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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoFit-again Alex Mann is planning to come back with a bang
By Simon Thomas After a year of ups and downs, Alex Mann is back bigger and better than ever and determined...
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/ 1 year agoSherratt throws Emanuel in at the deep end
■ By ROB COLE STEFF Emanuel became the most high profile graduate of Super Rygbi Cymru when he made his senior...
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/ 1 year agoBRITISH RESULTS AND FIXTURES
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoFrance won’t play All Blacks in USA
French Column - By James Harrington The FFR has rejected a proposal from New Zealand to relocate the third Test of...
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/ 1 year agoGhezal’s job is to drag Lyon out of a hole
GOOD news has been hard to come by at Top 14 strugglers Lyon in recent weeks. Last Saturday’s defeat at Pau,...
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/ 1 year agoForthcoming fixtures
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/ 1 year agoWilliams makes a timely return to boost Saracens
■By PAUL REES In demand: Liam Williams playing for Wales PICTURES: Getty Images LIAM Williams has made a timely return to...
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/ 1 year agoCall to double number of Lions tours
Podcast ■By CAMERON STEPHENS AUSTRALIAN rugby commentator Sean Maloney believes the British & Irish Lions tour should shift to touring every...
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/ 1 year agoEx-Scotland captain Stuart Hogg sentenced to non-harassment order
Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg has been sentenced to a five-year non-harassment order and fined after breaching bail. Hogg...
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/ 1 year agoRugby’s social media moments of the week
By Charlie Elliott From emerging nations having newfound success, to the downright bizarre happening in Trinidad and everything in between, rugby social...
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/ 1 year agoPressure builds on RFU chief to resign
By Nick Cain Tom Ilube’s tenure as RFU Board Chairman, and his financial credentials, will come under increased scrutiny with the...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoJoe Schmidt: We’ll give Lions a real test
By Brendan Gallagher Australia coach Joe Schmidt is optimistic about the Lions challenge next summer after pushing Ireland all the way...
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/ 1 year agoJoe Hawkins linked with Wales move
By Paul Rees Exeter have yet to open talks with Joe Hawkins over a new contract as speculation mounts that the...
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/ 1 year agoSaints are looking to kick-start campaign
By PAUL REES Raring to go: Fraser Dingwall in action for Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images Ulster have signed Northampton No.8 Juarno...
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/ 1 year agoI’m still a crazy little man on the pitch, says Callum Sheedy
By Simon Thomas Callum Sheedy has revealed how being his own biggest critic drives him on amid the quest for perfection....
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year ago150th party nearly ends in tears for sloppy Irish
By Brendan Gallagher Ireland............................... 22pts Tries: van der Flier 23, Doris 49, G McCarthy 73 Conversions: Prendergast 50, Crowley 74 Penalty:...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoAndy Farrell: It can’t be all singing, all dancing all of the time
Head coach Andy Farrell signed off from Ireland duty with another win as he turns his attention to the British and...
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/ 1 year agoJoe Schmidt gets the Aussies bouncing
By Peter Jackson For far too long yesterday, Joe Schmidt threatened to send his protege off on Lions’ business accompanied by...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoScotland must not waste potential
By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken and unmissable every week... An assessment of where Scotland and England are after the autumn series,...
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/ 1 year agoIt’s time for a root and branch clearout at RFU
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week In what sort of world does the wage packet of one...
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/ 1 year agoWhen he was on it, Joe Marler had the lot
Power house: Joe Marler in action for England during 2023 World Cup PICTURE: Getty Images There's a need for big characters...
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/ 1 year agoWe can’t compete with the big dogs, admits Steve Diamond
By Paul Rees Steve Diamond will be putting young players on long-term contracts to protect Newcastle from the greater spending power...
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/ 1 year agoGuy Pepper full of praise for Sam Underhill
By Jon Newcombe Sam Underhill was one of Guy Pepper’s idols growing up and he’s now enjoying learning from him in...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoScotland deserve fair share of British & Irish Lions
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed We may be exaggerating here, but not by much: since the wonderful Tom Smith made...
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/ 1 year agoTime for RFU to put those tin hats on
If there has been an unusual amount of activity in one corner of the commodities market over recent days, blame Twickenham,...
