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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 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 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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/ 4 years agoTalented Ford ‘overshadowed by Owen Farrell’
By PAUL REES SIR ALEX Ferguson’s success at Manchester United was based partly on the manager’s knowing when it was time...
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/ 4 years agoHodgkinson must have a wry smile
PETER JACKSON ENGLAND players stand to collect circa £70,000-a-man from the RFU should they complete an autumn hat-trick by beating Australia...
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/ 4 years agoBarrow thriving on extra duties at Sedgley
NEWS EXTRA By LUKE JARMYN SCOTT Barrow believes balancing his coaching duties at Wasps and Sedgley Park is accelerating his development...
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/ 4 years agoTake a bow, Ellis – that was a wonderful return
SHANEWILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Standout for Wales: Ellis Jenkins Boks super sub Malcolm Marx Asa reaction to the 54- 16...
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/ 4 years agoPoor refereeing didn’t help Wales
BEAUDEN Barrett is a fine player, but so could a number of lesser skilled players be if given the scope that...
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/ 4 years agoTest match? More a cash match, Ian!
PETER JACKSON THE latest in the neverending series of mismatches between Wales and New Zealand ought to have left certain All...
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/ 4 years agoAllianz Cup
By SAM BRETT Sale ....................0 Exeter ..............19 EXETER ran out easy winners in the wind and rain at Sale. A double...
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/ 4 years agoSexton enjoys his gala day in Dublin
By JOHN FALLON Ireland ..............60pts Tries: Conway 11, 19, 74; Lowe 4, Gibson-Park 34, Sexton 48, Aki 55, Ringrose 70, Healy...
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/ 4 years agoTen law changes to make game safer and more attractive
WITH past concussion injuries leading to law suits and even on field deaths, World Rugby faces an existential threat and major...
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/ 4 years agoDon’t ignore Hayman
PETER JACKSON CARL Hayman’s distressing diagnosis of early-onset dementia, as revealed by New Zealand journalist Dylan Cleaver in his gripping interview...
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/ 4 years agoCowell double helps Harlequins keep on winning
By MATT MERRITT Harlequins ..........29 Glouc-Hartpury ..12 HARLEQUINS were a team on a mission from the off as they made it...
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/ 4 years agoJob done but ‘Jalimack’ partnership
By JAMES HARINGTON France ................29pts Tries: Flament 49, Mauvaka 71 Conversions: Jaminet 50, 72 Penalties: Jaminet 2, 18, 34, 64, 80...
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/ 4 years agoFrustrating selection
BEMUSED by Eddie Jones’ selection for the Tonga match in key positions that needed fresh blood. Why pick Tom Curry, one...
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/ 4 years agoUnited nations of Scotland
PETER JACKSON ALL BAR one of Scotland’s ten tries against Tonga came courtesy of players born far from Flodden Field –...
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/ 4 years agoLovibond brace puts Bears in the clear
By JOHN JONES Bristol ..................33 Wasps ....................10 BRISTOL Bears put their cup campaign back on track after last week’s defeat against...
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/ 4 years agoWallabies brains trust has the jump on Scots
By BRYN PALMER PREVIEW... Scotland v Australia Today. Kick-off 3pm, Murrayfield GREGOR Townsend admits Australia counterpart Dave Rennie will have the...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
NICK SCHONERT, THE SALE AND FORMER WORCESTER, SHARKS AND GRIQUAS PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST......
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/ 4 years agoWelsh union broke faith with fans over NZ game
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Wales kicked off this autumn series of internationals last week with a...
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/ 4 years agoSaracens strike back after Lightning’s electric start
By GEORGE EVANS Loughborouh ......12 Saracens ..............22 SARACENS powered to victory in the second half but were given a scare by...
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/ 4 years agoAll Blacks set world records in Rome
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Italy....................7 New Zealand..49 NEW Zealand set world records for the most Test points and tries scored in a...
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/ 4 years agoHarrison’s holiday job is now his life’s work
By PAUL REES Ten years a Saint: Teimana Harrison PICTURES: Getty Images WHEN Teimana Harrison arrived in England, he thought it...
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/ 4 years agoIf Eddie wins matches no one cares if he’s Mr Nasty
JEFF PROBYN EDDIE Jones has been described by an unnamed former player as being brutal, rude, aggressive and arrogant, while a...
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/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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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 ago5 Fitness Tips during the Autumn Internationals
By Regan Phillips Personal trainer, fitness coach and online coach. Currently fitness coach for the Hungarian 15s and 7s teams. That’s...
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/ 4 years agoWorld Rugby must act to battle the lure of the yen
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE devaluation of the international game was emphasised this week after it was...
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/ 4 years agoHaskell dumps the cage for stand-up
JAMES Haskell has abandoned his plan to become a mixed martial arts fighter after undergoing back surgery – he now wants...
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