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/ 8 years agoCockerill captures tight-head Millar-Mills
By JON NEWCOMBE EDINBURGH boss Richard Cockerill has swooped for Yorkshire Carnegie tighthead, Elliot Millar-Mills with immediate effect. Millar-Mills has impressed...
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/ 8 years ago’Steaming’ Cheika in a bust up with fans
We played it smart in the rain says Eddie By GARY FITZGERALD MICHAEL Cheika accused Twickenham fans of giving him a...
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/ 8 years agoLydiate: All Blacks need our A game
Gatland: We didn’t cheat over scrums DAN Lydiate has warned Wales they must bring their A game or risk being hammered...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoFrom Exiles junkyard to Test starter for Scotland
Neale Harvey talks to Scotland new cap Darryl Marfo about his time with the Exiles and working with Richard Cockerill
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoAussies offer acid test of England’s back row mobility
Nick Cain analyses the challenge of the Wallabies who have a 'score to settle'
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoMichael Cheika picks power over playmaker in Wallabies midfield
Samu Kerevi gets the nod to start at inside centre alongside Tevita Kuridrani
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/ 8 years agoLydiate to captain Wales as Gatland makes 14 changes
All the team news for the Test against Georgia at the Principality Stadium
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoFreddie Burns admits England days are numbered under Eddie
By Neale Harvey Freddie Burns will put body and soul into winning silverware at Bath after accepting his chances of an...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEddie Jones receives telling off from his mother…
England head coach Eddie Jones might be 57 years old but that wasn’t enough to save him from a stern dressing...
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/ 8 years agoDiscipline players Rugby League way
I READPeter Jackson’s piece ‘How do refs miss so much’ on Oct 29 and he’s absolutely right. Surely we chould go...
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/ 8 years agoCain’s right, South Africa sport needs World Cup boost
NICK Cain made a compelling case for South Africa hosting the 2023 Rugby World Cup (“World Cup vote would save Boks...
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/ 8 years agoPlans to expand Tier Two to 14 on hold says Melville
By NEALE HARVEY PLANS to expand the Championship from 12 to 14 teams next season have been postponed after clubs failed...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoRespect the kicker with total silence
AS an ‘old school’ believer in the need to treasure the game’s ethos and values, I was saddened at the failure...
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/ 8 years agoHogan insists Newcastle will make the grade
NEWCASTLE managing director Mick Hogan insists his club will meet its English-qualified player (EQP) targets despite falling short over the first...
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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 8 years agoBurns admits England days are numbered under Eddie
By NEALE HARVEY Hitting top form: Bath fly-half Freddie Burns FREDDIE Burns will put body and soul into winning silverware at...
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/ 8 years agoBooth tops wanted list to replace Wilson
BATH head coach Toby Booth has emerged as a surprise target for Cardiff Blues in their hunt to replace Danny Wilson...
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/ 8 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ HARLEQUINS have eyes for Gloucester’s influential centre Henry Trinder when his contract runs...
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/ 8 years agoLaunchbury turns down Sale money
Staying at Wasps: Joe Launchbury WASPS have won their tug of war with Sale Sharks to keep England second row Joe...
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/ 8 years agoEddie in four-letter fury over ‘grindathon’
By GARY FITZGERALD EDDIE Jones last night condemned his side’s latest defeat of the Pumas as “a grindathon” after blowing his...
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/ 8 years agoEdinburgh sign Bristol ace Hurrell
BRISTOL have lost their battle to keep centre Will Hurrell when his contract runs out at the end of the season....
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/ 8 years agoInjury blow to Davies as Gatland woes grow
Just like that: Nathan Hughes stretches out to score England’s first try against the Pumas PICTURE: Pinnacle JONATHAN Davies is a...
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/ 8 years agoBeal lit up Arms Park long before Twickenham
Over the last 20 years almost as many embryonic Lions have taken their first steps at what must be the most...
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/ 8 years agoSandy was key for Shedden
WAY back in the Seventies when rugby really was a game for all shapes and sizes, the Scotland selectors enforced an...
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/ 8 years agoMurphy, from Bridgend to Berlin
NO shortage of Murphys have flitted across the global stage in their time from Noel Murphy of Munster, Ireland and the...
