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/ 6 years agoDiamond blasts council after stadium u-turn
SALE boss Steve Diamond has accused local council bosses of “bottling it” over the club’s proposed new £100m stadium. Title-chasing Sharks,...
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/ 6 years agoBrock plots Ospreys path back to the top
By ALEX BYWATER Man with a plan: Brock James excelled as a player, now as a coach he must help turn...
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/ 6 years agoValue of Lions shirt soars despite coronavirus
By JACK ZORAB VODAFONE’Ssponsorship of the 2021 Lions tour will be in the region of a staggering 1,800 per cent mark-up...
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/ 6 years agoFollow The Rugby Paper online…
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/ 6 years agoSolomons: Players will go from feast to famine
By NEALE HARVEY WORCESTER supremo Alan Solomons fears player development will be halted in its tracks unless Championship and National League...
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/ 6 years agoRavens swoop for another of Cardiff’s stars
BRIDGEND Ravens are set to sign Cardiff full-back Edd Howley as the capital side’s playing stock continues to plummet. With Cardiff...
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/ 6 years agoGive RFU a break, they have been hit hardest
AS a long-time public advocate for community rugby, I have often been critical of the RFU’s inability to lend greater support...
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/ 6 years agoSaracens make case for a Euro defence
By SAM JACKSON Brothers in arms: Saracens’ point scorers Alex Goode and Elliot Daly celebrate their sensational victory over Leinster PICTURE:...
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European Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoLeicester Tigers tie cancelled after Castres’ positive COVID-19 tests
Sunday's Challenge Cup quarter-final at Welford Road has been cancelled, meaning Tigers progress
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Johnny Sexton captains Leinster in Champions Cup showdown with Saracens
Leo Cullen and Mark McCall have named their line-up for the repeat of last year's Champions Cup final
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European Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoGeorge Ford back for Leicester Tigers Challenge Cup clash
Team line-ups for this weekend's Challenge Cup action, as Tigers welcome Castres to Welford Road
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoLosing Owen Farrell won’t stop us winning, says Saracens’ Wray
Saracens vice-captain Jackson Wray previews the repeat of last year's Champions Cup final this weekend in the quarters
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoWe’re not going to Exeter planning to grind out a win, says Dan Biggar
Northampton Saints look to arrest their slump in form against an Exeter side that has sent them down to heavy defeats...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoFormer England lock Geoff Parling named Wallabies forwards coach
Wallabies head coach Dave Rennie brings in Parling to backroom staff after time with Melbourne Rebels
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/ 6 years agoRegions would benefit from having Welsh leadership, says Robin McBryde
Leinster forwards coach Robin McBryde shares his view on no Welsh region having a Welsh head coach
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoRob Baxter fires shot at Chris Boyd for playing ‘mind games’
Rob Baxter expects a competitive scrum to take place in Exeter's Champions Cup quarter-final with Saints
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoFiji name former referee Glen Jackson among assistant coaches
Is this the start of a new trend within international coaching set-ups?
