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/ 4 years agoSensational Irish land All Blacks hat-trick
By JOHN FALLON Ireland ..............29pts Tries: Lowe 15, Kelleher 44, Doris 51 Conversions: Sexton 52 Penalties: Sexton 56; Carbery 65, 73,...
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/ 4 years agoSkivington is happier, but still not satisfied
By PAUL REES GLOUCESTER went into the Premiership break in the top half of the table having spent most of last...
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/ 4 years agoDrunken yobs end Craig’s 50-year Wales love affair
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Craig James has been watching Wales since his father took him at the...
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/ 4 years agoFive-try Newbridge pick up where they left off
Welsh National One roundup By FREDDIE BENNETT & ALED BISTON NEWBRIDGE ran in five tries as they kicked off their league...
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/ 4 years agoRassie must pay the price for video rant
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE information vacuum surrounding the disciplinary hearing involving Rassie Erasmus has been filled...
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/ 4 years agoBennett shirt goes to auction
A RARE Phil Bennett match-worn, No.10 Wales shirt will be put up for auction in Bristol on Thursday. Bennett wore the...
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/ 4 years agoI got my World Cup gold medal for losing!
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Last week’s game against Tonga gave Eddie Jones and England the chance...
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/ 4 years agoPeace at Biarritz as row starts in Bayonne
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 side Biarritz look set to remain where they belong – in the heart of the...
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/ 4 years agoLunch Break vs Love Handles
By Regan Phillips Fitness coach for the Hungarian 15s and 7s team It could be the love handles, the beer belly,...
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/ 4 years agoNew eligibility rules will turn rugby into a circus
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK MALAKAI Fekitoa could have played for Tonga against England yesterday, just four years...
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/ 4 years agoSurgery for Robson
WASPS scrum-half Dan Robson will be out for up to 12 weeks after suffering a tear to his groin during last...
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/ 4 years agoRandall challenged to come back better
RUGBY SHORTS BRISTOL boss Pat Lam has encouraged scrum-half Harry Randall to come back stronger after he was ruled out for...
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/ 4 years agoPlayers get a breather in season marathon
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The relief on the faces of those players playing Top 14 rugby in France this weekend when...
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/ 4 years agoSteadman story is inspiration to us all
NICK CAIN FLOYD Steadman’s story is one of the most uplifting and moving you will find in any sport, as those...
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/ 4 years agoFaletau switch confirmed
CARDIFF have confirmed Wales No.8 Taulupe Faletau will join the region at the end of the 2021-22 season from Bath. The...
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/ 4 years agoWilliams banned for four weeks
RUGBY SHORTS BATH forward Mike Williams and kit manager Steve Middleton have both been banned after incidents in last week’s defeat...
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/ 4 years agoReds star White chasing his Blitzboks World Cup dream
By LUKE JARMYN WESLEY White, the son of South Africa’s 2007 World Cup-winning coach Jake White, is fast making a name...
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/ 4 years agoLeeming hitting top form after beating cancer
NEWS EXTRA By LUKE JARMYN JERSEY Reds fly-half Sam Leeming is making up for lost time after his 20- month break...
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/ 4 years agoBaxter: Season could slip away
EXETER boss Rob Baxter admitted: “We have to start winning games or the season will peter out.” Baxter refused to blame...
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/ 4 years agoStourbridge are setting the pace despite slashing playing budget
By WARREN MUGGLETON AMONG teams battling at the top of National 2 North are Stourbridge – whose players have made an...
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/ 4 years agoBaxter keeps Sam’s spirits up after snub
RUGBY SHORTS SAM Simmonds must use his club form to force his way into the England side, says Exeter boss Rob...
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/ 4 years agoWelsh ace Cracknell joins Irish
LONDON Irish have signed flanker Olly Cracknell from Welsh side the Ospreys. The 27-year-old joins the Exiles with immediate effect after...
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/ 4 years agoNot even a bonus point for Hooper
STERN-FACED Stuart Hooper admitted he was thoroughly frustrated by Bath’s latest defeat. “We are leaving here with nothing,” he said. Defeat...
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/ 4 years agoBenjamin hones his hooking skills at Pirates
NEWS EXTRA By MIKE SINCLAIR JAMES Benjamin is the latest back row convert to enrol at the Cornish Pirates finishing school...
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/ 4 years agoVunipola ruled out for a month
RUGBY SHORTS SARACENS No.8 Billy Vunipola will be out for a month following minor damage to his knee ligaments in last...
