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/ 6 years agoSo just what has gone wrong with the once-mighty Tigers?
Director of rugby: Geordan Murphy New head coach: Steve Borthwick Glory days: Lewis Moody salutes a packed Welford Road after Leicester...
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/ 6 years agoTalent-spotter Dusty is back to help his old club’s revival
World record kicker: Dusty Hare DUSTY Hare remains a Leicester legend despite having spent seven years bringing through a swathe of...
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/ 6 years agoSouth Sea Bubble could provide tonic for rugby
Heroic: Andrew Alolupo scores for Western Samoa in their 35-12 win over Argentina at the 1991 Rugby World Cup PICTURE: Getty...
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/ 6 years agoPiatau’s brother proves loyalty is possible
ANYBODY reading my ‘stuff ’ over the years will know there is no bigger supporter of the Pacific Island teams but...
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/ 6 years agoGlobal game? Germany are twenty years behind
Playing catch up: Germany’s Christopher Hilsenbeck kicks clear against Georgia PICTURE: Getty Images During the decidedly uncivil English war over control...
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/ 6 years agoGlobal plan sees club season run into July
EXCLUSIVE ■By PETER JACKSON Mako may quit Sarries England prop Mako Vunipola says he has yet to decide whether to remain...
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/ 6 years agoNow ten teams talk about break from PRL
■By NICK CAIN THE plans for a breakaway from PRL by Premiership clubs is gathering momentum, with ten clubs now actively...
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/ 6 years agoNEXT WEEK …Don’t miss
Leading contenders to be 2021 Lions openside National League One Team of the Season History of Rugby: Post-war glory for Ireland...
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/ 6 years agoStep up for James at Saints
NORTHAMPTON Saints have signed Doncaster scrum-half Tom James for next season. The 26-year-old was the Knights’ top scorer in 2018- 19...
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/ 6 years agoEmpty grounds? You’d be surprised by the chatter
Would it be right? Charles Piutau could play for Tonga if World Rugby change the rules PICTURE: Getty Images MY first...
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/ 6 years agoOur Golden Goose is an endangered species
RUGBY Union’s golden goose is beginning to look a lot thinner, and as the financial uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic grows,...
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/ 6 years agoClubs plan breakaway the same as football
By NICK CAIN A GROUP of six English Premiership clubs are planning to breakaway from PRL, the administrative arm which represents...
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/ 6 years agoToomua may take Bath to dodge cuts
PICTURE: Getty Images FORMER Leicester playmaker Matt Toomua could make a return to the Premiership following pay-cuts to all professional players...
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/ 6 years agoBilly gets backing of Six Nations
By PETER JACKSON THE SIX Nations claim they stand united in their support for Sir Bill Beaumont’s re-election as chairman of...
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/ 6 years agoEasy does it when we finally get green light
I can almost hear the twang of hamstrings as we contemplate the return to action of our professional players. Everyone is...
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/ 6 years agoGood news for Boris, the right is might again
Best wing in the world? Cheslin Kolbe PICTURE: Getty Images The Prime Minister rather enjoys his rugger: indeed, he attended last...
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/ 6 years agoThe best England team in the world
Jonny Wilkinson Phil Vickery Steve Thompson Jason Leonard Martin Johnson Maro Itoje Mike Teague Peter Winterbottom ENGLAND have had four teams...
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/ 6 years agoDon’t mess up this crucial changeover
Different eras: Bill Beaumont, and Agustin Pichot in their playing days PICTURE: Gettty Images As everybody in sport, and in particular...
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/ 6 years agoWRU hard ball killed Shingler’s big dream
Eligibility row: Steven Shingler playing for Cardiff Blues PICTURE: Getty Images Sir Bill Beaumont’s proposal that a host of South Pacific...
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/ 6 years agoBrave new world after lockdown? I doubt it
Old style: Rob Andrew playing for Yorkshire in 1987 County Championship Another week of lockdown and, with no rugby to write...
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/ 6 years agoPresidents scrap over playoffs principle
Breaking ranks: Toulouse president Didier Lacroix If a week is currently a long time in everyday pandemic-era politics, it’s an aeon...
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/ 6 years agoAustralia chief exec resigns
NEWS EXTRA RUGBY Australia chief executive Raelene Castle has resigned after tenformer Wallabies captains signed a letter demanding a change in...
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/ 6 years agoBennett fears shorter tour will lead to Lions slaughter
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE BRITISH & Irish Lions have been told eight games will not be enough to topple world champions...
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/ 6 years agoTrailfinders: We may sue if Falcons are champs
■ By NEALE HARVEY Defiant: Ben Ward CHAMPIONSHIP challengers Ealing are preparing to take legal action in the event of Newcastle...
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/ 6 years agoWales face ace Tomas staying at the Chiefs
Dilemma: Tomas Francis on the rampage for Exeter PICTURE: Gettty Images WALES prop Tom Francis fears coronavirus will force him into...
