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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMatson has total faith in rejuvenated Lion Joseph
By NEALE HARVEY BATH head coach Tabai Matson reckons Jonathan Joseph’s best is yet to come as the gifted outsidecentre looks...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoTest stars are back in best shape ever warns Pivac
By ALEX BYWATER Winners: Scarlets celebrate their PRO12 success DEFENDING champions Scarlets have sent out an ominous warning ahead of the...
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Features
/ 8 years agoJonny on rampage Down Under
BRENDAN GALLAGHER REMEMBERS THE OUTSTANDING ENGLAND SCHOOLS TEAM OF 1997 It’s 20 years ago this month that one of the strongest...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoWales win pool finale but coach frustrated by slack approach
Game 3 round-up WALESscored four tries in the final half hour to beat Hong Kong 39-15 and break their duck in...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoYes, England are into the last four but we’ve not been tested yet
Pack power: England No.8 Sarah Hunter on the charge CATHERINE SPENCER Former England captain It’s job done for England. We’re into...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoEmily taking pool lessons on board for French test
Semi-final Preview England v France By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND might have beaten France twice already this season but superstar centre Emily...
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Womens Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoRed Roses cash in as USA crushed by forward power
England …47 USA …26 A BLISTERINGstart helped England beat the USA and secure their place in the semi-finals of the Women’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHuge plus seeing our young lads triumph in South Africa
ANY WIN over a major rugby nation should be celebrated in Wales and that’s why I was delighted to see our...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoMartin’s right to be excited about his new product
I’VE ALREADY said in my column ahead of the new season that I’m hugely excited about the Guinness PRO14 kicking off....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoShelve the axes, players have a right to choose
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE NATIONAL dual contract system isn’t perfect, but without it Welsh rugby would be signficantly...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoExiles exposed by Blues flier Summerhill
By LUKE JARMYN L Scottish…23 Cardiff Blues …34 A HAT-TRICK from wing Aled Summerhill set up this opening warm-up game victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoBrits hits treble to steady Sarries ship
By MATT WRIGHT VETERAN hooker Schalk Brits grabbed a hat-trick as Saracens eventually showed their class against a dogged Bedford side...
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Features
/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
ETHAN WALLER WORCESTER LOOSEHEAD How’s pre-season going? Very well. We’ve kicked things off in terms of warm-up games and everything is...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCoventry …50 Sale FC …0
FULL-BACK James Stokes claimed a first half hattrick to set up an eight-try win over a Sale side that narrowly missed...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoCoventry …57 Broadstreet…24
COVENTRY, fielding a largely development academy side, proved too strong for city neighbours Broadstreet, who were promoted back to National Two...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoClass tells from Faf but Cockerill pleased his new boys ‘puggy-up’
By ALEXANDER MCLEMAN Edinburgh …20 Sale …24 EDINBURGH flashed glimpses of a possible reversal of fortunes but ultimately Richard Cockrill’s first...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoLovobalavu power surge signals Wasps fightback
By JACK REES Ulster …15 Wasps …26 WASPS began their preseason showing great signs of resilience by coming back from behind...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoYarde ‘hurt’ by Eddie’s snub says Kingston
By GARY FITZGERALD Harlequins…47pts Jersey Reds…21pts JOHN Kingston admits Marland Yarde is “hurting” after being snubbed by Eddie Jones again for...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoWarriors muscled out by Moseley lock stars
By ROGER PANTING Moseley…24 Worcester …15 WORCESTER suffered an embarrassing defeat in the incessant rain at Billesley Common but Moseley’s victory...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoHeavy artillery rolls through to give Harrison armchair ride
By COLIN NEWBOULT Leicester …47 Treviso …12 THIS convincing seventry victory set an ideal benchmark for Matt O’Connor’s troops to build...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoGrayson junior states his case at Saints
By SAM JACKSON Northampton…32 Nottingham …21 NORTHAMPTONkicked off their busy two-game week with a win against Nottingham on Thursday at Franklin’s...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoBenefactor set to offer Red Roses contracts
By NICK VERDIER INVESTOR Simon Pennock will fly to Belfast on Tuesday to present the England Women squad with an ambitious...
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Miscellaneous
/ 8 years agoPremiership planning for 22-match A-League
By NEALE HARVEY LEICESTER chief Simon Cohen says he would welcome plans to revamp the Premiership A-League by making it a...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoEngland tour was just what I needed after Lions setback
England lock and Wasps captain Joe Launchbury tells NEALE HARVEY how he has overcome his Lions disappointment and is targeting silverware with...
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Young Gun
/ 8 years agoYoung Gun: Billy Scannell – Munster hooker
This year will live long in the Scannell household’s memory with Niall and Rory making their international debut for Ireland and...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoLions prop commits to Harlequins until 2021
Harlequins have today announced that England and British and Irish Lions prop Joe Marler has committed his long-term future to the...
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Peter Jackson
/ 8 years agoPeter Jackson: Cricket lost out in battle of tortoise and Hare…
Had everything gone the way he and others planned it, Dusty Hare would never have played rugby for England. He would...
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Shane Williams
/ 8 years agoShane Williams: Quest for Autumn success starts now
The Rugby Championship is a tournament I’ve always enjoyed watching. Its brilliant rugby, played in great conditions and it involves some...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 8 years agoJeff Probyn: Jones must show courage of convictions this autumn
There is that certain ‘something’ about the last remaining days before a new season that always brings a feeling of anticipation...
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English Championship
/ 8 years agoLondon Welsh double act with a five-year masterplan
The John Dawes suite at Old Deer Park is adorned with memorabilia from the bygone age when London Welsh were the...














