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/ 8 years agoDunn honing his attack in late charge for World Cup
By NEALE HARVEY More than nuts and bolts: Bath’s Tom Dunn COMBATIVE Bath hooker Tom Dunn is banking on an extra...
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/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER HARLEQUINS, BRISTOL, MOSELEY, NEWBURY, LONDON SCOTTISH, EALING AND ROSSLYN PARK CENTRE ANDY REAY I think of myself as a...
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/ 8 years agoDurham do the double to delay Exeter’s march for title
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP EXETER’S apparent cake walk to the league title was rudely interrupted by an inspired Durhamcompleting the...
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/ 8 years agoPromoted Old Boys take it to the max
NEWS EXTRA WEmay only be coming to the end of February but English rugby already has its first club to earn...
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/ 8 years agoMax out till mid-March
RUGBY SHORTS HARLEQUINS hooker Max Crumpton has been given a three-week suspension for striking Worcester No.8 Gerrit-Jan Van Velze during Quins’...
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/ 8 years agoHuge blow to Warriors
IN a seperate incident, Gerrit-Jan van Velze fractured his arm against Quins and is out for an undisclosed term. Van Velze,...
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/ 8 years agoWasps sign up Vailanu
WASPS have signed Saracens 19-stone Tongan powerhouse back row forward Sione Vailanu to cover the loss of Nathan Hughes heading to...
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/ 8 years agoCheetah Lee snot happy
CHEETAHS centre Nico Lee has been banned for 13 weeks for “clearing the contents of his nose” on the face of...
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/ 8 years agoNot always greener across the Channel
COLIN BOAG Past his prime: Toulon’s former All Black wing Julian Savea French rugby is a world all of its own,...
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/ 8 years agoBlues retain key players
BEDFORD have begun building for next season by re-signing four of their first team players. Props Alex Penny and Sean McCarthy...
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/ 8 years agoWebb’s free to leave… if Gatland still wants him
PETER JACKSON Decision time: Toulon scrum-half Rhys Webb PICTURE: Getty Images The latest eruption from the volcanic Mount Mourad may help...
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/ 8 years agoFarewell to Cawkwell
SCOTLAND’S oldest internationalist George Cawkwell passed away last Monday at the age of 99. Cawkwell was born in Auckland, New Zealand...
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/ 8 years agoHot-head? I’m never out of control!
Kyle Sinckler says he is ready to rumble when England face Wales in Cardiff this weekend – and much of that...
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/ 8 years agoWhen Tarw put the boot into England Grand Slam
At some point this week, Eddie Jones could do worse than blow the dust off a classic illustration of England’s tendency...
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/ 8 years agoCardiff effect could put end to Slam dunk
Jon Newcombe talks to England's double Grand Slam winner Peter Winterbottom.
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/ 8 years agoWarren has to establish a half-back partnership
Shane Williams looks ahead to Wales' crunch game with England this weekend.
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGive young players a chance!
Nick Cain puts forward an argument for playing younger players.
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Features
/ 8 years agoEngland must aim to get the ball in Elliot Daly’s hands
The full-back has been a constant performer for England in recent matches.
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/ 8 years agoWinterbottom: Cardiff effect could put end to Slam dunk
Jon Newcombe talks to England’s double Grand Slam winner Peter Winterbottom Hopeful: Peter Winterbottom Slammed: Mike Teague scores the only try...
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/ 8 years agoPalmer’s eager to land new coach role
Options: Tom Palmer FORMER Wasps and England second row Tom Palmer, currently defence coach at Stade Aurillacois, is assessing his options...
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/ 8 years agoWebb for Bath via freelance World Cup?
BATH have been mooted for a possible move for Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb who has been playing for Toulon since the...
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/ 8 years agoManu’s spotted at Racing as his move talk hots up
Keen on France: Manu Tuilagi LEICESTER Tigers appear to be losing their tug-of-war with the French Top 14 over England centre...
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/ 8 years agoBurrell set for code switch to League
Interest: Luther Burrell FORMER England international Luther Burrell, who is out of contract with Northampton Saints at the end of the...
