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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoFitness first: Both teams out to show they’re at their best
The hard grind is about to pay off ! That was the message being broadcast by the England and Japan fitness...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoScrum-halves taking over as Springboks ring changes
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... South Africa v Romania Today. Kick-off 2pm, Stade de Bordeaux Jacques Nienaber’s South Africa have built themselves...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoPortugal make it hard for Wales
By NICK CAIN Wales.............................. 28pts Tries: Rees-Zammit 8, Lake 42, Morgan 55, Faletau 82 Conversions: Halfpenny 9, 43, 56; Costelow 82...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoClunky Samoa fail to impress
By PAUL REES Samoa ................................ 43pts Tries: Paia’aua 40, Taumateine 41, Lee 46, Malolo 51, 80 Conversions: Leali’ifano 40, 52, Sopoaga...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoGreat to see the spine of a new team emerge
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND JOB DONE . . . just! Five vital points to Wales, but many of the...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoIreland get in mood for Springbok clash
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Ireland............................ 59pts Tries: Beirne 21, Doris 26, Hansen 33, Sexton 38, Lowe 59, Aki 62, 69; Herring 79...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoEngland must up the tempo and go at Japan
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK THE reality of the Argentina game was that England managed to dig deep and...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoWe must not ignore Cipriani’s treatment
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Danny Cipriani’s recent biography has shined a light on the player cliques within...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoBunker boys need to be fair
NICK CAIN Tom Curry’s red card after a bunker review was to be expected under the current laws aimed at preventing...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoJones to stick with the Aussies
ON THE BLINDSIDE Eddie Jones is pouring cold water on reports that he could return to Japan and plans to see...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoBonjour a tous, je m’appelle Steve Diamond
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Steve Diamond is taking intensive French lessons as he eyes up a move across the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoJonny doesn’t quite hit mark
ON THE BLINDSIDE Jonny Wilkinson’s shirt from England’s 2003 World Cup Final win failed to match expectations at a recent sale...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoI owe it all to Clive…
ON THE BLINDSIDE Lawrence Dallaglio admits he has Sir Clive Woodward to thank for his World Cup winners medal. Dallaglio, speaking...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoTime for an elite 16-team contest
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST OCTOBER 2003 was a busy old month, what with Mother Teresa being beatified by Pope John Paul...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoFor me, anthems strike the right note
CHRIS HEWETT FAR be it for us to fly in the face of public opinion in this corner of the paper,...
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Women's International
/ 2 years agoCanada next for Mitchell’s new-look England
By BEN JAYCOCK Under a new look coaching staff, England women return to action when they take on familiar foes Canada...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoGrayson aiming to march on at Saints
By PAUL REES James Grayson is one of the longest serving players in the Northampton squad and intends to use that...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoCardiff boosted by the arrival of Pirate Robson
By BEN JAYCOCK Cardiff have signed former Dragons fly-half Arwel Robson from English Championship club Cornish Pirates. Robson, 26, left Dragons...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoMauling by Chiefs will motivate us says Lam
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Bristol v Ealing Today. Kick-off 2.30pm BRISTOL face ambitious Ealing Trailfinders at Ashton Gate today with Pat...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoJersey stun Bath with famous win
By LUKE JARMYN Bath .............................. 10pts Tries: Harris 20, Muir 36 Jersey Reds .............................. 34pts Tries: Scott 27, McHenry 50, Holgate...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBrilliant Radwan to the rescue for Falcons
By ANDREW HASTINGS Newcastle........26pts Tries: Fletcher 9, Kerr 29, De Chaves 65, Radwan 72 Conversions: Thomas 10, Johnson 66, 73 Bedford...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoHayler calls the shots as Hartpury take charge
By PAUL SMITH Nottingham...... 17pts Tries: Wright 7, Clayton 69, 78 Conversions: Hollingsworth 78 Hartpury Uni .... 21pts Tries: Hayler 4,...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBarton leads the way as Gloucester floor Saracens
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens ..........20pts Tries: Tries: Willis 3, Iswieke 29 Conversions: Manu Vunipola 4 30 Penalties: Vunipola 43 54 Gloucester...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoVintcent holds the key for Chiefs to overcome Pirates
By MARK STEVENS Exeter Chiefs ...................38pts Tries: Wyatt 11, 64, Vintcent 15, 55, Hammersley 43, Hodge 73 Conversions: Haydon-Wood 13, 44,...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCaldy power is too much for battling Ampthill
By JOHN LYON Caldy ..................26pts Tries: Aigbokhae 13, Gallagher 40, 47 Hearn 80 Conversions: Rogers 13, Kilcourse 40, Hayes 80 Ampthill...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoDoncaster snatch it in the last moments
By DAVID CHALLIS L Scottish .........22pts Tries: Waghorn 16, Lloyd-Seed 22, Waghorn 42, Brown 53 Conversions: Lloyd-Seed 17 Doncaster K .......
