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/ 8 years agoAcademy players granted greater freedom
PREMIERSHIP clubs will have more opportunity to give their youngsters game time next season with the RFU changing the registration rules...
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/ 8 years agoAshton try eases pain of Toulon dilemma
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Former England and Saracens winger Chris Ashton has scored his first try in the colours of his...
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/ 8 years agoHooper honoured to be Wallaby skipper
MICHAEL Hooper has been named as the new Australia captain, taking over from hooker Stephen Moore. Flanker Hooper has won 68...
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/ 8 years agoBradley returns to club game in Italy
FORMER Ireland scrum-half Michael Bradley has been named head coach of Italian PRO14 side Zebre. Former Italy players Carlo Orlandi and...
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/ 8 years agoEx-Tiger Mauger takes top job at Highlanders
FORMER Leicester boss Aaron Mauger has been hired as head coach of the Highlanders on a three-year deal. Mauger will replace...
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/ 8 years agoShock to be axed after All Blacks win
MY LIFEIN RUGBY JAN WEBSTER THE FORMER ENGLAND, MOSELEY, STAFFORDSHIRE & BARBARIANS SCRUM-HALF After all these years, I’d like to put...
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/ 8 years ago20 QUESTIONS
MATT PROTHEROE BRISTOL FULL-BACK How’s the move to Bristol going? Really well thanks. I’m getting used to everything around the club...
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/ 8 years agoFlood backed to reclaim his England jersey
NEWCASTLEcoach Micky Ward reckons fly-half Toby Flood can stamp his class on this season’s Premiership and fire his way back into...
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/ 8 years agoLozowski fine-tuning basics for England bid
By NEALE HARVEY ALEX Lozowksi has declared himself ready to rise to the challenge of retaining his hard-won England place after...
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/ 8 years agoI’m puzzled why women’s game needs a World Cup
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME With the women’s World Cup starting this week, hope is the excitement...
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/ 8 years agoWomen’s Premiership fixtures
Round 1 - September 16/17 Loughborough Lightning v Worcester Valkyries Firwood Waterloo Ladies v Saracens Women Wasps Ladies v Harlequins Ladies...
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/ 8 years agoMelville: Premier league will support growth at elite level
THE new Women’s Premiership competition is taking shape with the announcement of the fixtures list as well as the title sponsor...
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/ 8 years agoPitman out to prove how good he can be
By NICK VERDIER RORY Pitman is loving his new life in Jersey but the big Welsh No.8 has revealed he needed...
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/ 8 years agoRupert will bring harder edge to Hartpury – Evans
DAN MURPHYreckons the recruitment of former Gloucester prop colleague Rupert Harden will give Hartpury a vital forward edge in this season’s...
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/ 8 years agoDusty to leave Franklin’s Gardens
DUSTY Hare will be leaving Northampton Saints at the end of September. Hare, 64, has been at Franklin’s Gardens since January...
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/ 8 years ago2017-18 pre-season fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs Thursday August 10 USA Islanders vs Saracens Friday August...
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/ 8 years agoReason was vital in alphabet final
WHEREARE THEYNOW? BRISTOL 1983 JOHN PLAYER CUP WINNERS By NEIL FISSLER VICTORY at Twickenham in May 1983 still rates as one...
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/ 8 years ago‘Anorak’ Henson set for Dragons debut
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER GAVIN Henson is set to make his Newport Gwent Dragons debut against Montpellier on Friday. New...
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/ 8 years agoGuernsey defences destroyed by Knights firepower
Guernsey…0 Doncaster…95 By KATIE DAUNT DONCASTER KNIGHTS showed their Championship class as they treated the Guernsey crowd to a 15-try display...
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/ 8 years agoWinter’s content after watching young guns put Lions to the sword
By SAM JACKSON L Lions …19 Coventry …48 COVENTRY began their promotion-chasing season with convincing friendly win on the road at...
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/ 8 years agoWalker try puts Quins on road to victory
By STUART RILEY HARLEQUINS left it late but two tries in the last ten minutes made sure they began their pre-season...
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/ 8 years agoYstalyfera …17 Neath…38
By SAM DAVIES NEATH hit Ystalyfera for six in an entertaining warm-up match at the Ynysydaren Ground. Outside centre Richard Smith...
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/ 8 years agoIslanders unable to stem French tide
By TOM INNES Vannes …………38 Jersey Reds.14 JERSEY Reds headed to Britanny for their first match in the professional era against...
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/ 8 years agoAberavon …84 Aberavon Past…41
By MATT PORTER IT was tries galore at the Talbot Athletic Ground in a clash between the past and present of...
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/ 8 years agoTata Steel…5 Ebbw Vale …26
By ED JONHSON CENTRE James Lewis was at the double as former Principality Premiership champions Ebbw Vale opened their pre-season campaign...
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/ 8 years agoAll time Wasps XV?
Legends: Fraser Waters and Trevor LeotaTin hat time but here goes anyway.My criteria is threefold.Players will be considered purelyon their contribution...
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/ 8 years agoHardmen have powered Wasps through 150 years of battle
BRENDANGALLAGHER plotsthe rise of Waspsfrom Hampsteadto Coventry over150 years WASPS’ 150thanniversaryseason isn’tfive minutesold and alreadythey have onetrophy in theCabinet having retained...
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/ 8 years agoRead leads Kiwi charge to restore the world order
BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Although it might be a slight exaggeration to claim that the Crusaders’ Super Rugby triumph at Ellis Park...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 8 years agoCrusaders deny dream ending for Ackermann
By NICK VERDIER Lions …………………17pts Tries: Marx 64, Fourie 73 Conversions: Janjtjies 65, 73 Penalty: Janjtjies 27 Crusaders…………25pts Tries: Tamanivalu 8,...
