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English Championship
/ 7 years agoTonks set to lead the Irish charge
Preview London Irish v Hartpury Today, Kick-off 3pm. Madejski St IT’S A battle of top versus bottom in Pool 3 of...
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Features
/ 7 years agoEngland after Jones has to be Gatland or McCall
NICK CAIN TALKS TO NIGEL MELVILLE ABOUT THE ENGLAND COACHING SUCCESSION Super coach: Warren Gatland stands tall among his Welsh players...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoWhere have all the Welsh coaches gone?
THERE was a time when Wales taught the world how to develop coaching into an art form, when everyone who was...
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/ 7 years agoPlayers’ Association go stum on big player fitness issue
Together again? Andy Farrell and Stuart Lancaster with England PICTURE: Getty Images ■ Just suppose, for argument’s sake, that Ireland win...
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/ 7 years agoNumbers don’t lie, fans snub the regions
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Astartling fact can be unearthed from the mound of attendance figures at the...
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/ 7 years agoDREAMTEAM
JOHN MULDOON, BRISTOL DEFENCE COACH AND FORMER CONNACHT AND IRELAND FLANKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST…...
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/ 7 years agoSam’s delayed Test bow worth the wait
■By NEALE HARVEY International bow: Sam Skinner in action for Scotland PICTURES: Getty Images EXETER lock Sam Skinner has revealed how...
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/ 7 years agoWallabies can turn it around like in 2015 says Toomua
NEALE HARVEY Resilient: Wallaby centre Matt Toomua MATT Toomua promises Australia will respond to their 2018 debacle by ramming Kyle Sinckler’s...
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/ 7 years agoAnscombe faces his big test against Farrell
Breakthrough: Gareth Anscombe in action against South Africa PICTURE: Getty Images GARETH Anscombe had a breakthrough campaign with Wales in November....
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/ 7 years agoJackman’s on the brink at Dragons
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND “Players don’t know their roles. There is confusion everywhere!” BERNARD Jackman is living on borrowed...
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/ 7 years agoProtheroe’s back with pointers from Piutau
■By JOHN HARDING Main man: Mat Protheroe celebrates a try for Bristol against Ealing last season Advice: Luke Morahan BEING sidelined...
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/ 7 years agoMooar insists Scarlets can become kings of Europe
■ By STEFFAN THOMAS Crusaders pedigree: Brad Mooar KIWI Brad Mooar has told Scarlets fans they can dream of European glory...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoSubscriptions…
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoValue of Six Nations is cut by 60 per cent in Guinness deal
By PETER JACKSON What it’s all about: Ireland celebrate winning Six Nations PICTURE: Getty Images THE Six Nations have been forced...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBath go for another Du Preez offspring
BATH have opened talks with Springbok international Dan du Preez about a move to the Rec next season. Du Preez who...
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Features
/ 7 years agoWasps desperate to prevent Daly move to Sarries
Call in the lawyers: Wasps may go legal to keep Elliott Daly WASPS are making a last ditch attempt to stop...
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Features
/ 7 years agoStay here, Sharks plead with Boks star De Klerk
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler SALE SHARKS want to sit down with Springboks scrum-half Faf de Klerk to discuss...
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Features
/ 7 years agoYoungs on sidelines
LEICESTER have suffered a blow after experienced hooker Tom Youngs was ruled out of their December fixtures with a knee injury....
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Features
/ 7 years agoMelville: New laws on tackles working
NEWS EXTRA NEALE HARVEY TRIAL LAWS banning tackling above the armpit line in the Championship Cup are having the desired effect,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoBristol killed off by second-half blitz
■By WILL CARPENTER Fast start: Harry Thacker gets the applause after scoring Bristol’s first try after six minutes PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoBlanc score adds late gloss to the Slade show
■By ALEX BYWATER COLIN Slade’s try-double helped end Worcester’s unbeaten Challenge Cup run at the Stade du Hameau on Friday night....
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoLeiataua sin-bin opens door for Godwin
By DARAGH SMALL Connacht …22 Perpignan…10 KYLE Godwin’s late try clinched the win for Connacht who had to withstand a late...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoQuins sent crashing by Ioane’s late breakaway
By ADAM ELLIS HARLEQUINS came crashing down from the high of beating Exeter as a last-minute try from wing Monty Ioane...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoClinical Sharks put the bite on 14-man Begles
By CHRIS ROGERS Double: Chris Ashton SALE made it three wins from three matches as Chris Ashton and Paolo Odogwu both...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoSaints pile more woe on underfire Jackman
By NEALE HARVEY Stop that! Taqele Naiyaravoro dives in for Saints PICTURE: Getty Images Down: James Fish tackles Dragons’ Richard Hibbard...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoBonus point puts Ospreys in pole position in Pool 3
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE OSPREYS moved top of Pool 3 with a six-try bonus point victory over Stade Francais. Cory Allen...
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Nick Cain
/ 7 years agoPromotion stays but 16 teams is good move
READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Concerns: Ealing Trailfinders have gates of around 1,000 APremiership table in which there is only...
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/ 7 years agoBalmain progressing nicely now he’s seen the light
By STEFFAN THOMAS Coach: Ackermann Chance: Fraser Balmain HAVING emerged from sizeable shadows cast by Dan Cole and John Afoa, unsung...
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/ 7 years agoBurrows loving high life since switch to Falcons
By JON NEWCOMBE Aiming for an 80-minute performance: Ryan Burrows PICTURES: Getty Images Rival: John Hardie RYAN Burrows achieved another memorable...
