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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoChiefs’ maul strikes but Blues hit back
By ROB COLE Cardiff Blues…21 Exeter …20 IF anyone is going to strip the Chiefs of their Premiership title this season...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBig try count is worry for Jackman
Dragons …16 Glasgow…40 ITlooks like a long season is ahead for new Dragons head coach Bernard Jackman after his side shipped...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFrom Sam to Francois, don’t take your eyes of these guys
ANDY GOODE OUR GUEST COLUMNIST LOOKS AHEAD TO THE PREMIERSHIP With the Premiership season nearly upon us, there is a lot...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
MATT WILLIAMS, THE LONDON SCOTTISH & FORMER MOSELEY WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Mark...
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Features
/ 8 years agoIf you don’t like scrums, watch Rugby League!
COLIN BOAG With the new Aviva Premiership just five days away, it’s good to hear directors of rugby fighting back against...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoI can’t wait for the Premiership season
THE Premiership is back next week and I can’t wait. Last season was brilliant and the play-offs were full of drama...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoKings will be the whipping boys in the new PRO 14
EVERY PRO14 coach will be taking a look at the South Africas Kings and revelling at the chance of increasing their...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoBasic catch and pass wins it for ABs
THAT try from Beauden Barrett yesterday morning to help New Zealand snatch victory over Australia was outstanding and just shows how...
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Features
/ 8 years agoEnd of the road for Will Fraser
WILL Fraser has announced his retirement from professional rugby after failing to recover from a neck injury. The Saracens openside has...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBristol pay differentials won’t cause disharmony says Lam
By NEALE HARVEY Probyn: Marler shows value of old-fashioned drinking! BRISTOL supremo Pat Lam insists that motivation will prove no issue...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoHigh tempo rugby was just too much for our girls to handle
CATHERINE SPENCER Former England captain Fine tournament: Sarah Bern hands off the Black Ferns I am so gutted for England but...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoRed Roses wilt against Black Ferns onslaught
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER NEW ZEALAND, shocked at their failure to reach the 2014 final, finally erased that stain from their memories...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoFrance find they are shut out by great white wall
SEMI-FINAL England…20 France…3 THE Red Roses put in huge defensive shift to beat France on Tuesday and book their place in...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
ADAM RADWAN NEWCASTLE WING Adam Radwan has been a revelation for Newcastle this summer, so it is hard to imagine the...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHowley the star as Neath swamp their old rivals
By SAM JACKSON Neath. 39 Swansea.16 A BLISTERING first-half got the season off to a flying start for these two rivals,...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoConbeer shows his skills as Llanelli back-three sparkle
By JAMES LLOYD Llanelli.24 Carmarthen Q.8 LLANELLI kicked off their season with a thumping victory over West Wales rivals Carmarthen Quins....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWarren into Llandovery record books with a try
By TIM LEWIS Llandovery … 31 RGC 1404 … 10 LLANDOVERY began their campaign with a storming triumph over RGC 1404...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWizards continue where they left off with try-scoring fun
By ROB COLE Aberavon. 40 Bridgend.15 ABERAVON scored more tries than any other team in the league last season, and they...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBedwas open season in fine style with five tries
By JAMES CANDY Pontypridd.27 Bedwas. 39 BEDWAS sent out a statement of intent to their league rivals after they overcame Pontypridd...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoReigning champions given a scare as Jarvis holds nerve
By CALLUM EVANS Merthyr.31 Cross Keys.29 TWO tries in the final five minutes grabbed victory from the jaws of defeat for...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBargoed. 20 Ebbw Vale. 24
By DARREN DAVIDSON LEWIS Dennett stepped off the Ebbw Vale replacements bench and became an instant hit as he kicked eight...
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Features
/ 8 years agoAce Cruden in control as Montpellier make mark
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Montpellier, under the new control of former Clermont and Scotland boss Vern Cotter, are generally considered to...
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Features
/ 8 years agoNew captains in West Country
WORCESTER and Gloucester were the latest clubs to announce their captains for the upcoming season this week with Donncha O’Callaghan and...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDeano’s winning strategy? Buys, banter and barbies
Stewart McCullough charts the rise of Newcastle under their owner and coach Eye-catching: Toby Flood is returning to the North-east PICTURES:...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCockerill: Quit your comfort zone or move on
By ALEX BYWATER NEWS EXTRA RICHARD Cockerill has challenged his Edinburgh players to step out of their comfort zone or risk...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMarler shows the value of ‘old-fashioned’ drinking
JEFF PROBYN Having just read Joe Marler’s take on the British and Irish Lions and what it taught him about rugby,...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoOld boy Oakley relishing the opening shot from Bristol
HARTPURY captain Rhys Oakley reckons the club have the right foundations to ensure a successful first year in the Championship. The...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCharteris: Ewels here to stay for England
By NEALE HARVEY EXPERIENCED Bath lock Luke Charteris expects second row partner Charlie Ewels to be a mainstay of England’s forward...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSpringok star Franco joins Irish as Blues count costs
By ALEX BYWATER FRANCO van der Merwe will this week complete a move to Aviva Premiership newcomers London Irish after failing...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
STUART GRIMES THE FORMER SCOTLAND, NEWCASTLE AND WATSONIANS LOCK I celebrated the highlight of my Scotland playing career with Gregor Townsend...














