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/ 8 years agoJoost faced death with defiant courage
JOOST VAN DER WESTHUIZEN (Blue Bulls and South Africa) Died February 6 aged 45 One of the best scrumhalves the game...
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/ 8 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
Tank rolls back to New Zealand BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ SALE SHARKS are planning more talks...
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/ 8 years agoStack knew how to make most of his many talents
BRIAN ‘STACK’ STEVENS (Cornish Pirates, Cornwall, England and Lions tourist) Died October 10 aged 76 Cornish farmer and a rock of...
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/ 8 years agoWinger Leonardo is top draw for Premiership
ITALY wing Leonardo Sarto could be on his way to the Premiership when his contract with Glasgow runs out at the...
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/ 8 years agoBroken hand rules out Warrior Lance
RUGBY SHORTS WORCESTER’s Jono Lance may have played his last game for the club after breaking his hand. The Australian flyhalf...
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/ 8 years agoNorth can fire Wales’ Six Nations ambitions
SHANE WILLIAMS Juggernaut: George North is essential to Wales PICTURE: Getty Images IN years gone by, my wish for Welsh rugby...
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/ 8 years agoCockerill brings in prop reinforcement
EDINBURGH boss Richard Cockerill has signed Samoa loosehead Jordan Lay from New Zealand-based outfit Bay of Plenty until the end of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDark day for Dan Robson if Cipriani leaves Wasps for France
The Wasps scrum-half praises his team-mate as being 'a joy' to work alongside
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years ago‘Old Elthamians can bridge top-flight gap in Kent’, says Mike Friday
The USA 7s head coach on taking on the head of academy role at the National One side
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/ 8 years agoNottingham ace looks for love on Channel 4’s First Dates
Oli Evans applied for the Channel 4 show after being single for the past nine years
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/ 8 years agoWilliams column: Ability of new caps offers Wales reasons to be cheerful after below-par 2017
Shane Williams says Welsh provinces enjoyed a better 2017 than the national team
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCoventry on the roll again after Wasps gave them a sting
Brendan Gallagher on why 15 wins from 15 for the National One side is not the only reason for Coventry to...
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/ 8 years agoJackson column: Call to cut the subs will cull land of the giants
Few replacements able to be named will mean national team coaches require more mobility, writes Peter Jackson
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/ 8 years agoWales miss out as Dai Young commits to Wales
Huge news for Wasps as their director of rugby counts himself out of the running to replace Wales head coach Gatland
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/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
JAMES DUN BRISTOL FLANKER When your dad played in the back row for Bristol, Wasps and England, Chris Robshaw attended the...
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/ 8 years agoBig Game will loom larger than ever for two strugglers
Brendan Gallagher looks at the history of the Big Game and says this year Quins and Saints will be desperate to...
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/ 8 years agoBIG GAME – THE STORY SO FAR
BIG GAME 1 (December 27, 2008) Harlequins 26 Leicester Tigers 26 Nobody knew quite what to expect first off, but on...
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/ 8 years agoWellmen continue charge for another Bowl final
WELSH ROUND-UP TAFFS Well edged to a narrow 14-10 victory over Treharris to claim their place in the last 16 of...
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/ 8 years agoJapan’s safe and silent – and brilliant
Former England lock Geoff Parling tells of his new life in Japan with Sanix Blues ahead of joining Melbourne Rebels Six...
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/ 8 years agoAnscombe ready to end injury misery
NEWS EXTRA ■By ALEX BYWATER Recovered: Gareth Anscombe is fit again GARETH Anscombe hopes his fitness troubles are behind him so...
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/ 8 years agoWarrior Heathcote to be sidelined until April
FLY-HALF Tom Heathcote and scrum-half Jonny Arr remain on long roads to recovery as they battle to overcome concussion. Worcester Warriors...
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/ 8 years agoBrunel: I’m ready to answer call from France
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Jacques Brunel, to be officially announced on Wednesday as the new head coach of France, most likely...
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/ 8 years agoRefs need to make sure justice is equal for all
COLIN BOAG Escape: Sean Maitland got away with taking out Clermont’s Isaia Toeava Les Kiss, Ulster’s director of rugby, and formerly...
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/ 8 years agoWage cap cheats have been able to prosper
Huge win: Josh Adams is mobbed by Worcester team mates after scoring his second try against London Irish on Friday night...
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/ 8 years agoCov on the roll again after Wasps gave them a sting
BRENDAN GALLAGHER REPORTS ON THE WELCOME REVIVAL OF A ONCE-MIGHTY CLUB IT probably hasn’t escaped your notice that once mighty Coventry...
