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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoJoseph’s cast-off boots are magic
Toon-town dreamer: Scorcher’s Billy Dane READERS of a certain age might remember the popular cartoon series Billy’s Boots in Scorcherwhen Billy...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoHere’s one England team ready for the Kiwis
WHILE the rugby world waits impatiently for the next England/All Blacks clash in November next year, the respective Deaf Fifteens of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBig Ben chimes in with comeback try
By TOM BRADSHAW Take that: Ben Morgan powers past Agen prop Kamaliele Tufele PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS GLOUCESTER: Woodward 6 (Twelvetrees...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoBlues build momentum with big win in Toulouse
By ALEX BYWATER IN WHAT must rank as one of the best results in their recent history, Cardiff Blues claimed a...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoHill calls for Championship expansion and axe for cup
By LUKE JARMYN EXPANDING the Championship to 14 teams and scrapping the British & Irish Cup is the only move that...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoSale slip up again in face of French end-game
By DAVID JOYCE Try-double: Sam James SALE Sharks surrendered a 14-point lead in the final 15 minutes as they were beaten...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoROUND-UP
■PAU produced a scintillating second-half to beat Zebre. Trailing 30-7 at the break, they scored four tries to win 38-33. Zebre...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoGritty Falcons hold Bordeaux tidal wave after Flood strikes
By CHARLES WILLIAMS Influential: Toby Flood A PERFORMANCE brimming with guts and character saw Newcastle Falcons move to the top of...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoDragons beat travel bug but lose Griffiths
By ROB COLE THE long wait for an away win is over for the Dragons after their revenge win over Continental...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoWarriors’ fightback cut short by Healy
By JOHN FALLON Stopped: Chris Pennell is tackled WORCESTER head coach Carl Hogg said he was pleased to come away from...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoOjo seals his record night in Paris with brace of tries
By ALEXANDER MCLEMAN Record man: Topsy Ojo LONDONIrish sealed a memorable bonus point victory at Stade Français. The Exiles were in...
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Challenge Cup
/ 8 years agoTen-try Edinburgh turn up heat on Siberians
Krasny Yar …14 Edinburgh …73 EDINBURGHsurged to the top of Pool 4 as they breezed past Krasny Yar at Moscow’s Fili...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBottom line is Warren needs Rhys in his side
WHAT a week it has been for Welsh rugby and what a horrible mess we find ourselves in at the end...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWasps prop Marty heads Irish wish list
ULSTER are preparing a bid to tempt Wasps tight-head prop Marty Moore to return home to Ireland at the end of...
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Features
/ 8 years agoSaints keeping an eye on flier Veainu
Hot property: Telusa Veainu NORTHAMPTON are tracking Leicester Tigers’ Tonga international flier Telusa Veainu, who is out of contract at the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBordeaux impressed with Quins star Yarde
ENGLAND winger Marland Yarde is attracting interest from Bordeaux but a move to France would mean the end of his chances...
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Features
/ 8 years agoON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler BRISTOL have two more Premiership players on their shopping list ahead of an impending...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoBest back for Ulster’s big French challenge
Preview La Rochelle v Ulster Today, Kick-off 3.15. Std Deflandre ULSTER have brought back the big guns to face La Rochelle...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoIt’s win or bust for us, says Wasps boss Young
By SAM JACKSON WASPS’ rugby director Dai Young has urged his team to keep their European destiny within their own hands...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoCare’s bid to build up his legacy starts here
By GARY FITZGERALD DANNY Care is demanding a special Ricoh repeat from Harlequins to avoid their latest European bandwagon crashing off...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoScarlets left with mountain to climb
SCARLETS head coach Wayne Pivac accepted his side were second best. “Tactically they played very well but our errors contributed to...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoDead-shot Priestland fires timely reminder to Gatland
By ROGER PANTING RHYS Priestland returned to Parc-y- Scarlets to blast a huge dent in Scarlets’ chances of progressing to the...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTrinh-Duc ends hopes of battling Benetton
By JASON FOSTER FRANCOIS Trinh-Duc’s dramatic last gasp penalty denied little Benetton Treviso an historic victory over three-times European kings Toulon....
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoMunster may regret Racing’s late strike
By DECLAN ROONEY Quick reactions: Conor Murray dives on the loose ball to score Munster’s first try PICTURE: Getty Images A...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoGenge ankle scare for England
LEICESTER boss Matt O’Connor said that Leicester’s Wallaby centre Matt Toomua –who twisted a knee – and England prop Ellis Genge...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoTigers zoom to bonus then take a snooze
By NICK CAIN TELUSA Veainu was back to his sparkling best with a hat-trick, while wing Tom May – with a...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoWhy don’t fans flock to watch these great Saracens?
IF anyone needed persuading that Saracens are one of the great club sides of any era, pro or amateur, last weekend’s...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoGatland scorched by heat in Lions kitchen
SINCE Warren Gatland decided to retire himself as Lions coach earlier this week his motives have been questioned. It’s been suggested...
