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/ 8 years agoGalarza stays but hopes for Pumas call
ARGENTINIAN lock Mariano Galarza has confirmed he is staying at Gloucester next season. There have been doubts about the 31-year-old’s future...
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/ 8 years agoWales snub drives Young’s need for speed
DETERMINED Wasps back rower Thomas Young has vowed to keep working on his pace and power as he seeks a route...
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/ 8 years agoSaxons on schedule again ahead of World Cup 2019
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S second string Saxons will be revived next year with World Cup preparations in mind. Planning is at...
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/ 8 years agoPocket rocket Cordero catching fire at Chiefs
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER flyer Santiago Cordero claims risking his Test career with Argentina is a small price to pay for...
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/ 8 years agoFarrell in Murrayfield tunnel row with Scots
By GARY FITZGERALD Grand Slam dream over: England’s Owen Farrell and Jonathan Joseph look dejected at the end of the match...
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/ 8 years agoCarnegie swoop for ex-Pirates boss Stirling
By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Cornish Pirates boss Chris Stirling is set to return to the UK with Yorkshire Carnegie in a...
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/ 8 years agoTop talent from tier two moving up for shot at Premiership
WORCESTER have signed three of the top stars from the Championship for next season. Doncaster scrum-half Michael Heaney, London Scottish hooker...
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/ 8 years agoGatland ready to call up new blood
By ALEX BYWATER WARREN Gatland says he’ll give Wales’ fringe players the chance to impress in the rest of the Six...
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/ 8 years agoFrankenstein foot to the floor in bid for higher honours
HIGHLY rated Harlequins lock Sam Twomey is ready to relaunch his quest for Test honours after recovering from a horror foot...
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/ 8 years agoBakewell’s challenge to create new pack legacy
By NEALE HARVEY New generation of prop: Ellis Genge PICTURES: Getty Images NEW Leicester forwards guru Mark Bakewell has vowed to...
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/ 8 years agoRival clubs set to swoop for Titans coach Rouse
By JON NEWCOMBE ROTHERHAM face a battle to keep hold of the services of interim head coach Nic Rouse with their...
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/ 8 years agoLam promises to give youth their chance
FRUSTRATED Bristol supremo Pat Lam says he is sick of his club being used as a bargaining tool as he prepares...
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/ 8 years agoPirates finally get green light after long rain delay
GREENE KING CHAMPIONSHIP Preview Cornish Pirates v Yorkshire Carnegie Today, Kick-off 2.30pm AFTERweeks of incessant rain, Cornish Pirates finally host their...
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/ 8 years agoPenalty for breaching cup rules
WASPS have been punished for playing too many loan players in last month’s Anglo-Welsh Cup game against London Irish. Wasps played...
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/ 8 years agoGlasgow made to pay for lineout failings
By DECLAN ROONEY Munster …21 Glasgow …10 GLASGOW coach Dave Rennie lamented his side’s misfiring set-piece as Munster inflicted just a...
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/ 8 years agoMakeshift Ospreys find winning end game
By ROB COLE OSPREYS completed a smash-and-grab raid in the final minute to keep alive their chances of reaching the Champions...
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/ 8 years agoTEAMS: Round Three of the Six Nations
Rest week over, here's the all the team news ahead of this weekend's rugby
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/ 8 years agoLeicester move has taken Jonny May’s game ‘to new level’
The England international says he has no regrets about leaving Gloucester for Welford Road after bagging two game-clinching tries against Wales
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/ 8 years agoAllen: Unlike me, these England U20s boys will be Test ready
England U20s coach Anthony Allen profers two youngsters not far away from a senior Test berth
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/ 8 years agoCan England take the Six Nations for a third consecutive year?
After a bruising and sometimes scrappy victory over Wales at Twickenham, the Six Nations title – and the Grand Slam –...
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/ 8 years agoDoncaster Knights prop Ian Williams dies after collapsing at training session
(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis Doncaster Knights have announced prop Ian Williams has passed away, aged 27, after collapsing at...
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/ 8 years agoDuncan is right fit, regardless of his nationality – Solomons
By NEALE HARVEY On merit: Alan Solomons WORCESTER Warriors director of rugby Alan Solomons denies the appointment of Cheetahs head coach...
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/ 8 years agoTongan flyer hit with ban
NOTTINGHAM wing Viliami Hakalo has been banned for three weeks for a dangerous tackle on Hartpury’s George Boulton in their 39-20...
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/ 8 years agoDisgraceful to throw TMO under the bus
I MUST give my few penneth over the controversy surrounding last Saturday’s match. For World Rugby’s Allain Rolland to publicly throw...
