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/ 6 years agoWilliams column: This Wales side have got Michael Cheika worried
Shane Williams previews the big clash in Pool A between Wales and Australia
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoLet refs decide if tackles are malicious
THE idea that you can sanitise a fast physical contact sport like Rugby Union to the extent that you can totally...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBravo Japan…now give us World Cup for Tier 2
NICK CAIN JAPAN have done it again, giving the 2019 World Cup much-needed lift-off with their brilliant 19-12 victory over Ireland,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoBeard’s such a beefcake
ADAM Beard was a late arrival after having surgery to remove his appendix and has been put through double sessions since...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoTomos gets back in trim
TOMOS Williams got more than he bargained for when he popped out for a haircut in Tokyo. The Wales replacement scrum-half...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoIt’s Manic as Jamie takes stage
Jamming: Jamie Roberts JAMIE Roberts showed off his musical talent once again as he took to the stage with the Manic...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoNow Robshaw’s Japan’s poster boy
LAST week’s lead story about Sam Burgess featuring on World Cup promotional posters has had a follow-up. Chris Robshaw is the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoWorld Cupdiary
AUSTRALIAN mascot Wally has been on the missing list since being given to teenage fullback Jordan Petaia to look after but...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoTV viewing’s thirsty work
THEWorld Cup might be on free-to-air TV in the UK but Japanese fans have been forced to subscribe to see the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoThe Wales shirts are top sellers
WALES have sold the most replica shirts of any World Cup team in Japan. Warren Gatland’s side are leading the way...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoFans can’t get enough World Cup souvenirs
HIGH prices for official merchandise have not put off punters shelling out their cash. World Rugby say that more replica shirts,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoMemories for Marler
ENGLANDare in Tokyo ahead of next weekend’s third Pool match against Argentina and it will bring back bad memories for prop...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoCourage impresses Davies
FORMER Saracens hooker Schalk Brits will probably be back on the bench for South Africa’s next match against Italy but he...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoCaptain Brits lifts spirits but brave Namibia fall flat
■By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Star man: Schalk Brits goes over to score South Africa’s ninth try IT’S A LONGway from Ibiza to...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoFord-Farrell combo will dependonManudefence
JEREMY GUSCOTT Big question: Manu Tuilagi is an explosive attacking force but defence can win World Cups PICTURE: Getty Images YOU...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 6 years agoWorld Cup lights up as Japan give Irish Bok shock
■By ADAM HATHAWAY Taking the lead: Kenki Fukuoka dives over for Japan’s crucial try PICTURES: Getty Images Early promise: Garry Ringrose...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoQuesada set to take over Stade from Meyer
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Who’d be a Top 14 coach? French domestic rugby took a break for the start of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBrooks brothers help Bony to another bonus
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD BONYMAEN continued their perfect start in One West Central with a 26-0 bonus win...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAnother maximum as prolific Pooler hit the 50
Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD PONTYPOOL notched their 50th consecutive Championship victory as they dismantled old rivals Neath 59-5. Leighton...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoWarriors are blown away by powerful Quins
Worcester …7 Harlequins…48 By JONTY MAWER A DOUBLE from Fiona Fletcher and further scores from Lucy Packer, Jess Breach, Chloe Edwards,...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoRichmond aim to bounce back from mauling
PREVIEW: Saracens v Richmond Today. Kick-off 1.30pm By SAM HUNGERFORD CHAMPIONS Saracens have already been given a stern examination in defence...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoPowell-Hughes try proves decisive
Powerplay: Ti Tauasosi makes hard yards for Gloucester Glouc-Hartpury…22pts Wasps…19pts By LAURA SHANA IT WENT to the wire at the Alpas...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoEkoko treble as Sharks show pace and style
DMP Sharks…46 Firwood …23 By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks took maximum points from an entertaining and high-scoring encounter at the Northern...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoBears roar back from defeat to see off Lightning
Bristol Bears…27 L’borough …10 By GEORGE WEST BRISTOL Bears made the perfect response to their opening-day set-back by recording an impressive...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSeason of goodwill in Exeter
NEWS EXTRA By MIKE SINCLAIR AS Exeter begin their 10th season in the Premiership, Rob Baxter believes his Chiefs have now...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLeinster set up Irish final with rivals Ulster
CELTIC CUP ROUND-UP By STEVE THOMAS IT will be an all-Irish final in the Celtic Cup after reigning champions Leinster A...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPirates loan lock options
CORNISH Pirates have signed Wasps second row Will Wilson on loan. The 22-year-old is the second forward to join this week...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAnother loss for Leicester
LEICESTER Tigers have reported an operating loss for a fourth consecutive year but recorded a profit of £5.2m for 2019 because...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTuisue gets three weeks
ALBERT Tuisue of London Irish was banned by an Independent Disciplinary Panel on Thursday for a dangerous tackle, contrary to Law...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoScrum-half cover arrives
RUGBY SHORTS HARLEQUINS have offered scrum-halves Dylan Munro and Lloyd Wheeldon contracts to provide cover for Danny Care and Niall Saunders....














