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/ 4 years agoSanderson puts faith in kids after Faf surgery
RUGBY SHORTS SALE will be without Faf de Klerk for at least four months following hip surgery. Director of rugby Alex...
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/ 4 years agoWorld Cup could help make Pugh’s US prediction reality
By PAUL REES USA Rugby will in January formally submit its proposal to host either the 2027 or 2031 World Cup...
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/ 4 years agoOur mental approach is our biggest problem says Baxter
LONDON Irish head coach Les Kiss said the result was not a surprise. “We have been really close recently without quite...
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/ 4 years agoGreenock granny is Sione link
THERE can’t be that many Tuipulotus in the Glasgow telephone directory but one will soon be found in the Scotland three-quarter...
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/ 4 years agoHalaifonua banned for six matches
RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Scottish centre David Halaifonua has been banned for six games following a citing for a dangerous high tackle...
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/ 4 years agoQuins win put Sanderson in a spin
By NEIL FISSLER ALEX Sanderson admits that downing champions Harlequins last week had him dancing for joy – in the kitchen...
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/ 4 years agoRichards: We came a cropper with ref
GLOUCESTER boss George Skivington accepted that the game wasn’t a classic. “It was an ugly match but they are a pressure...
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/ 4 years agoWasps pair show little respect
AT my old school it was drummed into us that Rugby Union built character based on the virtues of respect and...
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/ 4 years agoMcKay takes EPCR chair after Halliday exit
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER Celtic chief executive Dominic McKay has taken over as chairman of EPCR on an interim basis. He temporarily...
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/ 4 years agoLynagh got his start at Athletic Ground
THE latest players produced by Richmond who have attracted the attention of England this year are wing Louis Lynagh and flanker...
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/ 4 years agoThomas keeps his belief in Warriors
JONATHAN Thomas firmly believes his badly wounded Warriors can work their way out of the slump which is threatening to turn...
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/ 4 years agoRed button diplomacy
S4C called it ‘a retrograde step’ when they lost live rights to Wales’ autumn matches. But it wasn’t as if Amazon...
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/ 4 years agoMcWilliams back for Ireland rebuild
RUGBY SHORTS GREG McWilliams will take over from Adam Griggs as Ireland women’s head coach after the November internationals. McWilliams was...
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/ 4 years agoMorgan on hot streak
GLOUCESTER No.8 Ben Morgan is back enjoying playing rugby again after a terrible year with injuries. Morgan has scored four tries...
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/ 4 years agoEddie’s delay could prove deadly for England
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK EDDIE Jones has become the rugby equivalent of a shape-shifter, being hailed in...
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/ 4 years agoSwords at ready for Quins fight with Sharks
NEWS EXTRA By MATT MERRITT NEXT week sees the launch of the Allianz Cup, a new womens’s competition that sits alongside...
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/ 4 years agoBlackett: Dan is best running nine in the Premiership
By JON NEWCOMBE Overlooked: Wasps scrum-half Dan Robson ENGLAND discard Dan Robson has been backed to bounce back from his surprise...
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/ 4 years agoEngland talent pool strongest since 2003 says Thomas
By ADAM HATHAWAY WORCESTER head coach Jonathan Thomas believes Ollie Lawrence and Ted Hill are victims of the English rugby scene...
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/ 4 years agoStrange to snub George like this
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST WHAT is it with Jamie George? Or, to put the same question in a different, more accurate...
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/ 4 years ago‘Lucky’ day for Ealing forward Fenlon
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON A FRIENDLY rugby match on October 8 nearly turned to tragedy when, early in the second...
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/ 4 years agoRichmond boss fears excessive dual reg system will spell doom
By PAUL REES STEVE Hill has called for the number of dual registration and loan players Championship clubs are allowed to...
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/ 4 years agoEddie has so many better options than Youngs and Farrell
ALONG with the vast majority of England rugby fans, I have found watching England play rugby since the 2019 World Cup...
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/ 4 years agoToo much of Wales has become a rugby wasteland
CHRIS HEWETT The Rhinogydd range, rough and remote; the micro-breweries of Gwynedd; RS Thomas, the fierce preacher-poet of the Llyn Peninsula...
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/ 4 years agoMarler hopes for battle alongside his Quins mates
By GARY FITZGERALD JOE Marler is relishing two huge Autumn confrontations with some old southern hemisphere rivals. He especially expects the...
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/ 4 years agoTiger Youngs on leave
LEICESTER hooker Tom Youngs is taking indefinite leave from the club to look after his ill wife. The 34-yearold has not...
