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/ 5 years agoSale 25-22 Gloucester: Sharks’ 14 let off the hook by not so lethal Louis
Sharks win on home soil as Gloucester misfire in attack
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/ 5 years agoDeclan Kidney so proud of London Irish fighters
London Irish director of rugby Declan Kidney reserves praise for the Exiles after their defeat at Franklin's Gardens
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/ 5 years agoLoughborough 29-38 Saracens: Bryony’s hat-trick can’t stop Saracens march
Saracens wrap up top spot and a home-semi-final with victory at Loughborough Lightning
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Features
/ 5 years agoSopoaga confirms Wasps exit for Lyon
RUGBY SHORTS WASPS fly-half Lima Sopoaga will join French Top 14 club Lyon at the end of the season. The 30-year-old...
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/ 5 years agoDiscipline needs to improve says Alex Sanderson
Sale boss rues red card despite Sharks win over Gloucester
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRobshaw faces op on injured shoulder
MLR ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON CHRIS ROBSHAW’S debut for the San Diego Legion ended in agony as the former England captain...
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/ 5 years agoGlo-Hartpury 20-25 Wasps: West’s late try gets battling Wasps over the line
WASPS fought until the final whistle to hold out Gloucester-Hartpury and secure a bonus-point win. Gloucester felt they had the first...
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Features
/ 5 years agoLloyd cleared of foul play charges
RUGBY SHORTS CARDIFF Blues scrum-half Lloyd Williams has been cleared of stamping on London Irish flyhalf Paddy Jackson. The 31-year-old Wales...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWeakened Warriors
MICHAEL Reay (TRP letters April 4) may be right that the removal of relegation is improving Premiership matches, but not if...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarlequins 31-7 Worcester: Six-try Quins still in the hunt for their first title
Harlequins had gone behind early to an intercept try by Warriors' Canadian international Paige Farries
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Features
/ 5 years ago‘Medical joker’ Barry joins Vannes ex-pats
RUGBY SHORTS NEWCASTLE lock Darren Barry has joined Gloucester centre Harry Trinder as a ‘medical joker’ signing at French Pro D2...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoScrum improving, now sort out mess of driving maul
NOW that the powers that be have clamped down on scrums – in time taken, re-sets and scrummaging just to win...
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/ 5 years agoUnderhill back in action
ENGLAND flanker Sam Underhill, fly-half Josh Matavesi and wing Will Muir are recalled as Bath host old rivals Leicester. The trio...
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/ 5 years agoSale 17-10 Exeter: Quick-thinking Bawden gives Sale the edge
SUPER SUB Hollie Bawden’s intercept try spared Sale Sharks from a share of the points in the battle of the Premier...
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Features
/ 5 years agoGleave on board for Rainbow Cup
RUGBY SHORTS GLOUCESTER hooker Todd Gleave has joined Ospreys on loan for the rest of the season. The 25-year-old has made...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoPacific franchises can turn the tide
IT feels like a natural fit including Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua in Super Rugby next year, alongside the other best...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoOjomoh stars for Bath United
BATH United ran out 36-19 winners over Gloucester in Friday’s pre-season friendly at the Rec. Hooker Tom Doughty got Bath off...
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/ 5 years agoBristol 17-34 DMP Sharks: Sharks off the mark by shocking the Bears
DMP Sharks shocked Bristol Bears to claim their first victory of the season at Shaftesbury Park. After 16 games of trying...
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/ 5 years agoMaybe clubs are reason England failed, not Eddie
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The European Champions Cup has reached the quarter-final stage last weekend with a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNo good for anyone
AFTER last weekend’s 45-0 and 67-3 hammerings handed out in the Women’s Six Nations, you have to ask what is the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoManu Tuilagi England career saved as he signs for Sale Sharks
Tuilagi stays and one more South African import coming in at Sale Sharks
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoScarlets excuses just don’t add up | Peter Jackson
HAVING seen his team’s alarming demolition by Sale, Scarlets’ owner Simon Muderack offered a ‘no excuses’ response and promptly proceeded to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoJoseph brings in foreign legion for Lions job
NEWS EXTRA By MATT MCILRAITH JAPAN will be without seven of the side that beat Scotland at the World Cupwhen they face...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
STEVIE SCOTT, THE FORMER SCOTLAND AND EDINBURGH HOOKER CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1. Allan ‘Chunk’...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoVersatile Tom Hudson attracting interest at Ampthill
And an update on the future of Mark Atkinson amid interest from Bristol Bears in the Gloucester centre
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoBaa-baas out of lockdown ahead of Samoa date | Peter Jackson
THE charisma of the Barbarians is alive and well, none the worse for long months of lockdown. Tickets for the touring...
