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Latest News
/ 10 years agoByron McGuigan agrees new Chiefs deal
Byron McGuigan has today agreed terms on a new one-year deal with Exeter Chiefs. The 25-year-old Namibian is the latest name...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEngland lose to France but progress to World U20s semis
England lost 30-18 to France in the their last pool game yesterday but they have made it through to the World...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoJon Fisher: Alex Corbisiero can prove doubters wrong, like me
Saints loosehead Corbisiero will leave no stone unturned in his bid to make the World Cup team.
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Nick Cain
/ 10 years agoNick Cain’ column: George Ford still gets my England vote over Owen Farrell
Ford or Farrell? It was predictable that the meeting of two fly-halves who have been close friends since schooldays, and are...
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Shane Williams
/ 10 years agoShane Williams’ column: Gentle giant Jerry Collins made Ospreys into true Galacticos
Jerry Collins was a typical south-sea islander – a monster on the pitch but a gentle giant off it. I remember...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoEXCLUSIVE: BT Sport set to showcase Championship rugby
By JON NEWCOMBE BT Sport are ready to add the Championship to their growing rugby portfolio. The broadcaster is said to...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 10 years agoClown prince Joe Marler plays it seriously now
TRP sits down with the one and only Joe Marler.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEngland U20s change four for France decider at World Champs
England have made four changes ahead of their World Rugby U20s Championship pool decider against France tomorrow. Blindside Charlie Beckett makes...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Will Owen – England U20s and Leicester openside
Breaking into the Leicester first team is no mean feat but Will Owen will be attempting just that next season after...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoBeers on Rob Kearney if Ireland can win World Cup
Ireland full-back Rob Kearney has promised his locals all the beer they can drink if Ireland return triumphant from the World...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoSix Nations TV deal set to rocket past £50m a season
The next Six Nations television deal is expected to increase by 25 per cent.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoHomer called by England U20s to replace Townsend
Will Homer will replace Stuart Townsend in the England U20s World Rugby Championship squad after the Exeter scrum-half sustained a knee...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoApache win at Broadstreet GB7s Series
Apache clinched victory in the second round of the GB7s series in dramatic fashion with a kick in the final second...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoDave Ward: Our new guys will put Harlequins back on top
Harlequins hooker has backed star signings Roberts, Jones and Horwill to kick-start a revival at the Stoop.
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Brett Connon – Newcastle and Tynedale fly-half
The step up from schools rugby to the professional game is never an easy one to make but, after a full...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoJerry Collins dies in car crash
Former All Black Jerry Collins and his wife have died in a crash in France this morning. The couple’s car was...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoKeep promotion, it gives clubs hope, says RPA boss Damian Hopley
Championship clubs must continue to have access to the top-flight and says the RFU should think carefully before endorsing Premiership plans.
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Alex Rieder – Rotherham flanker
1. Hangovers It’s that time of the year when end-of-season dinners and awards dos and nights out with the lads come...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoGloucester lose two Premiership points
Gloucester have been docked two points and fined £5,000 for fielding an ineligible player Mariano Galarza. The Cherry and Whites selected...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Bill Meakes – Gloucester centre
Big game against Connacht today? It’s a massive game for us. Winning the Challenge Cup was huge for the club and...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEuan Murray joins Pau
Euan Murray will leave Glasgow at the end of the season to join French side Pau. The tighthead, who retired from...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: John Mallett – former Bath and England prop
I was fortunate enough to come into the Bath side on the back of the club’s most successful era, playing in...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Drew Locke – Jersey and former Gloucester and Cornish Pirates centre
1. Sam Lockwood – Up and coming loosehead who was named in the Championship Team of the season a few weeks...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson’s column: Such a pity Gavin Henson never graced a World Cup
Gavin Henson’s place among the footnotes of rugby history can now be found hidden away beneath a sub-section reserved for the...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoCourtney Lawes and Joe Launchbury ‘top locks for England’
Pair must be England’s World Cup starting locks according to Nick Kennedy.
