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/ 8 years agoExpect another Mennaye thriller
Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues Preview Today. Kick-off 2.30pm. Mennaye Field PIRATES coach Alan Paver knows it will come down to...
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/ 8 years agoYes, Eddie’s right to be obsessed by the All Blacks
One of few: Maro Itoje is ahead of his All Black rival PICTURE: Getty Images ARE England obsessed by New Zealand?...
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/ 8 years agoHenson is draw card as Dragons dig deep
By STEFFAN THOMAS DRAGONS head coach Bernard Jackman hailed the character of his young side as they thrillingly shared the spoils...
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/ 8 years agoLowe doubles up in Leinster stroll
By RONAN O’BRIEN Benetton 10 Leinster 36 LEINSTER fine-tuned their preparations for next week’s Champions Cup battle with Exeter as James...
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/ 8 years agoConnacht collared by canny Canna
By JOHN FALLON Zebre 24 Connacht 10 FORMERConnacht coach Michael Bradley heaped misery on them as he guided Zebre to a...
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/ 8 years agoGlasgow marching on after Filise gets red card
By GARY HEATLY GLASGOWrecovered from 10-0 down to defeat 14-man Cardiff Blues at Scotstoun on Friday night and make it 10...
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/ 8 years agoOspreys no match for Munster’s efficiency
By DARAGH SMALL OSPREYS’ PRO14 woes continued in Cork as Munster claimed a bonus-point win with a ruthless display, which saw...
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/ 8 years agoMakeshift Scarlets almost cage Cheetahs
By GEORGE LAWRENCE SCARLETS ran out of steam after a promising start as they were beaten by Cheetahs. Wayne Pivac’s side...
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/ 8 years agoSam’s the man for Edinburgh in stunning late cameo
By SAM JACKSON Kings 21 Edinburgh 48 SAM Hidalgo-Clyne came off the bench to bag a hattrick as Edinburgh surged to...
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/ 8 years agoDrunks make mockery of great Cardiff Test match
THEWelsh Rugby Union are facing renewed calls for the closure of bars during matches at the Principality Stadium following a flood...
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/ 8 years agoPiutau could stand in way of England World Cup bid
ENGLANDwill be on a World Cup collision course with the most expensive wing in the game if Tonga succeed in repatriating...
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/ 8 years agoTownsend is showing Wales the way to play
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW PETER JACKSON Gregor Townsend last appeared in Cardiff on Six Nations business a long time...
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/ 8 years agoJapan making strides after Wallaby pasting
BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at the Autumn’s big winners and losers from Test rugby’s second tier BRENDAN GALLAGHER Stunner: Shota Horie scores...
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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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/ 8 years agoTwo-year drug ban
JOSEPH Stokes of Matson RFC has been suspended for two years from all sport after testing positive for Benzolecgonine, a metabolite...
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/ 8 years agoBig increase in RFU funding
A RECORD £99.6m was invested in English Rugby Union in the last year, the RFU have revealed. The annual report shows...
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/ 8 years agoFrance need revolution to catch up says Saint-Andre
By NEALE HARVEY Hope: Philippe Saint-Andre PHILIPPE Saint- Andre claims France are now lagging “ten years behind England” and that radical...
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/ 8 years agoWasps eye moves for Thompson and Socino
LEICESTER have their eye on a couple of Premiership rivals as they look to improve their squad for next season. Wasps...
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/ 8 years agoO’Mahony snubs new Ireland deal
GLOUCESTER are in the race to land Munster captain Peter O’Mahony, who has rejected the Irish Rugby Union’s offer of a...
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/ 8 years agoPremiership clubs ready to swoop on Edinburgh
SAM HIDALGO-CLYNE is ready to leave Edinburgh at the end of the season after Gregor Townsend’s autumn Test snub. Scrum-half Hidalgo-...
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/ 8 years agoON THE BLIND SIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler HARLEQUINS are in the running to lure former Wallaby centre Ben Tapuai into leaving...
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/ 8 years agoBarrett adds golden boot to ‘double’ world crown
PETER JACKSON consults his stats book to illuminate the Test year in numbers PETER JACKSON Beauden Barrett finishes way out in...
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/ 8 years agoAt least Fuller will forever have one claim to fame
ONE of Herbert Fuller’s two claims to fame will disappear at Twickenham on Thursday when Cambridge prop Will Briggs – barring...
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/ 8 years agoRUGBY MATTERS
Varsity war heroes to be honoured at Twickenham BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points A...
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/ 8 years agoTwo more full internationals emerged
Capped: Brian Barley MARK Nelson, once of Sale and now coaching at Rossendale, has been in touch regarding last week’s feature...
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/ 8 years agoWhy does rugby get such little love from SPOTY?
THERE was much groaning and cursing in rugby circles earlier in the week at the complete lack of rugby representation in...
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/ 8 years agoForgotten Billy is leading from front
GLOUCESTER head coach Johan Ackerman was delighted with the win. He said: “We lacked intensity and accuracy at times but to...
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/ 8 years agoPaice’s reckless red scuppers his team
By NEALE HARVEY ANGRY London Irish supremo Nick Kennedy slammed his captain David Paice after the former England hooker was red-carded...
