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Premiership
/ 1 year ago13 years on and Yeandle’s fire is still burning bright
WHEN it comes to the Exeter Chiefs’ success story, Jack Yeandle has never been too far away from the main headlines.
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoI’m delighted we are opening title race against Saints, says Russell
BATH were inches away from Premiership glory despite playing almost an hour of the final with 14 men - and talismanic...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoCoventry face rivals Birmingham Moseley in first pre-season game
Coventry are only a week out from their first pre-season game against Birmingham Moseley and the pulse is starting to quicken.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAlex Lozowski, John Gallagher open rugby academy in Canterbury
Saracens centre Alex Lowzoski and ex-All Black John Gallagher will help launch an ambitious new rugby academy at Canterbury Rugby Club.
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland U20 star Zach Carr picks his career dream team
Harlequins, London Scottish & England U20 back row, Zach Carr, chooses the best XV he has played with or against.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoAussies on a long road to recovery
EXPECTATIONS in Australia will be pretty low after back-to-back defeats to South Africa in the opening rounds of the Rugby Championship,...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoClassy Jordan shows the way as All Blacks get back in old routine
By ADAM HATHAWAY New Zealand................... 42pts Tries: McKenzie 6, Savea 17, Clarke 24, Jordan 30, 42; B Barrett 36 Conversions: McKenzie...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoSavea: We need to produce the goods everywhere
NEW Zealand captain Ardie Savea warned his side they should not need a painful defeat to spur them into action. The...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoOnce again, Pumas fail to back it up
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Running riot: All Blacks No.8 Ardie Savea ONE of the most question able truisms in rugby is that wet...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoEtzebeth glad to see the depth in squad
EBEN Etzebeth was delighted to secure back-toback victories and is eagerly anticipating their New Zealand showdown in a fortnight. Etzebeth, who...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoBoks put on the burners to deck Aussies
By BEN JAYCOCK Australia............................ 12pts Penalties: Lolesio 3, 21, 36, 47 South Africa .....................30pts Tries: Fassi 17, van Staden 43, Marx...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoNo scrums? No problem for Springboks
BRENDAN GALLAGHER LAST week in Brisbane Pieter Steph Du Toit famously asked Luke Pearce: “Where’s the scrum?” when presented with a...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoPre-season: Premiership, Championship, National League fixtures
A pre-season fixture list involving teams from the Premiership, Championship, National Leagues, and Regional Leagues.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAn age-old problem for Farrell and Lions
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ‘Dad’s Army’: Bundee Aki will be 35 when the Lions arrive in Australia....
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoPoor terrestrial coverage is doing the game no favours
NICK CAIN THE NFL has infiltrated free-to-air broadcast channels in the UK, such as the BBC and ITV, using weekly content...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoErasmus now the creator supreme
NICK CAIN RASSIE Erasmus is a breath of fresh air, a coach who combines innovative out-of-the-box thinking with a detailed understanding...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoAge of protectionism must come to an end
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Powered up: Argentina scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou celebrates victory over the All Blacks last weekend PICTURES: Getty Images...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoGlad to see clock ticking on scrum
CHRIS HEWETT THOSE of us who have spent our entire careers writing against deadline know all there is to know about...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAs fit as a Lion in the Congo
PETER JACKSON THEY stood outside a 7th century church perched above St Bride’s Bay for hours on Friday, the old Lions...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoEight reasons to be cheerful for Cardiff
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW What a start: Efan Daniel playing for Cardiff last season PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoVivre Le Stade! I’m smitten by fabulous stadium
RUGBY MATTERS Stunning: The Stade de France during the Olympics closing ceremony PICTURE: Alamy IT has taken decades to fall in...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoRoad to next World Cup lacks jeopardy
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points UNLESS I’ve missed something pertinent – and it’s...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoI can’t remember a thing after I was kicked in head
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME AS WE all take a break for the summer and thoughts of...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRacing 92 confirm Le Garrec is leaving
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN On the move: Scrum-half Nolann Le Garrec will be joining La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images YES, it’s...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoMehrtens reported to lead group out to buy Beziers
JAMES HARRINGTON LESS than two weeks before the new ProD2 season kicks off, overseas buyers have officially submitted a bid to...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoWe must all share the blame -Youngs
