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/ 3 months agoGilmore: We lost aerial battle
HARLEQUINS senior coach Jason Gilmore saw plenty to be positive about. He said: “We played some really good stuff in the...
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/ 3 months agoDiamond: We made too many mistakes
STEVE Diamond was disappointed his side couldn’t capitalise on the bumper crowd and start the Red Bulls era with a statement...
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/ 3 months agoThursday nights get nods of approval from Alex Sanderson
Alex Sanderson is open to playing more Thursday night games after Sale opened their campaign in style. The attendance was 6,256...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoBristol Bears v Leicester Tigers: Centurion Fitz Harding aiming for a big start
Fitz Harding will make his 100th Bristol appearance today and captain the side for the 50th time as the Bears look...
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/ 3 months agoBristol Bears v Leicester Tigers: We’ll all be out to impress the new boss, says Jack van Poortvliet
Jack van Poortvliet is convinced Geoff Parling will make the Tigers roar even louder in their fierce desire to win more...
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/ 3 months agoNorthampton Saints v Exeter Chiefs: Phil Dowson hopes Anthony Belleau will be pushing Fin Smith
Anthony Belleau has not crossed the Channel just to take a back seat to England star Fin Smith at Franklin’s Gardens....
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/ 3 months agoNorthampton Saints v Exeter Chiefs: Greg Fisilau – There’s no hiding place for us this season
Exeter’s all-action forward Greg Fisilau insists there is “no hiding place” for players at Sandy Park this season as the Chiefs...
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/ 3 months agoThis promotion stand-off will have no winners
AS a new season dawns, with the rebranded Prem launched on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and the new-format Champ starting on...
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/ 3 months agoScarlets 21-34 Munster: Scarlets on back foot as Munster march on
Munster recorded an eighth consecutive success over Scarlets, who were gifted two late tries to give the scoreline some respectability.
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/ 3 months agoNew Zealand 33-24 Australia: Cam Roigard steps up to lead All Blacks home
New Zealand made it 24 wins in a row over Australia at Eden Park to regain the Bledisloe Cup for yet...
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/ 3 months agoSouth Africa 67-30 Argentina: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu ignites Springbok rampage
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored a hat-trick on his way to breaking the record for the most points scored by a South African...
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/ 3 months agoWallabies will be happy to see Mark
RUGBY broadcasters across continents will not be celebrating – in their world, tongue-twisting surnames are the devil’s work – but the...
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English Championship
/ 3 months agoChamp Preview: Worcester Warriors back in the big time
Worcester Warriors fans have had to wait three long years for competitive rugby. That wait finally ends on Saturday.
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/ 3 months ago2025/26 SQUADS
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/ 3 months agoFIXTURES
ROUND 1 Friday October 3 Nottingham v Doncaster (7.45pm) Saturday October 4 Worcester v Coventry (2pm) Cornish Pirates v Hartpury RFC...
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/ 3 months agoFANTASY RUGBY 2025/26
Do you fancy yourself as a Fantasy Rugby expert? Well, here is your chance to prove it as The Rugby Paper...
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/ 3 months agoPeter Jackson: Regan Grace struggling to prove he’s still got it
During the hardest of the hard times endured by Wales, one of their broken ranks somehow survived the experience with an...
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/ 3 months agoFricker flying with Eagles
ON the steep scale of long haul hikes, Toby Fricker’s from a valley in Gwent to the Rocky Mountains takes some...
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/ 3 months agoSlipper shows no sign of stopping
SOME things never change, as Australia rediscovered in Auckland yesterday. Some 24 hours after the US President gate-crashed the Ryder Cup,...
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/ 3 months agoGordon’s new role sparks Titans’ early scoring surge
■By BEN JAYCOCK Confident: Rotherham centre Travis Gordon TRAVIS Gordon believes the standard of National League rugby in England is far...
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/ 3 months agoMakin’s 400th cap highlights Ionians’ player first culture
■By CHRIS COLLYER Riding high: Hull Ionians second row Joe Makin HULL Ionians second row Joe Makin ran out for his...
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/ 3 months agoNew arrivals in league and at home for busy man Young
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/ 3 months agoLiving on a different planet
I DID mention in passing the other week that the arrival of Red Bull in English domestic rugby introduces a degree...
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/ 3 months agoBerot’s boot: One kick and he was gone…
SELECTORS move in mysterious ways, as we all know, but none more mysterious than the French as Toulouse flyhalf Jean-Louis Berot,...
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/ 3 months agoEight-try Bath prove too powerful for Hartpury
BATH kicked off their campaign with an eye-catching eight-try away win against defending champions Hartpury 54-21. Four of the players in...
