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/ 4 years agoSonny Bill: Boxing gave me massive thrills
NEWS EXTRA By TRP REPORTER SONNY Bill Williams says winning the New Zealand heavyweight boxing title was as good as anything...
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/ 4 years agoAddison injury sours victory
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ..............26 Lions ................10 A SERIOUS leg injury to full-back Will Addison in an accidental collision blighted Ulster’s...
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/ 4 years agoRuddock turns to coaching role just like his dad before
By ROB COLE RHYS Ruddock is considering turning into a chip off the old block after trying his hand at coaching....
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/ 4 years agoMarcus and Alex are musts for England says Esterhuizen
By GARY- FITZGERALD ANDRE Esterhuizen insists Marcus Smith and Alex Dombrandt would be two of the first names on his team...
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/ 4 years agoMyler’s late strike swings 8-try thriller Ospreys way
By STEFFAN THOMAS Benetton ..........26pts Tries: Lucchesi 6, Smith 52, Ioane 60, Menoncello 66 Conversions: Albornoz 7, Coetzee 53, 68 Ospreys...
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/ 4 years agoCudd makes return to lead Josh’s Quins pack
By ROB COLE NIC Cudd used to play with and against Cardiff skipper Josh Turnbull, but these days he is being...
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/ 4 years agoTownsend requires surgery
EXETER scrum-half Stu Townsend is unlikely to play again before the New Year after suffering a shoulder injury. The 26-year-old is...
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/ 4 years agoBrown: I’m still ready for you Eddie
By PAUL REES MIKE Brown is primed and ready to add to his 72 England caps – even at the age...
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/ 4 years agoPriestland keeps the Sharks at bay
By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ................23pts Tries: Morgan 9, Halaholo 26 Conversions: Priestland 9, 26 Penalties: Priestland 6, 68, 76 Sharks ................17pts...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoDiversity’s problem? Lack of Asian stars
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Why is rugby so keen to raise issues and set out to...
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/ 4 years agoWilliams wants to shine with proud dad ringside
By STEFFAN THOMAS JOHNNY Williams hopes to be given the chance to finally wear the red of Wales in front of...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoJosh Navidi is out for six months, Wales told
WALES have been hit by yet another crippling blow with Josh Navidi out for as long as six months. The multi-purpose...
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/ 4 years agoEasy maximum but Sexton a doubt for Ireland
By KEVIN FALLON Leinster ............50pts Tries: Sheehan 70, 77, Kelleher 23, Porter 29, penalty try 44+4, Doris 46, Healy 62 Conversions:...
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/ 4 years agoNo panic for Lam, second chapter can salvage story
Belief: Pat Lam PAT LAM divided Bristol’s season into four parts before the start of the campaign and with the second...
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/ 4 years agoDoctor Amos calls time
By SAM JACKSON CARDIFF and Wales fullback Hallam Amos will retire at the end of the season to focus on his...
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/ 4 years agoNewcastle 13-5 Bristol: Connon the marksman guns down sorry Bears
NEWCASTLE fly-half Brett Connon redeemed himself for his second-half sinbinning by sealing Falcons first win against a poor Bristol side since...
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/ 4 years agoCarbery keeps Munster winning
By JOHN FALLON Munster ..........20 Connacht ........18 JOEY Carbery landed a final minute conversion to preserve Munster’s winning start. Replacement hooker...
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/ 4 years agoBroadstreet was no go for Stooke
By PAUL REES State of the art: A virtual look inside Wasps new training facilities ELLIOTT Stooke was so appalled at...
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/ 4 years agoRugby can conquer America? Dream on
INTERESTING to read Saracens “investors taking their brand to a global level” and “playing games in America” at the same time...
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/ 4 years agoLam: Too much ‘me’ out there, we gifted that game away
BRISTOL DoR Pat Lam is pleased to have a byeweek coming up given their long injury list, which saw him make...
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/ 4 years agoEdinburgh show heart to hold off Bulls fightback
By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ........17pts Tries: Immelman 7 Penalties: Van der Walt 28, 32, 36; Bennett 73 Bulls ....................10pts Tries: Coetzee...
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/ 4 years agoNagy on winner at Ospreys after axe by Saints
NEWS EXTRA By ROB COLE MAX Nagy has used the BUCS Super Rugby route to get himself into professional rugby, despite...
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/ 4 years agoRugby must face reality – Sir Bill, it’s reliant on you
WORLD Rugby’s new guidance limiting full contact training to just 15 minutes a week reflects the game’s sad failure to end...
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/ 4 years agoSale 28-22 Harlequins: Super Quirke sends message to Eddie
RAFFI Quirke will hope to make the England squad for the Autumn Internationals tomorrow after his delightful double in front of...
