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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoBlackett: Players had option to pull out
WASPS’ director of rugby Lee Blackett questioned EPCR’s approach to the Covid situation in the Dragons’ camp. He said: “EPCR were...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBlues fly-half Jarrod wanted at Kingsholm
■By STEFFAN THOMAS GLOUCESTER are weighing up a move for Wales and Cardiff Blues playmaker Jarrod Evans. The Cherry & Whites...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: Will Butler returns from injury for start of Worcester’s Challenge Cup campaign
Selection news for all of the Challenge Cup's opening round of competition, as Worcester Warriors travel to Pau
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoNigel Owens announces international retirement after hitting 100-Test landmark
Welsh referee Nigel Owens ends his Test career at the age of 49 after hitting an unprecedented record in the Autumn...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoTEAMS: Malins, Sheedy and Earl all back for Champions Cup opener
Bristol Bears and Clermont kick off Saturday's action in Round 1 of the new Champions Cup season
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoMunster have everything in its right place to re-emerge on the European scene
Two-time Heineken Cup winner Peter Stringer previews Harlequins clash at Munster, where the hosts are favourites at fortress Thomond Park
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoRusty Scarlets face uphill task at The Rec
The Welsh region has been impacted by a period of required self-isolation in the lead up to their clash with Bath...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoTeams will be at full strength for Champions Cup, says Lawrence Dallaglio
The Champions Cup remains the pinnacle of the European club game and a bigger prize than domestic success
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGregor Townsend signs new Scotland deal to 2023 Rugby World Cup
The Scotland head coach has inked a two-year extension with Scottish Rugby
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAlex Gray is back from NFL ready to become Eddie’s new hybrid super star
After playing for Atlanta Falcons, Bath signing Alex Gray tells NEALE HARVEY he has returned from the NFL determined to fulfil...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoHarlequins centre Andre Esterhuizen hit with four-week ban
The Springbok will be unavailable for the next month after catching Gloucester fly-half Lloyd Evans with an elbow
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoSkivington has been a breath of fresh air says Varney
From Italy U20s to the Azzurri, Varney credits his sharp development through 2020 with the arrival of 'Skivs' at Kingsholm
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoRFU sanctions 13 Barbarians for bubble breach at London pub
The RFU has sanctioned the players culpable in October's England versus Barbarians match being cancelled
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoSteve Diamond leaves Sale Sharks in shock exit
A huge shock in the Premiership at the club that challenged for a play-off spot last season
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoBok star Van Zyl joins Sarries promotion bid
Saracens have found their replacement to Richard Wigglesworth among the scrum-half options
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoEngland World Cup-winner Steve Thompson diagnosed with early onset dementia
A lawsuit seeking damages against World Rugby, the RFU and WRU by a series of ex-players, as scale of the sport's...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoA West Country battle looms over Beno Obano signature
And is Bath No.8 Zach Mercer set to leave the Rec?
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoInverdale: February date for League Cup
NCA chair John Inverdale tells TRP when National League clubs can expect to return to action in a new cup competition
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoUlster coach Dwayne Peel to make Wales return at Cardiff Blues
Former Bristol Bears attack coach Peel has signed a 'long-term contract' to swap Ulster for Cardiff Blues
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoManu Tuilagi Signs With Firma Stella
Sale Sharks and England Rugby legend Manu Tuilagi has signed an exclusive memorabilia partner’s deal with Firma Stella. The company, headed...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 5 years agoEarle: I’d like to think my mental strength got me through injury rehab
Harlequins winger Nathan Earle had been in Eddie Jones' plans prior to suffering a knee injury in 2019
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNorth gets back in the try habit as Wales remember how to succeed
■By PETER JACKSON PLAYER WATCH... Wales........................38pts Tries: Hardy 7, Parry 17, G Davies 57, North 68, Tipuric 75 Conversions: Sheedy 8,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoTest game is turgid compared to Euro Cup
IT HAS really come to the point where international rugby has become dire. If national coaches believe the best way to...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoIreland find their mojo as ill-discipline ruins Scots
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Flyer: Scotland’s Duhan van der Merwe on his way to scoring Scotland’s try Ireland......................31pts Tries: Earls 38, 50;...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDiamond: Bok stars help me vet new recruits
■By DANIEL GALLAN IT DOESN’T happen too often, but every now and then the words, “in English please,” can be heard...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years ago‘We’ll give England Six Nations challenge’
