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/ 6 years agoNo big-match jitters for strongman John
By STEFFAN THOMAS Rave reviews: WillGriff John is hoping to impress the Wales selectors PICTURES: Getty Images ON the eve of...
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/ 6 years agoConnacht looking to build momentum
POOL 5 PREVIEW… Montpellier v Connacht Today, Kick-off 3.15pm KIERAN Marmion returns from a back injury for Connacht’s dead-rubber Pool game...
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/ 6 years agoFresh terms for Balmain
GLOUCESTER tighthead prop Fraser Balmain has signed a new undisclosed- length deal with the club. The 28-year-old has made 57 appearances...
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/ 6 years agoHogg will lead Scots
STUARTHogg will captain Scotland in the Six Nations replacing Stuart McInally, who led the side during last year’s unsuccessful World Cup...
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/ 6 years agoTyro Randall relishing the high-octane style at Bristol
News Rising star: Harry Randall TURBO-CHARGED Bristol scrum-half Harry Randall hopes improvements in his game will enable him to complete his...
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/ 6 years agoPRL behaving like an arrogant dictatorship
Letters IN regard to the front page headline in last week’s TRP which covered comments from Lord Dyson – the senior...
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/ 6 years agoSexton is new captain of Ireland
JOHNNY Sexton will succeed Rory Best as Ireland captain. The Leinster fly-half, 34, is a doubt for the start of the...
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/ 6 years agoDragons scorch into quarter-finals despite forgettable first half
European Challenge Cup By ALEX BYWATER Tyler Morgan runs in to score the bonus point try PICTURE: THuw Evans DEAN Ryan...
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/ 6 years agoJamie’s sad death brings local clubs rallying to help
SOMETIMES things happen in life that make you realise that rugby, the game we all love to play, coach and support,...
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/ 6 years agoNew broom Galthie has the leeway to go for broke
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Golden generation: Frace win the 2019 Junior World...
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/ 6 years agoLyon offer an escape route to Sarries trio
By NEIL FISSLER Wanted: Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje and Billy Vunipola LYON have stepped into the salary cap chaos by offering...
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/ 6 years agoOut-of-jail Scarlets enjoy their freedom by thumping the Exiles
By ALEX BYWATER No stopping him: Corey Baldwin evades the tackle of Nick Phipps to score for Scarlets PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 6 years agoDoes Wray really deserve the boos?
DOES the salary cap truly benefit English rugby? Every season more and more players not qualified for England are signed by...
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/ 6 years agoGustard says it – players train too hard!
Pedagogy: Gustard A QUINS Press release earlier this week had me reaching for the dictionary. “We have five senior centres out...
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/ 6 years agoOFFICIAL! Saracens WILL be relegated
Job well done: James Fish dives over to score Northampton’s fifth try PICTURE: Getty Images PREMIERSHIP Rugby confirmed last night that...
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/ 6 years agoKockett hat-trick completes Castres revival as Warriors suffer second half collapse
By ROGER PANTING Match winner: Rory Kockott celebrates his late try CASTRESscrum-half, Rory Kockott, scored 23 points as Worcester crashed out...
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/ 6 years agoLaw change will simply mean more kicking
Views COLIN BOAG Really? Scotland crash to Japan, but chief exec Mard Dodson, inset, sees pay soar This is the time...
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/ 6 years agoTompkins handed to Wales by RFU folly
SOMEBODY at Twickenham needs their arse kicking over the loss of Nick Tompkins – a star man for England at U16,...
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/ 6 years agoChiefs turn into a mean machine after half-time
European Champions Cup By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER hit the power-pack button in the second half to destroy La Rochelle for the...
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/ 6 years agoFour-try Graham gets the job done
By GARY HEATLY SCOTLAND winger Darcy Graham warmed up for the Six Nations with four sensational tries as Edinburgh Rugby made...
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/ 6 years agoDREAM TEAM
LEE BLACKETT, WASPS BACKS COACH AND FORMER ROTHERHAM AND LEEDS CENTRE/WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1....
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/ 6 years agoYes, the flying Falcons can stay unbeaten says Radwan
By JON NEWCOMBE Eye for the line: Adam Radwan NEWCASTLE won’t let up in their bid to make Championship history and...
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/ 6 years agoBaxter: Luke’s the No1 No2 now
ROB BAXTER preferred to reinforce the claims of England hopeful Luke Cowan-Dickie rather than speculate on Exeter’s chances of securing a...
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/ 6 years agoCoventry sack Walshe after their Ampthill defeat
News By JON NEWCOMBE EXCLUSIVE NICK Walshe has become the second coaching casualty of the Greene King Championship season. Walshe joins...
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/ 6 years agoAmor can get England to become more instinctive
Game-changer: Simon Amor, right, talks to his England Sevens squad in Dubai PICTURE: Getty Images SIMON Amor should start his stint...