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/ 8 years agoBig place in history for the famous Lithuanian émigrés
LOUISWashkansky and Cecil Moss shared something in common before their paths crossed almost exactly 50 years ago in a way neither...
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/ 8 years agoFrom Exiles junkyard to Test starter
By NEALE HARVEY Advice: James Buckland RENAISSANCE man Darryl Marfo is targeting a long and fruitful Test career with Scotland after...
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/ 8 years agoI’d have picked Slade at No12 for England in 2015 – Walder
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWCASTLE head coach Dave Walder says England must fight fire with fire when they face Australia in Saturday’s...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoHansen recalls Kieran Read to All Blacks squad for Paris visit
New Zealand coach makes 12 changes to matchday squad to take on France
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Autumn Internationals
/ 8 years agoEngland rest Farrell and Itoje for Test against Los Pumas
Henry Slade beats Alex Lozowski to start in place of kicking ace, with George Ford at 10
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/ 8 years agoReddin could get England pack back to 2003 standard
THE decision by Eddie Jones to court Dave Reddin, England’s 2003 World Cup-winning conditioning guru, shows just how difficult it is...
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/ 8 years agoGermans call for Preocanin
OLD Elthamians lock Adam Preocanin is gearing up to swap National One for the world stage after earning a shock Test...
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/ 8 years agoWatson ready to home in on Scots No.7 role
By GARY HEATLY HAMISH Watson knows the upcoming Autumn Tests are a chance for the Scotland team to show supporters how...
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/ 8 years agoNew season won’t involve more rugby, says Baxter
By NEALE HARVEY EXETER boss Rob Baxter has accused Premiership Rugby bosses of failing to deliver the right messages over season...
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/ 8 years agoLam lines up lrish tight-head Carey
BRISTOL are showing an interest in signing Irish tight-head Conor Carey as they look to strengthen their squad for an expected...
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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 8 years agoLeague starlet Calvin returns to Dragons
DRAGONS have strengthened their options in the midfield with the signing of Rugby League starlet Calvin Wellington. The Welsh born centre,...
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/ 8 years agoKings hit by Ulster late try burst
S Kings …………36 Ulster ……………43 ULSTERneeded three tries in the last 11 minutes to rescue victory in Port Elizabeth. The home...
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/ 8 years agoGiles set for more time on sidelines
OSPREYS wing Keelan Giles will be sidelined for a lengthy period with a serious knee injury. The 19-year-old was carried off...
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/ 8 years agoDragons kids freeze to gift Erasmus his big send-off
By JOHN FALLON DRAGONS coach Bernard Jackman said he feared his understrength side might be put to the sword by a...
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/ 8 years agoIneligible player costs Richmond five points
TYRRELLS Premier 15s side Richmond have been deducted five points after fielding an unregistered player in a match last month. The...
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/ 8 years agoBlues blitz Italians to go above Ospreys
By STEFFAN THOMAS CARDIFF Blues scored five tries as they thrashed Zebre in a bonus point victory to jump ahead of...
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/ 8 years agoWasps suffer more injury disruption
MATT Mullan and Elliot Daly will be out for three months and three weeks respectively after sustaining injuries in Wasps’ win...
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/ 8 years agoScarlets make it 15 in a row as Jones takes his chance
By STEFFAN THOMAS THERE was to be no bonus point, but this was the Scarlets’ 15th straight home league win and...
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/ 8 years agoLions lock Henderson not short of suiters
ULSTER and Ireland star forward Iain Henderson is being pursued by overseas clubs eager to recruit him for next season. The...
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/ 8 years agoGet your fire back, Jones tells Courtney
By GARY FITZGERALD Gee up: Courtney Lawes EDDIE Jones has given Courtney Lawes a verbal kick up the backside and told...
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/ 8 years agoMatawalu’s magical run shows way for Glasgow
By OWEN MCINTYRE GLASGOW Warriors coach Dave Rennie was thrilled to see his side exact revenge on Leinster for their recent...
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/ 8 years agoCoventry mindset ‘cost Irish hope of survival’
TOM Coventry’s dismal season at London Irish need not have ended in relegation according to former Exiles backs specialist Richard Whiffin,...
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/ 8 years agoVunipolas in cash boost for Welsh kids
By PETER JACKSON WELSH rugby has found inspiring new sponsors – England’s Vunipola brothers. Their financial support for the grass-roots game...
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