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/ 8 years agoCherry’s late try secures crown for Australia
WOMEN’S SEVENS DISAPPOINTING Paris campaign for England ended in anti-climax after they booked a place in the Cup quarter-finals. On the...
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/ 8 years agoBoks fans give Eddie a verbal send-off
From NICK CAIN IN Johannesburg EDDIE Jones put on a brave face after England crashed to a fourth successive Test defeat,...
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/ 8 years agoWorley relishing challenge to be the new Foden
MATT Worley learnt his trade alongside Dan Carter – now the precocious 20-year-old has his sights set on nailing down the...
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/ 8 years agoWalker’s positivity inspired Coventry
HARRY WALKER, England’s oldest surviving international, passed away earlier this week aged 103 but hopefully his ‘can do’ spirit will continue...
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/ 8 years agoPhillips: I can sort out Lions problems ‘We’ve solved harder things’
WRU chief executive Martyn Phillips believes he can end the impasse between Premiership Rugby and the Lions over the 2021 tour...
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/ 8 years agoProp star Du Plessis has lofty ambition post rugby
By NEALE HARVEY Mentor: Petrus du Plessis PETRUS du Plessis has ambitions to fly high as a commercial pilot. First, however,...
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/ 8 years agoBeaumont must go into bat for smaller nations
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Man in charge: World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont...
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/ 8 years agoBotha hits back after German club gets the boot
By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER England lock Mouritz Botha has blasted EPCR’s decision to throw his Heidelberger RK side out of the...
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/ 8 years agoPumas look to capitalise on Ledesma gameplan
From ALEJO MIRANDA in Argentina Changing mindset: Mario Ledesma AFTER finishing fourth at RWC2015, Argentina struggled to push on and their...
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/ 8 years agoEl Abd’s in dreamland after latest miracle job
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Dad’s a hero: Joe El Abd with his children Maya, 6, Gabriel, 8, and Zachary, 4, at...
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/ 8 years agoNo-brainer for Davies to sign on with Boyd at Saints
TRANSFER WRAP NORTHAMPTON Saints have bolstered their ranks at scrum-half by snapping up former Wasps and Dragons player Charlie Davies. The...
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/ 8 years agoYou haven’t heard the last of Spain insists Nava
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER High praise: King Felipe VI of Spain congratulates Nava after Spain’s victory over Germany Warrior spirit: Veteran Spain...
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/ 8 years agoChanges at Rockcliff
WHITLEY Bay Rockcliff have a new coaching team for next season. Darren Cunningham joins as head coach with former Scotland lock...
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/ 8 years agoTom Curry and Billy Vunipola in England’s back row to play Boks
Full team news as Billy Vunipola starts his first Test for England in over a year
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/ 8 years agoSouth Africa name team to take on England in first Test
Duane Vermeulen, Faf de Klerk and Willie le Roux are in for the Boks...
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/ 8 years agoPolota-Nau takes summer break to repay Tigers and deliver play-off shot in 2019
The Leicester hooker wants to take a run at next year's World Cup but only after taking Leicester to the Premiership...
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/ 8 years agoFoundations are in place for a long Saracens reign, says Wyles
The retiring American reflects on the club's forged dynasty
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/ 8 years agoThomas the Tank rolls out of Exeter with mission complete
Back in New Zealand after eight enjoyable years in England with the Chiefs and Leicester
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/ 8 years agoDallaglio: Eddie must give Danny Cipriani a chance at fly-half
Dallaglio says Eddie Jones is waiting on a prayer after four defeats on the bounce for England
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/ 8 years agoWales edge South Africa in Washington thanks to late Ryan Elias try
A third-straight win over South Africa for Wales, but this Test match left a lot to be desired
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/ 8 years agoHero pathfinders fought cause of black players
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Ball of energy: Errol Tobias RUGBY MATTERS BACK in 2009...
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/ 8 years agoSexton, driving force of the Irish All Blacks
AS THE bars in Ballsbridge began to thin out in the early hours of Sunday morning, a welloiled, middle-aged Leinster supporter...
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/ 8 years agoRFU should make it easier to join the league structure
IT IS hard to disagree with Jeff Gage’s letter in last week’s TRP, when he writes of the alarm bells that...
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/ 8 years agoAsh splash: Ashton score the opening try
Try of the week: You could choose half a dozen from the England v Barbarians game but my favourite was the...
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/ 8 years agoPontypool wear crest with rightful pride
THE year 1868 marked the debut of the Trades Union Congress, the installation of the first traffic lights in London and...
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/ 8 years agoTop six playoff just sounds bonkers
I’VE read some tripe over the years, but Todd Blackadder’s call to expand the Premiership playoffs to six as reported by...
