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Features
/ 4 years agoTigers call for Evans
RUGBY SHORTS LEICESTER have signed back row forward Gareth Evans, 29, on a short-term contract from Ospreys. Evans, who started his...
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/ 4 years agoAndy Titterrell swots up on the new England U20s crop
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/ 4 years agoThe prince has his eyes on the prize as usual
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 agoBernard’s living the dream in Brentford
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/ 4 years agoWinning a breakdown was my greatest joy
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BRUMBIES, BATH, LEICESTER AND EXETER FLANKER TURNED DEFENCE COACH JULIAN SALVI WHEN I look back...
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/ 4 years agoLadesma and Cheika are under pressure
MARCELO BOSCH FORMER ARGENTINA AND SARACENS CENTRE Having lived in Europe for 14 years, I’m now back in Argentina and have...
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/ 4 years agoWe ignored coach, played our fast 15-a-side rugby and claimed the day!
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/ 4 years ago‘We chased the Prem dream and went bust’
LONDON Welsh might have been a powerhouse in the amateur era of the 1960s and 1970s, supplying seven members of the...
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/ 4 years agoYoung Gun: Worcester Warriors centre Oli Morris
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSale Sharks in deal to buy AJ Bell with Salford City
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoMichael Hooper shows his class in best Wallaby tradition | Peter Jackson
Another Bledisloe Cup series leaves the Wallabies captain on the losing side
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHoward Packman will join Blackheath
Set to play National League One rugby this season after leaving Doncaster Knights
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Features
/ 4 years agoLaw changes will help players take more risks says Exiles star
PAUL REES TALKS TO LONDON IRISH FULL-BACK TOM PARTON ABOUT HIS PASSION FOR EXCITING RUGBY Tom Parton is part of a...
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/ 4 years agoWith these young stars set to break through, Eddie has real options this season
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/ 4 years agoThe magnificent men of England’s swinging 20s
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/ 4 years agoName-change for Cardiff is a home-coming for legend Peter
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/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players LYDIA THOMPSON THIS WEEK... WORCESTER WINGER Winger Lydia Thompson has...
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/ 4 years agoYoung Guns: Wasps centre Will Simonds
Will Simonds appears well set to excel at Wasps this season with John Mitchell now joining a coaching group that puts...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHaileybury go from VCs to courage of Danny Hearn
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools Although also an enthusiastic football school, Haileybury College, just a few...
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/ 4 years agoDanny’s belief set Cooke on road to Harlequins and England fame
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/ 4 years agoRoom 101: Chinnor back row Ben Manning
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/ 4 years agoHeineken Cup? It was Devon Senior Cup that Exeter were after in the Eighties!
MOMENTINTIME EXETER, DEVON SENIOR CUP WINNERS 1979-80 NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO JOHN LOCKYER TIM WOODROW’S programme notes for the visit of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoNeil Back’s son in Forest debut
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe Baxter family have Exeter blood flowing in their veins
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoBaldwin quits for a life in the City
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Features
/ 4 years agoWhen we lost in France the butcher blanked me
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoAgents and clubs go to mediation
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Features
/ 4 years agoLet stars go abroad AND play for their countries
COLIN BOAG It seems to be part of rugby’s culture that the Unions like to flaunt their muscle and tell players...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoMeihuizen tells Quins it’s no go
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Dream Team
/ 4 years agoDream Team: Doncaster Knights centre Mark Best
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Features
/ 4 years agoTigers tie up gives kids route through
Paul Rees finds out more about Nottingham’s new partnership with Leicester Tigers Nottingham were among the leading clubs in England 30...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoCipriani magic can get Bath back in the title mix | Jeremy Guscott
Can Danny Cipriani marshal Bath's backline to its potential and a top-four finish in the Premiership?
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Features
/ 4 years agoJP Doyle available ‘for a pie and a pint’ after return from Major League Rugby
What next for the former Premiership referee who spent 17 weeks officiating in Major League Rugby
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoJoke isn’t on fun figure Cockerill any more | Chris Hewett
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoVisionary Alf Wyman was beaten to the punch
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/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Jeremy Davidson: Beating the Boks was pinnacle of my career
Now running things up at Brive, Jeremy Davidson reflects on his time as a Lion
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/ 4 years agoYoung Guns: Gloucester back row Josh Gray
Last March, Eddie Jones invited seven players from the England U20s camp to train with the senior team during the Six...
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/ 4 years agoALEX RAYMENT
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/ 4 years agoBelvedere specialise in producing truly greats
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoAgents seek talks over cash
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/ 4 years agoLion king Tony learnt how to be a winner by losing at Belvo
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoLa Rochelle eye Matu’u
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Features
/ 4 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: England and Loughborough Lightning hooker Lark Davies
Last season's top tryscorer in the Allianz Premier 15s tells Sarah Rendell about her journey through rugby and the new Cup...
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/ 4 years agoWalter’s old England shirt could fetch £40k
A SHIRT from one of England’s earliest international matches will go under the hammer this week and is expected to make...
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/ 4 years agoLions must now engage with the Premiership
COLIN BOAG T he idea that the best players from the Home Unions get together every four years and travel to...
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Brendan Gallagher
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Brendan Gallagher picks his Lions coach and starting XV for the 2025 tour TRYING to anticipate a Lions starting fifteen is...
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Dream Team
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoSilence over Erasmus punishment is deafening | Shane Williams
Mixed messages from World Rugby have given the wrong impression of what rugby's core values are, writes Shane Williams
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