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoStuart Hooper turns Bath fly-half search elsewhere
Bath's long-winded search for a No.10 goes on...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoNewcastle Falcons sign experienced South African scrum-half Louis Schreuder
One-time Springboks Schreuder worked with defence coach Nick Easter at the Sharks
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoEngland and Barbarians to kick off autumn blockbuster
England return to action for the first time since their March 7 Six Nations clash against Wales at Twickenham when they...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPremiership broadcaster BT Sport to raise prices this November
Some BT Sport customers face paying additional £48 each year to watch Premiership rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoChampions Cup preview: Saracens head for their great showdown
Brendan Gallagher sets the scene for this weekend's Champions Cup knockouts
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoWill Hurrell takes first step into coaching after retirement
Former Bristol Bears centre Will Hurrell to embark on coaching career at the age of 30
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSevens must innovate or risk fading into nothing, Mike Friday warns
Should Sevens teams deviate from being centrally funded and seek private backing? USA 7s coach Mike Friday answers
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoSCHEDULE: Wales must win to miss meeting England at RWC2023
Peter Jackson runs through the autumn schedule for nations in both hemispheres
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoLeinster show their class to outshine Ulster in PRO14 final
Leo Cullen and Leinster lift the PRO14 trophy for the third year running
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoTomas Francis believes in chance to play for Exeter AND Wales
Francis has until March 31 next year to reach the 60 required caps to remain at Exeter and still play for...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoWales 7s star Luke Treharne to turn to XVs to keep Olympic dream alive
A Team GB veteran from the Rio Olympics four years ago, the suspension of funding for Wales 7s has Treharne plotting...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBath can spring a surprise in final furlong, says Beno Obano
Bath loosehead Obano is striving to improve every day and push the club into the Premiership play-offs
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 years agoEngland to face Georgia as eight-team Autumn Nations Cup confirmed
November and December dates confirmed for Autumn Nations Cup involving Georgia and Fiji
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/ 6 years agoAll Blacks deny asking out of tour
The All Blacks were in damage control after reports surfaced that a number of the country’s top players were contemplating pulling...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoBristol Bears appeal three-game ban for Siale Piutau
A hearing with an appeals panel will now take place on Thursday, as Alan Solomons offers his views on the matter
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoAlex King plots new ‘Wasps dynasty’ at Gloucester
Gloucester attack coach Alex King expects great things to happy at Kingsholm after being reunited with Danny Cipriani and Dom Waldouck
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoTwo Premiership players test positive for COVID-19
A total of seven personnel at Premiership clubs have tested positive after the latest round of screening
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoPat Lam uses post-match interview to vent frustration over Siale Piutau ban
Bristol Bears director of rugby Pat Lam wants to see a 'shake-up' of the citing and mitigation process
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/ 6 years agoRichard Cockerill eyes lock Andries Ferreira after semi-final heartache
A former Toulon second row has held talks with Edinburgh over a move to the PRO14
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoOwen Farrell avoids ten-game ban for high tackle on Wasps’ Atkinson
Farrell has ten-game entry point reduced to five as panel grants mitigating factors after testimony from Mark McCall and Eddie Jones
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoA snap Q&A with Scotland captain Stuart Hogg
Five snapshot questions are posed to the Scotland captain and Exeter Chiefs star
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 6 years agoSteve Diamond in no rush to bring Manu Tuilagi to negotiating table
Neil Fissler envisages French clubs remaining interested in Tuilagi closer towards January due to his one-year Sale contract
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoUnpaid Championship players may have contracts cancelled
Leicester Tigers loan signing David Williams, whose parent club is Nottingham, says Championship players are being left in limbo
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/ 6 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 6 years agoMadigan’s magic boot puts Ulster into the final
By BRYN PALMER ULSTER staged a stunning second-half fightback at Murrayfield to become only the second team after Scarlets to win...
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/ 6 years agoLeo’s champions are a class above
By DECLAN ROONEY Pointing the way: Cian Healy celebrates as Rónan Kelleher scores the game’s only try TEAMS LEINSTER: Larmour 6...
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/ 6 years agoHow could the mighty Ospreys fall so far?
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Glory days: Ospreys beat Leicester Tigers to win the 2008 Anglo-Welsh Cup Ospreylia...
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/ 6 years agoThankfully the Lions will keep their spin purely for their passes
THOSE of us granted the dubious privilege of reporting on the worst Lions tour of the professional era will have been...
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/ 6 years agoKing plots new ‘Wasps’ dynasty with Cips at helm
By NEALE HARVEY ALEX King is banking on Danny Cipriani’s leadership and a bit of hard-nosed Wasps DNA to bring glory...
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/ 6 years agoWe’re still a few years behind Exeter says Diamond
By JON NEWCOMBE SALE Sharks boss Steve Diamond reckons it will be “two to three years” before his side can call...
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/ 6 years agoLaunchbury’s hitting best form when it matters most
By NEALE HARVEY WASPS and England lock Joe Launchbury says he has no issues with putting his body on the line...
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/ 6 years agoBeno’s backing Bath to spring a surprise
By JON NEWCOMBE After him! Beno Obano sets off on a barnstorming run for Bath PICTURES: Getty Images BENO OBANO relished...
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