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/ 4 years agoEngland men and women name squads for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022
England's men's and women's teams have named their squads for the Rugby World Cup sevens getting underway this Friday in Cape...
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/ 4 years agoRobertson on list for Eddie job
By PETER JACKSON England are compiling a dossier on Scott Robertson as part of their global search for Eddie Jones‘ successor....
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/ 4 years agoWRU’s £30m funding deal expected to face stiff opposition
By STEFFAN THOMAS The Welsh Rugby Union are set to table a six-year multi-million pound deal for the professional game which...
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/ 4 years agoBlackett is confident Wasps are over worst
By PAUL REES WASPS are among the clubs who have been counting the cost of Covid, but Lee Blackett is confident...
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/ 4 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 4 years agoWorld Cup carrot will inspire us – George
By GARY FITZGERALD Jamie George admits it will be “difficult” pushing thoughts of France to the back of his mind but...
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/ 4 years agoRelton returns home to take the Pirates route
Arthur Relton is returning to his Cornwall rugby roots this season keen to follow a well-trodden path into a Premiership career....
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/ 4 years agoCallard predicts brighter future for Leeds
By NICK POWELL LEEDS Tykes head coach Jon Callard is aiming high for this season. In the 2019/20 Championship season Leeds...
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/ 4 years agoWe must get off to a faster start this time, says Dowson
By PAUL REES Phil Dowson wants Northampton to take their form in the latter stages of last season into the new...
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/ 4 years agoSanderson: Ford’s best days to come
By GARY FITZGERALD Star man: George Ford, pictured playing for Leicester, has joined Sale PICTURES: Getty Images George Ford has “the...
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/ 4 years agoWorcester wage payments finally under way
WORCESTER owners said wage payments to players, coaches and staff were under way on Friday after resolving an electronic banking issue...
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/ 4 years agoSmith backing Fifita to light up Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS Vaea Fifita has been tipped to take the United Rugby Championship by storm following his highprofile move from...
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/ 4 years agoMercer on his way to Gloucester
GLOUCESTER have signed Zach Mercer from Montpellier for the 2023-24 Premiership season. The 25-year-old No.8 made 21 starts for the French...
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/ 4 years agoEngland’s Jersey trip leaves RFU all at sea
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK English club rugby has never been more in need of coherent, strong, farsighted...
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/ 4 years agoTrying to fool the officials is no joke
AND the Oscar goes to…Nic White! That was the reflex reaction last weekend when Wallaby scrum-half White responded to an innocuous...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHughes heading to Japan
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Fol low me on Twitter: @neilfissler Former England No.8 Nathan Hughes has secured a move to...
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/ 4 years agoLa Rochelle keen on Warrior Hatherell
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler La Rochelle are lining up a move for Worcester lock Kyle...
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/ 4 years agoFrench clubs on alert as Sinckler CV goes round
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler French target: Kyle Sinckler Kyle Sinckler is a target for a...
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/ 4 years agoQuins are NOT after Steward
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler One of the most laughable ill-informed clickbait links of a move...
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/ 4 years agoRacing 92 to offer Wade new deal
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Impressive: Wade Racing 92 are offering former England international winger Christian...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoGrand plan which just makes it all murkier
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby used to be a simple affair: you played, you lost, you pretended to the media that...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoMatawalu magic is set to light up Ponty
By Chris Hewett They were the best of days. Time and again, a Heineken Cup trip to Pontypridd delivered on the...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoThis could be the most defining season – ever
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Here we are at the start of September anticipating what could be...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoTime for stars to shine at World Cup Sevens
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points The Rugby World Cup Sevens is upon us...
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/ 4 years agoElvis still has a few more hits left in him
By Peter Jackson Old rock ‘n’ rollers dusting down their blue suede shoes for the new season will rejoice at the...
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/ 4 years agoDombrandt urges Quins to aim high
By ADAM HATHAWAY No.8 Alex Dombrandt admits Harlequins did not set the bar high enough last season and got trapped into...
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/ 4 years agoPolledri confident he’ll be better than ever
Gloucester flanker Jake Polledri is confident he can perform “even better” than before after returning from almost two years out with...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoPollard the man to help Tigers retain their title
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Steve Borthwick has proved himself to be a tremendous operator who never leaves a...
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/ 4 years agoGenge on mission to get Bristol roaring
Ellis Genge wants to help Bristol be the “best” team they can be after re-joining his hometown club from Premiership champions...
