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/ 4 years agoRed cards for fighting overturned
FACUNDO Gigena and Gary Graham have had their red cards for fighting rescinded. The pair were sent off by Karl Dickson...
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/ 4 years agoWinter’s departure confirmed
COVENTRY have confirmed Rowland Winter’s exit from the club. The director of rugby has not been present at a Coventry game...
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/ 4 years agoTom Youngs retires from professional rugby
Leicester Tigers star and former England international Tom Youngs has confirmed his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect. The 35-year-old...
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/ 4 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Thirteen with Max Ojomoh
In Episode Thirteen of The Rugby Paper Podcast, Bath centre Max Ojomoh joins host Oliver Little and The Rugby Paper’s Digital...
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/ 4 years agoNewcastle prop Adam Brocklebank signs two-year contract extension
Prop-forward Adam Brocklebank has signed up for another two seasons with Newcastle Falcons. The 26-year-old loose-head has made 74 appearances for...
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/ 4 years agoTian Schoeman joins Newcastle Falcons on three-year deal from Bath
Bath fly-half Tian Schoeman will join Newcastle Falcons on a three-year deal. The South African, 30, is already on Tyneside in...
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/ 4 years agoLions trio fighting to save their careers
By PETER JACKSON WALES must wait another six months to discover whether three of their all time greats can save their...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
JAMES STOKES, THE LONDON IRISH FULL-BACK AND FORMER COVENTRY AND CAMBRIDGE PLAYER CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH AND...
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/ 4 years agoRichards confirms talks over new role
NEWCASTLE director of rugby Dean Richards confirmed he is negotiating an alternative role at the club as reported in last week’s...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoBeauxis: Time to hang up my boots
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Arguably the most wonderfully and frustratingly French of French fly-halves, Lionel Beauxis, confirmed he will call time on...
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/ 4 years agoShake up tired Six Nations fixture list
NICK CAIN THE Six Nations chief executive, Ben Morel, is not slow to pat himself on the back, over-hyping the last...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoStreamline Champions Cup -don’t just dilute it
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST What bright spark invented this game of ours? The creation myth tells us it was a hoity-toity...
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/ 4 years agoGiles, Botha sign for two more at Ospreys
OSPREYS winger Keelan Giles has signed a two-year contract extension. The 24-year-old has made 58 Ospreys appearances and scored 20 tries...
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/ 4 years agoVeteran Bright is still top dog in the Championship
By BEN JAYCOCK RICHMOND No.8 Mark Bright was given a pleasant surprise ahead of the club’s end of season prize giving...
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/ 4 years agoDanger of Planet Rugby spinning out of control
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND All of a sudden it feels as though the game of rugby is getting more...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoSheeran’s show is hindering Munster’s advance
CHRIS HEWETT EVEN in a world of surprises, it would be quite something for an Ipswich Town football nut to drive...
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/ 4 years agoBonus win boosts Gloucester’s bid
GLOUCESTER have been awarded five league points after their cancelled Premiership match last month against Worcester. Warriors called the game off...
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/ 4 years agoLouis takes lesson from Wales axe
LOUIS Rees-Zammit is aiming for a winning end of season with Gloucester after learning from being dropped by Wales during the...
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/ 4 years agoWarriors crash to four-try defeat
By GARY HEATLY Stormers ........32 Glasgow ............7 GLASGOW Warriors were blown away in the last 50 minutes in Cape Town on...
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/ 4 years agoBoyd urges authorities to address fixture gap
By PAUL REES CHRIS Boyd has challenged the authorities to sort out a fixture list that will leave some Premiership clubs...
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/ 4 years agoSaracens book place in European quarters
SARACENS overcame a spirited Cardiff fightback last Sunday to book a Challenge Cup quarter-final date with Gloucester. Max Malins scored a...
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/ 4 years agoDiamond: There’s no ill-feeling, we do not hold grudges
By PAUL REES THE semi-finals of the Premiership Rugby Cup would usually struggle to command attention at a stage of the...
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/ 4 years agoSecond half scores spare Bulls blushes
Bulls ........................46 Benetton ................29 THE Bulls scored six tries to claim a bonus point win over Benetton to bolster their URC...
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/ 4 years agoRampant Chiefs claim first silverware
ALLIANZ CUP FINAL By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ..............57 Harlequins ......12 EXETER Chiefs showed just how far they had come in the...
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/ 4 years agoScotland have eye on Chile warm-up
SCOTLAND are in talks to play Chile prior to their three-match summer series against Argentina, which start on July 2. The...