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/ 4 years agoWarriors roll on but miss bonus
By GARY HEATLY Zebre Parma ....6 Glasgow ..........17 GLASGOW made it three wins in a row in after a dominant first...
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/ 4 years agoFamily affair at Ystalyfera as Gareth goes top
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS YSTALYFERA playercoach Gareth James celebrated a significant milestone two weeks ago when he became the first...
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/ 4 years agoIgnore lower tiers at your peril, RFU
ANOTHER well informed column by Jeff Probyn in TRP (Oct 10). The Premiership has effectively been ring fenced now it is...
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/ 4 years agoSanderson: ‘Raffi can be even better than Faf’
SALE boss Alex Sanderson reckons rising star ‘Raffi de Klerk’ could be even better than World Cup-winning South African Faf de...
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/ 4 years agoPowerful start, then Dragons collapse
By ROGER PANTING Dragons ..............10pts Tries: Lewis 21 Conversions: S Davies 21 Penalties: S Davis 28 Stormers ..........24pts Tries: Zas 64,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoFiji coach to Edinburgh
RUGBY SHORTS OLYMPIC Sevens gold-winning head coach Gareth Baber is to join Edinburgh as skills and assistant attack coach. The 49-...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
OLLIE STEDMAN, THE BEDFORD AND FORMER NEWCASTLE, LONDON WELSH, LEEDS, EALING AND DONCASTER No.8, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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/ 4 years agoDavies: Switch from Wales has given me new lease
By GARY FITZGERALD Kicking on: Aled Davies SARACENS scrum-half Aled Davies is loving his new English “adventure” and has no regrets...
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/ 4 years agoCanucks deserve all our sympathy
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Canada’s failure to qualify for the World Cup...
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Features
/ 4 years agoSimpson joins Bath
RUGBY SHORTS BATH have brought in Gloucester scrumhalf Joe Simpson on a three-month loan. Simpson, 33, spent a month on loan...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoBig question is who does Eddie play outside Smith
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WHEN Marcus Smith first broke through as an apprentice I saw him as having...
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/ 4 years agoWar-bonnets are just a salute to courage
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE problem that the ExChiefs4Change pressure group has is that it is annexing...
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/ 4 years agoShocking case of teen star Stafford
MENTION of Bedford Modern school elsewhere in this paper calls to mind one of the saddest stories in English rugby history,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWasps call for back-up
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS have signed Munster centre Alex McHenry and Edinburgh hooker Paddy Harrison as cover on short-term deals. McHenry, 24,...
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/ 4 years agoWasps 23-27 Exeter: Chiefs on warpath as Simmonds sizzles
EXETER Chiefs, with Sam Simmonds leading the charge in trademark fashion, poured on the pressure after the break to squeeze past...
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/ 4 years agoMercer can return a better player
THERE has been some wailing and gnashing of teeth following Zach Mercer’s decision to leave Bath and join Montpellier this season....
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/ 4 years agoEarly bird Baxter got some giant pickings
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW One day more than two years ago, Rob Baxter got up at four...
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/ 4 years agoNeal signs at Sarries
RUGBY SHORTS SARACENS have signed former London Irish, London Scottish and Wasps centre Ross Neal on a short-term contract. The 25-year-old,...
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/ 4 years agoBlackett gutted by lack of reward
WASPS coach Lee Blackett felt his side did not get the reward they deserved. “I am pretty gutted. "Sometimes the amount...
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/ 4 years agoSaturday slot for Sale
SALE’s attendance of 8,214 for Friday night’s visit of champions Harlequins to the AJ Bell was disappointing, and shows just how...
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/ 4 years agoVermeulen in not quite such a hurry to join Ulster after all
PETER JACKSON DUANE Vermeulen was only saying the other week about how he ‘couldn’t wait to become part of the Ulster...
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/ 4 years agoCounty champs return
RUGBY SHORTS THE County Championship will return this season after a two-year pause due to Covid with group games in May...
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/ 4 years agoWorcester 3-48 Leicester: Tigers rip toothless Warriors to pieces
STEVE Borthwick was thrilled with both human bull-dozer Nemani Nadolo and England fly-half George Ford as Tigers ripped Worcester to shreads...
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/ 4 years agoCall up for Young is common sense now
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Heading home: Wasps flanker Thomas Young deserves his call up to Wales squad PICTURE: Getty...
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/ 4 years agoHastings’ historic act won this battle of Murrayfield
PETER JACKSON GEORGE Hastings from Dursley is a name which will still ring a faint bell in the memories of long-standing...
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/ 4 years agoWelsh off to S Africa
CARDIFF and Scarlets will be the first Welsh teams to play in South Africa in the URC. Competition bosses have confirmed...
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