WAYNE Pivac insists Wales will push Eddie Jones’ England all the way for the 2021 Six Nations title after they ended...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoAustin right to sound the alarm bell
AUSTIN Healey was always interesting as a player and his opinions as a journalist are the same. He asks “who is...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSexton: Still way to go but it’s progress
IRELAND skipper Johnny Sexton insisted Ireland are still a work in progress after their best win of the Autumn. “You can’t...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEddie: We want more Lions than anyone
THE Lions have rich benefits for England’s development according to Eddie Jones, and he says he would like to see his...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoMorale-boosting finish to Wayne’s annus horribilis
SHANE WI LLIAMS COMMENT SO that’s the end of 2020 for Wales. I think most people will be glad to see...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoWallabies finish last after Hodge fires wide again
By SAM JACKSON Try scorer: Bautista Delguy breaks clear for Argentina PICTURE: Getty Images REECE Hodge’s lastminute penalty flew wide to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWales contender Halaholo undergoes second knee surgery
■By ROB COLE WILLIS Halaholo has had a second operation on his knee and will miss Cardiff Blues’ opening two rounds...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoNadolo’s in hat-trick form as Fiji fly at last
■By MIKE SINCLAIR Georgia ....................24pts Fiji................................38pts Tries: Melikidze 22, Saginhadze 67, 78 Conversions: Abzhandadze 22, 67, 78 Penalties: Abhandadze 10 NEMANI...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRecords fail to hide Tri-Nations letdown
MATT McILRAITH SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE EXPERT So, what did we learn? While many aspects of the 26th edition of the annual southern...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoFiji grow through their Covid ordeal for Cotter to claim winning start
Persuasive: Vern Cotter THE persuasive powers of new coach Vern Cotter, who lured Nemani Nadolo out of international retirement, proved a...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBeauden’s star is on the wane as he jets off to Japan
IT was meant to be the stage on which Beauden Barrett was crowned the best of his generation. Instead, the two-time...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPirates lock to Wasps
WASPS have signed lock Josh Caulfield from Cornish Pirates on a short-term loan. The 23-year-old, who began his career at Exeter,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoCLOSE-UP
GIORGI HVESELADZE Georgia outside centre v SEMI RADRADRA Fiji outside centre Kveseladze, from Georgian part-time club RC Armazi Marneuli, hardly saw...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEarl is latest in long line of Tonbridge Test stars
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools TONBRIDGE are rightly hailed as one of English cricket’s great nurseries...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoWe MUST stay ahead of France says Eddie
Prem set to leave door ajar for Ealing ■By NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones has warned that England are in a race...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoScarratt set to be named women’s player of decade
■By SAM PARKHOUSE ENGLAND centre Scarratt is expecting to be crowned World women’s player decade tomorrow. It caps a very successful...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoGreat attacking teams are why we love rugby
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE king of sports, as Rugby Union supporters once dubbed it, has been knocked around in...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoOne simple step would end scrum shambles
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Scrums, mauls and rucks are the areas of the game that I have...
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Miscellaneous
/ 5 years agoRing fence Prem is ‘moving nearer’
‘France pushing us to be better’ ■By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP Rugby’s move for a ring-fenced league is gathering pace, with an...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSkivington’s been breath of fresh air says Varney
■By STEFFAN THOMAS Kicking on: Gloucester scrum-half Stephen Varney STEPHEN Varney insists life is far better at Kingsholm under George Skivington...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoBad move on Matera
PABLO Matera’s reinstatement as Argentina’s captain a few days after he was removed was chronic bad judgement by the Argentine Rugby...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Cobus Visagie: Highs and lows of being a modern-day gladiator
ALTHOUGH my final surge into the top tier of world rugby was sudden in 1999, I was very blessed to have...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoEddie can’t afford French lesson from their reserves
ENGLAND are oddson to collect their second trophy in two months by lifting the Autumn Nations Cup at Twickenham this afternoon,...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSebastien is France’s unsung strategist
FRENCH COLUMN JAMES HARRINGTON Architect of success: Sebastien Piqueronies coaching the U20s Sebastien Piqueronies is not a name many will instantly think...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoRetaining marquee men could have dire ripple effect
COLIN Boag is right to flag up the potentially massive loophole in the new Premiership salary cap rules represented by provisions...
International Rugby
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