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/ 4 years agoBaa-Baas women to follow men at Twickers
BARBARIAN Women are set to play South Africa at Twickenham in a doubleheader with the men on November 27. It will...
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Features
/ 4 years agoOne more for Swinson
RUGBY SHORTS TIM Swinson has signed a contract extension with Saracens to stay to the end of the 2021-22 season. The...
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/ 4 years agoQuins beware, Clapp’s Sarries mean business
WOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS By SARAH RENDELL Driven: Saracens skipper Lotte Clapp PICTURES: Getty Images Fixtures Saturday, September 4 Saracens v...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTigers call for Evans
RUGBY SHORTS LEICESTER have signed back row forward Gareth Evans, 29, on a short-term contract from Ospreys. Evans, who started his...
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/ 4 years agoPlayers feedback saw end of Cockerill at Edinburgh
By GARY HEATLY GRANT Gilchrist admits it became clear in the summer that Edinburgh Rugby needed to evolve, whether with Richard...
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/ 4 years agoSurgeon warns: Act on head peril NOW
■By PETER JACKSON Risk: Prof Fairclough AN eminent surgeon has sent World Rugby a grim warning over the brain-bashing controversy: “Act...
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/ 4 years agoAfter 18 months away, we just can’t wait to get started again!
PAUL REES TALKS TO SOME OF THE LEADING NATIONAL ONE COACHES AHEAD OF THE NEW SEASON The long wait is over....
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/ 4 years agoIt’s time to call it a day says Mama
FORMER Worcester Warriors back row Marco Mama has announced his retirement. The 30-year-old joined the Premiership club in January 2016 after...
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/ 4 years agoExclusive: Premiership players urged to take the Covid vaccine
PREMIERSHIP Rugby have asked clubs to take a hard-line approach with players who refuse a Covid-19 vaccine ahead of the new...
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/ 4 years agoDavies back to help club that launched his coaching career
LEEDS are the one club in National 1 to have played in the Premiership and they have turned to the man...
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/ 4 years agoChick: Falcons aim to start fast and not fade
■By ADAM HATHAWAY NEWCASTLE back rower Callum Chick says the Falcons will be flying when their Premiership campaign kicks off against...
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/ 4 years agoPre-season friendlies
Coventry ................60 Nottingham............10 By CHRIS WEARMOUTH COVENTRY put Nottingham to the sword in perfect conditions at Butts Park Arena. Cov’s intent...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoRassie Erasmus set to get date for misconduct hearing
World Rugby will discern if Rassie Erasmus used the right channels to air criticisms of officials after the first Lions Test
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/ 4 years agoWarriors will attack from the back says Forbes
■By GARY HEATLY COLE FORBES believes the new-look Glasgow Warriors back three will click quickly and play a fast brand of...
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/ 4 years agoAmps turn set-piece power into points to clinch win
By KEVIN MILLER Ampthill ..........40 Bedford ............38 AMPTHILL recovered from a first quarter bashing to clinch this keenly contested derby between...
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/ 4 years agoJennings avoids jail
FORMER Sale and England U20s centre Mark Jennings has been given a suspended sentence after fleeing police under suspicion of drinking...
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/ 4 years agoLast man standing Moon eyes more glory
■By PAUL REES AND then there was one. Ben Moon is the last survivor from the squad that won Exeter promotion...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEaling Trailfinders 34-29 Gloucester: Uzokwe at the double to down Gloucester
First blood to Ealing ahead of their reverse fixture with Gloucester next week at Kingsholm
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/ 4 years agoNavy set course for Cornwall
NEWS EXTRA CORNISH Pirates are gearing up for their visit from the Royal Navy on Friday night. Various representative service teams...
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/ 4 years agoJoe quits Eddie for Scarlets
SCARLETS have confirmed the signing of a key man from Eddie Jones’ England staff, as revealed in TRP on August 1....
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/ 4 years agoURC fixtures 2021-22: Leinster face Bulls first up
CHAMPIONS Leinster welcome the Bulls in Round 1 of the new United Rugby Champiosnhip which kicks off on September 24. Dates...
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/ 4 years agoNational League shake-up may be on its way
Jon Newcombe provides the latest on the discussions within the new RFU think-tank
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/ 4 years agoLamb’s looking to add spice to Albion attack
■By JON NEWCOMBE RYAN LAMB has swapped coaching in the Championship for National One but is delighted to be at a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSale Sharks in deal to buy AJ Bell with Salford City
How a stadium carousel in Manchester could leave the Sharks ground-sharing the AJ Bell with Salford City FC
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/ 4 years agoWales consider hosting Sanzaar tournament
THE Welsh Rugby Union are exploring hosting Rugby Championship games at Principality Stadium. A mid-tournament switch is being considered because of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHoward Packman will join Blackheath
Set to play National League One rugby this season after leaving Doncaster Knights
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/ 4 years agoQuins aiming to conquer Europe next says Murley
By GARY FITZGERALD CADAN Murley sees no reason why Harlequins cannot be a major force in Europe this season as well...