By ADAM HATHAWAY BEN Youngs insists Leicester’s players only have themselves to blame for last season’s flop and not Dan McKellar...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoChapman moves up at Northampton
PREMIERSHIP champions Northampton have appointed Julia Chapman as Mark Darbon’s successor as chief executive. She will begin her new role in...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoI’m at Tigers for the long haul – Cheika
By ADAM HATHAWAY Hard-nosed: George Martin on the attack for Leicester PICTURES: Getty Images TROUBLE-shooter Michael Cheika has told Leicester fans...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSummerhill in hunt for a new deal
By SIMON THOMAS Moving on: Aled Summerhill in action for Cardiff PICTURE: Getty Images AS he comes to terms with being...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoDiamond: We’ll be fit and raring to go
By JON NERWCOMBE STEVE Diamond insists Newcastle Falcons will be fit for purpose when they kick off the new Premiership season...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoItoje has chance to captain the Lions
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THERE will be a special edge to the coming season because of the 2025...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoErasmus: We didn’t cherish ball and look after it like gold
AFTER easing past Australia with a phenomenal all-court game in Brisbane, South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus is expecting a reaction...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoSpringboks open box of tricks as they leave Wallabies at the gate
By PAUL REES Australia.............................. 7pts Tries: Paisami 76 Conversions: Lynagh 77 South Africa .................... 33pts Tries: Kolisi 10, du Toit 24,...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoWhisper it, but these Boks may deserve our love
BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE are many of you out there, often to be found in the noisy corner of X, who don’t...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoSavea: We need to get it right next time
NEW Zealand captain Ar-die Savea admitted their performance wasn’t “up to All Black standard” and hopes the pain of just their...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoArgentina grab their chance to stun New Zealand
■ By BEN JAYCOCK New Zealand ………………..30pts Tries: Darry 15, Lienert-Brown 35, Tele’a 52 Conversions: McKenzie 16, 36, 53 Penalties: McKenzie...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoCreevy & Co show England how it’s done
BRENDAN GALLAGHER ANEW Pumas generation is beginning to flex their muscles, but it was the veteran Gus Creevy, 40 next birthday,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoA sporting heritage that needs protection
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK WHAT’S in a name? A huge amount if you consider what Wembley means...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 year agoSkinner hits a hat-trick for Newport
Pre-season action By MO SHER AFTER what seems a shorter summer break than ever before, the community game resumed with a...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoWhat counts is how the money is spent
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED IT WAS a close-run thing but, after crunching the numbers harder than a caffeine-fuelled psephologist on election...
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Features
/ 1 year agoBerry’s briefest of brief encounters…
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW TEN summer Olympiads have come and all but gone since Marty Berry went...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 year agoHow the sun keeps shining for Spain
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER Impressive: Joel Merkler in action for Toulouse PICTURE:...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoSponsorship deal will really help grassroots
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THE news that the cabbage patch is to get a name change...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 2 years agoHarlequins star Danny Care calls for more free-to-air TV games
Danny Care says free-to-air television coverage is essential if rugby is to grow its audience and avoid other clubs going under.
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoTonga’s Pat Pellegrini quits Coventry for Super Rugby
Coventry's Premiership promotion bid has been dealt a blow with star man Pat Pellegrini leaving to join Super Rugby’s Moana Pasifika.
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCambridge and Chinnor ruled out of Premiership Cup
Last year’s bottom Championship side Cambridge and newly promoted Chinnor are to be excluded from the 2024/25 Premiership Cup.
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEmma Uren: Great Britain must learn from Olympic setback
Emma Uren has called on her GB Sevens team-mates to learn from a groundbreaking Olympic campaign after they finished seventh at...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoExeter Chiefs star Henry Slade to miss start of season after surgery
Exeter centre Henry Slade will miss the start of the upcoming Premiership season after having shoulder surgery.
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Features
/ 2 years agoSir Gareth Edwards: Antoine Dupont ‘has a buzz about him’
Simon Thomas talks to Sir Gareth Edwards, rated by many as the greatest rugby player of all time, about the brilliance...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGreat Britain sevens star Kayleigh Powell signs for Harlequins
Harlequins have swooped to sign another of Great Britain’s sevens players in Welsh international Kayleigh Powell.
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