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/ 5 years agoRugby needs TV profile to flourish
NICK CAIN CLUB rugby in England is facing a massive visibility problem. It is now completely off the terrestrial TV radar,...
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/ 5 years agoDashing Darcy puts Edinburgh on the way
By GARY HEATLY Edinburgh ........26pts Tries: Kinghorn 24, Bennett 34, Graham 39, 57 Conversions: Kinghorn 24, 34, 57 Scarlets ............22pts Tries:...
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/ 5 years agoFisher joins Tigers coaching team
RUGBY SHORTS WORLD Cup winner Heather Fisher has joined the Leicester Tigers women’s rugby programme as a coach. The 37-year-old announced...
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/ 5 years agoFinding volunteers is biggest problem facing grassroots
IT’S far too easy to slam the RFU for all the game’s ills and I firmly believe that local issues of...
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/ 5 years agoMac’s back for Sale with Raffi getting the nod at No.9
Return: USA fly-half AJ MacGinty starts for Sale LONDON Irish have made one change from their defeat at Worcester Warriors as...
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/ 5 years agoRuthless champions put Bulls to the sword
By JOHN FALLON L einster..............31pts Tries: Van der Flier 7, Porter 13, Tracy 57, R Byrne 70 Conversions: Sexton 8, 14,...
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/ 5 years agoTigers feeding off the fans as they target playoff return
By PAUL REES THE TIGERS are looking to use the roar of their returning supporters at Welford Road to push them...
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/ 5 years agoHuge hole without Flats and Durders
LAST weekend, I searched in vain for the Premiership Rugby highlights programme. I discovered later that the show had been dropped...
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/ 5 years agoBattle begins for most coveted jersey in Wales
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE hairs are standing up on the back of my neck at the prospect of...
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/ 5 years agoDarge stars in narrow defeat to Ulster
By RONAN O’NEILL Ulster ..............35 Glasgow..........29 GLASGOW coach Danny Wilson hailed the impact of his younger players as Rory Darge and...
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/ 5 years agoBoyd: George will nail his next Test
By ADAM HATHAWAY Leading the line: George Furbank attacks against Gloucester last weekend PICTURES: Getty Images NORTHAMPTON director of rugby Chris...
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/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
CHRIS COOK, NORTHAMPTON AND FORMER BATH, LONDON WELSH AND BRISTOL SCRUM- HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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/ 5 years agoGeorge Ford and the Vunipolas omitted from England training squad
England head coach Eddie Jones has omitted five senior players including George Ford and the Vunipola brothers from his squad. Billy...
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/ 5 years agoTry-fest as Prem bursts into thrilling life again
By SAM JACKSON THE Premiership season burst into glorious life yesterday with returning fans thrilled by a sumptuous banquet of 27...
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/ 5 years agoHarlequins 12-24 Exeter: The Stoop belongs to Appleby’s forwards
EXETER comprehensively shut down Harlequins to topple the defending champions at the Twickenham Stoop in an early statement of their Allianz...
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/ 5 years agoI can do things on rugby pitch that others can’t says X-factor Thorley
By PAUL REES Danger man: Ollie Thorley in typical scoring fashion OLLIE Thorley is anxious to make up for last season...
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/ 5 years agoBrilliant Bennett try for Wales was in 1977
CONGRATULATIONS on your publication – my first read every Sunday. Brendan Gallagher is a brilliant rugby journalist, I particularly enjoy his...
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/ 5 years agoPaywall threat to Welsh Tests
Roaring: Nic Dolly Tigers celebrates scoring Leicester’s fourth try PICTURE: Getty Images LAST-DITCH attempts are being made to save Wales’ stellar...
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/ 5 years agoWasps 26-22 Worcester: What a thriller as Wasps’ defence holds firm
THIS encounter saw thrilling action from the start with Wasps scrumhalf Claudia Macdonald opened the scoring two minutes in and Florence...
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/ 5 years agoMerigan out to emulate big Billy
By STEFFAN THOMAS NAHUM Merigan grew up wanting to be the next Owen Farrell but now has his sights set on...
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/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
PHIL DOWSON THE NORTHAMPTON SAINTS FORWARDS COACH CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH 1. Soane Tonga’uiha - Giant of...
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/ 5 years agoSale 20-19 Bath: Orlando’s agony as late kick just fails
A STORMING second half Bath rally fell agonisingly short when young fly-half Orlando Bailey missed a fiendishly difficult long-range penalty in...
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/ 5 years agoWord Cup every two years is just madness
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Keep it special: South Africa win the World...
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/ 5 years agoBok giant Vermeulen at Ulster
RUGBY SHORTS ULSTER have signed South African World Cup winning back-row forward Duane Vermeulen, who will join the club following the...
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/ 5 years agoWales to beat All Blacks? They could lose by 30pts!
