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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoNorth stars as debut boy Harri makes history books
By STEFFAN THOMAS Pool 2 ALLEN Clarke praised the performance of George North as the Wales wing crossed for his fifth...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoDee’s double helps Dragons earn the maximum
By ROB COLE THE Dragons quickly put the bitter disappointment of losing at home to Cardiff Blues last weekend behind them...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoToo big and too strong, Clermont bash Saints
By NEALE HARVEY Joy: Peceli Yato of Clermont celebrates scoring Consolation: Tom Collins breaks away to score for Saints PICTURE: Getty...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoSharks tear chunks out of 14-man Perpignan
By SAM JACKSON BYRON McGuigan’s hattrick helped Sale Sharks to a bonus-point victory to start their Challenge Cup campaign on Friday,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 7 years agoBealham try seals win after pair from Godwin
Pool 3 KYLE Godwin scored tries in each half as Connacht got their Cup campaign off to a convincing start at...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoGive Lane a run but continuity is key now
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Test calibre: Cardiff Blues winger Owen Lane PICTURE: Getty Images WARREN Gatland names his Wales...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoLimit numbers at the breakdown to reduce brutality
RHYS Webb insists rugby hasn’t gone soft and has proposed an innovative idea as a means of improving player welfare. Webb...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoRhys is raring to light Toulon touch paper
ALEX BYWATER catches up with exiled Wales star Rhys Webb in the South of France Excited for Europe: Toulon No.9 Rhys...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoKennedy making a big mark at Scarlets
By STEFFAN THOMAS JAKE Ball says new Scarlets recruit Ed Kennedy has all the ability to follow in his footsteps and...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoHughes is a tweet for misjudging the mood
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NATHAN Hughes may feel that a relatively light right-handed punch from a prone...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoYoung unfazed by Toulon galacticos
By JON NEWCOMBE Big game experience: Falcons scrum-half Micky Young PICTURE: Getty Images Ace: Julian Savea A TRIP to the Mediterranean...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoCockerill rues the famous victory that got away
By PETER WILLIS EDINBURGHmissed a golden chance to cause a major Champions Cup upset in Montpellier after dominating their hosts. As...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoPivac: I don’t blame Davies
WAYNE Pivac insisted his team’s slow start to the game – and not the late penalty try – cost the Scarlets...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoGareth’s fatal error costs his Scarlets in late drama
By ALEX BYWATER Determined: Racing No. 8 Antonie Claassen can’t stop Scarlets’ scrum-half Gareth Davies going over PICTURES: Getty Images Opening...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoMurphy: We were bullied up front
GEORDAN Murphy admitted his Tigers pack has come off second best at Kingspan Stadium. “We did a lot of things well...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoTigers suffer a mauling but Tuilagi’s hitting form
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER He’s through: Manu Tuilagi breaks clear to score a second half consolation try PICTURES: Getty Images Touchdown: Alan...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoEvans expects another early onslaught
By STEFFAN THOMAS JARROD Evans believes weathering an early storm holds the key to claiming another famous French scalp as Cardiff...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoStretts: No regrets, but now let’s win it
By ADAM HATHAWAY Second spell at Sarries: David Strettle PICTURE: Getty Images DAVID Strettle has been on the receiving end of...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoGloucester prepared to live or die by the sword
By NEALE HARVEY Confident: Tom Hudson FULL-BACKTom Hudson promises Gloucester will adopt a rip-roaring approach to their first Champions Cup campaign...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoMunster delight at points on road
MUNSTER’S head coach, Johann Van Graan was overjoyed to pick up two points on the road. “Nobody gave us a chance...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoWe could have nicked that at end says Baxter
By ROGER PANTING Driving in: Luke Cowan-Dickie goes over to score for the Chiefs PICTURES: Getty Images On the run: Phil...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoMoriarty deserves chance says Ryan
By PETER JACKSON ROSS Moriarty is being given expert backing in his bid to step into the shoes of Taulupe Faletau....
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoFreddie’s horror show
PICTURE: Getty Images Freddie Burns drops the ball over the line after blowing kisses in a display of showboating that cost...
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Miscellaneous
/ 7 years agoEddie stays no matter what insists RFU chief
By NICK CAIN EDDIE Jones has been given an unequivocal assurance by RFU chief executive Steve Brown that “come what may”...
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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: London Irish and former Wasps and Leinster centre Brendan Macken
This is some team...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoCourt rejects appeal over sale of Ricoh Arena to Wasps
A four-year legal battle lodged by the owners of Coventry City Football Club appears to be over
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoDean Richards can’t wait for Newcastle’s return to big time after a wait of his own
The Falcons travel to Toulon for Sunday's opener
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoBrian O’Driscoll backs a team not named Leinster or Saracens for Champions Cup glory
Exeter Chiefs strength on home soil gives them an advantage over the other contenders, says the three-time champion
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoChampions Cup preview: A look at all five pools as Leinster seek to retain European crown
Leinster and Wasps kick things off on Friday night at the RDS
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoGuscott column: Alex Goode and Liam Williams can be European Player of the Year nominees when they set the Champions Cup alight
Jeremy Guscott makes his picks of players to watch in this season's Champions Cup