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/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, November 7, 2021 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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/ 4 years agoLapses of concentration are costing us, blasts Thomas
WORCESTER boss Jonathan Thomas lamented his players inability to remain fully “in the moment” for 80 minutes. The Warriors head coach...
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/ 4 years agoFar East life rekindles Freddie’s rugby fire
By JON NEWCOMBE AFTER his career hit an all-time low at Bath, Freddie Burns says playing in Japan’s Second Division helped...
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/ 4 years agoInjured Alun Wyn to miss Six Nations
RUGBY SHORTS WALES captain Alun Wyn Jones, 36, is set to miss the 2022 Six Nations with a shoulder injury sustained...
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/ 4 years agoNew broom has given the old lags a kick up backside
BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT THE thing about new starts, fresh brooms, and kicks up the backside is sometimes it’s not so much...
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/ 4 years agoMcCall: It’s such a harsh lesson
MARK McCall laid it on the line to his stunned Sarries stars after seeing a 14-man Irish outfit produce a phoenix-like...
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/ 4 years agoEngland ready for fierce Kiwi backlash
ENGLAND expect a fierce backlash from the Black Ferns today after last Sunday’s record 43-12 win in Exeter. Head coach Simon...
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/ 4 years agoWales offer top ten contracts
RUGBY SHORTS THE WRU is set to offer ten of their 15-a-side women players full-time deals, while there will be retainer...
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/ 4 years agoEngland must be at their best to beat the Wallabies
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK AUSTRALIA has always had unbelievable potential as a Rugby Union nation, because the skill-set...
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/ 4 years agoLondon Scottish set to head north for Super 8
By SAM JACKSON LONDON Scottish hope to join an expanded Super 6 tournament in Scotland next season while remaining at their...
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/ 4 years agoHogg out to prove Scots are among world elite
Challenge: Stuart Hogg CAPTAIN Stuart Hogg wants Scotland to prove they belong among Test rugby’s elite by beating Australia at Murrayfield...
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/ 4 years agoMarcus gets fans’ cheers, but why keep him waiting?
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham England ............69pts Tries: Radwan 3, George 13, 70; May 29, Itoje 33, Youngs 40, 51; Smith...
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/ 4 years agoENGLAND AND WALES AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES TICKETS TO BE WON
WIN a pair of tickets to England v Australia or Wales v Australia courtesy of Dove Men + Care! Dove Men...
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/ 4 years agoBoyd: We had five props on bench
SAINTS director of rugby Chris Boyd cut a forlorn figure after their second successive big defeat. He said: “It proved a...
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/ 4 years agoGeorgian war hero Yachvili helped forge special bond
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER FRANCE and Georgia square up on Sunday in...
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/ 4 years agoDate set for vote on switching back Test allegiance
NEWS EXTRA INTERNATIONAL players will be able to switch nationality if changes to eligibility rules are voted through by World Rugby...
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/ 4 years agoEven a Jenkins’ can’t stop Boks
PETER JACKSON in Cardiff Wales..................18pts Tries: Biggar 10, 14, 27, 31, 50, 65 South Africa ....23pts Tries: Marx 73 Penalties: Pollard...
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/ 4 years agoFlankers see world from other angles
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST At the risk of offending the Scottish rugby establishment –a serious hazard when you might find Jim...
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/ 4 years agoNone of this touchy feely nonsense in Spain
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHAT’S in a word? For decades those coming off the bench used to be called replacements or...
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/ 4 years agoEducation key in bid to diversify coaching says Khan
NEWS EXTRA By TOM SANSOM LONDON Scottish backs coach Ricky Khan has called for better education, and creating young leaders in...
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/ 4 years ago‘No holds barred’ as Marcus steps out
By ADAM HATHAWAY MARCUS Smith came off the bench to terrorise Tonga and score 15 points in England’s 69-3 rout at...
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/ 4 years agoWhy send minnows cruising for a bruising?
CHRIS HEWETT THE Rugby Europe Championship was back up and running this weekend, with the Netherlands facing Russia in Amsterdam, and...
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/ 4 years agoTeen star Prydie is looking for a new club
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Youngest ever: Tom Prydie playing for Wales v Italy in 2010 PICTURE: Getty...
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/ 4 years agoHayman diagnosed with early onset dementia
NEWS EXTRA FORMER New Zealand prop Carl Hayman has been diagnosed with earlyonset dementia at the age of 41. Hayman, who...
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/ 4 years agoPitch yob hits Wales’ chances of victory
Twickenham favourite: Marcus Smith celebrates as he scores his try that earned the biggest cheer of the day PICTURE: Getty Images...
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