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/ 1 year agoEngland’s heartache goes on as Ford fails to land the killer blow
■ By NICK CAIN at Twickenham England ............................. 22pts Try: Feyi-Waboso 45 Conversion: Smith 45 Penalties: Smith 5, 13, 31, 60;...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoAnother failure to use the bench properly from England
By Paul Rees It was Groundhog Day for England as they slumped to a fourth successive narrow defeat. A difference this...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoBraveheart Wallace Sititi takes top billing as the star of the show for All Blacks
By Brendan Gallagher You could write a short book on how England somehow managed to lose that match in the final...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoDarcy Graham on the rampage to ignite Scotland
By Bryn Palmer Scotland ........................... 57pts Tries: Rowe 9, Graham 15, 18, 53, 62; Jones 21, 79; van der Merwe 72...
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/ 1 year agoTownsend praise for Darcy and Duhan double act
SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend paid tribute to the “outstanding” Darcy Graham as he drew within one of fellow wing Duhan...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoEngland front row not good enough
I AGREE with Jeremy Guscott and Nick Cain in last week’s article. England’s front row are not good enough. I’ve been...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoThrow plans to segregate fans into the dustbin
THE fact that Premiership administrators are considering segregating away supporters demonstrates that people charged with managing the game have very little...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBevan happy with his baptism of fire
■By SIMON THOMAS SO much has happened in the life of Ellis Bevan over the last six months but one moment...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDREAM TEAM
SCOTT HALL, THE NOTTINGHAM AND FORMER NORTHS EAGLES AND LEICESTER BACK ROW, SELECTS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoWallabies have ability to spring a surprise
By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week... It would be a mistake to underestimate the abilities of Joe Schmidt,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHill out to cash in on England chance
■By PAUL REES You’re in: Ted Hill was called up by England to replace Ollie Chessum, inset PICTURES: Getty Images AS...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoAussies are hurt by own protectionism
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week Whether the Wallabies emerge with a Grand Slam or a slump...
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/ 1 year agoEngland will need to tame Sua’ali’i
THE Wallabies may be stuck between a rock and a hard place, but England will still need to be wary of...
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/ 1 year agoDoncaster let it slip as Sale come from behind
■By ANDREW SMITH Doncaster .........37pts Tries: Olowofela 33, 43; Wacokecoke 37, Currie 40, Veainu 65 Conversions: Bennett 33, 37, 40 Penalties:...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSpirited Caldy give Falcons a workout
■By LUKE JARMYN Caldy .......................12pts Conversion: Rabbette 58 Tries: Rabbette 57, Wynn 69 Newcastle ............ 33pts Tries: Spencer 4, O’Sullivan 8,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoNew faces take the plaudits for Saints
■By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ........31pts Tries: Pollock 15, Ramm 23, Litchfield 38, Hendy 53, Baker 59 Conversions: Makepeace-Cubitt 15, 23, 53...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoOpoku grabs his chance to make sure for Cov
■By PETE MURDOCK Nottingham ...... 15pts Tries: Olowofela 44, Ecclesfield 70 Conversion: Arden 45 Penalty: Arden 13 Coventry .......... 34pts Tries:...
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/ 1 year agoBattling Scottish make Quins work hard
■By DAN ROBERTSHAW L Scottish .........22pts Tries: Scot 30, Simonds 40, Wardell 58, Brown 80 Conversions: Wilstead 80 Harlequins .......35pts Tries:...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEaling delight as Sarries cut down
■By OLLIE AUST Ealing ..................... 29pts Tries: Farrar 2, Bird-Tulloch 5, 25, Penalty 32, Kernohan 43 Conversion: Jones 3 Saracens ...............19pts...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBears get in the mood with Blues demolition
■By MARK STEVENS Bristol ............. 67pts Tries: J Jenkins 2, Marmion 6, Fricker 12, Thacker 19, 71; Bates 23, Elizalde 25,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAmpthill given 11-try lesson in class from Bath
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ................. 0pts Bath ...................... 73pts Tries: McConnochie 2, 51; Tuipulotu 11, 25, 39; Staddon 42, Spandler 58,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGloucester are made to battle all the way
■By CARWYN HARRIS Hartpury ............26pts Tries: Morgan 11, Denty 35, Austin 43, Penalty 72 Conversions: Bazalgate 11, 35 Gloucester ....... 31pts...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoTen-try Chiefs show Pirates no mercy
■By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates .................. 7pts Try: Houston 23 Conversion: Houston 23 Exeter .................... 68pts Tries: Rigg 2, 40; Brown-Bampoe...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoShame that Georgia are kept out of sight
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed The most significant contest of the November international series? Take your pick. Ireland-New Zealand in...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFrance have talent to spare
ON the face of it – and, indeed, at the heart of it – a back row combination of Charles Ollivon...
