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Sweeney talking the game up in New York
ENGLISH rugby has been busy pushing the boat out all the way across the Atlantic in a joint RFU-Prem venture aimed at encouraging more US investment...
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/ 1 week agoIreland relief at Furlong verdict
TWO minutes before half-time during last weekend’s Leinster-Munster grudge fixture, referee Andrew Brace stopped the match in response to Munster No.8...
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/ 1 week agoAnd that’s why they call me Top Cat
PHIL O’Callaghan’s ascension towards the scrum machine in the sky leaves the old game mourning the loss of a tight-head ever...
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/ 1 month agoBridie signs for Murphy
GLOUCESTER-Hartpury have signed Australia tighthead Bridie O’Gorman. The 27-year-old has 43 caps for the Wallaroos and played in the last two...
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/ 1 month agoSaracens pay for Venter’s silence
IT can be only a matter of time before Brendan Venter’s vow of silence prompts speculation of his having been spotted...
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/ 1 month agoThe NZ/Baa-Baas game in ’73 shows what we’re missing
Letters THIS is a concurrence with John Edwards letter in last week’s edition with reference to brute-force and ignorance regarding the...
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/ 1 month agoGreat to see Shaun
I COULD not be happier to see Shaun Edwards where he should have been many years ago – helping coach an...
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/ 1 month agoCanada concern
CANADA’S recent draw with England was good for the wider woman’s game internationally, but it must also be a wake up...
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/ 1 month agoFixture clash that should be avoided
THE experts who compile the Premiership fixture list have done their worst again. On three weekends in the coming season, they...
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/ 1 month agoFans fail to deliver decisive protest
SEASONS come, seasons go and the fury of Welsh rugby’s domestic hell blazes on over their Union’s plan to cut one...
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/ 1 month agoGalthie calls up the new Edwards
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FOLLOWING the drawn-out departure of Shaun Edwards – now working as a consultant with the Red Roses...
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/ 1 month agoOyonnax lead the way after five-match opening block
OYONNAX head into the first ProD2 break top of French rugby’s second tier with a perfect winning record at the end...
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/ 1 month agoForthcoming fixtures
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/ 1 month agoBUCS sign TV deal to cover all matches
By BEN JAYCOCK BUCS chief executive Will Roberts believes a landmark new broadcast deal can help transform Super Rugby into a...
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/ 1 month agoNo-go Graham
SCOTLAND’S record try-scorer Darcy Graham is to miss the autumn’s Nations Championship fixtures with a bicep injury. The 29-year-old Edinburgh winger,...
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/ 1 month agoJones joins Scarlets
FORMER Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones is to join Scarlets’ board. Jones served as Wales’ top politician between 2009 and 2018...
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/ 1 month agoGallagher: My 15 to watch in the Prem this season
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/ 2 months agoSchools rugby looks in fine fettle
THE appetite to watch good schools rugby is alive and well judging by the 2,000-strong crowd that watched Bedford School play...
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/ 2 months agoMy memo to RFU: Go and get Edwards
SHAUN Edwards is officially available to join England’s coaching set up for the 2027 Six Nations, and the World Cup. Edwards...
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/ 2 months ago“If England attack like they did against France they can take it to any opposition”
It’s also fair to say that Australia and Argentina are better in some positions than England. On their best day, England...
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/ 2 months agoLumsden Jnr is even faster than his father
A NEW fast bowler introduced himself at Trent Bridge on Thursday by zipping through Nottinghamshire’s second innings. Manny Lumsden’s 5-36 on...
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/ 2 months agoSimmonds in form of his life after fearing career was finished
By CHRIS COLLYER GUERNSEY Raiders fly-half Charlie Simmonds feared his rugby career could be over when ulcerative colitis led to him...
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/ 2 months agoRefreshed Sedgley ready for a season of hard graft
By BEN JAYCOCK SEDGLEY Park made an emphatic start to life back in National Two North but captain Connor James insists...
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/ 2 months agoBad start gets even worse for Lorenzetti
A shellacking. That’s the only way to describe Racing 92’s 64-5 defeat at Bordeaux on the opening Saturday of the Top...
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/ 2 months agoDouble tops as flying Fijians show their class in ProD2
DESPITE a couple of arid seasons at pressure-cooker side Grenoble, winger Kaminieli Rasaku was always likely to be a good summer...
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/ 2 months agoHunt sets sights on Lions tour
ENGLAND scrum-half Natasha Hunt is back from injury and desperate to prove she deserves to become a Lion next autumn on...
