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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoKingston: ‘It’s time Danny Care showed he can be the world’s best scrum-half’
Harlequins director of rugby John Kingston has thrown down a challenge to his number 9 in the lead up to the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoAll-action Gloucester back row Ludlow flying high in top tackler race
The Gloucester back row is well out in front in the Premiership's tackle count stats
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoScots back in pole for takeover of Worcester
By Neale Harvey Worcester are set to agree a takeover by the Scottish Rugby Union after a bid from former Swindon...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMatt O’Connor reveals extent of injury to Leicester’s Veainu
Tigers fullback suffers double fracture to jaw in 33-10 defeat to Munster
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLeinster defeat shows we’re still learning our lesson in Europe – Rob Baxter
The Exeter Chiefs boss reacts to his side's first defeat at Sandy Park in a year
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Features
/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ GLOUCESTER head coach Johan Ackermann has seen off the challenge of Wasps to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEx-Pirates supremo on Warriors short-list
FORMER Cornish Pirates high performance manager Chris Stirling is in the running to be Worcester Warriors’ new director of rugby. Kiwi...
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Features
/ 8 years agoToulon in £500k bid for Taulupe
Wanted in France and Wales: Bath No.8 Taulupe Faletau TOULON are ready to join the race to land Wales and British...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSpringboks repatriation tops agenda
THE South African Rugby Union’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been hitting the phones in an attempt to lure players...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWales Euro challenge undermined by the Union
PETER JACKSON Flogged: Scott Williams touches down for Wales in their final Autumn Test against South Africa PICTURE: Getty Images No...
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Features
/ 8 years agoScotland’s resurgence promises top class Six Nations
THE Six Nations looms ever brighter on the horizon with the certainty that the 2018 version will be like no other....
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Features
/ 8 years agoYoungsters get a bonus
NOT before time, Wales are offering juniors under 16 the chance to sample the Six Nations experience for £20. The cut-price...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWorkaholic Wray aims to keep Sarries up to the job
Strong carrier: Clermont No.8 Fritz Lee PICTURE: Getty Images JACKSON Wray is the selfless grafter that no club aspiring to greatness...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMatt’s Ark will be place where hope floats for all
Brendan Gallagher talks to Matt Hampson ahead of the opening of his new Get Busy Living Centre Big team effort: Matt...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTHE MATT HAMPSON I KNOW
- three ambassadors for Matt’s Foundation tell us about the man himself GREGG WALLACE: (Joint host of Masterchef and rugby fanatic)...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER CARDIFF BLUES, SALE SHARKS AND NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS FLY-HALF NICK MACLEOD Whenever I found myself in pressure situations, and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ISAAC CURTIS-HARRIS LONDON IRISH BACK ROWER As a member of the London Irish youth side that became Premiership U18s champions in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHartpury land first victory of season – and it’s so sweet!
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES HARTPURY gained revenge for their opening round hammering by old rivals Loughborough on Wednesday with a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoInternational caps are all at sixes and Sevens
COLIN BOAG The recent Rugby League World Cup showed just what a joke the 13-man game’s eligibility rules are – basically...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSpringboks need to pick best XV on ability alone
JEREMYGU SCOTT Selected on merit: South African back rower Siya Kolisi PICTURE: Getty Images EVER since South Africa adopted a quota...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: Gregor Townsend is showing Wales the way to play
Peter Jackson on the evolution of Scotland and how they may be firmer favourites for the Six Nations than Wales
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoVarsity: Who was the dashing Cambridge wing in Sherlock mystery?
Brendan Gallagher investigates the man who was Conan Doyle's hero, Godfrey Staunton
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Featured
/ 8 years agoRoom 101: Taunton Titans winger Aron Struminski
The Titans wing explains why he has a vendetta against seagulls
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoVarsity women’s preview: Oxford will go on the attack to defend crown
Can Oxford produce another shock upset this time around?
