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/ 8 years agoBrookes on board to power up Wasps set-piece
WASPS have signed England tighthead Kieran Brookes after he opted to leave Northampton Saints at the end of his contract. Brookes,...
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/ 8 years agoDingwall’s doing his Saints mentor proud
By NEALE HARVEY Presence in midfield: Fraser Dingwall PICTURES: Getty Images New boss: Chris Boyd HARD-HITTINGcentre Fraser Dingwall is determined to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
EXETER CHIEFS LOOSEHEAD PROP JAMES KENNY It’s been a stellar year for James Kenny. From getting his first taste of men’s...
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Features
/ 8 years ago2011 JUNIOR WORLD CUP FINAL New Zealand 33 England 22 (Padua June 26)
ENGLAND 1 MAKO VUNIPOLA: A force of nature and nothing much has changed since, except his scrummaging is better. Two Lions...
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/ 8 years agoCurrent crop will yield best ever harvest
BRENDAN GALLAGHER picks out the young guns who have starred at this year’s Junior World Cup Still only 17: France No.8...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoDouble for Demur
Georgia............24 Japan ..............22 GEORGIA fought back from ten points down to snatch victory at the death. Late tries from winger Demur...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoD’onofrio hat-trick in vain
Italy..................15 Australia ........44 AUSTRALIA prevailed in the fifth-place semi-final despite going down to 14- men after 20 minutes. Lock Michael Wood...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoIreland battle relegation
Ireland ............29 Scotland ........45 FINALAISTS two years ago, Ireland will be relegated unless they defeat Japan today. Defeat will see Ireland...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoPack power tells for Pumas
Wales ..............15 Argentina........39 WALES can finish only seventh after defeat in the sixth-place semi-final. Wales were ahead briefly in the first...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoCurry wants cool heads in Beziers hot house
By NEALE HARVEY Pace man: Try-scorer Olowofela tries to break through Ouch: South-Africa fly-half David Coetzer feels the force of No.7...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoOlowofela try just enough to hold off fierce Bok fightback
By GEORGE LAWRENCE Skilful: Tom Hardwick ENGLAND booked their place in a sixth consecutive Junior World Cup final with the narrowest...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoKiwis have no answer to French forward dominance
By SAM JACKSON France..............16 New Zealand....7 FRANCE booked their place in a first ever World Rugby U20 Championship final with a...
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/ 8 years agoReferee Owens joins the illustrious list
NO club can have done more to celebrate the achievements of the great and the good than the Welsh Charitables RFC....
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/ 8 years agoAll Blacks let off the hook again is no Freek
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Double-teamed: Remy Grosso feels the force of Sam Cane and Ofa Tu’ungafasi PICTURE:...
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/ 8 years agoJenkinson relishing 40th campaign at Titans
By JON NEWCOMBE WHEN Rotherham kick off their first season at level three for nearly two decades at home to Old...
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/ 8 years agoLam can back up big talk – Muldoon
By NEALE HARVEY Defence guru: John Muldoon in action for Connacht PICTURE: Getty Images THOSE daring to write-off Bristol’s chances of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE BAY OF PLENTY, CHIEFS, NEWCASTLE, NORTHAMPTON AND BRISTOL LOCK MARK SORENSON Iwas different to the norm in New Zealand because...
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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 8 years agoAmbitous Coventry step up their push for Premiership
By NEALE HARVEY Big plans: Jon Sharp COVENTRY chairman Jon Sharp insists there are ‘no limits’ to the club’s ambition after...
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/ 8 years agoAckermann working to eliminate Gloucester’s ‘kamikaze’ moments
By TOM BRADSHAW JOHAN Ackermann will use the impending preseason to improve his side’s hit-and-miss decisionmaking. South African Ackermann joined the...
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/ 8 years agoLewington in a rush to fulfill his Test ambition
By NEALE HARVEY Tough competition: Liam Williams, Sean Maitland and David Strettle CONFIDENT wing Alex Lewington believes competing with Saracens’ galaxy...
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/ 8 years agoInspirational rise of the ‘Beast’ from Zimbabwe
NICK CAIN looks at the rise of Springbok powerhouse Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira Centurian: Tendai Mtawarira is gunning to make the World...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoDrowning Eddie needs a life raft
NICK CAIN SPELLS OUT WHAT YESTERDAY’S DEFEAT MEANS FOR ENGLAND Dejection: Owen Farrell, right, and Denny Solomona lead England off yesterday...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoBravo Lewis, even the best can bomb in Argentina
I’VE BEEN hugely impressed by each and every player on Wales’ summer tour, but I want to single out one man...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoEdwards is a must for whoever takes over
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Best in the world: Shaun Edwards PICTURE: Getty Images WHILE Wales narrow down their search...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
PETER ANGLESEA, THE SALE COACH AND FORMER SALE AND ENGLAND ‘A’ BACK ROW, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYet more poor reffing from the game’s elite
COLIN BOAG First mistake: Luke Pearce should not have carded Paul Gabrillagues It just keeps happening, and as fans we’re being...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoYoungs responsible for setting tempo
LIKE against Wales in the Six Nations, England started like a train in the first Test against the Boks and then...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoHow many more like Francis could be lost to England?
IN last week’s My Life in Rugby column, Jamie Salmon writes how, in the early 1980s, he went from being rejected...