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/ 4 years agoThree weeks for Chessum
LEICESTER lock Ollie Chessum has been banned for three weeks for his high tackle in Saturday’s European Cup win over Clermont...
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/ 4 years ago250 up! AWJ gets it right this time
By ROB COLE Cardiff ..................6pts Tries: Priestland 28, 44 Ospreys ............22pts Tries: Lake 54, Webb 61, Parry 66 Conversions: Anscombe 55,...
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/ 4 years agoThree areas where rugby could grow
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sussex success stories: Joe Marler, left, and Marcus...
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/ 4 years agoNew dad Nathan leads the chase for Brownlie
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK DESPITE being deprived of sleep having recently become a father, Cinderford’s Nathan Taylor is determined to...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoLeicester’s pack power has put them in the mix
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IT is no surprise that there are four French quarter-finalists in the European Cup,...
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/ 4 years agoLousi stars as Scarlets hit Dragons for six
By STEFFAN THOMAS Dragons..............19pts Tries: Dixon 35, J Williams 50, Warren 61 Conversions: S Davies 35, 62 Scarlets ............38pts Tries: Lousi...
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/ 4 years agoNote to Eddie: Freddie is flying
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER I’M not sure why I should do Eddie Jones’ job while he is off moonlighting in Japan...
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/ 4 years agoLam’s double helps Blues fight off fierce Drua challenge
By BEN JAYCOCK Double delight: AJ Lam WINGER AJ Lam scored a brace as the Blues overcame a stern challenge from...
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/ 4 years agoLeinster’s push for top spot held up by Sharks
By KEVIN FALLON Sharks ....................28 Leinster..................23 CHAMPIONS Leinster missed out on the opportunity to secure top spot in the URC when...
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/ 4 years agoPivac must make bold calls to stop Welsh slide
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Since taking charge of Wales after the last World Cup, Wayne Pivac has...
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/ 4 years agoPumas end wait for glory
ARGENTINA won their first Sevens World Series Cup in 14 years as they took the crown in Vancouver after beating Fiji...
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/ 4 years agoCarty kicks Connacht to gutsy win in Jo’burg
By JOHN FALLON Lions........................30 Connacht ..............33 JACK Carty nailed a penalty two minutes from time to claim a superb win for...
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/ 4 years agoBelittling dangers of concussion is the Stone Age view
PETER JACKSON ANYONE still daft enough to belittle the dangers of concussion and parrot the Stone Age view that the game’s...
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/ 4 years agoWannenburg dies aged 41
FORMER Ulster and South Africa flanker Pedrie Wannenburg has died aged 41 following a car accident in Texas. Wannenburg played 20...
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/ 4 years ago14-man Scots scrape home
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh ......29 Zebre ..............26 SOMETIMES you have to win ugly and Edinburgh did just that against Zebre Parma,...
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/ 4 years agoJimmy’s on course for illustrious 4,000 club
PETER JACKSON ON a sporting stage where the landscape changes like a kaleidoscope, one constant can be found in the enduring...
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/ 4 years agoEmergence of Richards the silver lining to Bath’s cloud
By PAUL REES WHEN Bath rake over the ashes of a season they will not be in a hurry to look...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSharks get pay-out for Springbok stars
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SALE pocketed significant six-figure fees for Springbok World Cup-winning stars Faf De Klerk and...
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/ 4 years agoBiden keen to spread the faith
PETER JACKSON JOE Biden’s support of America’s bid to host the 2031 World Cup shows that the President’s interest in the...
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/ 4 years agoSimmonds, Lawes face fitness race
ENGLAND No.8 Sam Simmonds could miss the season run-in and the three-Test summer tour of Australia. England’s first Test against the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWilson lines up return to Falcons
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER WHISPERS are that there will be more changes to the Newcastle coaching staff. Blindside...
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/ 4 years agoEaling withdraw appeal for promotion
NEWS EXTRA CHAMPIONSHIP winners Ealing Trailfinders have withdrawn their appeal against the decision to deny them promotion to the Premiership. Ealing...
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/ 4 years agoDragons increase firepower with Highlanders centre Sio
By BEN JAYCOCK Super Rugby experience: Sio Tomkinson THE DRAGONS have pulled off a major coup by signing hard-hitting Kiwi back...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoFrance preferred choice for Eden
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER JERSEY appear to have missed out on signing Bristol fly-half Tiff Eden, one of...
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/ 4 years agoCalcutta Cup kicks it off again
NEWS EXTRA ENGLAND face Scotland on the opening weekend of the 2023 Six Nations for the third year in a row....
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