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/ 7 years agoPivac points finger at the officials after narrow loss
By STEFFAN THOMAS WAYNE Pivac criticised the performance of the officials as Benetton put a dent in the Scarlets’ PRO14 play-off...
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/ 7 years agoReed on steep learning curve amid Sale fliers
By JON NEWCOMBE SURROUNDED by worldclass wingers, new England U20 cap Arron Reed admits Sale is the best possible environment for...
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/ 7 years agoWhiffin: England have learnt from Irish loss
By NEALE HARVEY Chance to play Wales: Saracens play-maker Manu Vunipola Lessons: Richard Whiffin ENGLAND U20s attack coach Richard Whiffin insists...
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/ 7 years agoSummerhill hat-trick can’t save the Blues
By ROGER PANTING On his way to a hat-trick: Aled Summerhill crosses the line to score for Blues PICTURE: Huw Evans...
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/ 7 years agoPoor French display but England deserve credit
FORMER ENGLAND CAPTAIN CATHERINE SPENCER Life after Nolli: Sarah McKenna is filling the void at 15 left by Waterman PICTURE: Getty...
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/ 7 years agoTigers hungry for U18s repeat
LEICESTER include seven of the players who lifted the trophy last year in their team to defend the U18 Academy League...
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/ 7 years agoCooney’s late strike leaves Ospreys pointless
By STEFFAN THOMAS ALLEN Clarke claims the Ospreys have lost control of their own PRO14 destiny after slipping to a poor...
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/ 7 years agoYoung: I’d relish going up against Wasps boys
By NEALE HARVEY No.7 rival: Justin Tipuric Grafter: Thomas Young was one of the standouts for Wales in Rome Wasps mates...
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/ 7 years agoKinghorn: Away record has to improve, starting in Paris
By GARY HEATLY Flyer: Blair Kinghorn scores against Italy SCOTLAND speedster Blair Kinghorn admits the team’s defence has simply not been...
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/ 7 years agoLeinster leave it late after fast start
By TOM SHEEDY Zebre…………….24 Leinster ……….40 LEINSTER seemed poised to canter home after thee tries in the opening 22 minutes but...
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/ 7 years agoAll Howley focus on signing off with success
ROB Howley insists he won’t let talk of his future distract Wales’ Grand Slam bid. Former scrum-half Howley has worked alongside...
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/ 7 years agoButler seals victory with last minute try
By DECLAN ROONEY Connacht ……25 Cheetahs ……17 JARRAD Butler scored a last minute try to claima critical victory in the race...
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/ 7 years agoBraley to swap his allegiance to Italy
GLOUCESTERscrum-half Callum Braley has been called into Italy’s training squad ahead of their Six Nations game against Ireland on February 24....
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/ 7 years agoBradbury states case for French inclusion
By GARY HEATLY BLINDSIDEMagnus Bradbury put in a cracking performance after four months out to help Edinburgh keep their PRO14 play-off...
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/ 7 years agoJudge returns as cover for Vunipola
SARACENS have resigned Cornish Pirates prop Christian Judge until the end of the season after an ankle injury ruled out Mako...
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/ 7 years agoNo World League without global season says Burger
By NEALE HARVEY SCHALK Burger predicts World Rugby’s grand plans for a Nations League will lie dead in the water unless...
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/ 7 years agoWorcester bring back Kiwi scrum-half Kitto
WORCESTER Warriors have re-signed New Zealand-born scrum-half Jono Kitto. Kitto, 26, who has played for both Leicester and Harlequins in the...
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/ 7 years agoForgiveness could drive Ford’s game
Benched: George Ford has gone off the boil WILL Jeremy Guscott ever find it within himself to forgive the young George...
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/ 7 years agoIrish given Sexton boost for Italian job
By GEORGE LAWRENCE IRELAND fly-half Johnny Sexton is expected to be fully fit to face Italy next Saturday. The fly-half was...
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/ 7 years agoFranks follows his brother to Saints
NORTHAMPTONhave signed New Zealand tighthead Owen Franks from the Crusaders for after the World Cup. The double World Cup winner, 31,...
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/ 7 years agoLet best of Britain & Ireland slug it out
LAST week’s letter about ringfencing the Premiership is exactly what I would suggest. Have a plan to increase the Premiership to...
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/ 7 years agoChisholm keen as Gustard and chasing England call
By NEALE HARVEY Diving in: James Chisholm scores a try against Exeter for Harlequins PICTURES: Getty Images James Horwill Chris Robshaw...
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/ 7 years agoRed Roses set for battle with Baa-Baas
ENGLANDwomen will play the Barbarians for the first time at Twickenham this summer. The Red Roses will kick-off before the men’s...
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/ 7 years agoDon’t block our own Bournemouth story
IT was wonderful to read Nick Cain hold up my local soccer club, AFC Bournemouth, as an example to Premiership Rugby....
