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/ 4 years agoIrish tyros still way off
TOM Parton looks a great prospect, as does Tom Hassell-Collins and Ben Loader, but I can’t see any of them playing...
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/ 4 years agoSaracens prop Mako Vunipola in new contract talks as Top 14 watch
Saracens are set to ask England prop Mako Vunipola to take a salary cut, TRP understands
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/ 4 years agoHat-trick for Evans as Quins power on
Welsh Championship Cup round-up By STEFFAN THOMAS A LEWIS Evans hat-trick fired Maesteg Harlequins to the top of their WRU Championship...
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/ 4 years agoMunster coach Stephen Larkham is wanted back by Brumbies
Larkham is under contract at Thomond Park until the end of the coming season
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/ 4 years agoCarlisle answers call to help Titans rebuild
By JON NEWCOMBE JOEY Carlisle’s love of rugby may have been tested in recent years but the 33-yearold former Premiership player...
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/ 4 years agoWolfpack sharpen claws for bear pit
■By GARY FITZGERALD JACKSON Wray claims the Wolfpack have sharpened their claws and are “hungrier than ever” to regain their seat...
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/ 4 years agoSuperpowers take showdown to tropics
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THIS cursed Pandemic has taken us down some...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoRFU funds needed to maintain leagues
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The way it was: a great Championship clash between Ealing Trailfinders and...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoSean Fitzpatrick is talking heresy and real sense | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett on Sean Fitzpatrick's comments of how rugby can lead itself to greater growth by reducing international fixtures
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/ 4 years agoItaly show strength of their youth set-ups
THERE is a common misconception that Italy rugby consists only of Benetton and Zebre, understandable given they are the only fully...
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/ 4 years agoHuw’s that new star in Quins back line?
■By GARY FITZGERALD HUW Jones is ready to fight like crazy for his first-team place at Harlequins and show Gregor Townsend...
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/ 4 years agoRefs Pearce and Carley may need body armour
TEST referees live precarious lives, one dodgy pass away from enraging an entire nation. Wayne Barnes discovered that much back in...
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/ 4 years agoSaints sign Springbok flier Skosan
RUGBY SHORTS NORTHAMPTON have made their fourth summer signing by bringing in South Africa wing Courtnall Skosan. The 30-year-old, who has...
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/ 4 years agoO’Brien brings know-how to Park
■By WARREN MUGGLETON LONDON Irish flanker and former Ireland international Sean O’Brien has joined National League 1 Rosslyn Park as a...
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/ 4 years agoIrish boost prop stock
RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have signed props Ryan Bower and Jamie Dever on shortterm contracts. Bower, 30, joins following stints with...
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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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 years agoHoward Packman will join Blackheath
Set to play National League One rugby this season after leaving Doncaster Knights
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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 years agoRichmond 26-7 Ampthill: Richmond power too much for Amps
Match report from the all-Championship pre-season friendly
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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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
/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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
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/ 5 years agoShane Lewis-Hughes pushing for Cardiff recall after surgery
The Wales flanker is nearing a return after five months sidelined by a shoulder injury
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/ 5 years agoWill Greenwood needed mute button | Peter Jackson
AMONG the massed ranks of Englishspeaking sportsmen and women, few can match Will Greenwood’s command of the language. His ever-readiness to...
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/ 5 years agoCardiff strive for more with Bok four looming
CARDIFF chairman Alun Jones has told his team and Welsh rugby as a whole they will have to raise their game...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoLions should have put pressure on Boks’ backs
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What we hoped would be a successful Lions series turned into a...
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