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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoBeale ready to influence Wallaby revival
NEWS EXTRA WALLABYsuperstar Kurtley Beale reckons he has returned to Australia a more rounded individual following his year at Wasps. Beale,...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoBath head chase for Halfpenny
BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■SALE SHARKS have finally resolved their dispute with Castleford Tigers over the signing of...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoWilson on the radar at Tigers and Saints
Impressive: Wilson MARK WILSON’S fine England debut against Argentina last weekend won’t have gone unnoticed by a host of admiring clubs...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoNew Zealand 39 France 26
■NEWZealand are 80 minutes away from their sixth Junior World Cup crown after a demonstration of pure force against France on...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoMercer tries top and tail dogged England display
By NICK VERDIER ZACH Mercer proved captain fantastic once again on Tuesday with his late try – and Max Malins’ conversion...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoRobson gearing up for an explosive finale
ROUND-UP WALESU20s fly-half Arwel Robson is determined to finish the Championship on a high following Tuesday’s devastating 29-25 defeat to Scotland....
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Rugby World Cup
/ 8 years agoTough run makes us hard to beat – Malins
By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND have scrapped their way through the World U20s Championship and Max Malins is hoping they have one...
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Features
/ 8 years agoYOUNG GUNS
RALPH ADAMS-HALE ENGLAND U20S PROP TThe road to glory is a long one for a young prop so all Ralph Adams-Hale...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland W 27 Canada W 20
■Lydia Thompson scored two tries as England beat Canada and made it two from two in the 2017 International Women’s Rugby...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoRed Roses land five tries in big World Cup alert
By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND have made a big “statement of intent” ahead of the World Cup with the Red Roses yesterday...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoCarpenter challenges Canucks to lose nearly men tag
By JON NEWCOMBE CANADA’s joint most-capped player Aaron Carpenter admits failure to qualify for the World Cup for the first time...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years ago‘Rusty’ All Blacks warm up with 12-try rampage over Samoa
By NICK VERDIER THE All Blacks sent the sternest of warnings to the British and Irish Lions by scoring nearly a...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoSam grows into the job to guide Wales home
By ALEX BYWATER SAM Davies believes the experience of his first Wales start will make him a better player after he...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoVolavola drop goal denies Italians
By ROGER REES Fiji 24 Italy 21 BEN Volavola kicked a drop goal two minutes into injury time to give Fiji...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoIrish sizzle in the sun to roast Japan with 7 tries
By JOSEPH ROSS IRELAND racked up seven tries to demolish Japan on Saturday in the second of their threematch summer tour....
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoKolisi try magic sets up series win for
By NICK VERDIER SOUTH Africa put four tries past France for the second week running to clinch their three-Test series in...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoEngland’s reserves put on first class style to maul Pumas for second time
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER ENGLAND’S highly effective mix of gnarled veterans and young pups claimed their second win in a week over...
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International Rugby
/ 8 years agoWatson grabs revenge for Scots’ World Cup misery
By SAM JACKSON A SENSATIONAL try by Hamish Watson helped Scotland beat Australia in Sydney and avenge two consecutive narrow defeats,...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMills finally honoured with his cap from Top Cat
THEWelsh Rugby Union have dragged the good name of the game through the mud of some shameful episodes, not least their...
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Features
/ 8 years agoWatch out Wayne, Hansen’s from that Sir Alf old school
Too easy: Sam Cane is congratulated on his try by Israel Dagg PICTURE: Getty Images STEVE Hansen presided over the All...
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Features
/ 8 years agoBank on Sam to make up distance like a champion
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW On a wintry Sunday evening late last summer, a bedraggled figure put his...
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Features
/ 8 years agoDREAM TEAM
RICH LANE, THE BEDFORD AND FORMER BATH AND JERSEY WING, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1....
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Features
/ 8 years agoI do feel for Fearns, but he handled it all poorly
COLIN BOAG The old saying goes that an Englishman’s word is his bond, but those days are long gone as the...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoGatland wrong to call up more Welsh
SO FOUR more Welsh players (not bad for a team that finished just above Italy in the Six Nations!) and two...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoNo wonder England are so strong with this production line
THE U20 World Cup has been compelling viewing as ever and I hope the lads can finish the job against New...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 8 years agoBabbler Barnes has to taper his critique
DISAPPOINTING though it was on Tuesday, it’s building into an absorbing and exciting tussle in the Land of the Long White...
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/ 8 years agoMarfo’s off to join the Edinburgh front row
By NICK VERDIER PROPDarryl Marfo has left Bath to join Edinburgh on a one-year deal. The loosehead, 26, started last season...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSorry Gloucester but I had to put family first – Fearns
By NEALE HARVEY CONTRACT renegade Carl Fearns says securing his family’s future outweighed all other considerations once it became apparent that...