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/ 3 months agoWilliams signs one-year deal with Newcastle
NEWS EXTRA BOSS Steve Diamond believes Liam Williams’ winning mentality will be perfect for building the new culture at Newcastle Red...
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/ 3 months agoDREAM TEAM
SYD BLACKMORE, THE FORMER BATH, WALES U20S, CORNISH PIRATES AND NOW AMPTHILL BLINDSIDE FLANKER SELECTS THE BEST XV PLAYERS HE HAS...
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/ 3 months agoToulon’s Herve on his way to Castres
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TOULON fly-half Enzo Herve is on the move, a few months after he rejected a proposed swap...
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/ 3 months agoForthcoming fixtures
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/ 3 months agoEllie Kildunne and Canterbury of New Zealand collaborate on world-first boot design
Canterbury of New Zealand has announced a world-first in rugby footwear: a ground-breaking boot designed in collaboration with England international and...
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/ 3 months ago“Let’s go girls!” Can dark-horse Canada upset the Red Roses’ World Cup Final ambitions?
By Chris Collyer Saturday’s RWC Final between Canada and England promises to be the blockbuster match of the tournament as the...
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/ 3 months agoGethyn Cannon’s ambitions of one day playing for Wales
By Peter Ryan “I am so blissfully unaware of everything.” This line from Sam Fender’s hit single Hypersonic Missiles really stands...
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/ 3 months agoThe Surprising Leadership Lesson Will Carling Says Most Teams Get Wrong
Will Carling is a distinguished leadership speaker whose career has been shaped by decades at the heart of elite sport. As...
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/ 3 months agoCowbridge roots, Dragons dreams: The story of Barny Langton-Cryer
There is something special about the kind of love the Welsh also hold for rugby. Profound, unwavering and timeless – a...
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/ 3 months agoRugby’s Moments of the Week: Ellie Kildunne takes Red Roses to World Cup final
This week in rugby has been nothing short of thrilling, with big moments unfolding around the world. From intense World Cup...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoByron McGuigan sets sights on England’s defence
Ambitious Byron McGuigan wants to win titles with Sale Sharks – and ultimately become England’s defence coach.
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/ 3 months agoGeorge and Farrell will add fire, says McCall
■By GARY FITZGERALD MARK McCall feels Jamie George’s busy summer of country hopping can be a huge boost for his club...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 3 months agoOllie Chessum opts for relaxed approach
Ollie Chessum reckons the mayhem of a Lions tour has persuaded him to take a more relaxed attitude with another Prem...
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/ 3 months agoBlackett plans to improve his knowledge
■By ADAM HATHAWAY LEE Blackett will sign off with Bath on Friday then start swotting up on rugby around the world...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 3 months agoOllie Lawrence back in running for England ahead of autumn Tests
Ollie Lawrence returned to the England fold this week for a three-day training camp after six months out with an Achilles...
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/ 3 months agoEngland 35-17 France: Imposing Red Roses make no mistake
England’s Red Roses will contest their seventh straight Women’s Rugby World Cup final following an Ellie Kildunne-inspired win over France.
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/ 3 months agoNew Zealand 19-34 Canada: Maple Leafs stay strong to take down Black Ferns
Confident Canada revelled in a barnstorming semi-final win over defending champions New Zealand to book a place in just their second...
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/ 3 months agoJack Innard excited by new world at Gloucester
For Jack Innard, leaving Exeter Chiefs after more than a decade was never going to be an easy decision.
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/ 3 months agoNEWS EXTRA
Quins turn to Gilmore JASON Gilmore has been named Harlequins’ senior coach following the departure of Danny Wilson, who joined Wales...
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/ 3 months agoDREAM TEAM
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/ 3 months agoRing fence just brings stagnation
THERE is no surprise in the RFU administration’s latest attempt to push rugby union in England further towards the cliff-edge by...
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/ 3 months agoTell Warriors to pay up now
THE RFU’s rehabilitation of Worcester Warriors in the Championship is in trouble because of the club’s painfully slow progress in repaying...
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/ 3 months agoSouth are showing the north how it’s done
DECISIVE? Indisputable? Unequivocal? South Africa’s triumph over New Zealand last weekend was all these things with knobs on, but it still...
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/ 3 months agoAdams urges fans to get behind Cardiff
■By SIMON THOMAS WALES star Josh Adams says it is more important than ever that people get behind Cardiff as he...
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/ 3 months agoUlster will be a tough opener, admits Tiatia
■By SIMON THOMAS DRAGONS coach Filo Tiatia admits he faces some welcome selection headaches going into the new season. There are...
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