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/ 4 years agoClubs join brain scan trial to make game safer
THREE clubs in England are to begin trialling a scanning technology to monitor players’ brain health. It is hoped that a...
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/ 4 years agoBig Ben baffled by Ludlow’s Test snub
By PAUL REES BEN Morgan cannot understand why Lewis Ludlow has been overlooked by England this season after leading Gloucester’s revival....
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/ 4 years agoRed Roses on short list
ENGLAND flanker Marlie Packer and prop Sarah Bern have been nominated for the Women's Six Nations player of the championship award....
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/ 4 years agoSweeney on mend
THE RFU expect chief executive Bill Sweeney to make a full recovery after suffering a pulmonary embolism. Sweeney will not be...
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/ 4 years agoEaster confirmed as new coach at Worcester
By SAM JACKSON WORCESTER Warriors have appointed former England No.8 Nick Easter as the club’s new defence and forwards coach. Easter...
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/ 4 years agoLawes keen to explore options
By SAM JACKSON COURTNEY Lawes would be tempted to finish his career abroad if the money isn’t right at Northampton when...
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/ 4 years agoEngland can peak at the right time again insists Launchbury
By PAUL REES JOE Launchbury believes the signs are good for England at next year’s World Cup in France despite another...
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/ 4 years agoQuins beef up pack with South African second row Herbst
Bok beef: Irne Herbst DEFENDING champions Harlequins have signed South African second row Irne Herbst from Benetton for next season. The...
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/ 4 years agoTainton to leave Bristol
BRISTOL Bears will part company with club legend Mark Tainton at the end of the season. The former fly-half will leave...
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/ 4 years agoColeman’s ready for battle with his old rival Etzebeth
By PAUL REES ADAM Coleman will be up against a familiar foe when London Irish take on Toulon in the quarter-final...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
CAMERON MITCHELL, THE RECENTLY-RETIRED RICHMOND CENTRE, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH AND AGAINST 1. Will Goodrick-Clarke – One of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoSanderson’s men will be hoping for minor miracle
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WHEN Sale Sharks face Racing 92 at their 30,000 capacity La Defense Arena superdome...
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/ 4 years agoTigers miss chances as Gibson-Park pulls strings
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........14pts Tries: Ashton 46, Dolly 78 Conversions: Ford 46, 78 Leinster ............23pts Tries: Van der Flier 16,...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoHeartbreak for Munster as Toulouse keep their nerve in shootout
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............ 24pts Tries: Kendellen 10, Earls 39, Haley 44 Conversions: Carbery 11, 40, 45 Penalties: Carbery 57...
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/ 4 years agoWe did not stop fighting -Genge
LEICESTER captain Ellis Genge urged his Tigers to regroup quickly in order to continue their successful Premiership campaign. Genge had no...
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/ 4 years agoDelight for O’Gara as La Rochelle stride home
By GARY FITZGERALD La Rochelle ......31pts Tries: Priso 12, Vito 22, Botia 47 Conversions: West 13, 23 Penalties: West 17, 64,...
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/ 4 years agoEagle has landed to give Sharks a boost
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Racing 92 v Sale Sharks Today. Kick-off 3pm, Paris La Défense Arena TEN years ago, AJ MacGinty...
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/ 4 years agoCurry returns to lead the fight
TOM Curry will make his first start since the Six Nations as the Sharks look to take the fight to Racing...
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/ 4 years agoBucketloads of tries not a winning formula
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK AT the same time as Bath collapsed to a record 64-0 defeat against...
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/ 4 years agoOverseas players leave little room at 12
NICK CAIN IF you are perplexed by England’s lack of choice when it comes to big inside centres as potential replacements...
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/ 4 years agoLyon fight back to set up battle with Wasps
By BRYN PALMER Lyon....................35pts Tries: Couilloud 36, R Taofifenua 55, Niniashvili 62, 76 Conversions: Berdeu 36, Doussain 56, 77 Penalties: Berdeu...
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/ 4 years agoBig guns starting to fire for Saracens
By TOM BRADSHAW Gloucester ........15pts Tries: Singleton 31, Rees-Zammitt 74 Conversions: Twelvetrees 74 Penalties: Hastings 43 Saracens ..........44pts Tries: Davies 8,...
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/ 4 years agoBarbeary score swings it for Wasp as Blair laments ‘brain-farts’
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ........30pts Tries: Vellacott 12, McBurney 26, Bradbury 66 Conversions: Boffelli 13, 26, 66 Penalties: Boffelli 9, 43,...
