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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoTom Youngs wants his Tigers to be home boys again
'Fortress Welford Road' wasn't a phrase you heard last season in rugby circles
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Featured
/ 7 years agoThe magic of Mark McCall – chronicling the Ulsterman’s time at Saracens
Schalk Brits, Rob Baxter and Clive Woodward all have their say on the legacy built by McCall in north London
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoJackson column: A back-row conundrum that even has Sam Warburton scratching his head
Peter Jackson on the multiple combinations used by Wales in the lead up to Japan
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Exeter and Wallabies back row Dave Dennis
A XV stacked with Australian talent and the odd Chief
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoBristol win will intensify ring-fence campaign
Bristol Bears downed Bath at Ashton Gate last Friday, and Nick Cain writes why that will fuel a debate that has...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: My hope is Paul Gustard gets Harlequins playing without fear
If successful at the Stoop, Jeremy Guscott writes why he can see no reason for Gustard to eventually return to the...
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 7 years agoLions Tour 2021: Springboks are considering hosting a Test at 95,000-capacity stadium
The SARU are seeking to reap the financial rewards when the Lions tour South Africa in three years' time
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEx-owners of Formula 1 propose £275m takeover of Premiership Rugby
Luxembourg-based company values Premiership Rugby at £550m and aims to attain 51% majority
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Featured
/ 7 years agoRFU confirm World Cup warm-up match to be held in the North
St James' Park, not Twickenham, will host England's international against Italy in September 2019
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBath pin down Zach Mercer with two-year contract extension
Blackadder: 'Zach has attributes that can make he a world-class player'
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJonathan Davies to miss Scarlets clash with Leinster
Wayne Pivac says it is 'smart' to not risk the centre against the PRO14 champions
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMatt O’Connor leaves Leicester Tigers one game into the Premiership season
Geordan Murphy has been put in charge as interim head coach
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoBath start talks to keep ace Watson at the Rec
Options: Watson BATH have opened talks with England star Anthony Watson about his extending his stay at The Rec beyond the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBackrow battle will keep all of Wales agog
PETER JACKSON Million dollar man: Gavin Henson. PICTURE: Getty Images Since Sam Warburton made his last stand in the Six Nations...
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Features
/ 7 years agoHigh-speed Beauden leaves even Carter in slip stream
DAN Carter took 12 years to assemble his collection of 29 Test tries. Beauden Barrett has gone one better in half...
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Features
/ 7 years agoAt 37, Brock just keeps rolling on
PLAYERS come and players go but, like Old Man River, Brock James keeps rolling along. The uncapped Australian began his 13th...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSociety darling Maro shows his caring side
Learning: Maro Itoje misses Faf de Klerk in the first Test Maro Itoje insists that outside the game he is, “a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
TIM STREATHER THE FORMER NOTTINGHAM AND SARACENS CENTRE It was clear that Worcester didn’t rate me when they made me a...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JOE MORRIS WORCESTER TIGHT-HEAD Joe Morris is likely to be a busy man this season, for not only is he hoping...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMarquee players are driving up the debts
COLIN BOAG Unfit: The Australians looked exhausted against the All Blacks In among the Premiership previews whetting our appetites for the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoDREAM TEAM
DAVE DENNIS, EXETER AND FORMER WARATAHS AND AUSTRALIA BACK ROW, CHOOSES HIS BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Tony...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMy hope is Gustard gets Quins playing without fear
JEREMY GUSCOTT Expectation: Paul Gustard with his Quins squad PICTURE: Getty Images HARLEQUINS have a great tradition as the aristocrats of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoIt’s right to let regions take control once more
SHANE WILLIAMS Back home: Leigh Halfpenny PICTURE: Getty Images THERE is no doubt in my mind the National Dual Contract system...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoWasps eye Vellacott as Simpson replacement
BY NEIL FISSLER GLOUCESTER scrum-half Ben Vellacott could be off when his contract runs out at the end of the season....
