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/ 1 year agoMarcus Smith restored to England team for Six Nations finale against Wales
England have made extensive changes to their team for Saturday’s final Guinness Six Nations match against Wales including recalling Marcus Smith...
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/ 1 year agoSuper Rugby Americas: Round Four Review
Joe Santamaria reviews an enthralling round four, as champions Dogos finally found their flow to grab their first win of the...
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/ 1 year agoOpinion: Now is the perfect time for Wales to deploy Keiran Williams
By Pete Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Welsh rugby is on the brink of a new era, a proud nation striving to reclaim...
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/ 1 year agoWomen’s Six Nations: Wales captain Hannah Jones on coming back after considering retirement
By Paul Eddison Hannah Jones was on the verge of walking away from international rugby before being convinced by her club...
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/ 1 year agoJack Boyle – Ireland’s future front row star
By Pete Ryan You won’t find a position quite like the prop in any sport. It is a position defined by...
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/ 1 year agoBritish and Irish Lions watch: How players chances have changed after this weekend’s Six Nations
After the huge announcement that the British and Irish Lions squad and captain will be revealed in front of thousands of...
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/ 1 year agoRugby’s social media moments of the weekend
By Charlie Elliott As always, rugby delivered some great moments this weekend, with the Six Nations taking so many twists and turns. ...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations stock Risers and Fallers: Ireland the biggest losers after missing huge Grand Slam opportunity
It was another brilliant weekend of Six Nations action, in which France climbed up to pole position with one round to...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations Team of the Week: France unstoppable in Dublin with six players included
What a weekend of Six Nations action, after France blew the Championship wide open with a massive win over Ireland in...
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/ 1 year agoOllie Lawrence out of Six Nations finale and fearing season-ending lay-off
Ollie Lawrence will miss England’s Guinness Six Nations finale against Wales and could struggle to play again this season after suffering...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Seven try England thump Italy at Twickenham
By Ethan Bents England piled on seven tries to secure a bonus point win and beat Italy in entertaining fashion at...
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/ 1 year agoFrancis Baron: It’s time for the entire RFU Board to go
By Nick Cain Francis Baron has called for the replacement of the entire RFU Board, adding a radical dimension to the...
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/ 1 year agoEngland need to play for the full 80, says Elliot Daly
By Adam Hathaway Elliot Daly has urged England to put their foot on Italian throats today and keep it there in...
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/ 1 year agoWe must pull together to grow game – Rob Baxter
By Mark Stevens Rob Baxter believes that the responsibility for growing rugby – both financially and in terms of interest –...
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/ 1 year agoFit-again Josh Hodge keen to kick on with Exeter Chiefs
By Paul Rees Josh Hodge is getting a kick out of life at Exeter as the fullback looks to put himself...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Italy aren’t going to roll over for England, says Ben Kay
By Gary Fitzgerald England will be in for another Six Nations shocker unless they show plenty of “patience” as well as...
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/ 1 year agoEngland vs Italy Preview: Fraser Dingwall set to pull the strings as Steve Borthwick puts faith in Saints
By Adam Hathaway Preview - England v Italy Today. Kick-off 3pm, Allianz Stadium, Twickenham Steve Borthwick might not come across as a...
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/ 1 year agoI play at my best when I’m vocal, says centurion Jamie George
By Adam Hathaway Man of the moment Jamie George insists not much has changed despite being stripped of the England captaincy...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: France get back their va va voom to end Ireland’s Grand Slam hopes
By Nick Cain Ireland............................... 27pts Tries: Sheehan 43, Healy 77, Conan 81 Conversions: Prendergast 44, 78, 81 Penalties: Prendergast 35, 43...
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/ 1 year agoFabien Galthie: Antoine Dupont injury is looking serious
France head coach Fabien Galthie fears captain Antoine Dupont has sustained a “serious” knee injury. Ireland lock Tadhg Beirne fell on...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Lively Maxime Lucu steps up to guide France home
By Paul Rees It was a tale of two injuries. James Lowe picked up a knock in the warm-up with the...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoJeremy Guscott – England must put foot on the gas
By Jeremy Guscott - Outspoken & Unmissable every week... Some of the reasons for the changes Steve Borthwick has made against...
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/ 1 year agoSix Nations: Scotland survive spirited Wales revival
By Brendan Gallagher Scotland ........................... 35pts Tries: Kinghorn 5, 48; Jordan 11, 33; Graham 27 Conversions: Russell 6, 12, 28, 34,...
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/ 1 year agoTommy Freeman deserves a run in the centres
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The England midfield has been a mishmash of failed partnerships, wishful...
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/ 1 year agoPressure is building on the RFU Board to stand down
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week The Whole Game Union has added its weight to the call...
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/ 1 year agoBen Youngs lifts the lid on Steve Borthwick – but too late
By Nick Cain Ben Youngs lifted the lid last week on Steve Borthwick being a “risk-averse” coach, and stated that the...
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/ 1 year agoU20s six Nations: Historic win for poweful French outfit over Ireland
By William Bull Ireland............... 12pts Tries: Penalty 40+5, Mangan 80+1 France................22pts Tries: Echegaray 14, Leveque 18, Akrab 33, 52 Conversion: Keletaona...
