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/ 4 years agoSummer Tours Week 2 Preview: All top tier teams in action for huge weekend
If last week was the warm up, then this one is undoubtedly the grand opening to proceedings as all Six Nations,...
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/ 4 years agoFolau makes return to international rugby with Tonga debut
Israel Folau will make his first start in international rugby since 2019 as he seals his switch to Tonga with a...
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/ 4 years ago33-year-old Neville makes Australian debut
33-year-old Australian second row Caderyn Neville will make his debut against England this Saturday, as the Wallabies named their team for...
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/ 4 years agoMuch changed Ireland take on Covid-hit New Zealand
Ireland make 14 changes from the team who lost to the Maori All Blacks, as Cian Healy is passed fit enough...
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/ 4 years agoMaori All Blacks hammer Ireland in opener
Maori All Blacks 32-17 Ireland XV Ireland's tour of New Zealand got off to a poor start as they were convincingly...
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/ 4 years agoLegendary Slipper ready to match England upfront
Australian prop James Slipper has insisted that his side won't struggle to match their visitors England in the scrum, as he...
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/ 4 years agoBurrell speaks out over racism in rugby
Newcastle Falcons’ Luther Burrell has stated that he believes that racism is ‘rife’ in rugby after revealing it is still commonplace...
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/ 4 years agoExperts call for 28-day recovery for concussion
By PETER JACKSON World Rugby is being urged to give victims of head injuries greater protection from more serious damage by...
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/ 4 years agoGeorge calls on England to repeat the triumph of 2016
From ADAM HATHAWAY in Perth Jamie George has urged England to turn back time and repeat the heroics of 2016 when...
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/ 4 years agoPivac: I can’t wait to take on Boks
By STEFFAN THOMAS Most of Wales will be hiding behind the sofa on Saturday but Wayne Pivac can’t wait to take...
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/ 4 years agoHead injury rates reach all time high in England
Concussion rates in elite English rugby have hit their highest levels since records began in 2002 according to the latest injury...
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/ 4 years agoKpoku hopes French move will inspire him
By BEN JAYCOCK Having witnessed his brother Joel’s star performance in the Challenge Cup final, Jonathan Kpoku’s hunger has been reignited...
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/ 4 years agoFlanagan takes the reins at Dragons
THE Dragons have appointed Scarlets backs coach Dai Flanagan as the new head coach, as part of a revamped coaching structure...
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/ 4 years agoWales ace Gareth is late arrival
WALES fly-half Gareth Anscombe will link up with the rest of the squad in South Africa after being given permission to...
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/ 4 years agoFord will be a star for Sharks, says Burns
By GARY FITZGERALD GEORGE Ford will bounce back from his Premiership Final injury misery “better than ever” and be a huge...
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/ 4 years agoMcCall: Saracens will come back stronger
SARACENS will take their Premiership Final defeat firmly on the chin and use it as motivation to ensure they come back...
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/ 4 years agoWarburton: Stand by for Springbok shock
By MEGAN ARMITAGE SAM Warburton insists Wales can prove their doubters wrong and spring a summer series shock against world champions...
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/ 4 years agoMay tests positive for Covid
JONNY May has tested positive for Covid after arriving in Australia for England’s three-Test Tour. The England wing returned a positive...
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/ 4 years agoPlaying Farrell at 12 could cause trouble for England
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK The relevance of England’s game against the Barbarians is that it was an opportunity...
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/ 4 years agoWallabies won’t beat us like this, insists Jones
By BEN JAYCOCK England ........21pts Tries: Cokanasiga 36, May 51, Smith 60 Penalties: Smith 16, 34 Barbarians ..52pts Tries: Penalty 19,...
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/ 4 years agoMoroni joins his Pumas pals at Falcons
NEWS EXTRA NEWCASTLE Falcons have signed Premiership winner Matias Moroni from Leicester Tigers. The 31-year-old centre, who has 43 Argentina caps...
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/ 4 years agoCrusaders revive the dying art of rucking
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST The former England captain Phil de Glanville will continue as “Senior Professional Game Board Representative”, according to...
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/ 4 years agoMcLennan riled Kiwis – but he has a point
THIS week’s “cat amongst the pigeons” award goes to Hamish McLennan, chairman of Rugby Australia and newly-appointed leader of the Wallaby...
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/ 4 years agoDazzling French too strong for battling Irish
By BEN JAYCOCK France ..............42pts Tries: Labarthe 16, Gailleton 18, Depoortere 47, Montgaillard 70, 78 Conversions: Auriac 18, 18, 46, 48...