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Features
/ 7 years agoPremiership promises to be highly exciting
THE 2018-19 Principality Premiership began at the weekend amid a serious discussion over whether the league has any future in Welsh...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoFerreira set to join Lions exodus to Premiership
On move? Ferreira LIONS lock Andries Ferreira wants to join the exodus of players leaving Gauteng to move to the Premiership...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMcCall factor is magic ingredient for Sarries
BRENDAN GALLAGHER charts the remarkable rise of Mark McCall and his methods at Saracens Champions: Saracens celebrate with the Premiership trophy...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoLangkilde’s date for court return
SAMOA Sevens player Gordon Langkilde could learn his fate this week after his alleged assault on three Wales players during the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoOn McCall’s watch
2009-10: Regular season: 3rd. Premiership Play-offs: Runners up losing 32-27 to Leicester Tigers. Europe: European Challenge Cup semi-finalists, losing 16-13 to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 7 years agoNowell close to agreeing new Chiefs’ contract
Negotiations: Jack Nowell JACK NOWELL looks set to become the first of the large number of Eddie Jones England squad who...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThe other men in the hot seat this season
BATH: Director of Rugby Todd Blackadder: Beginning his third season in charge at Bath with a 5th and 6th to his...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoWest Country foes set to rekindle rivalry in Ashton Gate near sell-out
26,000 tickets and counting have been sold for the Premiership season opener between Bristol and Bath
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoThe Beast has shown Kyle Sinckler the route to the top
The Harlequins prop explains what he learnt playing opposite the Springboks stalwart during the June tour
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership preview: Saracens
The champions have focussed their recruitment on tying down their current stars during the off-season
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Eddie Jones has no grounds to dump his bad boys
The end of Eddie Jones' "clean slate" approach?
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPremiership preview: Wasps
This summer’s big spenders will be looking for a return on their investment in trophies. With All Black fly-half Lima Sopoaga...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 years agoSteve Diamond can shine rough edges with his talent-spotting
Brendan Gallagher's assessment of Sale Sharks heading into the new season
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoAckermann relieved as scan shows Tom Savage injury not as bad as first feared
Ackermann had feared the forward could be out for "six to nine months"
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoDelon Armitage’s season is over after damaging knee ligaments
An ACL injury strikes cruel blow to the Lyon full-back
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMarc Jones leaves Sale Sharks to join Scarlets
Competition for Ken Owens and Ryan Elias
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Featured
/ 7 years agoMichael Cheika needs to bridge the gap to the All Blacks, says ARU chief
"I don’t think it’s about changing what we’ve got, it’s about what can we bring"
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Features
/ 7 years agoWho’s that acting with Meg Ryan? Oh, must be Geoff Bray!
EVERY now and then, whenever he felt the need to enlighten a dull moment, Geoff Bray would slip the name of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoClubs are asked to jog along in memory of Sam
GARETH’Sam’ Williams, the Bridgend, Wales and Lions back row forward, died at the end of last season way ahead of his...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSexton’s fit as a fiddle …but silent
UP INGlasgow the other day, Johnny Sexton marked the launch of another PRO14 season by declaring himself in an unusually unmarked...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
JON GOODRIDGE THE FORMER GLOUCESTER, LEEDS AND BRISTOL FULL-BACK Every time I ran out at Kingsholm as a Gloucester player it...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYOUNG GUNS
RIODYER DRAGONS WING Rio Dyer’s first Junior World Cup experience with Wales U20s ended in agony in June when he dislocated...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRFU make a rod for their back over Cipriani case
COLIN BOAG No role model: Danny Cipriani leaves court Were the RFU right to charge Danny Cipriani with ‘conduct prejudicial to...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEddie has no grounds to dump his bad boys
Chris Ashton and Danny Cipriani are like men with itchy trigger fingers who are caught in a hypnotic trance which draws...