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/ 1 year agoCup games were pretty tough on us, admits Cornish Pirates coach Gavin Cattle
By Mark Stevens As clubs across English rugby’s top two divisions return to league action this weekend, questions continue to be...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoJacques Vermeulen excited to visit old friends
By Paul Rees Exeter start their Champions Cup campaign away in South Africa on Saturday, but Jacques Vermeulen will feel very...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoMy body is telling me to quit, says Rob Evans
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know Wales are about to be hit by another loss despite spending...
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/ 1 year agoLet’s hope Newcastle Falcons can keep flying flag
As last season’s final Premiership table confirmed, Northampton and Newcastle could not possibly have been further apart: the Saints sweeping all...
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/ 1 year agoQuestions for the All Blacks
Despite following up their World Cup quarter-final win over Ireland last year with another in Dublin a fortnight ago, the All...
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/ 1 year agoThomas ready for Edinburgh clash
■By GARY FITZGERALD FRESH from his dream Wales debut, Freddie Thomas has set his sights on helping Gloucester conquer Europe. The...
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/ 1 year agoSeveral clubs are battered by Storm Bert
By Luke Jarmyn A number of rugby clubs across England and Wales have been left “devastated”, decimated and at risk of...
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team – Grant Hughes
GRANT HUGHES, THE FORMER SCOTLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND STIRLING COUNTY WING, NOW WITH CHINNOR, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoGood to see the Eagles soaring again
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points - By Brendan Gallagher That's a wrap for the autumn...
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/ 1 year agoIt’s hard to recall when the RFU was so ineptly run
YOU know something really bad is afoot when an annual report reads like an expensive defence document being presented at the...
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/ 1 year agoIt’s Bristol or nothing for me – Hollie Cunningham
By Ben Jaycock Proud Bristolian Hollie Cunningham hopes to inspire the next generation of Bears players and can’t see herself ever...
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/ 1 year agoMacDonald eager to get going
■ By MARK STEVENS ENGLAND international Claudia MacDonald hopes to put her latest injury nightmare firmly behind her as she sets...
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/ 1 year agoO’Grady glad to learn his trade in tough surroundings
■ By DAN ROBERTSHAW Fighting hard: Exeter Uni score against Hornets EXETER University flyhalf Lewis O’Grady is enjoying the physicality of...
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/ 1 year agoClinical Moseley too good for blunt Darlington
National League 1 ■ By DAVID ROBINSON Darlington MP.... 7 Birm Moseley. 24 AFTER a cagey start that suggested a close...
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/ 1 year agoOur fans prop us up, says grateful Birchall
NEWS EXTRA ■ By CHRIS COLLYER SALE FC prop Danny Birchall says that despite bad weather or result, the faithful support...
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/ 1 year agoGB face Spain in Dubai quarters
NEWS EXTRA GREAT Britain men will face Spain in the quarter-finals of the Dubai Sevens, the first leg of the 2024-25...
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/ 1 year agoWilliams ruled out
GLOUCESTER will be without Wales scrum-half Tomos Williams for the next few weeks after he injured his shoulder during the Autumn...
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/ 1 year agoRowland is gearing up for world cup challenge
■ By MARK STEVENS Triumph: England celebrate with the WXV1 trophy PICTURES: Getty Images HELENA Rowland believes England Women have been...
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/ 1 year agoGemma staying positive on the long road to recovery
■ By JON NEWCOMBE MADE of the strongest stuff, Gemma Hill is every bit as tough as the ‘Steelmen’ she looks...
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/ 1 year agoBUCS RUGBY
L’borough teach Exeter a lesson ■ By TOM JEFFREYS LOUGHBOROUGH underlined their favourites status by thumping Exeter. The Loughborough-Exeter rivalry has...
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/ 1 year agoNorman’s happy with his life as a Tiger
■ By CHRIS COLLYER WITH last week’s home game postponed due to Storm Bert, energetic Sheffield Tigers winger James Norman put...
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/ 1 year agoOur club ethos is to build from within
Coach to coach Steve Hill talks to Tim Robinson, below, head coach at Scunthorpe in Regional North East 1 Why did...
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/ 1 year ago40-player training squad selected
ENGLAND UNDER-18 ENGLAND U18s head coach Jonathan Pendlebury named a 40-player training squad for this week’s development camp at Bisham Abbey....
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoBorthwick needs to sort out defence
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Promising: It would be good for Asher Opoku-Fordjour to gain more experience...
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/ 1 year agoGreening and Byrne join head injury lawsuit
NEWS EXTRA BRITISH and Irish Lions Lee Byrne and Phil Greening are among 390 rugby union players taking part in the...
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