killer shots in pool of death
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Like all rugby fans, I was looking forward to this week’s draw...
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Features
/ 9 years ago20 QUESTIONS
EALING CENTRE JOE MUNRO How do you look back at the semi-finals against Yorkshire Carnegie? We self-imploded for 20 minutes in...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoPressure on Ford to keep Carnegie moving
By JON NEWCOMBE JOE FORD admits that it will take a huge effort from Yorkshire Carnegie to beat London Irish and...
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English Championship
/ 9 years agoBell ready for battle with friendly foe Joe
HOT shotsTommy Bell and Joe Ford used to battle it out in training but there will be much more at stake...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoMo’unga’s boot keeps Crusaders riding high
By LUKE JARMYN RICHIE MO’UNGA’S penalty against the run of play with just minutes to spare saw the Crusaders sink the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
BARNARD CASTLE NO.8 JOSH GRAY Josh Gray was just 12 when his brother Alex led England U20s to the Junior World...
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/ 9 years agoAll Blacks will need big guns firing – Franks
By NEALE HARVEY DOUBLE World Cupwinning Kiwi prop Ben Franks reckons the array of “worldclass” talent within the Lions ranks, led...
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/ 9 years agoSinckler tipped to be ‘surprise’ package
By THOMAS BRANSTON JASONLeonard admits he was ‘surprised’ by Warren Gatland’s selection of rookie Harlequins tighthead Kyle Sinckler as there are...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoThrilling draws are the order of the day
Division Two Round-up By CHARLIE PARKER THERE were shared spoils aplenty in Divsion Two of the Bill Beaumont Cup as Warwickshire...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoLancs find their form to triumph
Eastern Coun..15 Lancashire ....38 By STEVE JACKSON DESPITE a solid firsthalf display, Eastern Counties were ground down and eventually overwhelmed by...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoPete at the treble to Swat Yorkshire
Northum’land 22 Yorkshire........34 By BEN PICKIN PETE Swatkins scored a second half hat-trick to inspire Yorkshire to a tight victory over...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoCrowe soaring high to help Cheshire bounce
Cheshire ..............32pts East Midlands ..24pts By JAMIE RUSSELL Speedy service: Alistair Baker gets the Cheshire back line moving. Right: Joe Daniel...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoEpic finale beckons as Cornwall cruise
Devon ............11 Cornwall........56 By NIGEL WALROND CORNWALL set up a winners- takes-all showdown with Hertfordshire next Saturday as they ruthlessly swept...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoTom Terrific helps Kent edge thriller
Surrey ..............17 Kent ..................18 By GRAHAM COX AN ENTHRALLING finale to a tight match saw Kent overturn a ninepoint lead to...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoBanks impresses in Herts demolition
By TONY FIELDING Hertfordshire 46 Gloucs ..............19 HERTFORDSHIRE overpowered Gloucestershire as they ran out comfortbale winners at Hertford. Sam Barnes grabbed...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 9 years agoEssex given a big scare after the interval
Division Three Round-up By CHRIS HUGHES ESSEX moved top of the Pool One table in Division Three as they held off...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoPlayer of the year’s eyes fixed on 2020
AWARD-WINNING England 7s star Richard de Carpentier has set his heart on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after missing out on medal...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoEngland stay on course for silver
Paris By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND finished Day One unbeaten in Paris to set up a quarter- final clash against the USA...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoWRU take control over Dragons
NEWPORT RFC shareholders overwhelmingly voted in favour of a Welsh Rugby Union takeover of Newport Gwent Dragons. 81.09 per cent voted...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoMoseley go for Cross
SIMON Cross is the new head coach at Moseley, replacing Kevin Maggs. Cross will combine the role with his job as...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoGopperth wins players’ player
WASPS Jimmy Gopperth was named RPA’s Player of the Year, while Dan Carter was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Gopperth...
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Sevens World Series
/ 9 years agoCrossword
ACROSS 1. Romania’s 1999 World Cup scrum-half who also captained the Oaks (4) 3. Montpellier’s Syrian billionaire chairman eyeing Gloucester investment...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLet’s help Paul in his greatest battle
PAUL ACKFORD played alongside Paul Curtis in the Harlequins side that won the 1988 John Player Cup final. Here the England...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFlood back to Falcons after nine-year hiatus
By NICK VERDIER TOBY Flood will be returning to Newcastle this summer after Toulouse agreed to release him from his contract...
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Features
/ 9 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
SIMON BINNS THE FORMER LEICESTER, ROTHERHAM, LONDON SCOTTISH AND OTLEY FLY-HALF Iexperienced some memorable wins as a player – beating Bath...
International Rugby
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