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/ 4 years agoGloucester seek compensation
GLOUCESTER will seek compensation from Worcester for calling off their March Premiership match at short notice. Warriors claimed they could not...
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/ 4 years agoSpeedy Segun striving to turn Eddie’s head
By GARY FITZGERALD ROTIMI Segun hopes his emergence as a key component of Saracens insatiable hunger for silverware can result in...
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/ 4 years agoCrucial mission to make game global ramps up as USA get to host party
By PAUL REES WORLD Rugby has stealthily moved from an organisation in which self-interest thrived to one which is now far...
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/ 4 years agoTyro Welsh No.8 Strong set for Championship
By STEFFAN THOMAS AMPTHILL are set to sign former Wales U20s No.8 Morgan Strong from the Ospreys. Strong is a powerful...
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/ 4 years agoBoks test kicks off Ireland’s autumn
IRELAND will host world champions South Africa in the first of three Autumn Nations Series contests to be played in Dublin...
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/ 4 years agoLet Arundell show what he’s got against Australia
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK HENRY Arundell played junior rugby for Bradford-on-Avon, and all I can say after seeing...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoSexton leads the way as Leinster gun for fifth star
By JOHN FALLON Leinster …………40pts Tries: Lowe 15, 50; Van der Flier 20, Keenan 79 Conversions: Sexton 16, 21, 52; Byrne...
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/ 4 years agoFurlong should be fit for final
LEINSTER coach Leo Cullen said the ankle injury which forced his tighthead Tadhg Furlong off in the opening quarter doesn’t appear...
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/ 4 years agoGround switch ‘unacceptable’ blasts O’Gara
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Racing 92 v La Rochelle Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Bollaert Delelis LA ROCHELLE head coach Ronan O’Gara...
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/ 4 years agoWasps left regretting wasted opportunities
By GARY FITZGERALD Lyon ....................20pts Tries: Berdeu 48, Charcosset 53 Conversions: Berdeu 48, 54 Penalties: Berdeu 35, 64 Wasps ................18pts Tries:...
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/ 4 years agoToulon too strong as Saracens crash out
By SAM JACKSON Toulon ................25pts Tries: Villiere 2, 39; Wainiqolo 60 Conversions: Carbonel 4, 61 Penalties: Carbonel 33, 52 Saracens ..........16pts...
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/ 4 years agoNew laws adopted to reduce injuries
NEWS EXTRA FIVE laws aimed at improving player welfare have been officially adopted after successful trials. The laws will be operational...
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/ 4 years agoHastings treated for cancer
NEWS EXTRA SCOTLAND and Lions legend Scott Hastings revealed that he is being treated for cancer. The 57-year-old has received chemotherapy...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoThomas to state his case for defence
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Gone: Julian Salvi EXETER Chiefs are likely to promote from within to replace defence...
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/ 4 years agoWillis set for contract talks
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER WASPS are looking to tie down highly-rated England international back row Jack Willis, left,...
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/ 4 years agoGloucester are pack leaders in Mercer chase
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Wanted in West Country: Zach Mercer GLOUCESTER are the early front runners in the...
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/ 4 years agoTV rights could boom after BT Sport merger
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER PREMIERSHIP Rugby could land a massive cash windfall in their next round of television...
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/ 4 years agoAussie RL ace Smith now open to offers
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Winner: Tony Smith TONY Smith, who is leaving his job as head coach of...
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/ 4 years agoEngland ace Watson opts for Leicester
By BEN JAYCOCK Heading to Leicester: Anthony Watson LEICESTER have confirmed the signing of Bath and England wing Anthony Watson for...
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/ 4 years agoPuma Lezana signs Scarlets extension
ARGENTINA flanker Tomas Lezana has extended his stay in Wales by signing a new Scarlets contract. The 28-year-old, capped 40 times...
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/ 4 years agoHigh-scoring hookers not good for the game
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ONE of the strangest signs of the times is that this season hookers...
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/ 4 years agoEurope’s best too hot for England
NICK CAIN IT took the 2022 European Cup until the quarter-finals before it delivered in terms of the quality and drama...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
CORNISH PIRATES AND FORMER NEWCASTLE & SCOTLAND U20s SCRUM-HALF RUARIDH DAWSON CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoThe Boks are here, there and everywhere
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Some things in rugby are so difficult to find, they drive astrophysicists to drink. Scientists operating the Giant...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoNow’s the time for the French revolution
CHRIS HEWETT AS a rule of thumb, English teams good enough to fight their way into a Champions Cup final eventually...
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/ 4 years agoYoung banks on Timani to be king of collisions
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS DAI YOUNG insists the signing of former Wallaby Lopeti Timani along with the significant improvement of...