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/ 8 years agoHot-head? I’m never out of control says Sinckler
NICK CAIN TALKS TO ENGLAND PROP KYLE SINCKLER ABOUT HIS SHORT-FUSE REPUTATION Ready to rumble: Kyle Sinckler says he has learnt...
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/ 8 years agoFitness boost as Genge recovers from ankle scare
FORWARDS Maro Itoje and Dylan Hartley will join up with the England squad to continue their rehabilitation from injury ahead of...
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/ 8 years agoExeter back up Hartpury win with bonus over Loughborough
By JOE BYRNES EXETER continued their title march with a comfortable 31-5 victory over Loughborough at Topsham. The champions elect, who...
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/ 8 years agoDump Italy and go back to Five Nations format
COLIN BOAG White Orcs on steroids: England batter the French With the Six Nations taking a break this weekend, it’s a...
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/ 8 years agoEngland must aim to get the ball in Daly’s hands
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT So gifted: Elliot Daly has the ability to create something out of nothing PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoHow Do Rugby Players Spend Their Time off the Field?
Rugby has a reputation for being a brutal sport, and it is often considered to be one of the most dangerous...
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/ 8 years agoOrrell phoenixes prepare to end nomadic existence
One of the many northern victims of mismanagement during the professional era, Orrell RUFC are now looking forward to a bright...
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/ 8 years agoPole-vaulter Jonny strives to raise bar ever higher
The England winger was speaking ahead of Sunday's victory over France.
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/ 8 years agoFarrell has moved well ahead of George now
If I was to reflect on my own career briefly, this current situation for George is similar to what I experienced...
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/ 8 years agoSize matters so much in our new land of the giants
By Peter Jackson, When the Lions clinched their one and only series victory in New Zealand, one man stood above the...
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/ 8 years agoLet’s have relegation in women’s Six Nations
Spencer explains how there is an extreme gulf between the top and the bottom in Women's rugby.
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoHere’s one football story rugby men should heed
By Nick Cain, Premiership owners are partial to borrowing from the professional football model when it suits their purposes. So, let’s...
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/ 8 years agoTake your bow, but you’ll need to step up
The former Wales international speaks about last weekend's victory over Italy and looks ahead to the forthcoming England game.
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/ 8 years agoSlade’s not a classic 13 but he’s putting his stamp on it
Henry Slade made a big impression in the victory over Ireland last weekend, but he has been a late bloomer at...
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/ 8 years agoOrrell RUFC’s best of the best
GREAT players such as British Lions John Carleton and Dewi Morris, fellow England Grand Slammer Nigel Heslop and other internationals too...
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/ 8 years agoBin players who appeal for yellows
COLIN BOAG Appeal: Rory Best complains to referee Jerome Garces after England’s third try In last week’s TRP Bob Reeves, a...
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/ 8 years agoSize matters so much in our new land of the giants
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Smallest of them all: Faf de Klerk PICTURE: Getty Images When the Lions...
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/ 8 years agoDive-passing Jan was one of rugby’s great innovators
JAN WEBSTER was in the third year at Queen Mary’s Grammar School in Walsall when the headmaster fielded a call from...
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/ 8 years agoPole-vaulter Jonny strives to raise bar ever higher
NICK CAIN TALKS TO ENGLAND WING JONNY MAY ABOUT HIS BLISTERING FORM NICK CAIN Sinuous: Jonny May leads the Irish defence...
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/ 8 years agoJONNY MAY ON THE RETURN OF THE ‘UNSTOPPABLE’ MANU TUILAGI
How good is it to see Manu Tuilagi, left, back in midfield for England as well as the Tigers? “He is...
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/ 8 years agoSunday, Sunday so good for Eddie
SUNDAY, Sunday”. If Eddie Jones said it once he said it 20 times as he used it as a mantra to...
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/ 8 years agoGreen Machine gathers speed with clinical win over Hartpury
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP THEtie of the round took place at Gillman’s Ground where league leaders Exeter inflicted a fatal...
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/ 8 years agoOrrell phoenixes finally see end to nomadicexistence
Otley players Andy Glover, far left, and Steve Ormesher make hard yards. Chairman Tony Havlin ONE of the many northern victims...