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Features
/ 1 year agoAussies facing reality check
ANALYSIS PAUL REES LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR THE HOME NATIONS AS THE AUTUMN INTERNATIONALS GET UNDER WAY AUSTRALIA start...
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/ 1 year agoSouth America look to keep on building
By JOE SANTAMARIA Top dogs: Argentina celebrate beating Australia in Rugby Championship PICTURES: Getty Images AS Sebastián Piñeyrúa’s historic six-year term...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAssiratti’s making the most of his second chances
By SIMON THOMAS WALES prop Keiron Assiratti has revealed how close he came to dropping out of professional rugby – just...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoWales get set for big Sunday crunch…
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know One weekend five summers ago, Wales went to No.1 in the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMaesteg Harlequins a beacon of hope
AT a time when too many clubs all over England and Wales have gone to rack and ruin, Maesteg Harlequins shine...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoHolders looking to get it right
Preview Gloucester v Sale Today. 2pm Title holders Gloucester-Hartpury are looking for a response against strugglers Sale after suffering back-to-back defeats...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoExeter on top in battle of the big guns
■By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ............................. 29pts Tries: Doidge 8, F Robinson 38, Sinclair 56, Rogers 66 Conversions: Tessier 9, 39, 67...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoBristol have no answers as Callender leads romp
By STEWART McCULLOUGH Bristol ................ 19pts Tries: David 7, Bonner 28, R Marston-Mulhearn 37 Conversions: Reed 7, 28 Harlequins ...... 34pts...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoHost of stars back for Tigers
Preview Leicester v T’finders Today. 3pm LEICESTER welcome back several Test players as they search for their first win of the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoScarratt excited by new pathway
■ By MAX HARRIS Champions: Gloucester-Hartpury celebrate their title triumph ENGLAND centurion Emily Scarratt is delighted with the new women’s BUCS...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoFrom shelf stacker to first-team contender
■By PAUL REES GEORGE Makepeace-Cubitt was stacking supermarket shelves at the start of the year but the England Under-20 outside-half is...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoDon’t let these tasty clashes pass you by
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S always famine or feast with international rugby...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBeziers need to clean up their act
THE once-mighty Beziers are making the news in France again but for the wrong reasons. On the field they are becalmed...
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/ 1 year agoRowntree’s old charges fall short in a thriller
■By BEN JAYCOCK Munster ........... 24pts Tries: Haley 35, Penalty 40, Hodnett 50, Farrell 60, Conversion: Butler 60 New Zealand ...38pts...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBaxter: I want to make things better
■By PAUL REES ROB Baxter will not be walking away from Exeter, the only club still looking for a Premiership victory...
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Features
/ 1 year agoI love it when I’m out in front of The Shed
Jon Newcombe hears from George Barton about his switch from No.10 to 15 and the propects for the Cherry & Whites...
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Features
/ 1 year agoI’ll stick with La Rochelle -O’Gara
NEWS EXTRA RONAN O’Gara has ruled himself out of the running to replace Graham Rowntree as Munster head coach. Munster announced...
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Features
/ 1 year agoGriffin’s not stopped by heart issue
WALES and Bath prop Archie Griffin is set to be fit for the autumn internationals despite being diagnosed with a heart...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoPearce walks in his father’s footsteps
■ By PAUL REES PADDY Pearce is living a dream after emulating his father and great-uncle by playing for the club...
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/ 1 year agoSylvester unhappy to be missing out on Prem Cup
■ By BEN JAYCOCK MOST Championship sides spent this week gearing up for the Premiership Cup but Cambridge and Chinnor were...
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/ 1 year agoBlackheath have promotion in sight
■ By DAN ROBERTSHAW BLACKHEATH prop Will Davis says his side are aiming to secure one of the two promotion places...
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/ 1 year agoDevonport finding the going tough
■ By BEN JAYCOCK DEVONPORT Services have lost every game in their inaugural National Two West campaign but homegrown talent Liam...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoDavies keen to bring new direction to Barnes
■ By BEN JAYCOCK RECENT retiree Josh Davies has moved into the world of coaching at the age of 31 and...
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Features
/ 1 year agoI’d just signed for the dirtiest team in France
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER BATH, ROUEN, EL SALVADOR, GRASSE, HARTPURY COLLEGE AND ENGLAND U20 FLY-HALF NOW HEAD COACH AT CLIFTON...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoNew England group will cause uncertainty
By Jeff Probyn - A front-row view of game So just when we thought that everything was getting sorted between the...
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