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/ 4 years agoExeter dress up is disrespectful
IN regards to headdresses, Nick Cain fails to note important points about the wearing of them, and why it can be...
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/ 4 years agoTo win, Wales will need a performance of the ages
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND WHEN Steve Hansen picked me to face New Zealand at the 2003 World Cup, he...
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/ 4 years ago‘Rusty’ Wallabies pass test in Japan
AUSTRALIA held on to beat Japan 32-23 to claim their fifth successive win before their autumn tour of Europe. The Wallabies...
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/ 4 years agoJosh backs Pivac style over Lions
WING Josh Adams believes Wales’ attacking style can yield better results against southern hemisphere teams than the pragmatic approach the Lions...
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/ 4 years agoPivac’s right, Louis won’t have a choice
IN last week’s TRP, the Wales head coach, Wayne Pivac, states his confidence in winger Louis Rees-Zammit eventually joining a Welsh...
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/ 4 years agoOliver wanted more, he got it
By JOHN FALLON Connacht ........36 Ulster ................11 CONNACHT destroyed the table-toppers’ perfect start to the season with a five tries to...
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/ 4 years agoNixon: Bayonne was so good for me
By NEIL FISSLER THE ongoing dispute between Premiership clubs and agents over who pays players’ fees threatens to send an exodus...
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/ 4 years agoRegions arrange A-team games to fill gap
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS THREE of the four Welsh regions will play A-fixtures over the next four weeks. The United...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
RORY JENNINGS, THE LONDON IRISH AND FORMER BATH, JERSEY , LONDON SCOTTISH, YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE, COVENTRY AND CLERMONT FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST...
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/ 4 years agoWilliams fires reminder to Wales that he’s still got it
By ROGER PANTING Scarlets ............34pts Tries: R Evans 16, Blacker 19, 64, M Jones 55 Conversions: D Jones 16, 19, 55,...
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/ 4 years agoZebo earns Ireland recall but no room for Stockdale
SIMON Zebo is back in the Ireland squad for the first time since 2017 following his return to Munster from Racing...
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/ 4 years agoSinfield going the extra mile in 24 hour challenge
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON LEICESTER defence coach Kevin Sinfield is to undertake another mammoth run for Motor Neurone Disease research...
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/ 4 years agoEddie musn’t load Smith down with tactical data
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE England squad of 35 picked by Eddie Jones for the autumn series is...
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/ 4 years agoCardiff ride out Lee-Lo red to claim derby spoils
By ALEX BYWATER Cardiff ................31pts Tries: L Williams 22, Amos 38, Penalty 50 Conversions: Evans 22 Penalties: Evans 7, 27, 56,...
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/ 4 years agoMillfield boys top of the class again
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE were all sorts of sports to enjoy...
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/ 4 years agoRFU set to join France in bidding for 2025 World Cup
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON THE RFU aims to submit a bid to host the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2025....
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/ 4 years agoQuirke missed game with knee injury
LEICESTER boss Steve Borthwick said he would “have been proud” of his Tigers even if they had lost. “I was really...
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/ 4 years agoMyler kicks Ospreys to rare win over Munster
By STEFFAN THOMAS O spreys ..............18pts Penalties: Myler 2, 32, 37, 46, 64, 72 Munster ............10pts Tries: Casey 55 Conversions: Crowley...
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/ 4 years agoThree months on, the game is crying out for clarity
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO the World Rugby Independent Judicial Panel will meet next week to consider misconduct charges against Rassie...
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/ 4 years agoBeating All Blacks is about belief – Phillips
By ROB COLE FINALLY finding a way to beat the All Blacks after 68 years of heartache is all in the...
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/ 4 years agoMatson: Marler yellow enough
TABAI Matson feels no further action should be taken against Joe Marler for the no-arms tackle on Tom de Glanville that...
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/ 4 years agoSuper sub Vellacott sends Scots home happy
By BRYN PALMER Zebre ..................10pts Tries: Bruno 15 Conversions: Canna 16 Penalties: Rizzi 63 Edinburgh ........27pts Tries: Blain 32, McInally 53,...
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/ 4 years agoAutumn series may be best for some years
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME If there was one thing that last week’s game between Bath and...
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/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 4 years agoKelleher leads the way for Leinster
By JIM SHEEDY Glasgow ..........15 Leinster ..........31 GLASGOW coach Danny Wilson was disappointed his side weren’t able to end the opening...
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