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCoventry go so close to Quins shock
By NATHAN EDWARDS Harlequins ......................21pts Tries: Jibulu 3, Slevin 52, Jurevicius 78 Conversions: Slevin 5, 53, 79 Coventry ..........................21pts Tries: Rigg...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoCambridge give it their best shot but there’s no stopping Saints
By STEVE JACKSON Northampton...55pts Tries: Seabrook 4 Pollock 8, 59 Thame 31, 33, McParland 37, Glister 47, Hendy 53 Conversions: Grayson...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPollard has the class to keep Tigers on course
By LUKE JARMYN Sale Sharks .....14pts Tries: Caine 51, Onasanya 78 Conversions: Curtis 52, 79 Leicester T....... 18pts Tries: Hassell-Collins 54,...
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Features
/ 2 years agoReviving the lost art of the drop goal
Paul Rees sees George Ford join an impressive list of players whose quick thinking has made the difference GEORGE Ford resurrected...
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Paul Rees
/ 2 years agoTime aspiring nations received more even-handed officiating
IT WAS hard not to feel for Fiji at the end of one of the epic World Cup matches. Not because...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoScarlets pay the ultimate tribute to Bennett
By BEN JAYCOCK The Scarlets honoured legend Phil Bennett with an impressive display of running rugby to beat the Barbarians 33-19....
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoFit-again Richards is setting his sights high
By JON NEWCOMBE Bath's Ewan Richards is hoping that he can put last season’s injury troubles behind him and keep pushing...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoPJ keeps on rolling, against all the odds
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE rain hadn’t long stopped sheeting down when the Grand Old Man of...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoAdam Hathaway’s World Cup Diary: Week Two
TRP reporter Adam Hathaway gives the lowdown on the latest inside stories at Rugby World Cup 2023 The Times nearly keep...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoWhy Vernon would take a dim view of this kicking game
PETER JACKSON Roughly 30 years ago, a new coach took charge of a junior club in a suburb of Cardiff, a...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoHigh-flying Codling is perfect fit for Falcons
By PAUL REES Alex Codling has taken a roundabout route to land a top coaching job in the Premiership – and...
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Rugby Matters
/ 2 years agoWallabies benefit from Fiji brilliance
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER NATIONALITY is a pretty fluid concept in the...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLions are tamed on own patch as Heath respond
By MICK WILSON Leicester L ........ 3 Blackheath .... 34 BLACKHEATH bounced back from the disappointment of losing their long-standing home...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoLate penalty seals Albion’s late glory
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s S............... 21 Plymouth A ............24 STORTFORD started slowly and, apart from periods of stout backsto-the-wall defence offered...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoFeeney magic has Sale under a spell
■By JOHN VAUGHAN Chinnor....................36 Sale FC........................0 CHINNOR produced a sparkling second-half display to take the spoils. Chinnor took the lead after...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoPark Lane in Rams raid as Sedgley humbled
By JOE BARNES-TAYLOR Sedgley P .........20pts Tries: M Riley 41, Maher 71 Conversions: Seals 42, 72 Penalties: Seals 2, 19 Rams...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoRee to the rescue at the death for Darlington
■ By TOM BULMER Darlington MP.......25 Cinderford.............. 20 DARLINGTON Mowden Park made it two wins in two after an incredible finish...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoHennessey out to make up for lost time with Blackheath…
By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON Blackheath are back in National One where they belong and aren’t afraid of anyone according to centre Jake...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoThree out of three for Titans with stroll over Lymm
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T...33 Lymm................. 10 ROTHERHAM made it three wins from three by comfortably beating a game but limited...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoUnbeaten Fylde survive late scare
By STUART MCCRACKEN Fylde.........................32 Billingham..............26 DESPITE a late Billingham fightback, Fylde held out for all five points to continue their unbeaten...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoFree-flowing Hull too good for Field
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 12 Hull............................49 DOMINANT Hull cruised to a seven-try bonus point win on the road at Huddersfield. Going...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoVenables holds key in biggest of battles
By MALCOLM KNOWLES Over: Benjamin Dixon goes in for Leeds and below, Sam Pocklington is in for Ionians to make it...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoEarly mauling from Tigers is too much for Otley
By NICK DOYLE Otley..........................24 Sheffield Tigers.... 31 SHEFFIELD Tigers had the game wrapped up within the hour, before Otley came back...
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National League 2N
/ 2 years agoCollinson seals the ‘Battle of the Dales’
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale.................22 Wharfedale............24 TWO tries from Wharfedale hooker Robbie Collinson left Tynedale still looking for their first win of...
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