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/ 6 years agoPaywall looms for Six Nations TV
THE Government has rejected calls for the Six Nations to be given Category A listing, thereby increasing the likelihood of the...
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/ 6 years agoAll systems go still at The Rugby Paper
Rugby Union may be in quarantine along with most other national sports in the UK, but here at The Rugby Paper...
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/ 6 years agoPools panel may decide final league positions
By NEALE HARVEY Huge cost: Alistair Bow SOCCER-STYLE ‘pools panels’ could be convened to determine National League promotion and relegation issues...
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/ 6 years agoBBC/ITV bid to keep Six Nations off paywall
By PETER JACKSON Flying Falcons: George McGuigan goes for the line to score one of his two tries as Newcastle thrash...
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/ 6 years agoIt’s no joke! Alun Wyn wants Joe on carpet
By GARY FITZGERALD Joe Marler gives Alun Wyn Jones a tweak Vinnie Jones’ ‘crotch grab’ on Paul Gascoigne ALUN Wyn Jones...
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/ 6 years agoMoffett: Six Nations TV storm is ridiculous
By PETER JACKSON THE Six Nations Council came under renewed fire yesterday over their decision to prohibit joint bids for live...
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/ 6 years agoSix Nations to go behind Sky paywall for £300m
■ By PETER JACKSON EXCLUSIVE Taking over? Sky THE Six Nations is in ‘very real danger’ of vanishing from free-toair television...
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/ 6 years agoBracken: Gatland right for England
■ By GARY FITZGERALD WARREN Gatland would be the best man to succeed Eddie Jones if the RFU decide not to...
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/ 6 years agoEx-RFU chief raps Tier Two cash cuts
By NICK CAIN ‘It’s poor’: Cattermole GRAEME Cattermole, former RFU chairman, has added his criticism to the slashing cuts to Championship...
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/ 6 years agoPivac blast at ref in row over Wales ‘penalty try’
WALES boss Wayne Pivac slammed the refereeing of Matthew Carley after his team’s Six Nations title hopes came to an end...
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/ 6 years agoGuernsey keep Rochford at bay as title race hots up
London & South East Premier GUERNSEYmaintained their position at the top of the table following a bonus point 31-7 win away...
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/ 6 years agoSalop end Bournville record
Midlands Premier THE Midlands Premier kicked off in midweek when Newport Salop upset the runaway league leaders Bournville, defeating them 30-25...
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/ 6 years agoPack lose ground in West
South West Premier A MATCH winning Oliver Francis try saw Okehampton clinch victory in the dying moments to beat promotion hopefuls...
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/ 6 years agoBlackburn put nine past Carlisle
Northern Premier IN THE one game in North Premier Blackburn were 60-12 winners at home to Carlisle. Myles Harrop led the...
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/ 6 years agoWilliams: Cuts will hit players like me
By NEALE HARVEY Fear: Harry Williams ENGLAND prop star Harry Williams fears funding cuts in the Championship could hinder the progress...
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/ 6 years agoWRU may break cap rule for Priestland
By PETER JACKSON Comeback: The returning Zach Mercer celebrates scoring Bath’s first try PICTURE: Getty Images WALES took urgent steps yesterday...
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/ 6 years agoIt’s all a bit blurry says England hero Genge
By GARY HEATLY Winner: Ellis Genge ENGLAND’S matchwinning prop Ellis Genge remembers little about the try that saved England’s season. Genge,...
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/ 6 years agoPivac: We must get better – and fast!
WAYNE Pivac told Wales they must improve and quickly if they are to stay in contention for the Six Nations after...
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/ 6 years agoTompkins thanks his gran after Test dream
By JAMES CANDY Hat-trick: Josh Adams FORMER England Saxon Nick Tompkins dedicated his dream debut try to the grandmother who made...
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/ 6 years agoWe’ll put France in a box jibes Eddie
By SAM JACKSON EDDIE Jones has told his England team to put France under pressure like “they have never felt before”...
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/ 6 years agoEddie’s men are chasing record £6m for a Slam
By PETER JACKSON Grand Slam: Wales earned £5m last year ENGLAND will hit the biggest jackpot in world rugby if they...
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/ 6 years agoDallaglio: Big Dom’s No.8 snub ‘curious’
By GARY FITZGERALD Starter: Jimmy Gopperth scores Wasps’ first try in their win at Worcester PICTURE: Getty Images LAWRENCE Dallaglio is...
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/ 6 years agoVal up for a fight against Charlie
By NEALE HARVEY GLOUCESTER prop Val Rapava-Ruskin heads into one of European rugby’s most demanding bearpits aiming to prove why he...
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/ 6 years agoStormers sign up Roberts
FORMER Wales centre Jamie Roberts has left Bath with immediate effect to join Super Rugby side Stormers. Roberts was in his...
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/ 6 years agoConnacht looking to build momentum
POOL 5 PREVIEW… Montpellier v Connacht Today, Kick-off 3.15pm KIERAN Marmion returns from a back injury for Connacht’s dead-rubber Pool game...
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