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/ 5 years agoFestival at Dorking
RUGBY SHORTS DORKING RFC celebrated their 100th birthday this weekend with festivities on and off the pitch. The club played its...
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/ 5 years agoPhillips takes chair at Prem Rugby
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER WRU chief executive Martyn Phillips has been appointed as the new chair of Premiership Rugby, to succeed Andy...
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/ 5 years agoTiger Steward’s taken to Test rugby like a duck to water
BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT If you were a rugby fan who, for reasons I cannot readily think of, had spent the last...
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/ 5 years agoOspreys owners Y11 eye Rebels takeover
By STEFFAN THOMAS Y11 SPORTS & Media, the majority shareholders at the Ospreys, are weighing up a move to buy the...
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/ 5 years agoCode-hopper Tiger Joe pushing for more caps
By PAUL REES RUGBY careers tend to be forged in academies, but not many players in the oval code have emerged...
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/ 5 years agoReid returns to top flight action
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS have signed Scotland prop Gordon Reid on a short-term deal. The former Glasgow and London Irish loosehead, 34,...
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/ 5 years agoEngland must play smart to beat these Springboks
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK SOUTH Africa’s 31-29 win over New Zealand at the start of last month said...
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/ 5 years agoEngland must use width to beat Boks – Robshaw
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones could do worse than copy the Wallabies’ fast action style to stop the Springbok juggernaut in...
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/ 5 years agoSharks pursue Ford to replace Bristol-bound AJ
SALE Sharks are chasing Leicester fly-half George Ford following AJ MacGinty’s decision to join Bristol next season. Ford, right, is the...
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/ 5 years agoLions great Smith joins Hall of Fame
RUGBY SHORTS TOM Smith was yesterday inducted into the Scottish Rugby Hall of Fame and hailed as the “greatest Scotland player...
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/ 5 years agoPumas pile more misery on Azzurri
Italy..................16 Argentina ......37 ARGENTINA outscored Italy by five tries to one to end their run of seven successive losses – Italy...
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/ 5 years agoWilliams is dreaming big after injury nightmare
By GARY FITZGERALD Powerful: Matt Williams on the ball for Irish MATT Williams is working hard to become a “world class”...
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/ 5 years agoAtkinson feared he had thrown away Test chance
By ADAM HATHAWAY GLOUCESTER centre Mark Atkinson admits he nearly chucked away his chance of Test recognition because of his amateur...
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/ 5 years agoLifetime ban for pitch invader
RUGBY SHORTS WALES have handed a lifetime stadium ban to 28-year-old Callum Rowe of Caerphilly, who ran on to the pitch...
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/ 5 years agoSame old story as Boks grind it out
By DANIEL GALLAN Scotland ............15pts Tries: Hogg 35, 58 Conversions: Russell 35 Penalties: Russell 17 South Africa ....30pts Tries: Mapimpi 29,...
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/ 5 years agoSaracens culture is king for Kelly
PAUL REES talks to coach Kelly Brown about the special values at Saracens Once a Saracen, always a Saracen. Kelly Brown...
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/ 5 years agoMurphy to Knights
RUGBY SHORTS DONCASTER Knights have signed Cardiff lock Ben Murphy until the end of the season to cover the departure of...
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/ 5 years agoMarcus stirs Eddie’s new gravy but it’s still lumpy
From NICK CAIN at TWICKENHAM England ............32pts Tries: Steward 7, Blamire 80+1 Conversions: Farrell 8; Smith 80+2 Penalties: Farrell 13, 18,...
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/ 5 years agoLions Board deny Japan match Test status
THE Lions have decided their international against Japan last summer was not a Test match, meaning Owen Farrell won his 100th...
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/ 5 years agoGlouc pull men out
RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTERSHIRE will not be entering this season’s men’s or U20’s County Championship but will be participating in the women’s...
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/ 5 years agoButcher keeps Welsh chair for next year
NEWS EXTRA WRU chair Rob Butcher has been re-elected for a further year. The former schoolteacher and longserving Bargoed official took...
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/ 5 years agoNo guff, just gumption from my top XV pundits
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is falling-off-a-log easy to poke fun at the battalions of exrugby professionals who earn a living...
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/ 5 years agoHowieson using League wisdom to spur Tigers
By JON NEWCOMBE SHEFFIELD Tigers DoR Jack Howieson is trying to implement a hybrid brand of rugby that takes the best...
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/ 5 years agoIreland end turbulent week with gutsy win
Ireland ............20 USA ....................10 IRELAND battled to a hard-fought win in Dublin after a week dominated by comments made by IRFU...
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/ 5 years agoLunch Break vs Love Handles
By Regan Phillips Fitness coach for the Hungarian 15s and 7s team It could be the love handles, the beer belly,...
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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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