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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: it’s time for Stuart Lancaster to decide on his style of forward play
The heat has been turned up following England’s blackwash in New Zealand with the All Blacks and their cheerleaders in the...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoMoseley announce two dream signings
As the building of the playing squad continues, Moseley have today confirmed the signing of Drew Cheshire and Scott Tolmie, two...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 11 years agoEngland ‘will benefit from Ford-Farrell fight at No.10’
Dad Mike predicts son George will challenge Farrell for No,10 shirt.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEdinburgh bring in USA Sevens star
Edinburgh completed their squad for the upcoming season today with the signing of Brett Thompson on a one-year deal. The 23...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Alan Martinovic – Hartpury College and former Colston’s director of rugby
There was a no grand plan when I joined Colston’s. The first XV won only one game in 1986 so to...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoExiles sign Super Rugby back row
London Welsh confirmed the signing of Brumbies back row Lachlan McCaffrey. McCaffrey, 24, has also turned out for the Force and...
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Latest News
/ 11 years ago2014 Legends Rugby will be bigger and better
The Legends Rugby Festival is back next weekend, even bigger and better than last year – and we thought that was...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoAviva Premiership clubs could lose stars to Sevens call
Premiership Rugby’s battalion of overseas stars have been warned that accepting a call to represent their countries in next season’s IRB...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoGlint of gold sustains Ben Ryan on Fiji’s rocky road to Rio
TRP meets Ben Ryan after one year in charge of the most famous Sevens rugby team.
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Girls go full-time and and full-on for big prize
Without fanfare or fuss a minor revolution has been taking place in and around Surrey Sports Park in Guildford this summer...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: Aussie man-mountain can Eclipse England
The Aussies are more inventive than most when it come to nick-names, and the one in the news most Down Under...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoAll Blacks name Sevens squad for Commonwealth Games
New Zealand have named an experienced Sevens squad for the Commonwealth Games. The All Blacks will be led once again by...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Mike Powell – Moseley and former London Welsh and Ospreys lock
1. Jason Leonard – A great prop who transfered from the amateur to pro era with ease. Also runs a pub...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoRokoduguni extends Bath contract
Semesa Rokoduguni has signed a one-year extension to his contract that will keep him at the Rec until 2016. On the...
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English Championship
/ 11 years agoMike Friday: Top tier link-up is a must for Championship
Takeover by Premiership Rugby would transport the second tier on to a different level.
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Cameron Cowell – London Irish full-back
Cameron Cowell says scoring his debut try for England U18s was the highlight of his career so far, but with the...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWasps sign John Yapp
Dai Young has boosted his front row options with the capture of loosehead John Yapp. With 21 caps for Wales to...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWasp Hayter joins England Sevens
Wasps centre Charlie Hayter has signed for England Sevens becoming a member of Simon Amor’s centrally-contracted core group. The 25-year-old has...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Kai Horstmann – Exeter back rown
1. Kids toys I’ve got nothing against kids toys, just the pain they cause when you tread on them inadvertently when...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoKyle Eastmond will show he’s the right fit for England
Bath head coach back rugby league convert and brands critics “uneducated”.
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoExiles sign Saracens academy scrum-half
London Scottish today confirmed the signing of former Wales U18s scrum-half Ben Calder. The 19-year-old has put pen to paper on...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoWoodman to stay at Kingsholm
Gloucester confirmed that Trevor Woodman has agreed a deal to remain as the Cherry and Whites’ scrum coach. The World Cup...