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/ 1 year agoU20s Six Nations: Kane James shines to help England keep Grand Slam hopes alive
By George Wellbelove England ........................... 33pts Tries: Timmins 11, Burrow 17, Gulley 20, Hall 57, Bracken 80 Conversions: Bellamy 12, 18,...
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/ 1 year agoU20s Six Nations: Double red for Wales allows Scotland to take the high road
By Ben Jaycock Scotland ............. 27pts Tries: Douglas 18, 74; Moncrieff 27, Brown 34 Conversions: Urwin 18, 34 Penalty: Coates 65...
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/ 1 year agoU20s Six Nations: Showdown in Cardiff will be huge challenge – Olamide Sodeke
By Olamide Sodeke - England U20s & Saracens Lock Not many people can say they’ve won a Grand Slam, whether that’s...
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/ 1 year agoAndy Robinson praise for cross-league rivalry
By Jon Newcombe Andy Robinson has spoken about the positive experience of playing Championship clubs in what looks set to be...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoHowzat! Azzurri are left stumped
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Box office: England’s Elliot Daly scores against Italy in last year’s Six Nations match PICTURE: Alamy AS...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoLytchett Minster 2s? Now they were decent…
By Chris Hewett - Thinking Allowed Anyone seeking to capture the essence of rugby’s transformation over recent decades need not wrestle...
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/ 1 year agoPrem Rugby Cup: Newcastle Falcons can’t live with Bath late show
By Luke Jarmyn Newcastle Falcons ....... 29pts Tries: Hearle 5, McCallum 38, Stevenson 43, 50 Conversions: Connon 39, 44, 51 Penalty:...
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/ 1 year agoSteve Diamond likes look of young chargers
Newcastle director of rugby Steve Diamond heaped praise on his young chargers but admitted they’ve got a lot to learn. The...
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/ 1 year agoPWR: Gloucester-Hartpury set sights on making it three in a row
By Ben Jaycock This season’s truncated Women’s Premiership sprint will be rounded off next Sunday as Gloucester-Hartpury bid for an unprecedented...
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/ 1 year agoNewcastle Falcons flyer Elliott Obatoyinbo on the crest of a wave
By Jon Newcombe Elliott Obatoyinbo is hoping he can ride the crest of Newcastle’s wave and return to the sort of...
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/ 1 year agoJohn Mitchell names England Women’s Six Nations squad
Millie David, Charlotte Fray, Jade Shekells and Sarah Parry have all been called into the England training squad for the first...
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/ 1 year agoSanti Carreras will be fighting for Gloucester until the end, insists Trevor Woodman
By Gary Fitzgerald Santiago Carreras may be about to wave adios to Kingsholm but he will certainly not be “downing tools”....
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/ 1 year agoJoe Launchbury has helped me cope, says George Hammond
By Gary Fitzgerald George Hammond used “role model” Joe Launchbury as a mental crutch to help him through one of the...
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/ 1 year agoEligibility journey of Benhard Janse van Rensburg
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know At Eden Park on June 20, 2014, the cream of England’s...
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/ 1 year agoQuestions over Garry Ringrose’s ‘lenient’ ban refuse to go away
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know The Rugby Paper’s investigation into the Six Nations giving Romain Ntamack...
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/ 1 year agoFinal acts will define England’s season
ANALYSIS >> PAUL REES SAYS THAT, WHILE A FIRST DEFEAT TO ITALY IS UNLIKELY, BORTHWICK’S MEN WILL FACE A STERNER TEST...
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/ 1 year agoMaverick Marcus Smith has role to play
Steve Borthwick explained the dropping of Marcus Smith to the bench today by saying he wanted to unleash the Harlequin when...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 1 year agoBucs Super Rugby: Loughborough made to fight all the way
Bucs Rugby By Tom Jeffreys Loughborough survived the biggest threat to their league title hopes by the skin of their teeth...
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/ 1 year agoLuke John on hand to lead Cambridge fightback
By Oli Shapley Oxford Uni Men …………… 28pts Cambridge Uni Men …… 35pts Tries: Fankah 8, 34; Roddy 27, 55 Conversions:...
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/ 1 year agoKatie Hains double puts Oxford University Women on the right track
By Oli Shapley Oxford Uni Women......27pts Tries: Hains 20, 27; Berry 32, Hamer 50, Maria-Hawley 65 Conversion: Maria-Hawley 65 Cambridge Uni...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoGeorgia’s flyer Akaki Tabutsadze on his way to the top
Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game’s other talking points, By Brendan Gallagher It's the Rugby Europe Championship final...
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/ 1 year agoDr Bill Mulcahy put his college on the map
Ireland lock Dr Bill Mulcahy will be remembered for many things not least being a rumbustious Ireland lock who also won...
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/ 1 year agoLions ready to fight for their lives, vows Polish star
By CONOR MCLARNON LEICESTER Lions’ Jordan Tebbatt is eager to get one over on his former side as the relegation-threatened club...
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