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/ 4 years agoIcon Barrington is eyeying up France
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SARACENS prop Richard Barrington could be heading to France at the end of the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHidalgo-Clyne may quit Chiefs
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SAM Hidalgo-Clyne could become the next player to leave Exeter Chiefs this summer when...
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/ 4 years agoBlackett seeking a fly-half and full-back
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER WASPS boss Lee Blackett is still looking to replace the spine of his backline...
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/ 4 years agoDiamond could put bite on his old club, Sharks
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Raid: Flanker Cameron Neild is wanted by Worcester SALE Sharks are bracing themselves for...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoEnglish granny hunt for Tyrone
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER THE RFU have been in touch with Harlequins full-back Tyrone Green in a bid...
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/ 4 years agoEngland’s injury crises is by-product of the pandemic
By BEN REDWOOD THE SIX NATIONS have so far been dominated by two things – coronavirus and injuries. England and Wales...
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/ 4 years agoCruelly trolled Alfie Pugsley heading to Premiership Final
An U12’s rugby player is heading to June’s Premiership final following an outpouring of support from the biggest names in rugby...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoJamie Roberts heads down under
Jamie Roberts will leave Dragons this month to move to Australian side Waratahs for “personal reasons”. Roberts has been granted an...
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/ 4 years agoLeinster rout can devalue Euro Cup
COLIN BOAG Thrashing: Josh van der Flier evades the tackle of Josua Vici on his way to scoring Leinster’s ninth try...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSanderson’s sights are on O’Flaherty
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE Sharks boss Alex Sanderson is on the lookout for a new winger this...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSaints lure Braley back
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER NORTHAMPTON Saints are closing in on a deal to bring Italy scrum-half Callum Braley...
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/ 4 years agoHouse-hunting Hughes looks at the Exiles
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Off: Nathan Hughes’ contract at Bears is ending LONDON Irish have enquired about the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRoberts wanted in Oz by Waratahs
By STEFFAN THOMAS JAMIE Roberts has emerged as a potential target for Australian Super Rugby side the Waratahs. The former Wales...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoVan Graan wants Allende at Bath
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER JOHAN van Graan could make another raid on employers Munster this time. Van Graan,...
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/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players JASMINE JOYCE THIS WEEK... BRISTOL & WALES WING In September...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoEddie gives Gerrard seal of approval
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EDDIE Jones’ neverending quest to learn from ‘the Beautiful Game’ continues after picking the...
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/ 4 years agoAll change as Eddie goes with a sense of adventure
PAUL REES LOOKS AT ENGLAND’S SIX NATIONS SQUAD Selection defines coaches. One of the hardest parts of the job is telling...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHarrison of interest to Tigers
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Move: Harrison LEICESTER Tigers are weighing up a move for Northampton Saints former England...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCurry can be one of best in world – Jones
EDDIE Jones believes Tom Curry will have established himself as one of the best players in the game by the time...
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/ 4 years agoMy Bedford team could have made it in the Prem
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BEDFORD, LONDON IRISH, BARBARIANS AND MIDLANDS CENTRE BEN WHETSTONE RUDI STRAEULI used to have a...
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/ 4 years agoCan Crowley revive Italy’s serial losers?
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Kieran Crowley will become the eighth Italy coach...
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/ 4 years agoCadan commits to Harlequins
HARLEQUINS winger Cadan Murley has signed a long-term contract extension with the Premiership champions. The 22-year-old has scored 17 tries in...
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/ 4 years agoRivals grab the ones that got away
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER EVEN in these difficult cash-strapped times, with many redundancies and cuts at the RFU in recent years...
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/ 4 years agoMichallet death rocks Rouen
PROD2 side Rouen are in mourning following the death of 29-year-old flyhalf Jordan Michallet. Michallet, who was recently married and poised...
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/ 4 years agoSuch a poignant glimpse of England’s lost talent
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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/ 4 years agoGowerton: A conveyor belt of talent for Wales
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools AS YOU might expect in such a rugby-daft area many great...
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/ 4 years agoSambura Kenya 7’s: The worlds best rugby event
World Sports Safaris Ltd and their partners are delighted to announce an exciting new sporting venture, theSamburu 7s. Created entirely from...
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/ 4 years agoStephen Payne OBE praises Paddy Jackson
Stephen Payne OBE pays a personal tribute to Paddy Jackson to mark his 30th rotation of the sun. Stephen Payne is...
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/ 5 years agoBeziers’ heroes get warm welcome in wee hours
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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/ 5 years agoEVAN MITCHELL
YOUNG GUNS COVENTRY FLY-HALF Evan Mitchell is one of few rugby players to be able to follow his father’s footsteps in...
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/ 5 years agoLike so many schools, it took a Welshman to spur Plymouth
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEFORE the mid-1970s Plymouth College, although competitive enough locally, had no...
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/ 5 years agoTime to split the pro and amateur game
COLIN BOAG I’ve believed for a long time that a schism between the professional game and the lower echelons is inevitable,...
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/ 5 years agoJAMES MITCHELL
ROOM 101 THE JERSEY REDS SCRUM-HALF TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FOR THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Forwards who...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoWatching over his teammates, a giant tribute to Kawa
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER AMPO Ordizia –a small Basque club riding high...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoDunne looks set for Sandy Park
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler EXETER Chiefs are talking to Leinster second row Jack...
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/ 5 years agoBarnstorming ‘Bill’ put even the Liddells in the shade
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I am indebted to Andrew Beattie, the archivist at Eltham College, for more ‘gen’ on AL ‘Bill’...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoFrench lock Lambey wanted at Sharks
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Offer: Felix Lambey SALE Sharks boss Alex Sanderson is trying to lure Lyon and...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWatson and Joseph will stay at Rec – for now
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER BATH chairman Ed Griffiths has moved to keep England stars Anthony Watson and Jonathan...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoProp Ryan on Sarries’ radar
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SARACENS are showing an interest in signing veteran Munster tighthead John Ryan, who is...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoYou’re fired! Conor’s hope over
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FORMER Ireland U20 international and London Irish back row Conor Gilsenan last week saw...
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/ 5 years agoBester had me doing 100 scrums after a night of booze!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY STUART CORSAR THE FORMER SCOTLAND A, GLASGOW, ROTHERHAM AND DONCASTER PROP THE two-and-a-bit years I spent at...
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/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IIN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players GEORGINA THOMAS-ROBERTS THIS WEEK... DMP DURHAM SHARKS SCRUM-HALF DMP Durham...
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/ 5 years agoWomen make their mark at Cambridge as well
HQ heroines: Cambridge women’s team at Twickenahm in 2017 WOMEN’S rugby started to really blossom in the late 1980s. England played...
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/ 5 years agoVarsity match was all important
CAMBRIDGE, Wales and Lions wing Rowe Harding –a future High Court judge – was a wonderfully acute and pithy observer of...
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/ 5 years agoSupermen aplenty sculpted at Stowe
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools GIVEN that the ethos of Stowe and its founding father JF...
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/ 5 years agoALEX WALLER
ROOM 101 THE NORTHAMPTON SAINTS PROP TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Coriander I...
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/ 5 years agoHastings was the star in school’s best XV
ONE of the great names of Stowe rugby is PRH Hastings – Peter Robin Hood – who after the war morphed...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoQuins look south for flanker Tshituka
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER PREMIERSHIP champions Harlequins look set to raid the South African transfer market again to...
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/ 5 years agoMACKENZIE GRAHAM
YOUNG GUNS BATH FLANKER Bath-born and bred Mackenzie Graham has achieved his childhood dream of signing a contract with the club...
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