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/ 4 years agoSkiv: We let them get out of jail
GEORGE Skivington admitted his side had been shown a thing or two in how to play knock-out rugby. The Gloucester head...
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/ 4 years agoWe’ll stick to our attacking style -Kiss
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Toulon v London Irish Today. Kick-off 12.30pm, Stade Mayol LONDON Irish will not abandon their attack from...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoEdwards’ son turns to politics
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Politician: Small-Edwards SHAUN Edwards’ son James Small-Edwards has taken his first steps in politics...
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/ 4 years agoPhipps in talks with Rockets
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LONDON Irish appear to be in the market for another scrum-half with former Wallaby...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRacing keen to sound out Eddie
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Interest from France: Eddie Jones Mike Prendergasts EDDIE Jones is on the radar of...
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/ 4 years agoSharks pair set to call time in summer
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE Sharks stars Josh Beaumont and Simon Hammersley are set to hang up their...
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/ 4 years agoChiefs decide against Hardwick deal
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EXETER will not be offering a contract to former Leicester Tigers fly-half Tom Hardwick,...
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/ 4 years agoEsher captain Bullett eager to take aim at National One
By BEN JAYCOCK Going up: Esher captain Adam Bullett lifts the title ADAM Bullett is relishing the challenge of going into...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoPoints do not always deliver the top prizes
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby followers who decided long ago that the sport’s various governing bodies shared a factory setting of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoCueto was Ashton but without all the fanfare
CHRIS HEWETT CLOSE members of Chris Ashton’s own family would hesitate to describe him as “the complete wing”, but his attacking...
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/ 4 years agoWRU must mirror the success of Connacht
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND As Oliver Hardy used to say to his comic partner Stan Laurel, "That's another fine...
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/ 4 years agoMerging of giants is the only option to lift Welsh
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW When the organisers finalise their 24 qualifiers for next season’s Champions Cup, they...
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/ 4 years agoWily Myler has many more miles still left on the clock
PETER JACKSON Longevity: Myler STEPHEN Myler will complete 20 years as a goalkicking stand-off next season, adding to a points total...
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/ 4 years agoEngland’s rivals have a massive gap to fill
ROCKY CLARK ENGLAND’S MOST CAPPED PLAYER AND WORLD CUP WINNER Champions: England clinched the Women’s Six Nations trophy with some ease...
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/ 4 years agoBoughton aims to kick on after best ever finish
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK CINDERFORD have achieved their highest ever finish in National 1 and flyhalf Reece Boughton describes finishing...
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/ 4 years agoTop gun Ashton still has so much to give
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER History maker: Chris Ashton dives over to break...
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/ 4 years agoNo Bank Holiday action such a wasted opportunity
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER PERHAPS we are spoilt for choice these days but I was amazed there wasn’t a single professional...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoComeback king Sergio aims to bow out in style
BRENDAN GALLAGHER RUGBY MATTERS YOU can’t keep a good man down. Sergio Parisse has not been on our radar for a...
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/ 4 years agoYoung insists future is bright after six-try Zebre destruction
By ROB COLE Cardiff ......42pts Tries: Ratti 5, L Williams 10, Penalty 17, Lane 21, 37; Llewellyn 80 Conversions: Priestland 6,...
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/ 4 years agoNorth takes centre stage in first start for 12 months
PREVIEW... Ospreys v Dragons Today. Kick-off 3pm, Swansea.com Stadium GEORGE North will make his first start in more than a year...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoOne-sided contests will drive fans away
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It seems that not a week goes by without some sort of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoFeel lucky to have played in the era I did
JEFF PROBYN I HAD the chance last week to help Upper Clapton Rugby club celebrate 140 years since the club was...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoSomerset make intentions clear
By IVOR SMITH Essex........................ 15 Somerset.................69 AN EMPHATIC final score of 69-15 has sent out a clear message to Somerset’s rivals...
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/ 4 years agoBill Beaumont County Championship
Berkshire..........37 Middlesex........ 21 SIX unanswered second-half tries from Berkshire saw a remarkable comeback. Middlesex had stretched away in the first period,...
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/ 4 years agoRegional
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/ 4 years agoFixtures
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/ 4 years agoBlues smash Rebels in an 11-try frenzy
By NICK POWELL THE Blues strengthened their position at the top of the table as they destroyed the Rebels 71-28. Leon...
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