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/ 2 months agoDEAR READER…
IN THESE challenging times for print media, and as an independent family-run company, we are not immune to ever increasing cost...
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/ 2 months agoSuperman Nche puts All Blacks to the sword
THE scrum battle in the first two Tests of the series between South Africa and New Zealand has been fascinating, as...
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/ 2 months agoMadness of World Cup draw
THE idea of a 2027 World Cup in which the two leading teams in the world, South Africa and New Zealand,...
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/ 2 months agoBlack Ferns run riot as South Africa taken apart
■By BEN JAYCOCK NEW Zealand continued their impressive form with an eight-try victory in their first Test meeting on South African...
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/ 2 months agoDeath of the scrum is a long way off
DESPITE the best efforts of World Rugby, the non-governing governing body, the scrum refuses to go away. In fact, it is...
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/ 2 months agoAll Blacks gave hope to rest of chasing pack
Strategy: Fabian Holland in action against South Africa NEW Zealand against South Africa last weekend was one of the best Test...
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/ 2 months agoFerocious Lions give All Blacks a workout
HARKING back to last week’s musings about modern-day touring by international teams, the midweek contest between the Lions of Johannesburg and...
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/ 3 months agoSpreading the wealth? That’s not how I see it
IT IS not necessarily Gianni Infantino’s fault that he looks suspiciously like a Bond villain, but the FIFA president’s undisputed claim...
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/ 3 months agoDiamond in Bristol’s pack
Fearless: Kevin Bogira was the fulcrum of a no-nonsense forwards unit LONG before Bristol rebranded themselves as the “Bears” – and...
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/ 3 months agoCowling was as durable as they come
PROPS are a law unto themselves, renowned for their hardness and durability, and that would certainly sum up Robin Cowling, below,...
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/ 3 months agoLeicester’s new man will take it all in his stride
Class: Aaron Wainwright THERE are very few safe bets in rugby. It’s why bookies exist. But Aaron Wainwright to Leicester Tigers...
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/ 3 months agoRacing quick to swoop for Ramos
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TOULOUSE’S messianic former coach Guy Noves brushed off Thomas Ramos’s Racing 92 switch at the end of...
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/ 4 months agoJapan 27-10 Italy: Japan have too much in reserve despite Eddie Jones absence
Japan saw off Italy in Tokyo despite head coach Eddie Jones being absent through suspension.
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/ 4 months agoNick Cain: Nations Championship gets off to a humdinger of a start
The Nations Championship naysayers – and there is an army of them – should take a look at the competition’s inaugural...
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/ 4 months agoChris Hewett: Champions Cup revamp sounds good to me
The most predictable story of the week concerned yet another revamp of the much-maligned, used-and-abused Champions Cup, which was once the...
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/ 5 months agoThe new boys who showed the way
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Looking good: Junior Kpoku in Champions Cup action for Toulon against Glasgow PICTURES: Getty Images showed the...
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/ 5 months agoSadourny told: Get it right this time
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN CASTRES Olympique have spent much of this week busily confirming the new arrivals for the 2026/27 campaign...
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/ 5 months agoTop 14 final available to UK audience
A MAJOR late-season bonus for fans of French rugby in the UK – next Saturday’s Top 14 final will be streamed...
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/ 5 months agoSmith’s play-off hopes on line
Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning’s play-off hopes will go on the line when they host Saracens in their final PWR...
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/ 5 months agoChamp final is too tight to call – it should be a cracker!
IT’S difficult to think of a more satisfying conclusion to a stellar season of Champ Rugby than this afternoon’s clash between...
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/ 6 months agoThe day Rochy gave Merlene a shock
THE mention of certain names in our sporting village instantly results in a big smile and Tony Roche tops that list....
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/ 7 months agoToulon next for Glasgow after they neuter Bulls
■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Glasgow ............25pts @therugbypape Tries: Williamson 17, Dempsey 33, Schickerling 56, MacDowall 71 Conversion: Lancaster 18 Penalty: Hastings 80...
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/ 7 months agoDragons are hoping history will repeat itself
Preview Stade Francais v Dragons Today. 12.30pm By SAM JACKSON STADE Français head into their clash with Dragons as overwhelming favourites,...
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/ 7 months agoZebre face tough test against Pau
Preview Zebre v Pau Today. 5.30pm Zebre v Pau Today. 5.30pm ZEBRE host Top 14 high flyers Pau this afternoon looking...
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