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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoIt felt like a Test match-Ewels
BATH skipper Charlie Ewels believed they had enough chances to win. The England second row said: “I liked how we stayed...
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Champions Cup
/ 1 year agoJoe Heyes hoping to put on a magic show in Bordeaux
Match Preview By Jon Newcombe Bordeaux v Leicester Tigers Today. Kick-off 1pm, Stade Chaban-Delmas Joe Heyes is hoping that Leicester can...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoMy British & Irish Lions team are ready for take-off
By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week... There is a view that picking a Lions Test team almost...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year ago‘Enforcer’ Udwin oversteps the mark
THE quango-like blindness to accountability in the top echelon of this RFU administration, and their erosion and disregard the democratic conventions...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoTV deals are driving fans away from game
HAVING spent large sums of money over the years, attending live rugby and subscribing to Sky Sports and TNT to watch...
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Letters
/ 1 year agoWhat we need is good leadership from the RFU
WE represent 50 former Blackheath Rugby Club players – the world’s oldest open club – including Doug Hursey, President of Kent....
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Letters
/ 1 year agoWorld 7s is a waste of time and money
WHY do we participate in the travelling circus that is the World Sevens Series? Rugby 7s is now very rarely played...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoGabriel Ibitoye must grab chance – Matt Banahan
By Jon Newcombe Matt Banahan is looking forward to watching Gabriel Ibitoye press his England claims during the upcoming European window....
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 year agoOh, for a one-stop TV shop for the lot
CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED Gogglebox: Bath taking on La Rochelle on Friday night PICTURE: Getty Images HERE’S a brain teaser: if...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoGlad to hear the French say: Non!
FRANCE is a foreign country: they do things differently there. For one thing, they have a pyramid league system that works...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoMontpellier are pushed all the way by Dragons
By SIMON THOMAS Dragons ............. 14pts Tries: Basham 26, O’Brien 40 Conversions: O’Brien 27, 40 Montpellier ..... 18pts Tries: Tambwe 13,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoMorgan returns to boost Ospreys
Preview Ospreys v Lions By BEN JAYCOCK Today. 3.15pm WINGER Keelan Giles brings up a century of Ospreys appearances today as...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoWe are going to have a real go at Pau, says Diamond
PREVIEW... By PAUL REES Ospreys v Lions Today. Kick-off 1pm, Stade du Hameau STEVE Diamond has picked a strong side for...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoGloucester on a roll after standing up to Edinburgh
By Luke Jarmyn Gloucester ......... 15pts Tries: Blake 10, Tuisue 64 Conversion: Carreras 11 Penalty: Carreras 45 Edinburgh ........... 10pts Try:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoBayonne ……… 17 Scarlets ……… 16
■By TOM CLEMENTS JORIS Segonds broke Scarlets’ hearts with a late penalty that denied the Welsh side an opening round victory....
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoConnacht …… 43 Zebre …………… 12
■By JOHN FALLON IRISH sevens star Chay Mullins crowned his Connacht debut with a hat-trick. Academy players Sean Naughton and Fiachna...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoEmanuel marks historic Cardiff debut in style
■By SIMON THOMAS Lyon ....................37pts Tries: Dumortier 7, 38, Parisien 25, Charcosset 48, Gonzalez 63 Conversions: Meliande 26, 49, 64 Penalties:...
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Challenge Cup
/ 1 year agoCheetahs v Perpignan
Preview Today. 1pm INVITATIONAL outfit the Cheetahs, led by DoR Frans Steyn, picked up two wins from four last season and...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoJordan Poole: Coventry on right track to win Championship promotion
By Ben Jaycock Captain Jordan Poole says Coventry are on track to finish the club’s three-year plan with promotion to the...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSaracens aiming to be more clinical – Georgia Evans
By Ben Jaycock Having fallen short in recent years, the PWR’s all-time most successful side Saracens are seeking redemption this season....
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Dream Team
/ 1 year agoDream Team – Charles Rylands
CHARLES RYLANDS, THE AMPTHILL AND FORMER BEDFORD BLUES AND CARDIFF MET FLANKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoGet rid of the regions and call for Cotter, says Ring
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW MARK Ring never thought Welsh rugby would come to this; their four regional...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 year agoLowe’s running out of time to win the big one
Cutting a dash: James Lowe in action for Leinster PICTURE: Alamy NOBODY in recent seasons has cut a deeper swathe through...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoTiueti steps up to win it at the death for Coventry
■By PAUL SMITH Coventry ........... 14pts Tries: Nayalo 4, Tiueti 79 Conversions: Richman 4, 79 Hartpury ............ 13pts Try: A Benz-Salamon...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoMitchelow is in right place to snatch it for Ampthill
■By OLLIE AUST L Scottish ........14pts Tries: Anderson 8, Trenholm 25 Conversions: Kerr 9, 26 Ampthill ........... 15pts Tries: Sylvester 67,...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoOlowofela’s double steers Archers home
■By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge ....... 10pts Tries: Brownlie 10, Caven 19 Nottingham ..... 43pts Tries: Olowofela 16, 42; Dickinson 23, 32,...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoCornish at the double to clinch it for Ealing
■By BEN MORRIS Bedford Blues .................. 17pts Tries: Worley 11, Garside 25 Conversions: Maisey 12, 26 Penalty: Maisey 3 Ealing Trailfinders...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoDoncaster Knights want a replay after lights go out at Chinnor
By Mo Sher Chinnor ............. 18pts Tries: Hardwick 17, Worboys 50 Conversion: Hardwick 18 Penalties: Worboys 6, 24 Doncaster ........ 13pts...
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English Championship
/ 1 year ago350-mile trip is no problem for Pirates
By LUKE Caldy .................... 3pts Penalty: Barker 46 C Pirates ...........22pts Tries: Relton 6, 61, Hocking 59 Conversions: Houston 7, 62...
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Features
/ 1 year agoAll eyes now set on 2025
Paul Rees looks forward to what happens next in the international arena after a demanding Autumn Series Coming man: Sam Prendergast...