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/ 4 years agoMiddleton: Women’s Lions tour not far off
■By PAUL REES SIMON Middleton believes that the formation of a women’s Lions team is only a matter of time and...
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/ 4 years agoKefu ‘doing well’ after knife attack
TONGA coach and Australia rugby great Toutai Kefu says he is out of hospital and “doing well” after a violent attack...
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/ 4 years agoPre-season round-up: Dave Ward gets Bristol Bears off to winning start
A look at some of the matches played by Premier 15s and National One teams this weekend
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/ 4 years agoLewies wants more of Quins factor 500
■By ADAM HATHAWAY Driven: Stephan Lewies is hungry for more success with Quins PICTURES: Getty Images HARLEQUINS captain Stephan Lewies has...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoRichmond 26-7 Ampthill: Richmond power too much for Amps
Match report from the all-Championship pre-season friendly
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/ 4 years agoLang relishing life at Edinburgh after early agitation following Cockerill’s exit
Goals: James Lang NEW Edinburgh centre James Lang may describe his decision to quit Premiership champions Harlequins and move north to...
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/ 4 years agoHill excited by his new recruits
NEWS EXTRA RICHMOND have confirmed their new signings for the forthcoming season. The new players include: Ntinga Mpiko, Will Carrick-Smith, Cameron...
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/ 4 years agoMaitland is chasing a flyer for Scotland
■By GARY FITZGERALD SEAN Maitland will leave it up to Gregor Townsend to decide when the curtain should fall on his...
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/ 4 years agoLeicester Tigers team with Lichfield
LEICESTER Tigers have launched a women’s team in a merger with Lichfield to compete in the second tier of English rugby....
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/ 4 years agoOlympian Ollie back in XVs at Falcons
■By SAM JACKSON NEWCASTLE Falcons have signed another former Harlequins back with Olympic Sevens player Ollie Lindsay- Hague joining on a...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoLions lose their direction in more ways than one | Peter Jackson
As Lions tours grow shorter, their destinations are limited to big cities. Peter Jackson looks at some of the lesser known...
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/ 4 years agoArgentina 10-29 South Africa: Handre Pollard puts boot into the misfiring Pumas telling
A penalty-ridden affair sees the Springboks beat the Pumas for the second-straight week
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/ 4 years agoGatland didn’t help himself
WHEN the Springboks suggested a second match against their A team to fill a void in the fixture list, Lions head...
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/ 4 years agoDave Rennie blazing over NZ snub
AUSTRALIA coach Dave Rennie says he is “bloody angry” about New Zealand cancelling the teams’ Bledisloe Cup match without telling the...
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/ 4 years agoI’ve changed my mind now says Warburton
FORMER Lions captain Sam Warburton says he has changed his view over a concern expressed in his autobiography that a player...
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/ 4 years agoSuper Hooper deserves to stand with greats
THIRTY years ago, Bishop Wordsworth’s of Salisbury lost a national schools cup final to King Edward VI of Stratfordupon-Avon by the...
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/ 4 years ago60 cap rule brings big names home
ALEX BYWATER talks to Dragons new signing Will Rowlands and rounds up the other big transfers Benetton Ins: Rhyno Smith (Cheetahs),...
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/ 4 years agoThe Scarlets rebuild under Dwayne Peel and Sean Fitzpatrick
By STEFFAN THOMAS SEAN Fitzpatrick is confident the Scarlets can turn their fortunes around under new head coach Dwayne Peel, but...
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/ 4 years agoNorth Wales launch invasion of England
By ROB COLE ROBIN Williams has joined the ever growing band of north Wales bred players moving into the Championship and...
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/ 4 years agoWelsh Championship Cup round-up: Wanderers beaten by driving lineout
YSTRAD Rhondda came out on top in a thrilling and engaging contest against Glamorgan Wanderers at the Memorial Ground in Ely....
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/ 4 years agoBracken: Head injury ‘scandal’ must end
Rugby desperately needs its own seat belt when it comes to head injury, says Kyran Bracken
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoI sat on the bench for four years unused! | Jeff Probyn
Substitutes, replacements, tactical subs, impact players or finishers... whatever you like to call them they are the bone of contention for...
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/ 4 years agoRed Roses to end 2021 with tests against Black Ferns, Canada and USA
Reigning world champions New Zealand will travel to England to face Red Roses in two Tests











