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/ 5 years agoBalpgun’s sees off youthful visitors
By JOHN CLIFFORD Wasps.......................35 Gloucester-H.......... 20 CHRIS Balogun’s hattrick of tries secured Wasps a bonus-point win over Gloucester-Hartpury in their final...
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/ 5 years agoForthcoming fixtures
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/ 5 years agoTyro Falcons No.10 signs for Wasps
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER WASPS last week completed a move for Newcastle fly-half Will Haydon-Wood. Haydon-Wood, 21, has...
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/ 5 years agoWarriors defiant to claim victory
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Loughborough.......27 Worcester...............34 WORCESTER Warriors Women fought off a second half fightback to record a 34-27 victory over Loughborough...
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/ 5 years agoResilient Noot roars back after nightmare injury run
NEWS EXTRA By BEN JAYCOCK OLD Albanian full-back Alex Noot has thrived on his return to rugby this season after suffering...
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/ 5 years agoWelsh regions aren’t at the races this season
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Dai Young was spot on this week when he said the regions should be thinking...
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/ 5 years agoNext coach shouldn’t be shaped by Eddie
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Era of success: Will Carling is chaired from the pitch after Geoff...
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/ 5 years agoDiamond wants Hill to lead his revolution from No.8
By PAUL REES STEVE Diamond has started his revolution at Worcester by signing two forwards and at least four more are...
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/ 5 years agoExeter-born Skinner is sad to be leaving
By PAUL REES SAM Skinner intends to make the most of his final months with Exeter, the club he supported as...
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/ 5 years agoVisible action must be taken to safeguard the majority
JEFF PROBYN SADLY, so soon after the untimely death of 27-year-old Jack Jeffrey while playing for Evesham RFC as the result...
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/ 5 years agoWasps prop hit with ban
WASPS prop Jeff Toomaga-Allen has been banned for three games after admitting a charge of striking. The 31-year-old New Zealander made...
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/ 5 years agoDoris takes the honours as Leinster floor Munster
By DARAGH SMALL Munster ............19pts Tries: de Allende 63 Conversions: Carbery 64 Penalties: Carbery 13, 21, 28, 38 Leinster ............34pts Tries:...
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/ 5 years agoAttwood, Cloete add beef to Bath
DAVE Attwood will re-join Bath from Bristol Bears at the end of the season. Second row Attwood began his career at...
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/ 5 years agoFurbank’s fortified by new-found resilience
By PAUL REES GEORGE Furbank is a different player to the 23-year-old who won his first England cap at a noisy...
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/ 5 years agoDiamond: We had no option but to cancel
By PAUL REES AN independent panel will this week rule whether Worcester were justified in calling off their Premiership match at...
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/ 5 years agoCoetzee try gets Bulls on rampage
By KEVIN FALLON Bulls ................34 Ulster ..............16 ULSTER captain Iain Henderson knew his team had played into the Bulls’ hands at...
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/ 5 years agoO’Flaherty to join Hill at Sharks
SALE Sharks have signed Exeter Chiefs winger Tom O’Flaherty on a threeyear-deal ahead of next season, as revealed last month on...
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/ 5 years agoHarris looking up after Six Nations downer
Frustrated: Chris Harris CHRIS Harris aims to use his frustration at Scotland’s Six Nations campaign by helping propel Gloucester into the...
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/ 5 years agoStop head injuries or it will be game over
By PETER JACKSON JAMES Davies is the third international to be smashed into early retirement by concussion this season, prompting medical...
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/ 5 years agoRuthless Glasgow bag easy bonus
By GARY HEATLY Glasgow..........40 Zebre ................12 GLASGOW head coach Danny Wilson was pleased by the “ruthlessness” his side showed as a...
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/ 5 years agoQuins stay helps Tom take off at Falcons
By JON NEWCOMBE TOM PENNY says moving to Harlequins on loan just before the pandemic helped to give him a new...
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/ 5 years agoHardwick given his chance to impress
EXETER Chiefs have brought in former Leicester fly-half Tom Hardwick on a trial period. The Chiefs have registered the 23-year-old so...
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/ 5 years agoEddie’s gift-wrapped route to the semis
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE 2023 World Cup has the uplift of France, the hosts, having a...
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/ 5 years agoQuins out to topple the French kingmaker
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW As befitting a billionaire at least four times over, Mohed Altrad is...
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/ 5 years agoRyan forced to step away
CHINNOR captain Caolan Ryan has made the decision to retire after enduring concussion problems. The 30-year-old fly-half is a popular figure...
