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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGloucester snap up Woodward from Bristol
Gloucester have confirmed the signing of Jason Woodward from Bristol now their relegation to the Championship has been confirmed. With London...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Shaun Knight – Bath tighthead
1. Marcos Ayerza – He was the hardest prop I ever faced as a young player and every tighthead I speak...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoWe’ll get up for Stade – Laidlaw
GLOUCESTER’S Champions Cup qualification hopes now rest on Friday’s Challenge Cup final against Stade Francais. After finishing ninth for a third...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoChiefs earn home semi with record 8th bonus win on trot
Gloucester 20pts Tries: Ludlow 7 May 27, 59 Conversions: Laidlaw 7 Penalties: Laidlaw 19 Exeter 34pts Tries: Whitten 35 Moon 51...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoThat 7’s not too bad is he says dad
WASPS rugby director Dai Young saluted his side, and his man-of-the-match openside flanker, son Thomas, for securing a home Premiership semifinal...
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Premiership
/ 9 years agoYoung’s hat-trick puts buzz back into Wasps
Wasps 35pts Tries: Young 20, 39, 78, Wade 59, Daly 71 Conversions: Gopperth 59, 71 Penalties: Gopperth 16, 35 Saracens 15pts...
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Columnists
/ 9 years agoPicamoles has stood out despite Saints’ struggles
Dominant: Northampton No.8 Louis Picamoles PICTURE: Getty Images IT is no real surprise that there are three Wasps in the RPA...
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Features
/ 9 years agoDREAM TEAM
KARL DICKSON, THE QUINS AND FORMER BEDFORD SCRUM-HALF CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… KARL DICKSON 1....
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Features
/ 9 years agoYes, time has come to ring-fence Premiership
COLIN BOAG Facts of life: Rob Baxter speaks sense about the state of the game The Championship play-offs illustrated perfectly why...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoEngland deserved even more Lions
AFTER every Lions selection there are complaints that some countries have been under represented. However if you take fair representation as...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoTime to rethink the B&I Cup fiasco and offer real incentive
WITH the Championship stumbling from one crisis to another, due to lack of sufficient central funding, there is another aspect of...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 9 years agoPart-time would be end of promotion
IN TRP last Sunday, Jon Newcombe quoted Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill as suggesting more Championship clubs will choose the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoNo lazy Sunday afternoon for lineout analyst Kruis
By ADAM HATHAWAY GEORGE Kruis will be skipping domestic duties today as he masterminds Saracens bid for European glory against Clermont...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoWoodburn refusing to give up on England dream
IN-FORMExeter wing Olly Woodburn reckons being snubbed by England has only fuelled his ambition to nail down a Premiership winner’s medal....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBurns determined to ignore snub and leave Tigers with winning roar
By NEALE HARVEY Title in his sights: Freddie Burns wants to exit with a Premiership success PICTURE: Getty Images Coach: Matt...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Weekend beginning Friday, May 12, 2017 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs FRIDAY, MAY 12...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 9 years agoNaholo try clinches stunning fightback
By NICK VERDIER NEW ZEALAND teams just do not know when they are beaten as the Highlanders demonstrated with a sensational...
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Features
/ 9 years agoCockerill helps steer Toulon to play-offs
STOP-GAP Toulon boss Richard Cockerill last night delivered another powerful blow in his bid to make a stunning impression on the...
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Features
/ 9 years agoParisse is preparing for famous farewell
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Stade Francais are preparing for their Challenge Cup showdown with Gloucester this week with, at first sight,...
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Features
/ 9 years agoYOUNG GUNS
SAM GRAHAMSLAW LEICESTER PROP Switching from the back row to prop is no easy feat fresh out of school, but Sam...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoConfident Ospreys unfazed by trip to Ireland
By ALEX BYWATER JAMES King says the Ospreys can travel to Ireland with confidence as they prepare for a tilt at...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoPositive thinking is crucial now says Jackson
By NICK VERDIER DRAGONS back rower Ed Jackson is determined to keep positive after seeing a huge breakthrough following his broken...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoHowley pitch perfect as Neath take their chances
Neath……………21 Bridgend………10 By JAMES LLOYD NEATH secured a home semi-final in the Tier Two play-offs after taking victory in their winner-takes-all...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoThomas signs off in style as Cardiff clear the basement
Bargoed………26 Cardiff RFC…35 By JOE THOMAS CARDIFF lifted themselves away from the foot of Principality Premiership’s second tier with a bonuspoint...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoRGC grab the Loots to book Merthyr showdown
Pontypridd…18 RGC 1404………37 By ROB COLE TIAAN LOOTS raced 75 metres to score the vital try that guided RGC 404 to...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoDrovers claim local pride with quickfire bonus-point win
Llandovery…33 Carmarthen Q 19 By LIAM MATTHEWS THERE was little other than local pride riding on this Tier 1 match and...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGunter key as Steelmen dethrone champions
Ebbw Vale……26 Merthyr………35 By TREFOR WILLIAMS EBBW VALE’S reign as Principality Premiership champions is over and their mantle could yet pass...
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Club Rugby
/ 9 years agoGarland’s just Wizard to ensure home semi-final date
Aberavon………28 Bedwas…………9 By TIM LEWIS ABERAVON guaranteed themselves a home semifinal in their bid for the title with a 28-9 victory...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoJones hat-trick clinches title for Pwllheli
SWALEC Division One round-up By JAMES LLOYD PWLLHELI pipped Nant Conwy to the North title with a resounding 71-0 shutout triumph...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoYoung so lucky he has time to get Wasps buzzing again
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Okay, I’ll admit it, even though I am a former Wasps player...