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/ 4 years agoSaints agree new deal with Freeman
England wing Tommy Freeman, 21, has signed a new “long-term” contract at Northampton Saints. Freeman, who can also operate at full-back,...
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/ 4 years agoUNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP 2022-23 SQUADS
BENETTON Captains: Michele Lamaro/Dewaldt Duvenage Head coach: Marco Bortolami Squad: Matteo Drudi, Simone Ferrari, Thomas Gallo, Ivan Nemer, Tiziano Pasquali, Nahuel...
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/ 4 years agoTime for RFU to pull its finger out
Record six-time Championship Dream Team inductee and former Leeds legend Ryan Burrows casts his eye over this season’s contenders and fears...
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/ 4 years agoCHAMPIONSHIP 2022-23 SQUADS
AMPTHILL Captain: Charlie Beckett Head coach: Paul Turner Squad: Syd Blackmore, Matt Gallagher, Aleki Lutui, Jake Elwood, Dom Hardman, Griff Phillipson,...
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/ 4 years agoBarnes punish wayward Raiders
By MICHAEL WHITFIELD Barnes.............. 34 Worthing........... 21 BARNES made a confident start to the new campaign with a solid victory over...
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/ 4 years agoPack power seals Blackheath’s win
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath.............2 9 Dorking..................... 10 DORKING made Blackheath work mighty hard for their win, with the result only settled...
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/ 4 years agoKenwood comes up with a clincher
By MUHAMMED SHER Guernsey.................25 Old Albanians........27 A NIP-and-tuck encounter at Footes Lane went the way of visitors Old Albanians, Dan George’s...
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/ 4 years agoFord’s delight as superb Bury get off to a flyer
By NICK PITSON TEAMS HENLEY: Webb, Scott, Porter, Hankimian, Norville, Titchener, Fenley, Manning, Emery, Mason, Harrison, Lunnon, White, Vooght, Bradley Replacements:...
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/ 4 years agoCanterbury’s comeback silences a record crowd
By PAUL MORSE North Walsham.....22 Canterbury..............38 A RECORD crowd saw Canterbury come from behind at half-time to run out worthy winners...
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/ 4 years agoJuddians stunned by Rochford blitz
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J............24 Rochford H..............37 ROCHFORD Hundred stunned Tonbridge with a three-try salvo in the space of 11 first-half...
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/ 4 years agoSuperb start for slick Sevenoaks
By NICK CROWE Westcliff................. 12 Sevenoaks..............29 NEWCOMERS Sevenoaks made a flying start to the season with a bonus-point victory at Westcliff....
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/ 4 years agoBarton’s best fires Exeter to success
By MAX COURTIS Barnstaple.......23 Exeter Uni......... 31 LEAGUE debutants Exeter University made a winning start as they got the better of...
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/ 4 years agoHinckley hang on for dramatic win
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Bournville............... 19 Hinckley.................. 20 HINCKLEY edged to victory over hosts Bournville in a tight opening contest. Bournville centre...
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/ 4 years agoClifton late show shatters Students
By MIKE BARBER Clifton....................... 31 Loughborough S....28 CLIFTON edged out Loughborough Students in a tight and physical contest in which either...
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/ 4 years agoLions hold nerve to foil game Hornets
By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester L........28pts Hornets............... 17pts LEICESTER Lions picked up where they left off last season as they launched their...
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/ 4 years agoClassy Dings look the real deal in
By JOHN WHITE Dings Crusaders...29 Luctonians.............. 17 DINGS got their season off to the best possible start with a try bonus-point...
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/ 4 years agoReds fired up by Caven’s quartet
By GEOFFREY SIBLEY Old Redcliffians....58 Newport................... 14 EZRA Caven bagged four tries as Old Redcliffians kicked off the campaign with a...
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/ 4 years agoBrown celebrates milestone in style
By BILL HOOPER Redruth....................43 Stourbridge.............. 8 REDRUTH got their campaign off to an eyecatching start with a bonus-point win against brave...
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/ 4 years agoAussies overtake Blitzboks to clinch series title
NEWS EXTRA AUSTRALIA secured their first-ever men’s Sevens title last weekend after finishing third in the series finale in Los Angeles....
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/ 4 years agoSurgery sidelines Isiekwe
NEWS EXTRA SARACENS and England second row Nick Isiekwe will have surgery this week that will keep him out for “several...
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/ 4 years agoReds host England
ENGLAND will return to Jersey for a training camp ahead of the autumn internationals. For a second year England will be...
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