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BUCS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS BUCS Super Rugby returns on Wednesday with the Women’s National League absorbed into the BSR umbrella....

England U20s 50-man squad

HEAD coach Mark Mapletoft has named a 50-man England U20 elite playing squad for the new season. After winning both the...

Have belief and trust it will work

Coach to coach Steve Hill puts the questions to Greg Nicholls, below, head coach at Blackburn RUFC in Regional 1 North...

Beechen Cliff get the better of Hartpury

SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS IT’S been a congested start to the schools season, with the U18s national cup tournaments kicking...

McBryde cuts Drovers down

Super Rygbi round-up By ROB COLE LLANDOVERY had their colours lowered for the first time since March as RGC ended their...

No stopping 11-try Merthyr

Premiership round-up By CARL FIELD MERTHYR continued their perfect start in the Welsh Premiership with an 11-try 71-0 thrashing of Newcastle...

Frisch in mood to impress Galthie

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Ambitious: Antoine Frisch is keen to make a mark in the international setup PICTURE: Getty Images ONE-TIME...

Easterby looking forward to Ireland job

SIMON Easterby is relishing the chance to lead Ireland when expects Andy Farrell takes a sabbatical to become the British and...

Outside centre best for Freeman -Burrell

■By CAMERON STEPHENS FORMER England centre Luther Burrell believes Tommy Freeman is best suited at outside centre and has the attributes...

It’s been a challenging year, admits Winnett

■By SIMON THOMAS CAM Winnett admits his meteoric rise over the past 12 months has been mentally challenging. He went into...

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Cryptocurrencies have long ceased to be something out of the ordinary and have confidently consolidated their positions in various sectors of...

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Series 4, Episode 3: Gallagher Premiership season preview with Luther Burrell

The Gallagher Premiership returns! Can Northampton defend their title? How will Saracens fare without Owen Farrell? Will Newcastle give a better...

Six Nations Format Change Haulted? World League Plans Announced

According to the media, the Six Nations may need more support from players due to their plan to eliminate one of...

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This time, Mike Brown’s trip ends in smiles

By Adam Hathaway Mike Brown’s 21st pre-season came with an added sense of déjà vu as he relived his worst nightmare...

Red Roses show who’s No.1 with win over Black Ferns

By William Gupwell England women’s head coach John Mitchell says his side will take valuable lessons from the 24-12 win over...

Zach Mercer focused on job at Kingsholm

By Bryn Palmer Zach Mercer has brushed aside speculation over his future and insists Gloucester can hit the ground running when...

Toby Booth: Tough telling players I was leaving Ospreys

By Mark Stevens Toby Booth admits telling his Ospreys players that he would be leaving at the end of the season...

Christian Day confident new PGP deal will attract big guns

By Adam Hathaway Players' chief Christian Day predicts the new Professional Game Partnership agreement will help attract more foreign big guns...

Tom Roebuck targets England success

By Ross Heppenstall Winning a maiden England Test cap to top the best season of his career will not be enough...

Bath will not bring in replacement for kicking ace Callard

By Jon Newcombe Bath head of rugby Johann van Graan has confirmed that the club won’t be hiring a new kicking...

Halfpenny will be great for young guys – Nick Evans

By James Orpin Harlequins attack coach Nick Evans is confident his squad of young prospects can rise to the challenge of...

George Skivington keen to build identity

By Paul Rees Gloucester won their first trophy for nine years last season and reached the Challenge Cup final, but when...

Richard Barrington ready to power up Ampthill

By Jon Newcombe Richard Barrington has signed up to the Ampthill “Mob” and reassured that he’ll still have a target on...

Dream Team with Rich Vasey

Rich Vasey, the Caldy backs/attack coach and former fly-half chooses the best XV he has played with or against... Forwards 1....

We must work on attracting more people into the game

Thank you to Tracey Turner for the lengthy appraisal of the challenges facing English rugby and the suggested solutions. Thank you,...

Premiership Cup better with 20 teams

Whilst having some sympathy with both Cambridge and Chinnor, newly promoted to the RFU Championship I feel I must take issue...

Quite right, Brendan, don’t indulge All Blacks

I couldn't agree more with Brendan Gallagher’s suggestion that we must stop indulging the All Blacks and their haka. He missed...

The haka is indeed a dance of welcome, and not a challenge

Brendan Gallagher is correct in saying that the haka is not a challenge. If this were really the case, why would...

Time for Steve Borthwick to prove his worth

Rugby Matters - A weekly look at the game’s talking points By Brendan Gallagher Honeymoon periods are not set in stone...

Sunny Septembers seem nothing but a distant memory…

Have Septembers gone rogue although possibly not in the way anticipated by the doomsters proclaiming terminal global warming and the end...

New man at No.10 Fergus Burke gets Saracens running free

By Sam Jackson Saracens ..........40pts Tries: Dan 10, Willis 24, Onyeama-Christie 38, 70; Burke 43, Adejimi 65 Conversions: Burke 11, 25,...

Vilikesa Nairau leads the charge in Coventry’s power pack

By Tom Riley Coventry .......... 45pts Tries: Anstey 17, Ball 21, Nairau 28, Kvesic 34, Ma’asi 37, Opoku 76, Lane 80...

George Furbank at the double as England lads return

By Ben Jaycock Northampton................. 36pts Tries: Furbank 4, 14; Smith 26, Dingwall 34, Savala 44, Haffar 52 Conversions: Smith 4, 34,...

Exeter Chiefs pass test but still work to be done

By Mark Stevens Exeter .............. 31pts Tries: Vermeulen 5, Feyi-Waboso 43, Brown-Bampoe 64, Woodburn 71, Dunne 73 Conversions: Hodge 6, 44,...

Ealing Trailfinders show champion pedigree in second half

By James Orpin Ealing T .............62pts Tries: Bird-Tulloch 15, Hampson 32, 48; Terry 38, 41; Ehizode 50, Newman 54, Collins 64,...

Speedster Cleaves finishes the job in Italy

■ By JOHN WILKINS Benetton...........14pts Tries: Lynagh 52, Izekor 78 Conversions: Marin 53, 79 Harlequins .......19pts Tries: Els 7, Jibulu 35,...

Rusty Bath get in flow with three late tries

■ By ROGER PANTING Bath .................................... 26pts Tries: Muir 14, Hill 56, Annett 64, Pepper 71 Conversions: Russell 56, Harris 64,...

Classy Darcy wings in for Edinburgh on return from injury

■ By GARY STONE Edinburgh.........33pts Tries: Graham 6, Bradbury 31, Vellacott 38, Dodd 42, Cherry 53 Conversions: Thompson 31, 38, Healy...

Resurgent Irish hit Wallaroos for six

Ireland.....................36 Australia................. 10 IRELAND started their season with an impressive six-try win in Belfast with back row Aoife Wafer scoring a...

Four-try England make it 17 wins on the spin

By Ben Jaycock England ............................. 24pts Tries: Packer 18, Dow 30, Kildunne 36, Hunt 42 Conversions: Aitchison 36, 42 New Zealand...

Scotland surge to victory

Scotland .................59 Fiji ............................. 15 SCOTLAND put on a show by scoring nine tries in their warm-up for the defence of...

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Magic of the Lions will attract record crowd

By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know At the Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 25 next year, the...

Why are Ospreys letting Booth go?

TOBY Booth achieved more, far more than any other coach in Wales last season. While all around followed the example set...