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20 Questions
/ 11 years ago20 Questions: Jonny Arr – Worcester scrum-half
Manage a holiday in your short time off? A few days in Berlin for Jake Abbott’s stag-do, which involved more than...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoHogg added to Scotland Sevens squad for Commonwealth games
Stuart Hogg has been called to the Scotland Sevens squad ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The Glasgow full-back replaces injured team-mate...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoLondon Beach Rugby countdown
It is now less than a month to the eagerly anticipated London Beach Rugby event, which in only its second year...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoEdinburgh bulk up lock options with Sharks star
Edinburgh today announced the signing of Sharks lock Anton Bresler on a three-year deal. The Namibian-born, who spent the last three...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoGloucester confirm Laurie Fisher’s appointment
As reported over the weekend, Gloucester‘s off field rebuilding process ahead of the next season continued with the news that Laurie...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tommy Hayes – former Shannon, Plymouth and Exeter lock
For a long time Exeter Chiefs had the tag of being chokers on the big stage, they’d come very close to...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 11 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Let’s lament passing of cricketing rugby stars
Whatever happened to the rugby playing cricketer or indeed the cricket loving rugby player? There was a time when the most...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoLondon Wasps to be known as Wasps
London Wasps have announced they will drop the “London” prefix in their name and revert to the original Wasps name. In...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Andy Saull – Newcastle and former Saracens flanker
1. Census Johnston – For comedy value as much as anything. He once turned up to pre-season late claiming his wife...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoOwen Williams returns home
Cardiff Blues have today confirmed that Owen Williams has returned home to Wales. In a statement released by the Welsh region,...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoExiles appoint new scrum coach
London Welsh has strengthened their coaching set up ahead of next season with the appointment of Matthew Ferguson as assistant coach....
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Gerald Davies jinks in to put the record straight
Gerald Davies managed many an electrifying move in his time but none more so than the one that took him centre...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain: At least one England team has belief to beat the world
Character. It’s a hard one to define on a big sporting occasion, but what we do know is that where Nick...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoOspreys ‘original’ returns to the Liberty
Ospreys today announced the signing of experienced prop Cai Griffiths on a one-year deal. The 30-year-old, an Ospreys ‘original’ with 123...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoVideo: Brazilian women take on Sevens
CNN’s Christina MacFarlane meets the women leading the Brazilian Rugby Sevens team in their charge for the Olympics. Video courtesy of...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoVIDEO: Brothers bring Rugby Sevens to the favelas
CNN’s Christina MacFarlane meets two brothers who have introduced Rugby Sevens to the Brazilian favelas. Video courtesy of CNN’s International’s ‘Rugby...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Henry Taylor – Saracens & England U20s scrum-half
Of all the players out in New Zealand trying to defend England‘s Junior World Championship crown, none of them are quite...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoVIDEO: Sevens growing in Brazil
As Brazil prepares to host the first ever Rugby Sevens Olympic competition, CNN looks at the growing popularity of the sport....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 11 years agoBath ambition makes up for end to Luke Arscott’s Test dream
Full-back's England dreams may remain unfulfilled but can replace those ambitions by bringing glory to The Rec
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoExiles sign former England lock
London Welsh today announced the signing of former England lock Dean Schofield. Schofield, 35, joins the Exiles from Worcester Warriors after...
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Nick Cain
/ 11 years agoNick Cain gives his verdict on England’s losing tour to New Zealand
If England are sick of coming second, and return home determined to do a clean sweep in the autumn of their...
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Peter Jackson
/ 11 years agoPeter Jackson: Sorry Wales, but this is becoming inexcusable
And so for all their big-game heroics by the banks of the Crocodile River, somehow it still ended in tears as...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoDowney signs Warriors deal
Glasgow Warriors have secured the services of Munster centre James Downey on a two-year contract. The 33-year-old, who had previous stint...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoSteroid user hit with two-year ban
Ralph Cooke has been suspended for two years for an anti-doping violation by the RFU. The Blackheath player tested positive for...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Jamie Broadley – Rotherham wing
1. Poor English This has to be my greatest annoyance. Ironically it seems to be that those who are most fervent...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoTest debut for Scotland No.8
Adam Ashe will make his Test debut on Saturday when he starts at No.8 for Scotland against South Africa in Port...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoDragons flanker on his way to London Welsh
London Welsh have added Newport Gwent Dragons flanker Darren Waters to their squad ahead of next season. Waters, 29, joins Welsh...
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Featured
/ 11 years agoJapan blossom into contenders
Brendan Gallagher charts the remarkable rise of Japan under coach Eddie Jones.
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