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/ 5 years agoHughes back with the Bears
NATHAN Hughes’ loan to Bath will end on Monday and he will return to continue playing under his contract with Bristol....
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/ 5 years agoDevil is in the detail of buyback option
NICK CAIN AFTER a couple months of putting down a smokescreen the RFU has finally given an answer to what happens...
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/ 5 years agoNorth still waiting on sidelines
PETER JACKSON GEORGE North reaches another milestone this month irrespective of his fitness, one which marks the remorseless march of time....
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/ 5 years agoFoden calls time
England ace: Ben Foden FORMER England fullback Ben Foden has retired from the game at the age of 36. Foden, who...
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/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
BEN FOLEY, THE HARTPURY WINGER/ FULL-BACK AND FORMER CLIFTON, PLYMOUTH, ROTHERHAM AND NOTTINGHAM PLAYER CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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/ 5 years agoFormer England, Sale and Northampton Saints full-back Ben Foden retires aged 36
Former England full-back Ben Foden has announced his retirement from the game aged 36. The decision to retire took a “lot...
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/ 5 years agoSale Sharks sign prolific wing Tom O’Flaherty from Exeter Chiefs on three-year deal
Sale Sharks have signed winger Tom O’Flaherty from Exeter Chiefs on a long-term contract. The prolific 27-year-old, who has scored 35...
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/ 5 years agoFollow England to France 2023
The final weekend of the Guinness Six Nations sees England travel to Paris‘s Stade de France, which based on France’s performance...
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/ 5 years agoEngland’s next head coach will be English
By NICK CAIN THE RFU plans to revert to English coaches following Eddie Jones’ departure after next year’s World Cup, according...
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/ 5 years agoRyan sees glimpses of promise in the debris
By ANDY HOWELL Bulls ..................55pts Tries: Botha 4, Mapoe 26, 65; Arendse 28, 48; Grobbelaar 37, Coetzee 55, Burger 69 Conversions:...
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/ 5 years agoDark Blues armed with American firepower
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A YANK at Oxford is not an unknown phenomenon rugby wise but the Dark Blues have gone...
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/ 5 years agoBRITISH RUGBY RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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/ 5 years agoTrivialising Francis affair is a ‘disgrace’
By PETER JACKSON THE Six Nations failure to act against Wales over the Tomas Francis affair has been condemned by two...
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/ 5 years agoBlair’s double does for Sharks
By GARY HEATLY Sharks................5 Edinburgh ......21 EDINBURGH recorded a fine victory in South Africa in response to their derby defeat to...
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/ 5 years agoAttack minded Park aim to shoot down leaders Caldy
By BEN JAYCOCK Rosslyn Park talisman: Hugo Ellis ROSSLYN PARK’S attacking attitude has put them top of the league’s point scorers...
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/ 5 years agoPhillips try puts Hendy to sword
Welsh National One roundup A TRY from Tomos Phillips enabled Crymych to topple Hendy 13-10 and allow unbeaten Newcastle Emlyn to...
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/ 5 years ago‘Beleaguered Bill’ tries to defend the indefensible
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK WHO runs the RFU, Bill Sweeney or Eddie Jones? There have been rumours...
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/ 5 years agoOspreys are easy pickings for Odendaal inspired Lions
By TIM LEWIS Lions ..................45pts Tries: Maxwane 11, Van den Berg 38, 55; F Horn 43, Rass 68, Van der Merwe...
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/ 5 years agoBayliss sets high bar for Bath boys to follow
By JON NEWCOMBE IN three years, Josh Bayliss has gone from being a breakthrough academy player to one of Bath’s leaders...
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/ 5 years agoLes Bleues inspired to follow the men’s lead
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN A little over 24 hours after England’s statement win over Scotland in the first match of the...
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/ 5 years agoSweeney offers hope to clubs in second tier
NICK CAIN THERE could be good news for the Championship clubs, and the English club game as a whole, with indications...
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/ 5 years agoMunster hit six in Leinster warm-up
By JOHN FALLON Munster ..........51 Benetton ........22 MUNSTER bounced back from their double loss in South African with a six tries...
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/ 5 years agoShortage of props forces cancellation
WORCESTER’S Premiership match at Gloucester on Friday was cancelled because of injuries, illness and Covid-19 in the Warriors squad. Worcester said...
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/ 5 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Week beginning Sunday, March 27, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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/ 5 years agoVukasinovic determined to reclaim his Wasps shirt
By BEN JAYCOCK THEO Vukasinovic enjoyed a dream return from his year-long injury lay-off with a man of the match try-scoring...
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