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/ 8 years agoEngland know it’s make or break for them in Jo’burg Test
ANALYSIS World class: Mako Vunipola is the best all-round loose head in the game PICTURES: Getty Images NICK CAIN LOOKS AHEAD...
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/ 8 years agoWoolmore ready for top flight after Jersey blooding
HUNGRY prop Jake Woolmore insists Bristol’s collection of Championship recruits will prove their critics wrong in next season’s Premiership. While Charles...
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/ 8 years agoI lie awake wondering how I’ve played in matches admits Mako
MAKO Vunipola has such a lung-busting lactic acidinducing workrate that you would imagine that after a match he is out as...
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/ 8 years agoThompson told to get some ring time under his belt
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Newcastle hooker Matt Thompson has something in common with Rio Ferdinand – their professional boxing careers have...
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/ 8 years agoNew Zealand left sweating over fitness of Cane
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Injury concern: Sam Cane SAM Cane is in a race against the clock to play in the first...
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/ 8 years agoLoyal Ojo signs up for Irish fightback
By SAM JACKSON Staying: Scott Steele LONDON Irish’s record try-scorer Topsy Ojo has signed a contract extension with the club, and...
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/ 8 years agoTatafa takes summer break to repay Tigers
By NEALE HARVEY World Cup ambition: Tatafa Polot-Nau PICTURES: Getty Images Coach: Michael Cheika AUSTRALIA hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau has revealed why...
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/ 8 years agoSonny Bill knee op a success – but he’s out of Test
By SAM JACKSON NEWS EXTRA ALL BLACKS centre Sonny Bill Williams has said that the surgery he undertook for a knee...
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/ 8 years agoWallabies to blood kids against Ireland
AUSTRALIA HEAD coach Michael Cheika has named five uncapped players in a 32-man squad for the three- Test series against Ireland....
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/ 8 years agoTank rolls out of Exeter with mission complete
By NEALE HARVEY Off Down Under: Thomas Waldrom is heading back to New Zealand PICTURE: Getty Images PREMIERSHIP crowd favourite Thomas...
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/ 8 years agoPenalties will kill our Boks hopes warns Itoje
By NICK CAIN MARO Itoje has warned his England team-mates to cut out the penalties or face defeat on their Springbok...
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/ 8 years agoRassie’s been on a mission to make Boks competitive
NEIL DE KOCK FORMER SARACENS AND SOUTH AFRICA SCRUM-HALF Outstanding season: Faf de Klerk holds off Jamie Shillcock to score for...
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/ 8 years agoThomson: Brad will take fast route to the top
By ALEX BYWATER BRAD Shields has been tipped to quickly become an England star. The Hurricanes and former New Zealand U20...
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/ 8 years agoRees set for Cup bid at the age of 38
By PETER JACKSON MATTHEW Rees plans to make a Champions’ Cup come-back with Cardiff Blues next season at the age of...
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/ 8 years agoOspreys’ coaching panel swung decision for North
By ALEX BYWATER Taken care of: Wales star George North GEORGE North has revealed the coaching combination of Allen Clarke and...
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/ 8 years agoFOUR YOUNG GUNS SET TO FIRE FOR NEW-LOOK SPRINGBOKS
WARRICK GELANT Full-back/wing Age: 23 Team: Bulls The inventive outside back has been in scintillating form this season. He is a...
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/ 8 years agoFoundations in place for long Saracens reign says Wyles
By GARY FIZGERALD AS Chris Wyles heads into rugby retirement, the American flier is convinced the rock-like foundations now in place...
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/ 8 years agoEdwards to help coach the regions
WALES defence coach Shaun Edwards will work with both Ospreys and Dragons next season on a part-time basis. Edwards, who recently...
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/ 8 years agoBarbarians defeat has no bearing – Launchbury
By NEALE HARVEY Experienced head: Joe Launchbury PICTURES: Getty Images JOE Launchbury has ordered England to “come out firing” in Johannesburg...
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/ 8 years agoDebut for Williams as North moves to centre
WING George North was named at centre with Ellis Jenkins captaining Wales for the first time in last night’s Test match...
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/ 8 years agoDallaglio: Eddie must give Cipriani chance at fly-half
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones must start Danny Cipriani in South Africa after giving him his first taste of international rugby...
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/ 8 years agoSaracens job bigger than England says Sanderson
FOUR-TIME Premiershipwinning coach Alex Sanderson says he has no current aspirations to become England’s new defensive guru and would view such...
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/ 8 years agoSpringbok lock Mostert agrees deal with Glos
By ADAM ELLIS Leader: Franco Mostert GLOUCESTER have confirmed the signing of Lions and Springboks lock Franco Mostert ahead of the...
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