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoVarsity: Seven-timer Briggs is Light Blues brigade history maker
Brendan Gallagher picks out the stars to watch in this week's Varsity match showpiece
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Cornish Pirates wing Alex O’Meara
Alex O'Meara runs us through the best players he has played against in each position
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Features
/ 8 years agoBath blitz is too late to trouble runaway champs
By MIKE SINCLAIR CHAMPIONS Exeter moved ten points clear of third-placed Bath at the top of the Premiership – and for...
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Features
/ 8 years agoO’Mahony snubs new Ireland deal
GLOUCESTER are in the race to land Munster captain Peter O’Mahony, who has rejected the Irish Rugby Union’s offer of a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHartpury wilt after Ealing’s three-minute double strike
By ANDREW BEACHAM EALINGTrailfinders maintained their challenge to leaders Bristol with a five-try, bonus point win over Hartpury. Two tries, either...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDings eye brighter future after stadium upgrade
By NEALE HARVEY DINGS Crusaders chairman Steve Lloyd believes his club’s new £7.2m stadium will provide the Bristol-based outfit with a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWimbledon stay winless at TJs
By GARETH WITHERS TONBRIDGE Juddians ran in seven tries as Wimbledon’s winless run continued. The hosts struck first, building over several...
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Features
/ 8 years agoTodd in awe of Chiefs back row
TODD Blackadder warned the rest of Europe to beware of Exeter who entertain Leinster in the Champions Cup next Sunday. “If...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWasps eye moves for Thompson and Socino
LEICESTER have their eye on a couple of Premiership rivals as they look to improve their squad for next season. Wasps...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBristol stay on track but Knights put up a fight
By GUY WILLIAMS Defiant: Doncaster’s Curtis Wilson scores LEADERS and promotion favourites Bristol completed the first half of their Championship campaign...
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Features
/ 8 years agoCooney leaves it late to tame the Tigers
By JOHN BRENNAN Blaydon 36 Sheff Tigers …34 A TWELVE-TRY thriller was still in doubt up to the last play of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHawks swoop to pick off Clifton
By NICK PITSON Henley 30 Clifton 20 HENLEY Hawks claimed the spoils with a hardfought bonus-point win against spirited Clifton. The...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSaints silenced by Latu’s late stunner
By COLIN NEWBOULT AT the end, there was just silence. No boos, little angst, just mere acceptance of a Northampton side...
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Features
/ 8 years ago‘Expanding’ Exiles aiming for back to back success
By LUKE JARMYN LONDONScottish No.8 Joe Atkinson has spoken about getting back-to-back home wins for the first time this season in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoOtley hold off a Blues fightback
By JOHN FINCH Otley 23 Macclesfield…17 A RESTRUCTURED Otley turned on the power and pace to beat Macclesfield for a muchneeded...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
HARLEQUINS TIGHT-HEAD PROP JOSH IBUANOKPE Josh Ibuanokpe will never forget his Harlequins debut. Introduced as a replacement with Quins 26-5 down...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFalcons’ will to win impresses Richards
NEWCASTLE director of rugby Dean Richards believes there is still far more to come from his charges after they ended a...
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Features
/ 8 years agoJapan making strides after Wallaby pasting
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at the Autumn’s big winners and losers from Test rugby’s second tier BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stunner: Shota Horie scores...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPost prevents Reds claiming a famous away victory
By VINNIE BARRINGTON Selway try helped rescue a draw for Jersey at the Bay. Full-back Brendan Cope had an opportunity to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBarrett helps Dale break home duck
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale 28 S Leicester 25 WHARFEDALE just edged this hard-fought and entertaining match to win their first home...
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Features
/ 8 years agoExeter power pack on top in eight-try rout of Trent
BUCS ROUND-UP By JOE BYRNES LEADERS Exeter crushed rock bottom Nottingham Trent 50-7. Any hope the visitors had of avenging their...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWard wants stronger backbone in defence with Test spine returned to lineup
By NEALE HARVEY MISFIRING Harlequins must shore-up a leaky defence or face ruin against “ruthless” Saracens, according to hooker Dave Ward....
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Features
/ 8 years agoTownsend is showing Wales the way to play
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Gregor Townsend last appeared in Cardiff on Six Nations business a long time...















