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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Nick Baxter – former Worcester and England Sevens wing
To be the first player to score 100 National League tries and everything else that came my way was beyond any...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoLouw and Fotuali’i banned for two weeks
Francois Louw and Kahn Fotuali’i have both received two week bans after appearing before an RFU Disciplinary panel in Bristol on...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 10 years agoFarrell can lead Lions like Johnno says Telfer
Owen Farrell has emerged as a candidate to captain the Lions this summer according to one of the game’s most revered...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWorcester sign Jersey tighthead
Worcester have secured the signing of Jersey Reds tighthead Simon Kerrod. The 24-year-old began his career with Blue Bulls U19s and...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoNewcastle Falcons sign Matavesi brothers
Newcastle Falcons’ recruitment plans for next season have advanced with the news that Fijian international Josh Matavesi and younger brother Joel...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoAllinson to re-join Bath on a two-year deal
Bath have announced that scrum-half Darren Allinson has agreed a deal to re-join the Club on a two-year contract from the...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoDowson set to retire and become coach at Northampton
Phil Dowson will retire from rugby at the end of the season to take up the role of Assistant Coach with...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoEdinburgh confirm Cockerill appointment
Richard Cockerill has been confirmed as head coach of Edinburgh from the start of next season. As revealed in the Fissler...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoMako Vunipola in line for England recall
Saracens prop Mako Vunipola has returned to the England camp as 28 players assembled at Pennyhill Park yesterday ahead of their...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Declan Cusack – Doncaster fly-half
1. Luke Cowan-Dickie – I only played with him a few times down at Plymouth Albion and he was still a...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoFarrell can lead Lions like Johnno says Telfer
By PETER JACKSON OWEN FARRELL has emerged as a candidate to captain the Lions this summer according to one of the...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoBok teams must head for Europe says Gold
By NEALE HARVEY EUROPE’S finest must linkup with South Africa’s six franchises to form a box office-busting competition to replace the...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoWorcester suffer Short circuit after yellow card for Faosiliva
By ROGER PANTING JAMES Short scored an explosive hat-trick to maintain Exeter’s unbeaten record over Worcester in the Premiership. It was...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoProblem areas are all fixable says Gold
ROB Baxter was delighted with an 80-minute effort from his Chiefs. “We maintained our intensity throughout and there was a momentum...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoAddison backs prolific Solomona to shine if
By JON NEWCOMBE STAND-IN Sale captain Will Addison has backed Denny Solomona to take his prolific try-scoring form to the next...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoGloucester go back to Italy call roots for dogged win
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER GLOUCESTER dispelled memories of last week’s abject defeat at Leicester with an old-style victory at a roaring Kingsholm...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoMcCall: Vunipola ready for Italy call
SARACENS boss Mark McCall believes prop Mako Vunipola will play some part in the Italy game for England on Sunday after...
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Premiership
/ 10 years agoO’Driscoll is on the case to find any Kiwi flaws
When it comes to the lengths New Zealand will go to turn over the Lions there are none with better first-hand...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoCooper-Woolley chasing hard for Sinckler’s spot
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS tight-head Jake Cooper-Woolley is ready to turn up the heat on Kyle Sinckler as he looks to...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWheeler lined up by RFU
EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY FORMER England hooker Peter Wheeler is to become president of the Rugby Football Union in 2019, The...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoCarberry crosses for two on return
FLY-HALF Duncan Weir says next Friday’s home clash against Cardiff Blues is a must-win for Edinburgh after they suffered their third...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoStockdale hits double to top off bonus win
By RONAN O’BRIEN NEWman Marcell Coetzee starred as Ulster soaked up the pressure to emerge with all five points in Belfast....
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoTandy left fuming by refereeing anomaly
By ALEX BYWATER STEVE Tandy hit out at referee Marius Mitrea after seeing his side’s 13-match unbeaten run brought to an...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoDragons put frighteners on
By DARAGH SMALL REIGNING champions Connacht kept their top six hopes alive but crucially failed to secure a bonus point in...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoBlues back to winning ways with Cuthbert a late try hero
By JAMES CANDY CARDIFF Blues attack coach Matt Sherratt admitted emotions were running high as Alex Cuthbert left a bad week...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoFast start for Evans but it’s far from pretty
By ROGER PANTING STEFF Evans proved he is ready for a Wales call with a try on his return as Scarlets...