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/ 4 years agoCardiff scrape home in fiery Welsh derby
By ROGER PANTING Dragons..............18pts Tries: Griffiths 39, Dixon 63 Conversions: S Davies 39 Penalties: Reed 24, 74 Cardiff ................19pts Tries: Williams...
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/ 4 years agoRhyno gets Benetton charging to victory
By BEN JAYCOCK Benetton ........39 Zebre ................17 RHYNO Smith scored 29 points including a hattrick of tries as Benetton comfortably saw...
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/ 4 years agoWayne will need all his big guns to battle Boks
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It is going to be a big week for Wayne Pivac as he emerges from...
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/ 4 years agoBeer test put Glyn on his way to Widnes
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The last formality of Glyn Shaw’s transfer from Neath to Widnes took place...
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/ 4 years agoDeclining European crowds a cause for concern
PETER JACKSON LA Defense Arena, Racing’s indoor home some six miles west of downtown Paris, offers 30,261 seats for rugby matches....
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/ 4 years agoThe academy which is envy of the world
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Cardiff Met have rightly been in the spotlight...
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/ 4 years agoReunited with a piece of history
ANNIVERSARY dinners not only see old stories dusted down and recycled, the Cardiff Met shindig saw the reemergence of the oldest...
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/ 4 years agoFive-try Ealing put Pirates to the sword
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Ealing ................36pts Tries: Terry 10, 25, Johnson 36, Burns 40, Walker 59 Conversions: Shingler 26, 39, 40, 60;...
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/ 4 years agoReds fightback falls short as Coventry physicality
By JAMES HEWLETT Jersey ................17pts Tries: White 29, Doolan 75, Van Breda 79 Conversions: Cope 29 Coventry............20pts Tries: Nayalo 3, Poole...
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/ 4 years agoHammond hopes extra training can level playing field
By JON NEWCOMBE NOTTINGHAM will move to a three-day training week for the 2022/23 campaign after finishing secondfrom-bottom in the Championship...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoEngland rugby still has a long way to go
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The failure of any of the Premiership teams to make it to...
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/ 4 years agoHoughton close to costing hosts
By NATHAN EDWARDS Cumbria................... 21 East Midlands....... 17 CUMBRIA held onto a strong first-half performance, to pick up a key win...
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/ 4 years agoStaffordshire’s Elliot runs riot
By SAQIB SAGIR Staffordshire.........52 Warwickshire........35 NEWPORT’S Ben Elliot scored 32 points in a fine individual performance, guiding Staffordshire to a 52-35...
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/ 4 years agoShepherd guides his flock past Hampshire
By BILL HOOPER Cornwall...........78 Hampshire....... 12 CORNWALL began the defence of the Bill Beaumont Cup in champion fashion with a emphatic...
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/ 4 years agoLast-gasp pen settles pulsating Roses tie
By MUHAMMED SHER Yorkshire...........33pts Lancashire........ 31pts LEWIS Minkin was the toast of Yorkshire, his penalty – the final kick of an...
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/ 4 years agoLeicestershire put to the sword by a rampant Cheshire
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Leicestershire....... 12 Cheshire................ 101 LEICESTERSHIRE battled with great grit and determination at Hinckley’s ground but were, ultimately, no...
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/ 4 years agoEastern Counties show huge heart
By RUSS CLARKE Eastern Counties..47 Essex County.........43 EASTERN Counties mounted a miraculous comeback to secure a win with Luke Boyne at...
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/ 4 years agoCidermen do not Wilt in the sunshine
By DICK MACEY Somerset.................33 Dorset & Wilts....... 19 ON A sun-drenched afternoon, Somerset took on Dorset & Wiltshire and were worthy...
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/ 4 years agoBill Beaumont County Championship
N Midlands....... 31 Notts, L & D....... 15 NORTH Midlands top their group in Division Three with a second win from...
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/ 4 years agoBulls keep the pressure on unbeaten Cheetahs
By BEN JAYCOCK CURRIE CUP THE BULLS maintained the pressure on the Cheetahs with a bonus point 43-37 victory over the...
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/ 4 years agoMo’unga inspires Crusaders to vital win
By BEN JAYCOCK SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC RICHIE Mo’unga moved to 1,000 Super Rugby points as he scored 17 against the Brumbies...
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/ 4 years agoPotent McKenzie targets glory finish at Sungoliath
By BEN JAYCOCK JAPAN RUGBY LEAGUE ONE DAMIAN McKenzie is thriving in Japan Rugby League One for Sungoliath and hopes to...
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/ 4 years agoGilgronis and Free Jacks lead the way in US MLR
By BEN JAYCOCK GOING into the halfway point in Major League Rugby, the Austin Gilgronis and the LA Giltinis have set...
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/ 4 years agoNow is our time to shine, insists Curry
By BEN JAYCOCK HULL captain Cam Curry describes winning the National 2 North title against arch-rivals Hull Ionians as one of...
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