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/ 7 years agoCruden won’t join All Blacks No.10 flops, says Evans
Admirer: Nick Evans NICK Evans believes fellow former All Blacks fly-half Aaron Cruden could be a smash-hit for Bath – if...
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/ 7 years agoBlues hooker Rees set to call it quits
FORMER Wales captain Matthew Rees will hang up his boots at the end of the season. The Cardiff Blues hooker returned...
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/ 7 years agoNo-one will stop Jonny in Cardiff says Tindall
By GARY FITZGERALD ANY special Warren Gatland plans to try and stop the lightning quick Jonny May striking an early blow...
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/ 7 years agoWhat a production line
I’VE been watching Hartpury College for a few years now on their march to the Championship and seen a fair number...
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/ 7 years agoSlade can carry out the Greenwood job for Eddie
By NEALE HARVEY All-rounder: Henry Slade has been in top form over the first two weekends of the Six Nations PICTURES:...
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/ 7 years agoWhen Tarw put the boot into England Grand Slam
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Game-changer: Emyr Lewis turned the match in 1993 PICTURE: Getty Images At some...
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/ 7 years agoShoulder op rules out Hurrell for six months
BRISTOL centre Will Hurrell will be out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury which requires surgery. The...
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/ 7 years agoDon’t risk Halfpenny yet pleads O’Driscoll
WALES are being advised not to pick Leigh Halfpenny against England this week following his third abortive comeback attempt in two...
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/ 7 years ago…while Joseph works off his frustration
FIT-AGAIN Jonathan Joseph aims to remind man-of-the-moment Henry Slade why he must never be complacent about occupying England’s No.13 jersey. After...
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/ 7 years agoNoves puts high price on ‘days off’
GUY Noves’ ill-fated stint in charge of France stretched to 21 matches before his employers realised they had made a mistake...
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/ 7 years agoHungry Joe will feed off the frenzied Welsh fans
By GARY FITZGERALD Preparing for Cardiff: Joe Launchbury hits George Kruis during England training this week PICTURES: Getty Images Rout: Jonny...
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/ 7 years agoFrench camp gives Wales a taster for time in Japan
By ALEX BYWATER Fun in the sun: Wales train on French Riviera ALL focus will be on Cardiff on Saturday when...
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/ 7 years agoBizarre how Hogg got off Scot-free
RUGBY is never usually slow to claim the moral high ground over football. How odd, therefore, that the Scottish Rugby Union...
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/ 7 years agoOwens: We must start fast or they’ll teach us
By ALEX BYWATER Confident: Ken Owens KEN Owens has vowed to get stuck into England but warned Wales Eddie Jones’ side...
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/ 7 years agoCan anyone stop England’s Six Nations march?
The Six Nations has a habit of throwing up any number of surprises and none more so than the way England...
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/ 7 years ago‘Systems error’ costs Harlequins
QUINS have been fined £6, 239.50 after exceeding the salary cap last season. They were £12, 479 over the £7m limit,...
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/ 7 years agoFarewell to England’s Webster and Gittings
TWO former England scrum-halves have passed away. Jan Webster, 72, earned 11 caps from 1972 to 75 and was instrumental in...
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/ 7 years agoHartpury bailed out by Bristol loanees
BRISTOL have come to the aid of their injury hit Championship neighbours Hartpury by making five players available on loan with...
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/ 7 years agoSharks flyer Jennings takes break to recover
SALE Sharks centre Mark Jennings is to take a sabbatical from professional rugby for the “foreseeable future”. Jennings has spent his...
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/ 7 years agoKitchener heading home to Sixways
WORCESTER have re-signed Leicester lock forward Graham Kitchener after eight years away from Sixways. Kitchener, 29, left to join Leicester in...
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/ 7 years agoLong term gains must be priority
PREDICTABLY, the Six Nations establishment is adopting the “I’m alright, Jack, pull up the ladder” response to proposals for some form...
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/ 7 years agoAttwood jumps on Bristol bandwagon
BRISTOL confirmed they have done a deal to re-sign England lock Dave Attwood from Bath at the end of the season,...
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/ 7 years agoRugby is a winter sport
WELL said Peter Jackson: “Since when did the professional game give a fig for the fans?” In all the coverage of...
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/ 7 years agoRobshaw will react, he likes to be written off – Easter
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S performance against Ireland will have sent shock waves through their World Cup rivals, says former Red Rose...
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/ 7 years agoNFL conferences are the way to go
REGARDING the debate about ring-fencing proposals, I believe they should go the NFL route and increase the Premiership to 16 clubs...
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/ 7 years agoRingfencing expected to take at least another year
By NEALE HARVEY PREMIERSHIP Rugby plans to prevent relegation this season look doomed. At a summit meeting last week, Premiership Rugby’s...
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