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Features
/ 10 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■BRISTOL could be left paying All Blacks back rower Steven Luatua, right, around £650,000...
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Features
/ 10 years agoNewcastle swoop for Sharks starlet Nott
NEWCASTLE FALCONS look set to follow up their move for France centre Maxime Mermoz by landing Sale Sharks highly rated England...
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Features
/ 10 years agoCockerill poised for Edinburgh job
RICHARD Cockerill looks set to take over as the new head coach of PRO12 side Edinburgh next season after a dramatic...
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Features
/ 10 years agoLancaster to extend stay at Leinster
STUART LANCASTER is set to stay with PRO12 outfit Leinster for the next two years after having initial talks about a...
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Features
/ 10 years agoNORTH STAND
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Features
/ 10 years agoStick with Scott to lead the siege on Murrayfield
Wales’ performance against England was their best for two years – but I just couldn’t understand some of the substitutions Rob...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoBridge too far for Richmond as Trailfinders play it tough
By JEREMY INSON EALINGTrailfinders stayed in the play-off race after a four-try victory over their rivals from across Kew Bridge. There...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoRampant Pirates put Carnegie to sword
By DAVE CRAVEN DELIGHTED jointhead coach Gavin Cattle hailed his Cornish Pirates side for “pushing to the next level” when stunning...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoJersey are forced to hang on after
By LUKE JARMYN A SEASON-high half-time away score of 31 points for Jersey sealed a bonus point win and completed a...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoBlues cruise in as Calladine blasts Titans’ amateur hour
By GUY WILLIAMS ROTHERHAMTitans can be extremely grateful there is no relegation from the Championship this season because on current form...
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English Championship
/ 10 years agoNottingham no match for Knights on charge
By STEVE KENNY DONCASTER maintained their push for a play-off place by sweeping aside a flimsy Nottingham challenge at muddy Lady...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoRFU cost-cutting threatens to cripple County game
EXCLUSIVE By NEALE HARVEY LANCASHIRE head coach Mark Nelson has slammed cost-cutting proposals that could see the England Counties team and...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 10 years agoIt’s going to be stormy for Hurricanes says TJ
Nick Verdier assesses the upcoming season and the issues that will help determine the title The Hurricanes got the monkey off...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 10 years agoKiwis will have to deal with resurgent Aussies and Boks
By NEALE HARVEY FRANCHISES in Australia and South Africa are set to deliver a 2017 Super Rugby backlash on behalf of...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 10 years agoNo excuses, Rob, you did get it wrong overMoriarty
During the wash-up over the raging tidal wave of emotions unleashed in Cardiff all week, Wales found it necessary to deny...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 10 years agoWelsh should stop knocking Eddie, he went extra mile for Gethin
SOMEdelicate souls took umbrage at Eddie Jones for trotting out such Welsh stereotypes as goats and daffodils. They climbed on their...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 10 years agoThe sons also rise for young England
ENGLAND’S next generation contained so many chips off so many old blocks in Colwyn Bay last weekend that their Wales opponents...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 10 years agoLions snub shames top clubs
All those powerbrokers who refused to make a small sacrifice by granting the Lions a modicum of preparation time before leaving...
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Six Nations
/ 10 years agoBiggar puts pain of defeat behind him to focus on Scots
By ALEX BYWATER A SIX Nations defeat to England always leads to a bitter fallout in Wales but as attentions turn...
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Six Nations
/ 10 years agoWe’re improving, Huw warnsWelsh
Let’s hear it from the Jones boy! Scotland’s Huw Jones celebrates scoring a try against Australia in the autumn By GARY...
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Six Nations
/ 10 years agoDecision on Sexton may hold key for Irish
BRENDAN GALLAGHER sets the scene for Ireland’s must-win match against France next weekend Round three is usually the tipping point in...
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Features
/ 10 years agoFinishing king confident he can conquer from the start
Ben Te’o and the England ‘finishers’ have got a strut in their step after making the difference in the late wins...
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Features
/ 10 years ago‘Old man’ Haskell being nursed back to his fighting best
While Ben Te’o is at the ‘novice’ end of the England bench with just five caps, James Haskell is the daddy...
International Rugby
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