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Features
/ 8 years agoSeventh heaven for hosts in Reds mauling
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford 49 Redruth 19 seven tries as they overcame the challenge of Redruth in a highly entertaining encounter....
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/ 8 years agoRip-roaring as Cipriani returns to fire Wasps
By NICK CAIN THIS WAS the Premiership at its best, with Wasps and Leicester serving up a feast of rugby for...
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/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler HARLEQUINS are in the running to lure former Wallaby centre Ben Tapuai into leaving...
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/ 8 years agoYes, Eddie’s right to be obsessed by the All Blacks
One of few: Maro Itoje is ahead of his All Black rival PICTURE: Getty Images ARE England obsessed by New Zealand?...
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/ 8 years agoMaiden Fowden score just enough
By ALLAN FOSTER Fylde 29 Bishop’s Stort.22 REPLACEMENT Luke Fowden scored his first try for Fylde in the final minute of...
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/ 8 years agoDefence to the fore as Titans are suffocated
By KEN VAUGHAN Chinnor 13pts Taunton 7pts Thwarted: Chinnor’s speed demon Jamil Hamilton. IF defences win championships then Chinnor are going...
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/ 8 years agoScotland have an outside chance of a Grand Slam
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMYGUSCOTT THE outright winners from the Autumn series are Scotland, especially as England and Ireland were pretty...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWe had bottle to win it says Dai
WASPS director of rugby Dai Young said he felt his side always had the win in them. “There was not much...
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Features
/ 8 years agoPremiership clubs ready to swoop on Edinburgh
SAM HIDALGO-CLYNE is ready to leave Edinburgh at the end of the season after Gregor Townsend’s autumn Test snub. Scrum-half Hidalgo-...
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Features
/ 8 years agoExpect another Mennaye thriller
Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues Preview Today. Kick-off 2.30pm. Mennaye Field PIRATES coach Alan Paver knows it will come down to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMugford double downs Ionians
By ROB TUNLEY PLYMOUTH returned to form in style with an easy win over Hull Ionians to banish chastening memories of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMaslen magic inspires super Worthing
By SALLY MATTHEWS Worthing 40 O Redcliffians…34 JACK Maslen bagged a hattrick as Worthing ensured Old Redcliffians remain struggling near the...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoYoung Guns: Leicester Tiger scrum-half Harry Simmons
The Tigers youngster talks to TRP about his work with mentor Ben Youngs
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoThe Ella brothers: the pop stars of Aussie rugby
Brendan Gallagher remembers the wonderful Junior Wallaby side that boasted a fabulous trio...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoCain column: Chatty refs have aided the growth of dissent
By Nick Cain Dissent is an evil genie that was always going to escape from the bottle when Rugby Union referees...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoShane Williams column: Learn lessons and put South Africa to the sword!
Wales must learn from New Zealand loss and be more clinical against the Boks this weekend...
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Featured
/ 8 years agoRoom 101: Gloucester centre/wing Ollie Thorley
The Gloucester back admits he gets frustrated by issues preventing a breakthrough in nuclear fusion engineering
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Features
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former England and Bath No.8 Dave Egerton
Dave Egerton reflects on his career with England & Bath, where motivation was borne out of a desire to be considered...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Leicester Tigers centre Matt Smith
Matt Smith picks the best player he has played with and against in his rugby career
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Features
/ 8 years agoSaints to go on raid for Wasps flier Bassett
NORTHAMPTON have lined up a swoop on Wasps to take winger Josh Bassett to Franklin ‘s Gardens next season. The 25-year-old...
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Features
/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER ■ EXETER CHIEFS look to have been successful in their battle to keep Australian-born forward Mitch Lees at the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAckermann leads race to sign Kriel
Lions skipper: Jaco Kriel GLOUCESTER head coach Johan Ackermann is keen on signing Springbok flanker Jaco Kriel, who played a major...
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/ 8 years ago‘Lucky ‘ Eddie gets a bit prickly
NICK CAIN REPORTS ON THE MOOD FROM THE ENGLAND CAMP AT THE END OF THE AUTUMN SERIES Gives all he ‘s...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDon ‘t miss life with the Lions
SPECIAL OFFER IT ‘S your last chance to grab a real bargain…with our cut-price offer to enjoy a night of magic...