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/ 4 years agoConcern for England as Baby Boks take charge
By BEN JAYCOCK England ............22pts Tries: Stewart 9, Ilione 58, Oresanya 79 Conversions: Smith 10, 59 Penalties: Smith 50 South Africa...
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/ 4 years agoWorking with Cowan-Dickie will help my game, says Burrows
By STEFFAN THOMAS Ambitious: Oli Burrows OLI BURROWS hopes working with England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie can help him on his journey...
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/ 4 years agoWales turn on the power to smash seven past Scotland
By BEN JAYCOCK Scotland ............15pts Tries: Hiddleston 20, Harrison 56, 78 Wales ................45pts Tries: Andrew 2, Barratt 16, Fackrell 24, Houston...
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/ 4 years agoDallas want Ford to drive changes
MIKE Ford has been mentioned in dispatches from the United States as a possible target for the Major League Rugby flops...
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/ 4 years agoTop 14 clubs in pursuit of Du Preez brothers
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Sale forwards Jean-Luc and Dan du Preez are on the...
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/ 4 years agoWarriors sweat on Deano amid American interest
GLASGOW are sweating to see if former Newcastle boss Dean Richards, their first choice to replace Danny Wilson at Scotstoun, will...
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/ 4 years agoThompson goes back to Falcons
MATT Thompson is set to return to his former club Newcastle Falcons this summer as part of the club’s new-look backroom...
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/ 4 years agoDream Team
JAMES GASKELL, THE FORMER WASPS AND SALE SHARKS LOOSE FORWARD, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1....
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/ 4 years agoQuestion is: Where are Wales mentally?
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The first moment of truth of the summer for Welsh rugby comes at Loftus Versfeld...
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/ 4 years agoPride of the Premiership
Paul Rees selects his team of the season – with a nod to those who came close FULL-BACK: Freddie Steward (Leicester)...
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/ 4 years agoFour Irishmen join the South African all-stars
By BEN JAYCOCK THE Stormers lifted the inaugural United Rugby Championship as they saw off the Bulls 18-13 in an all-South...
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/ 4 years agoCrusaders and Blues share spoils in dream team
THE Crusaders outclassing the Blues to claim their sixth piece of silverware in as many years with the inaugural Super Rugby...
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/ 4 years agoMy countrymen are proving their worth
NEIL DE KOCK FORMER SARACENS AND SOUTH AFRICA SCRUM-HALF South African players were key protagonists in this season’s Gallagher Premiership with...
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/ 4 years agoEuropean sides need to rise to the SA challenge
BY NEIL DE KOCK If you had said after the first six weeks of the competition that the Stormers would be...
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/ 4 years agoCrowley set to enjoy Italy’s ‘Blue summer’
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points After that brilliant last-minute win over Wales in...
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/ 4 years agoKruis kick takes me right back to Ringo
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT wasn’t just that giant former England lock George Kruis had the effrontery to kick a backheeled...
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/ 4 years agoDeans: Drua can be major force in the future
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Crusaders head coach Robbie Deans reckpons newcomers Fijian Drua are the best start-up in Super...
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/ 4 years agoEngland are class above at Budapest Sevens
ENGLAND women made it two tournament wins from two in Budapest last weekend as they followed their Zagreb triumph with another...
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/ 4 years agoDavies in the dock
SARACENS' Wales scrumhalf Aled Davies is facing a ban after admitting a charge of dangerous tackling in Saturday's Premiership final loss...
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/ 4 years agoTop pair clash on opening weekend
■By BEN JAYCOCK Champions: Ealing Trailfinders celebrate winning the league last season PICTURE: PRiME Media Images THE top two in last...
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/ 4 years agoMcCarthy ‘really happy I told my team-mates I was gay’
LEINSTER scrum-half Nick McCarthy revealed he had considered quitting the sport as he did not think he could come out as...
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/ 4 years ago‘Turnover king’ Will looking for a new challenge
FRUSTARTED by a lack of gametime at Cardiff, turnover specialist Will Boyde decided to leave the club and become a free...
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/ 4 years agoThousands gather to say farewell to Benny
Peter Jackson at Parc y Scarlets for Phil Bennett’s memorial service The 440-mile drive there and back took him all of...
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/ 4 years agoA rugby tale: From the sublime to the ridiculous
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, what an end to the season with two games of stark...
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/ 4 years agoSummer Tours Week 1 Preview: Emerging nations and ‘A’ teams prepare to raise the curtain
For the first time since 2018, a full summer of rugby tours is back on the calendar, and though some of...
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/ 4 years agoEngland U20s name squad for Summer Series opener
Alan Dickens has named his England U20s team to face South Africa in the opening round of the Six Nations Summer...
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