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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Gloucester-Hartpury prop Maud Muir
By BEN JAYCOCK Birthplace: Oxford Date of Birth: 12/07/01 Community Club: Oxford Harlequins Red Roses Debut: vs New Zealand November 2021...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoI just love playing and had an amazing career
My Life in Rugby with Mark Best - The former Ulster, Jersey Reds and Doncaster Knights centre discusses his career in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoWhen the B grade was full of A stars
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER AS England A crank back into action today...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoDon’t let refs help the time wasters
THE sheer perversity of referees helping time wasting goal kickers looking to run the clock down by helpfully counting down the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoLisbon? Let’s go…
There are no Six Nations fixtures next weekend but the all singing, all dancing Os Lobos are playing Spain in their...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoThis is probably the safest the sport has been
Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Jacob Ford, below, the director of rugby at Ipswich School...
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Young Gun
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins fly-half Josh Bellamy
By BEN JAYCOCK Josh Bellamy is fortunate to be able to pick the brains of England star Marcus Smith at Harlequins...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3 Episode 25: Calcutta Cup preview with Bryan Redpath
Round 3 of the 2024 Six Nations is coming thick and fast and the headline fixture – as it often is...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Helena Rowland
Loughborough Lightning fly-half Birthplace: Doncaster Date of birth: 19/09/99 Community club: Aylesbury RFC Red Roses debut: vs Italy November 2020 Caps:...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team – Rory Bartle
RORY BARTLE, THE FORMER NORTH OTAGO, LONDON SCOTTISH, JERSEY REDS, GLOUCESTER & WALES U20S LOCK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: England U20s and Sale prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour
By BEN JAYCOCK With an ageing front row, England are crying out for youthful props who can go toe to toe...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoDutch and Germans proving their worth
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Round Three of the Rugby Europe championship concludes...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoBenvenuto! Great to see Lynagh eventually opting for Italy
RUGBY MATTERS EVEN though I recently predicted in The Rugby Paper podcast that Louis Lynagh would be a starting wing...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoNo time to go soft on neck roll
Why isn’t the neck roll an automatic yellow card anymore? In fact, why isn’t the neck roll refereed much anymore full...
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Features
/ 2 years agoBorthwick is still in search of right mix
Paul Rees predicts a close encounter in the Calcutta Cup but sees Ireland winning another Grand Slam THE second round of...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoTo have played 41 times for Wales is a blessing
My Life in Rugby with Emyr Lewis - The former Wales, Llanelli & Cardiff No. 8 looks back on his career...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 2 years agoUniversity rugby should be part of RFU pathway
Coach to Coach Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to John Barnes, below, director of rugby at...
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Features
/ 2 years agoSaracens hooker forced to quit game
SARACENS hooker Tom Woolstencroft has been forced to retire from rugby on medical advice at the age of 29. Woolstencroft has...
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Features
/ 2 years agoNeild on way back to Sale
SALE Sharks have resigned former back rower Cameron Neild on a short-term deal until the end of the season. The 29-year-old...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 24: Round Two controversy with Peter Winterbottom
The second round of the 2024 Six Nations was marred by refereeing controversy, most notably TMO Brian MacNeice and referee Nic...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoLynagh leaves Quins for Benetton
ON THE BLINDSIDE – updated from Sunday’s (11/02/24) TRP Harlequins have confirmed wing Louis Lynagh will join URC side Benetton next...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoLudlam has his sights set on Toulon
ENGLAND flanker Lewis Ludlam will leave Northampton at the end of the season, with Toulon understood to be his destination. The...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBath keen to attract Grady
Bath have emerged as the leading contenders to sign Wales wing Mason Grady, below, when his Cardiff contract expires this summer....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoExeter prop on way to Glasgow
Exeter tighthead Patrick Schickerling, 25, is set to join Glasgow Warriors on a multi-year contract. Schickerling’s commitment comes on the heels...
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Dream Team
/ 2 years agoDream Team with Saul Nelson
The former Bristol, Exeter and London Welsh hooker, now academy pathway head coach of RGC & Wales U18s forwards coach, chooses...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoSuperstar who paved the way for many more
BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S hard to quantify genius let alone compare one genius with another – although that never stops us trying...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Lucy Packer
HARLEQUINS SCRUM-HALF Birthplace: Swansea Date of birth: 02/02/2000 Community club: Amman United Red Roses debut: vs USA November 2021 Caps: 16...