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/ 8 years agoElla brothers were the pop stars of Aussie rugby
BRENDAN GALLAGHER remembers that wonderful Junior Wallaby side that Boasted a fabulous trio Forty years ago, this month a group of...
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/ 8 years agoYoung Wallabies ‘were couple of classes above ‘
Playing the 1977-78 Australian Schools XV was both a privilege and a nightmare as former England scrum-half Nick Youngs – father...
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/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER ENGLAND AND BATH No.8 DAVE EGERTON My last involvement with the England squad came after the 1990 tour of...
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/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
BEN EARL SARACENS FLANKER Ben Earl lacks nothing in confidence and, like many of his other young Saracens colleagues, he aims...
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/ 8 years agoYoung steers Exeter home in battle of heavyweights
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP LOUGHBOROUGH and Exeter are traditional powerhouses at this level and they proved why in a committed...
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/ 8 years agoEngland win shows TMO should decide every try
COLIN BOAG Correct call: The TMO ruled out Michael Hooper ‘s score for Australia There are still those who moan about...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoJackson column: How Clem Thomas seized once in a lifetime opportunity
Ahead of Wales v New Zealand, Peter Jackson recalls when Clem Thomas overcame personal tragedy
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCowan-Dickie is back and gunning for Tom Dunn’s spot in England squad
The Exeter Chief hooker adds that Rob Baxter has recruited as well as anyone
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGeorge North takes decision to leave Northampton and return home
The Saints wing will be on his way back to an undisclosed region at the end of the season
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoCain column: It’s a mad, mad world as Laporte bashes Bill
By Nick Cain THE international administration of Rugby Union was left embarrassed and in abject disarray on Wednesday in London when...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoWilliams column: The one player who can give Wales hope against the All Blacks
Shane Williams reviews Wales' lacklustre performance against Georgia and looks ahead to the All Blacks Test
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMore key skills for Marcus Smith to master, says mentor Evans
After a breakout start to the season, Nick Evans cools expectations on the young Quins fly-half
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoGuscott column: England will improve this year, but so will the All Blacks
With Eddie Jones saying England need to play catch up with the All Blacks, Jeremy Guscott looks at their chances
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMugabe’s thugs sent Don Armand on the rugby trail
Nick Cain talks to the Exeter Chiefs back row about his upbringing in the African state and his career in rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGloucester CEO keen not to lose best players after win over Saracens
Gloucester are already at work on recruitment for next season, says Stephen Vaughan
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFinn Russell to leave Glasgow Warriors
The Scotland international has been linked with a move to France to join Racing 92
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
MARTYN WOOD THE FORMER WASPS, BATH AND ENGLAND SCRUM-HALF Flying out to Australia for the 2003 World Cup as standby injury...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
HARRY SIMMONS LEICESTER TIGERS SCRUM-HALF Harry Simmons recently announced himself as a scrum-half of huge potential when, under his expert guidance,...
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/ 8 years agoWhen best of the best turned out to honour Sam
BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to JPR Williams 40 years on from the famous Sam Doble Memorial game CHARITY matches, gala occasions and...
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/ 8 years agoPlundered Islanders will still pack a punch
Nick Cain assesses the threats that ‘bankrupt’ Samoa will pose England at Twickenham on Saturdfay GIVEN the rate at which Pacific...
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Features
/ 8 years agoHis monstrous boot changed way the game was played
THE record books will tell you that Sam Doble scored a world record 581 points in the 1971-72 season but it...
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/ 8 years agoFaux pas to undervalue French infuence
THERE was, predictably, a deal of moaning and mourning from some quarters about the decision of World Rugby’s delegates to vote...
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/ 8 years agoInjury set-back for Wales back rower
RUGBY SHORTS WALES flanker Ross Moriarty has suffered a fresh back injury in training at Gloucester. The 23-year-old has played once,...















