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Champions Cup
/ 7 years ago’Players have to ignore rumours’
KIERAN Brookes denied the constant speculation surrounding potential moves for Wasps’ stars was to blame for their poor form this season....
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoHughes limps off as Wasps fluff their lines again
By GARY FITZGERALD False dawn: Wasps players celebrate as Will Rowlands scores PICTURES: Getty Images Gone: Toulouse’s Sofiane Guitoune avoids Wasps’...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoWe got lucky admits Cullen
BATH rugby director Todd Blackadder said that his side had made gains despite a home defeat by the European champions which...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoDo-or-die in Dublin for Bath after horror pass
By NICK CAIN Strong carry: Sam Underhill breaks away from Leinster’s Garry Ringrose Interception: Jordan Larmour on his way to scoring...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoNow Tigers have to build a pack that can roar again
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK Great days: Pack power helps Tigers become champions in 2013 as Graham Kitchener, left, scores their second...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMemo to BT: Rugby’s not all about try-fests
Muddy marvellous: Bath v Sale was played in horrendous conditions COLIN BOAG Did you watch last Sunday’s televised game between Bath...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIs Meville wavering over ring-fence?
RFU’s interim chief executive, Nigel Melville, confirmed that relegation from the Premiership would remain for this season. For Melville to even...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoIf ref didn’t see it, then it didn’t happen
COLIN Boag in his comments about TMOs misses a fundamental aspect of the game – ‘Play to the whistle’, a basic...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoCVC buy-up would hit Premiership in future
I FEEL it is necessary to comment on some of the expectations from the negotiations between PRL and CVC investments. The...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoReward clubs for efforts
AFTER meeting their agreed commitments to the Premiership and Championship, the RFU appear to believe that the best use of their...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDeano has pop after prop crisis
NEWCASTLE boss Dean Richards accused European Cup organisers of disregarding player welfare in Friday’s 31-13 Champions Cup defeat at Edinburgh. Following...
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Latest News
/ 7 years ago’I’m 35 but there’s still room for improvement’
By NEALE HARVEY Veteran: Richard Wigglesworth breaks against Japan EVERGREEN England No.9 Richard Wigglesworth aims to prove old dogs can learn...
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Features
/ 7 years agoFiji blip can’t halt England
Jeff Probyn: Nigel Melville is ‘real rugby man’ at RFU PAGE 29 ■By SAM JACKSON Promise: Dan Norton ENGLAND will face...
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Top 14
/ 7 years agoLaporte rides the outcry over £7m loss
DAVID BARNES Dogged: Bernard Laporte is still fighting to stage the 2023 World Cup in France ”Laporte asked an annual meeting...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoEdwards try helps Penallta stay in the hunt
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Div One/ Plate & Bowl round-up WRU National Plate champions Brynmawrmarched into the fourth round of the...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoStudents beat the weather to go second
■By JAY BAYFORD Welsh Championship round-up CARDIFF Met took advantage of the postponements in the WRU National Championship to climb up...
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Features
/ 7 years agoSam’s the man as RGC unlock Cross Keys defence
■By DEAN JONES RGC 1404 …33 Cross Keys …13 A BRACE from Sam Jones helped RGC overcome Cross Keys in Colwyn...
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Features
/ 7 years agoThomas bags two tries as super Swansea bully Bedwas
■By PAUL HOPKINS Swansea …30 Bedwas …10 SWANSEA boosted their survival hopes with a comprehensive five-try victory over rivals Bedwas. It...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPonty thump Bargoed to keep heat on at the top
■By CARL FIELD Pontypridd …51 Bargoed …14 PONTYPRIDD remain in touch with rivals Merthyr at the top after a thumping win...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLast-gasp Jones drop goal clinches victory for Ebbw Vale
■By JAY BAYFORD Ebbw Vale…22 Cardiff …20 EBBW Vale snatched victory away from Cardiff thanks to a superb drop goal from...
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Features
/ 7 years agoLlanelli cut loose to pile more misery on Neath
■By ROB COLE Neath…12 Llanelli …69 NEATH managed to field a side despite their on-going financial problems, but they were put...
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Features
/ 7 years agoMurphy’s magic conjures up key win for battling Bridgend
■By ALEX BYWATER Bridgend …16 Aberavon …13 JAMIE Murphy’s last-gasp drop goal gave Bridgend a dramatic victory over his former side...
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Features
/ 7 years agoPrincipality Premiership
Merthyr …30 Carmarthen …5 MERTHYR returned to winning ways in the Principality Premiership with a bonus-point triumph over Carmarthen Quins. Fly-half...
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Features
/ 7 years agoRayment learning on the job at Cambridge
ADAM ELLIS talks to Cambridge’s rising front row star Alex Rayment Big talent: Alex Rayment celebrates beating Georgia in Tbilisi Released...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Wales line up ‘perfect’ World Cup training schedule ■By ALEX BYWATER WALES’ bid for World Cup glory will see them undertake...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoRUGBY SHORTS
Kyle off till New Year LEICESTER Tigers centre Kyle Eastmond has received a four-week suspension for a dangerous tackle on Bristol...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 7 years agoNEWS EXTRA
Te’o gets time off after his England exertions WORCESTER centre Ben Te’o has flown home to New Zealand for a “break”....
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoDombrandt making life even harder for Robshaw
HARLEQUINS man-of-themoment Alex Dombrandt can pile on the agony for injured stalwart Chris Robshaw as he aims to cement his back...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWorkhorse Wilson’s my pick at No.6 – Dowson
By NEALE HARVEY Grafter: Mark Wilson has forced his way into the England squad PICTURE: Getty Images No.6 contenders: Chris Robshaw...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoEastwood calls for ring-fence debate
WASPS chief executive Nick Eastwood insists no decisions around ring-fencing the Premiership can be made until all available options have been...