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/ 5 years agoJantjies jets in after Pau secure Top 14 survival
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN This was supposed to be derby weekend in France’s Top 14. The usual celebrations were already out of...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 5 years agoCounty Championship reaches crossroads
The County Championship is at real risk of being axed by the RFU, with a survey commissioned seeking input from coaches...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoGeorge Ford needs roaring finish for shot at Lions tour
The England & Leicester fly-half talks to Paul Rees about his Lions chances resting with his form for Tigers in the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDeans: Professional rugby needs to hit reset
FORMER Australia coach Robbie Deans has called on World Rugby to put the game’s players at the forefront of the decision-making...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoParkes powers up Panasonic charge
JAPAN ROUND-UP By MATT MCILRAITH HADLEIGH Parkes took his try tally to seven for the season as Panasonic Wild Knights beat Yamaha Jubilo...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSaracens gather all their on-loan stars back in the fold
Saracens head coach Mark McCall reveals the likelihood of having Nick Isiekwe and Ben Earl back at the club next season
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMichele off to France
ITALY centre Michele Campagnaro, 28, will leave Harlequins at the end of the season to join French Pro D2 side Colomiers....
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBaxter: We went off script and paid
EXETER DoR Rob Baxter said: “We just went off script at times and each time it hurt us. We are disappointed....
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGiteau’s Giltinis blunt the Arrows
MLR ROUND-UP By SAM JACKSON MLR newcomers LA Giltinis continued their assault on the rest of the league with a 43-16...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSale miss out in pursuit of Nick Schonert from Premiership rivals Worcester
SALE SHARKS are believed to have failed in a bid to land Worcester Warriors tighthead Nick Schonert on a deal for...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWalder: Mike Brown can be vintage for the Falcons
DAVE Walder believes the delivery of Newcastle Brown to Kingston Park next season will refresh the Falcons and ensure there is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNewcastle Brown is mouth-watering
I DO hope Mike Brown joins Newcastle – what a signing. Brown has been playing out of his skin this season,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLess can be more for rugby insists Hogan
Should seismic reform to place in the Premiership? A reduction in the number of games would be a good start, says...
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/ 5 years agoHappy 90th birthday to Lewis, the first of the flying Lions
LEWIS JONES, the first player to join a Lions tour by air at a time when everyone else still went by...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSad morph into something ugly
WATCHING the rugby last weekend I was aghast when one particular slide of statistics came on screen. Collision dominance! How sad...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNow RFU must sack Eddie’s ‘yes men’, says Bracken
THE RFU must ensure Eddie Jones ditches some of his backroom staff ‘yes men’ if they do decide to stick with...
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/ 5 years agoWales 0-45 Ireland: Woeful Wales ship seven in Arms Park demolition job
Wales overwhelmed by Ireland to suffer second-successive heavy defeat in the Six Nations
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/ 5 years agoFarrell out of Sarries return
ENGLAND captain Owen Farrell’s return to action for Saracens has been delayed after he sustained a minor strain. The 29-year-old, who...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWho’s watching RFU watchmen?
I READ with interest that there will be a review into England’s poor showing in the recent Six Nations. However, who...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoLions face six weeks in just one city bubble
THE Lions may be forced to spend virtually their entire six weeks in South Africa confined to the same bio-secure bubble...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoItaly 3-67 England: Nine-try England book date in final
Italy played their best rugby in years in a first half which England still managed to score two tries in, before...
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/ 5 years agoJapan is the Top League now, Quade Cooper tells Sanzaar
WALLABIES maverick Quade Cooper sees Super Rugby being turned on its head in the years to come as the growth of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoTwo more four-time English Slammers
IN Peter Jackson’s column about W.J.A. “Dave” Davies beating Alun Wyn Jones as the first Welshman to win four Grand Slams,...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoLa Rochelle 45-21 Sale: Sharks are handed a painful French lesson
Victor Vito and Raymond Rhule show their genius to put Sale under the pump













