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/ 9 years agoNewcastle star retires at only 26
Tom Catterick insists he will always be a Newcastle Falcons fan despite this week retiring from professional rugby at the age...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoGenge eyes overtime as stars near game limit
Leicester prop Ellis Genge is committed to going the extra mile for England in Argentina despite the likelihood of him busting...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWarburton declares himself FIT for Lions tour
British & Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton says he is fully fit and ready to “crack on” for the New Zealand...
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/ 9 years agoBarbarians make stellar addition to 27-man squad
The Barbarians have today confirmed their experienced 27-strong squad for the tour matches against England on May 28 and Ulster on...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoExiles centre banned for final’s second leg
London Irish centre Aseli Tikoirotuma will miss the second leg of the Championship final against Yorkshrie Carnegie tomorrow after being banned...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBig Billy out of Lions tour
Billy Vunipola has withdrawn from the British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand due to an ongoing shoulder injury. The...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Brendan McKibbin – London Irish scrum-half
1. Tom Court – Nothing to do with his rugby abilities really, it’s just that he’s so old he can be...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoBig Joe was just immense says Dai
DAI YOUNG paid tribute to his side after their last ditch win. “I was very pleased with our composure –we never...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSo sweet for Wasps as Bassett lands the final thrust
From NICK CAIN at Ricoh Arena Wasps 21pts Tries: Beale 7, Bassett 77 Conversions: Gopperth 8 Penalties: Gopperth 2, 23, 39...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoMcCall proud of his tired troops
MARK McCall admitted Saracens were ‘hanging on and looking tired’ after their European exertions. The Sarries director of rugby said: “What...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoSlade missile sets up smash and grab raid
By MIKE SINCLAIR Exeter 18pts Tries: Nowell 43, S Simmonds 79 Conversions: Steenson 43 Penalties: Steenson 26, 30 Saracens 16pts Tries:...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoCopy Crusaders’ blueprint to restrict Barrett’s influence
Shut-out: Crusaders defenders swarm around Beauden Barrett PICTURE: Getty Images BEAUDEN Barrett has a skill-set that would be the envy of...
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Features
/ 9 years agoSlimani’s coming back on again – and again
COLIN BOAG Controversy: Rabah Slimani, third from left, comes back on as Wales protest Cast your mind back a few weeks...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoLions legend was just Sir to all of us
I SAW a piece in your paper about John Dawes and the Lions, but to a lot of people he was...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoFranchising is not the way forward for English rugby
THE article last week regarding Mick Hogan’s concerns about rugby in the North is no doubt founded on genuine concern, but...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoNow it’s Newcastle’s turn to head abroad
NEWCASTLE are to play a Premiership ‘home’ game in Philadelphia next September which again shows how Premiership clubs care little about,...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoO’Connor confident Tuilagi will recapture match-winning best
MANU Tuilagi is nearing a return from injury and should complete a full preseason according to Tigers boss Matt O’Connor. Tuilagi...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoI can’t wait to get back to Leicester says Ford
By NICK VERDIER Homecoming king: fly-half George Ford GEORGE Ford is focused on another succesful summer in white before returning to...
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/ 9 years agoDestination Argentina for much-improved Harry
Names in frame: Will Collier and Paul Hill SELF-CONFESSED former fat boy Harry Williams reckons physical improvements and working with the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGenge eyes overtime as stars near game limit
By NEALE HARVEY Wrecking ball: Ellis Genge PICTURES: Getty Images LEICESTER prop Ellis Genge is committed to going the extra mile...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSimpson sold on Wasps potential
By NEALE HARVEY SEEING Saracens become top dogs in Europe has only heightened Wasps’ ambition to supersede them, according to scrum-half...
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Features
/ 9 years agoAngry Maggs takes swipe at Moseley
KEVIN Maggs remains disappointed by the ‘shocking’ manner of his exit from Moseley but is relishing his new role as a...
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Features
/ 9 years agoLeo: Islanders need a professional pathway
By GRAHAM JENKINS FORMER Samoa lock Dan Leo has urged World Rugby to dig deep to stem the flow of talent...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoWomen’s Lions team on agenda
A WOMEN’S version of the British and Irish Lions could be launched some time after 2019, according to Lions chief operating...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoEngland kick off against Italy in 2018
RUGBY SHORTS ENGLAND will begin their quest to win a third consecutive Six Nations title in Italy on Sunday, February 4....
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoHalfpenny puts boss Cockerill in semis
Leigh Halfpenny has one more showpiece event to take his shiftworker boss Richard Cockerill to the cusp of a glorious farewell...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoCHAMP PLAY-OFF PREVIEW… Trebanos v Kidwely Thursday May 25
TREBANOS will be hoping to give their youth team coach Justin Tipuric a pre-Lions tour boost by backing up their firstleg...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTIER I FINAL PREVIEW… Aberavon v Merthyr Today. Kick-off 2pm
THERE will be a new name on the Premiership trophy today as the two most consistent sides in the Premiership this...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoTIER 2 FINAL:Neath 14 Newport 32
By ROB COLE GERAINT O’Driscoll stepped in to fill the Newport No.10 jersey and guided the Black & Ambers to the...