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/ 6 years agoEngland women bring big guns in for Hamilton
By SAM JACKSON Return: Ellie Kildunne ELLIE Kildunne and Sydney Gregson return to the England women sevens squad for next weekend’s...
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/ 6 years agoVindictive owners get their pound of flesh off Sarries
What is bitterly disappointing for any England fan is that the roof caving in on Saracens will have serious ramifications for...
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/ 6 years agoEddie right to call for Amor says 7s star Mac
By NEALE HARVEY Student of game: Amor SIMON Amor’s ascension to England’s coaching team will prove a smash-hit with the players...
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/ 6 years agoIt’s sweet sixteen for No.1 seeds Leinster
European Champions Cup By JAMES LLOYD LEINSTER battled hard to overcome a resolute Benetton side to claim a valuable home quarter-final...
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/ 6 years agoScarlets ace Jac gets the captain’s armband
By SAM JACKSON WALES U20 head coach Gareth Williams has named a 33-man squad for the Six Nations including eight players...
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/ 6 years agoQuins bow out amid controversy at the death
European Champions Cup By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Hug it out: Clermont’s Alivereti Raka celebrates with Sitaleki Timani, left, after scoring his side’s...
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/ 6 years agoRodwell ‘honoured’ to be asked to step in
By ADAM ELLIS SEVENS stalwart James Rodwell believes Eddie Jones will be able to harness one of the sharpest minds in...
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/ 6 years agoFurbank and Fish hook the big one in Lyon for super Saints
By NICK CAIN GEORGE Furbank is one of the young tyros putting a spring back in Northampton’s step, and it was...
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/ 6 years agoDeans gets one over his old rival Hansen in Top League
FORMER All Blacks coach Steve Hansen remains winless in the Japan Rugby Top League after his Toyota Verblitz side were beaten...
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/ 6 years agoPlayer welfare is paramount says proud captain Chisholm
Diplomat: James Chisholm QUINS captain for the day James Chisholm diplomatically downplayed the controversial ending against Clermont, preferring to highlight a...
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/ 6 years agoCoaches are turning out low-fat robots now warns Care
News By GARY FITZGERALD DANNY Care is worried that top players are being turned into robots by health and fitness-obsessed modern...
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/ 6 years agoResult is just awesome, says Teimana
Criticism: Chris Boyd TEIMANA Harrison saluted the efforts of his Saints teammates after the bonus point put the club within reach...
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/ 6 years agoCollier signs on at Quins
HARLEQUINS prop Will Collier has renewed his contract with the club. The length of the 28-yearold's new deal has not been...
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/ 6 years agoSaracens, Europe and McConnochie: What’s in Sunday’s TRP?
Plenty of news, views, action and reaction in issue #592 of The Rugby Paper – here’s what features… SARACENS: Sarries risk...
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/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Who Gloucester have turned to in place of injured Danny Cipriani for trip to Toulouse
Full Champions Cup team news for Round 6, as Lloyd Evans is preferred to Owen Williams at Gloucester
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSaracens call crisis meeting with whole squad to outlay relegation threat for breaching salary cap
Saracens faced with serious threat of relegation to the Championship after failing to comply with salary cap again
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/ 6 years agoInflux of South Africans puts the squeeze of Europe’s Pacific Islanders, warns union chief
Dan Leo points out the shift in recruitment by European clubs from Pacific Islanders in the 80s, 90s and 2000s, to...
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/ 6 years agoEngland hopeful Alex Dombrandt extends Harlequins deal
Harlequins head of rugby Paul Gustard describes the back row as 'exceptional'
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/ 6 years agoWales lock Adam Beard hands Ospreys much-needed boost
The Wales forward has signed a new deal at the Liberty Stadium
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/ 6 years agoBristol boss Pat Lam demands crackdown on slow play by scrum-halves
It's not the players' fault for the slow play, but change needs to happen to speed play up
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/ 6 years agoMunster come calling for Saracens back Matt Gallagher
Neil Fissler reveals further details on players who could be on their way out of the Premiership club
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoRees-Zammit one of five uncapped players in Wales squad for Six Nations
Gloucester sensation Louis Rees-Zammit included in Wayne Pivac's squad for his first Six Nations as Wales coach
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/ 6 years agoVan der Merwe agrees Edinburgh stay, as eligibility for Scotland nears
The South African will become eligible for Scotland in June
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/ 6 years agoOut-of-contract Alex Lozowski vows not to leave Saracens early
The Saracens centre has his contract up at the end of the season and believes the club are about to show...
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/ 6 years agoSaracens salary cap judge says: PRL should lift cloak of privacy
“PRL will probably disagree strongly with my remarks” - Lord Dyson lifts the lid on his thoughts about the Saracens salary...
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