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/ 8 years agoEngland star Harry, 103, will be there for players’ reunion
REMARKABLY England’s oldest surviving international Harry Walker, right, is still a regular spectator at Coventry home games at Butts Park. Harry,...
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/ 8 years agoAll time Coventry XV
Blond bomber: David Duckham was one of England’s finest wings 15: Peter Rossborough Attack-minded full-back from the local King Henry Vlll...
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/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER ABERTILLERY, LLANELLI AND WALES SCRUM-HALF RUPERT MOON In my youth I’d sit in the clubhouse of Walsall RFC and...
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/ 8 years agoJackson column: Ironmen Number 8s fall to injury after showing feats of fitness
Peter Jackson pays homage to the international stars Taulupe Faletau, Jamie Heaslip and Kieran Read who have all made a rare...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBulldozer Bothma at Stoop to put Harlequins in the title mix
The Namibian number 8 wants to build on a strong finish in the league as Quins' European hopes fade
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/ 8 years agoCain column: Oh, for the leadership of Lawrence and Johnno
Nick Cain examines the validity of Eddie Jones claiming English rugby lacks depth in leaders
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFrance becoming second home for rising number of Fijian fliers
Brendan Gallagher counts the rise of Fijian wide men heading to the Top 14
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/ 8 years agoDavid Strettle could return for Premiership swansong as Top 14 make rule changes
"I've got a few other offers from France, but I haven't made up my mind" says the former Saracens wing
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCory Hill signs two-year contract extension with Dragons
Dragons captain becomes latest player to commit to the PRO14 side
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/ 8 years agoThe reasons behind Jim Mallinder’s sacking at Northampton Saints
A former Saints player recalls the debacle that led to Victor Matfield's sudden exit from Franklin's Gardens
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/ 8 years agoGordon Reid ready to play catch-up in Scotland ranks after concussion woe
'If I play well for London Irish rewards will come' says Scotland loosehead
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/ 8 years agoGuscott column: Saints need Dean Richards to turn them into a big-time club
Jeremy Guscott on the Newcastle Falcons director of rugby being to man to replace Mallinder
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/ 8 years agoMike Haley’s honing basics for next England shot
Jon Newcombe talks to the Sale Sharks full-back who hopes to catch Eddie Jones' eye by impressing in Europe
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/ 8 years agoGlasgow monstered by unstoppable Nadalo
By JAMES CANDY GLASGOW were powerless to stop Nemani Nadolo from inspiring a European Champions Cup double as Montpellier kept in...
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/ 8 years agoKinghorn shines as Edinburgh prepare for big clash
By GARY HEATLY European Challenge Cup Edinburgh ……78 Krasny Yar …….0 AFTER thumping Krasny Yar at Murrayfield on Friday, Edinburgh captain...
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/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
LLOYD EVANS GLOUCESTER FLY-HALF Lloyd Evans makes no bones about the fact he is frustrated. As a fly-half of considerable game-breaking...
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/ 8 years agoRennie: We’ll be stronger for this
GLASGOW coach Dave Rennie believes there is still reason to smile despite their winless Champions Cup campaign. A run of four...
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/ 8 years agoReferee was like Dick Turpin says Dragons boss Jackman
By ROGER PANTING NEWCASTLE virtually sealed a quarter-final spot by completing the double over Dragons but the controversial finish left the...
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/ 8 years agoLoughborough put on the style to pull plug on Bath
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP LOUGHBOROUGH celebrated Christmas early on Wednesday with a handsome victory 35-24 over Bath. The manner in...
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/ 8 years agoImhoff’s red for headbutt can’t stop slick Racing
By STEVE EVANS European Champions Cup RACING 92 kept themselves in the hunt for a quarter-final place after overcoming Castres despite...
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/ 8 years agoExiles fall as Stade finish with a flourish
By NEALE HARVEY TONY Ensor’s lastgasp try ended London Irish’s Challenge Cup hopes as holders Stade Francais edged a sixtry thriller...
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/ 8 years agoTime for wing king Raka to pledge his allegiance
Brendan Gallagher counts the rise and rise of Fijian wide men taking over France WITH Alivereti Raka’s name on everybody lips...
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/ 8 years agoTigers told to stand up to Irish bullies
By JON NEWCOMBE Looking for response: Luke Hamilton in action against Racing 92 PICTURE: Getty Images BACK rower Luke Hamilton believes...
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