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WALES have a few players that are on the cusp of the end of...
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/ 5 years agoHooper: Danny took a bang, we need to look after him
BATH director of rugby Stuart Hooper was philosophical afterwards: “Sometimes those kicks go over and sometimes they don’t but I'm proud...
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/ 5 years agoCanucks face Chile in bid for RWC 2023
BRENDAN GALLAGHER CANADIAN rugby is invariably a roller coaster and never more so than during the week of their back-to-back World...
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/ 5 years agoJones dies at age 49
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER Wales B international second-row Paul Jones has died at the age of 49. Bridgend-born Jones played for Llanelli,...
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/ 5 years agoLeicester 34-19 Exeter: Tigers come roaring into the new season
LEICESTER powered to a first win over Exeter in eight games to leave the Premiership runners up looking well beaten at...
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/ 5 years agoWorcester 36-24 London Irish: Heinz is the maestro as Warriors start well
WILLI Heinz made an inspirational debut for Warriors as the team which finished bottom of the Premiership last season started this...
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/ 5 years agoRobshaw: We didn’t add depth to the squad, but we have this time
CHRIS Robshaw knows better than anyone what is involved in winning back-to-back titles because he captained Harlequins to their first Premiership...
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/ 5 years agoDe Chaves joins Wasps
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS brought in lock Sebastian de Chaves on a short-term deal two days before the Premiership season started. The...
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/ 5 years agoBaxter: Our guys have to improve
STEVE Borthwick insisted Leicester will not carried away by this upbeat victory. “We know we are a long way off other...
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/ 5 years agoKidney baffled by White yellow
DECLAN Kidney was less than pleased with the yellow card that he felt stopped Irish’s momentum. New scrum-half signing Ben White...
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/ 5 years agoQuiet man Hanro Liebenberg happy to back up Genge
LEICESTER vice-captain Hanro Liebenberg has revealed he is the quiet one in Tigers new nerve centre. The back-rower was made deputy...
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/ 5 years agoQuins name Big Game
RUGBY SHORTS BIG GAME 13 will mark Harlequins’ second-ever Double Header, with both the club’s Men’s and Women’s teams in action...
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/ 5 years agoBoyd laments his rusty Saints
DESPITE starting with a valuable five points, Northampton’s director of rugby Chris Boyd, was still dissatisfied. “Yes it’s great to be...
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/ 5 years agoSloppy penalties cost us says Lam
AN UNHAPPY Pat Lam said: “We missed a number of chances and our ill-discipline cost us 21 points.” The Bristol director...
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/ 5 years agoRevealed: Aftermath of Willie’s Haka attack
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW For sheer knee-knocking, eye-balling, lip-trembling fury, there has never been a Haka like...
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/ 5 years agoTop four for Bath and England for me, says Tom Dunn
TOM Dunn hopes a top four finish for Bath this season can help him in his quest to become the best...
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/ 5 years agoQuestions the RFU’s new boss ignored
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK TOM Ilube’s first Press conference as RFU board chairman was carefully scripted, and...
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/ 5 years agoThey’re missing the inimitable taste of Steele at Scrum V
PETER JACKSON PHIL Steele’s treasure trove of tall stories includes one which illustrates why when it comes to breeding Lions, a...
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/ 5 years agoAustralia 30-17 South Africa: Wallabies trample on Boks’ crown
THE Springboks‘ claim to be the best side in world rugby was dealt a devastating blow as Australia handed out a...
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/ 5 years agoWallabies are threat to Eddie’s RWC future
EDDIE Jones’ autumn agenda took a more challenging turn yesterday when Australia – the team that have been whipping boys for...
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/ 5 years agoBassett can’t wait to join the party
By GARY FITZGERALD Buzzing: Josh Bassett can’t wait to get started this season PICTURES: Getty Images WASPS have been left kicking...
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/ 5 years agoLightning and Saints Women’s teams join forces
By CYBIL HARDING Ambassador: Sarah Hunter PREMIER 15s side Loughborough Lightning have linked up with Premiership club Northampton Saints to create...
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/ 5 years agoI love to play ‘the Quins way’ says stand-in Tommy Allan
TOMMY Allan has been tasked with filling the boots of Marcus Smith for the opening two games of the season while...
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/ 5 years ago‘Nut case’ Martin Gleeson will sort out England
ENGLAND’S new attack coach Martin Gleeson is a ‘mad genius’ – but a world-class operator in breaking down defences. That is...
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/ 5 years agoNorth in two-year deal with Ospreys
By SAM JACKSON Signed: George North GEORGE North has signed a new two-year dual contract with Ospreys and the Welsh Rugby...
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/ 5 years agoOspreys have the talent to head regions’ challenge
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND So, a new season of club rugby is finally upon us and it’s a new...
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