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/ 8 years agoTwo positive drug tests in English rugby in 2016-17
THE RFU anti-doping advisory group have revealed there were two positive tests out of more than 700 conducted across all levels...
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/ 8 years agoHeaslip eyes return date
JAMIE Heaslip is on course for a comeback against Ospreys on March 24. The No.8’s career has been in limbo since...
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/ 8 years agoHepburn’s striving for more than cameo role
By NEALE HARVEY No.1: Mako Vunipola Challenge: Alec Hepburn takes on Italy’s Tiziano Pasquali PICTURE: Getty Images CONFIDENT England new boy...
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/ 8 years agoDenton ditches Warriors after one season
By SAM JACKSON LEICESTER Tigers have signed 36-cap Scotland back rower David Denton for next season. Denton, 28, will join from...
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/ 8 years agoTired Mako glad to have Marler back
By SAM JACKSON Workout: England pack down against Georgia He’s back: Joe Marler in training ENGLAND prop Joe Marler paid the...
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/ 8 years agoAllen: Unlike me, these boys will be Test ready
By NEALE HARVEY Senior call up: Gabriel Ibitoye PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLANDU20s coach Anthony Allen says today’s budding Red Rose stars...
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/ 8 years agoOwens eager to bring Gats’ ton up in style
By ALEX BYWATER Previous: Ken Owens in action against Ireland last season KEN Owens insists Wales remain in a good position...
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/ 8 years agoScotland U20 staff suspended
SEVERALmembers of the Scotland U20s backroom staff have been suspended following a late-night incident two days before their 36-3 defeat by...
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/ 8 years agoThomas dropped
FRANCE head coach Jacques Brunel has dropped a number of players who went out in Edinburgh after defeat by Scotland on...
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/ 8 years agoMelville: 11-month season is non-starter
By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND players no longer face the threat of an 11-month season as talks between Premiership Rugby and the...
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/ 8 years agoAlun Wyn’s magnificent week on and off the field
PETER JACKSON Giving his all: Alun Wyn Jones in action against England One of the last things Alun-Wyn Jones did before...
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/ 8 years agoAlun Wyn set to sign new dual contract
By PETER JACKSON ALUN WYN Jones is set to sign a new Wales contract aimed at extending his monumental international career...
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/ 8 years agoSir Nick had a way of stopping Scots pulses
SIR Nicholas (call me Nick) Shehadie had a chuckle to himself once every four years whenever Scotland turned up for the...
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/ 8 years agoHastings guides Warriors towards playoffs
By ALEXANDER McLEMAN Glasgow 37 Cheetahs 23 GLASGOW guaranteed themselves a PRO14 playoff place after sweeping aside the Toyota Cheetahs 37-23....
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/ 8 years agoLeicester move has taken May’s game ‘to new level’
By GARY FITZGERLAD Tiger’s pounce: Jonny May touches down for England’s first try against Wales PICTURE: Getty Images JONNY May insists...
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/ 8 years agoBlues on course for Europe’s top table
By ALEX BYWATER DANNY Wilson believes Cardiff Blues are in a good place to qualify for the Champions Cup after they...
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/ 8 years agoSmith must be blooded in summer says Callard
FORMER England fullback Jon Callard wants Red Rose supremo Eddie Jones to blood fly-half Marcus Smith alongside Owen Farrell as a...
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/ 8 years agoLowe stars but Scarlets show grit to earn bonus
By BILL KIELY False dawn: Scarlets’ Johnny McNicholl goes over to score PICTURE: Huw Evans SCARLETS head coach Wayne Pivac praised...
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/ 8 years agoVeainu’s appetite restored after jaw break
By NEALE HARVEY Pain: Telusa Veainu TONGAN flyer Telusa Veainu will fight through the pain barrier to help rescue Leicester’s season...
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/ 8 years agoClarke hits out at leniency of referee Wilkinson
By ROGER PANTING OSPREYS interim head coach Allen Clarke claimed referee David Wilkinson had failed to remember his cards as his...
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/ 8 years agoEastmond hit for six
WASPS centre Kyle Eastmond has been banned for six weeks after his red card against Harlequins. Eastmond, 28, was sent off...
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/ 8 years agoWeir drops in with added time winner
By DARAGH SMALL Ulster 16 Edinburgh 17 DUNCAN Weir’s lastgasp drop-goal saw Edinburgh to a crucial and rare victory at Ulster....
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/ 8 years agoPiutau on crocked list
ULSTERwill be without Charles Piutau, Sean Reidy and Rob Lyttle for several weeks after the trio suffered injuries last week. Star...