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Paul Jarvis – Doncaster full-back
1. Wind As a full-back I’m not a big fan of wind. For 40 minutes you’ll spend most of your time...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain’s view on England’s World Cup training squad
One of the enduring conundrums of Stuart Lancaster’s tenure, and that of many England coaching regimes before his, is whether Red...
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Shane Williams
/ 11 years agoShane Williams’ column: Chris Ashton will lift England but Wales won’t be worried
Stuart Lancaster‘s die is cast, but this Dai certainly isn’t downcast! England’s 50-man squad won’t hold many fears for Warren Gatland...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain’s column: Sir Clive Woodward could make France great again
Sacre bleu! Could Sir Clive Woodward, knight of the realm, England‘s only World Cup winning coach, be about to do a...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s feature: USA Eagles leave rugby’s old world order at Sixes and Sevens
Last Tuesday evening, when Madison Hughes and his American Sevens squad arrived back at the USA Olympic training centre in Chula...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jason Forster – former Wales, Dragons and Bedford flanker
It’s only when you look back on your career that you realise how special your time as a professional sportsman was;...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoJennings to captain Barbarians against Ireland
Leinster flanker Shane Jennings will captain the Barbarians against Ireland at Thomond Park on Thursday. Ulster scrum-half Ruan Pienaar is also...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoJames Haskell won’t be giving up to Sam Burgess without a fight
James Haskell will not give up his England No.6 jersey lightly and has warned Sam Burgess he faces a major battle...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoChampionship final 2nd leg teams
Worcester v Bristol Worcester: Chris Pennell; Tom Biggs, Alex Grove, Ryan Mills, Cooper Vuna; Ryan Lamb, JB Bruzulier; Val Rapava Ruskin,...
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/ 11 years agoCeri Sweeney heads back to Wales
Ceri Sweeney will be leaving Exeter this summer to take up a player-coach role with Pontypridd. “Ponty have got some good...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWasps confirm signing of George Smith
Wasps confirmed the signing of Australian flanker George Smith ahead of next season. The 34-year-old, who has 111 Test caps to...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Jon Fisher – Northampton and former London Irish No.8
1. Alex Corbisiero – Obviously! We’re the same age and I grew up with Corbs at London Irish before linking up...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years ago“I’m lucky to have had supportive clubs,” says Samoa star Kahn Fotuali’i
Kahn Fotuali’i admits Polynesian players are under pressure to quit international rugby in order to secure lucrative overseas contracts. But Northampton‘s...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Tom West – Wasps loosehead
England U20s has provided the stage for much of the country’s current stars to shine over the last few years and...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWasps announce four new signings
Wasps have today announced four new signings for next season. Centre James Downey will remain at the club having impressed since...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoVIDEO: Dylan Hartley previews the Premiership Northampton’s semi-final
Dylan Hartley: Ten months of hard work are on the line Our latest Killik Rugby video is with Northampton Saints and...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoSaracens No.8 Billy Vunipola relishing Northampton challenge
Billy Vunipola is fully aware of the challenge awaiting Saracens at Northampton tomorrow in the Premiership semi-finals but the No.8 is...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoPremiership semi-finals teams
Bath v Leicester Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Peter Stringer; Paul James, Ross...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoDean Mumm on mission to prove he’s World Cup ready
Exeter skipper Dean Mumm insists he will have no qualms over returning to England as ‘public enemy No.1′ if he achieves...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Marco Mama – Bristol flanker
1. Being called South African I was born in Nigeria but brought up in Zimbabwe yet people seem to always mistake...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoSharks sign up All Black lock for next season
Sale Sharks have made their second signing in a week by landing All Black lock Bryn Evans on a two-year deal....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher’s Premiership play-offs preview
Northampton (1) Story of the season The reigning champions may have wobbled badly in Europe with those big defeats against Racing...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson’s column: If ‘Gatland’s Law’ is not upheld there’s no point in being loyal to Wales
Warren Gatland‘s eponymous law has been further exposed by his refusal to rule Jamie Roberts out when the good doctor lines...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoHarlequins prop Matt Shields now ready for his crack in big league
Rookie Harlequins tighthead Matt Shields has endured a baptism of fire since joining from Darlington Mowden Park in February and emerged...
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