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Features
/ 2 years agoGallagher leads the Leicester comeback
By SAM BYTHEWAY L’ghborough ...17pts Tries: Treder 2, 17, 37 Conversions: Rowland 3 Leicester .........22pts Tries: Gallagher 7, 70, Tutt 40...
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Features
/ 2 years agoHat-trick for Hunt puts Saracens over the line
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Saracens ............................ 29pts Tries: Penalty 36, Hunt 39, 41, 56 Conversions: Blacklock 42, Harrison 57 Penalty: Harrison 80...
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Features
/ 2 years agoChampions will have to be at their best against Bristol
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Gloucester v Bristol Today. Kick-off 2pm PREMIERSHIP champions Gloucester-Hartpury will be looking to continue their unbeaten start...
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Features
/ 2 years agoExeter looking for a double
By BEN JAYCOCK Preview Exeter v Sale Today. 1pm PLAY-OFF chasing Exeter host the league’s bottom side Sale, who are looking...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol wing Louis Nancekivell
By BEN JAYCOCK Louis Nancekivell didn’t go down the traditional route entering rugby and has only played for one club so...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoMy first foreign mission was in deepest Siberia
My Life in Rugby with Rob Debney - The former international and Premiership referee talks about his journey in the game...
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Coach to Coach
/ 2 years agoTykes are on track but job’s far from done
COACH TO COACH Former Richmond DoR Steve Hill talks to Mike Aspinall, below, head coach at Leeds Tykes, who are currently...
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Features
/ 2 years agoWales get set for Aussie challenge
WALES’ two-Test tour of Australia in July will see matches take place in Sydney and Melbourne. Warren Gatland will take his...
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Features
/ 2 years agoLeicester, Sale hit by points cut
FIVE-POINT league deductions have been placed on Premiership Women’s Rugby clubs, Leicester Tigers and Sale Sharks for failing to achieve a...
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Features
/ 2 years agoHarlequins land Wales wing Lisa
HARLEQUINS have signed Wales wing Lisa Neumann from Gloucester-Hartpury with immediate effect. The 30-year-old scored a try to help her side...
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Features
/ 2 years agoReid agrees new deal to stay at Bath
FLANKER Miles Reid has signed a new contract with Bath, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2027. He...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoSeries 3, Episode 23: Six Nations latest and remembering Barry John with Jonathan Davies
The opening round of the 2024 Six Nations threw the script out the window as Scotland almost let a 27-point lead...
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Red Roses
/ 2 years agoRed Roses: Lilli Ives Campion
By BEN JAYCOCK Loughborough Lightning lock Birthplace: Shrewsbury, Date of birth: 10/10/03 Community club: Telford, Hornets Caps: 0 Why I Play...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoScotland prop Rory signs with Warriors
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Scotland and Lions loosehead Rory Sutherland is returning to Scotland at the end of the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoKennedy wanted in France
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Top 14 giants LA Rochelle and Racing 92 are both eyeing up a move for...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoMarchant will see out deal at Stade
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Stade Francais are expecting former England centre Joe Marchant, who only moved to the French...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoGloucester might be planning on May exit
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Gloucester director of rugby George Skivington is still hunting two wingers and a fly-half as...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoLozowski set to get Sarries keys at No.10
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Saracens are set to roll the dice and gamble on Alex Lozowski playing fly-half next...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoErasmus ready to move for Flannery
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER HARLEQUINS are braced for Rassie Erasmus to make an official approach for their defence coach...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBath win buys time for Lam
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Bristol's crushing win over rivals Bath at Ashton Gate eased some of the pressure that...
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Features
/ 2 years agoGrand Slam was ours, come hell or high water
My Life in Rugby with Iwan Tukalo - the former Scotland & Selkirk wing talks about his journey in the game...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years ago50 years ago, and it’s a different world
RUGBY MATTERS - BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points IT’S funny how some things 50 years...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoUnlucky Bev had just the two caps
It was remiss of this column not to note the passing of former Bristol and England prop Bev Dovey last month...















