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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoRefs must demand immediate release
Another game, yet another big “jackal” injury, this time it was the unfortunate Ben Curry as he bent low to turnover...
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National League 2N
/ 3 years agoRiley back as Park lead the field
Now that the National Two North season has run its course, Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our reporters to compile...
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National League 2E
/ 3 years agoAcademy at TJs thriving with Withers at the helm
By BEN JAYCOCK At a time when participation levels have fallen across the country, Tonbridge Juddians’ academy are revelling in healthy...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 3 years agoIf Sale win it could be a real game-changer
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson was close to tears after...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoPontypool run in 13 tries to finish perfect season
Championship round-up Pontypool brought down the curtain on their remarkable season by running in 13 tries in an 83-7 win at...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoMaynard aiming to sink his old mates
Premiership Final preview By ROB COLE Cardiff Llandovery v Today, Kick-off 5.15pm JACK Maynard helped Cardiff to win the Premiership title...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoThe Rocks edge out Rumney to lift title
National 1 round-up ST PETER’S held their nerve to win 17-7 at Rhydyfelin to pick up the points they needed to...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoGalthie’s message of hope to top 100
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoChiefs bounce back to tame Hurricanes
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK Tupou Vaa’i scored two tries as the Chiefs bounced back from their first loss...
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Welsh Rugby
/ 3 years agoWestern Province stake claim
Currie Cup round-up Western Province staked their claim for the Currie Cup playoffs by beating the defending champions Pumas 22-14. The...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoSpears secure their first championship
Japan League One round-up Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay caused a major upset by winning their first ever piece of silverware and...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoEuropean Champions Cup final preview
357 days and 62 matches later, the Heineken Champions Cup final is poised for a hugely-anticipated rematch as Leinster take on...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSquads announced for Barbarian F.C. vs World XV
Barbarian F.C. and the World XV are delighted to confirm the two playing squads for next weekend’s Killik Cup match at...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoEuropean Challenge Cup final preview
The word “historic” is often overused when it comes to sporting triumphs, but there can be no doubt that will be...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoBarnes fears impact of social media on grassroots referees
Wayne Barnes believes that ignoring social media is the best way for referees to operate, but is also concerned that online...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSeries 2, Episode 19: Wayne Barnes on the World Cup, social media and bilingualism
World Rugby has announced its refereeing roster for the 2023 World Cup, and it was no surprise to see the highest-capped...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSharks end 17-year wait to reach Premiership Final
By Nick Powell, Online Editor Sale Sharks………………………………21 Tries: Roebuck 20, Reed 64 Conversions: Ford 21 Penalties: Ford 47, 57, 69 Leicester...
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Sevens World Series
/ 3 years agoGB Women end tough Toulouse campaign on a high
Amy Wilson Hardy’s length of the field extra time try meant Great Britain Women finished seventh at the Toulouse Sevens after...
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Sevens World Series
/ 3 years agoToulouse 7s: GB eliminated from Cup in both men’s and women’s
Great Britain endured a disappointing day two as they were knocked out in the quarter-finals of both the men’s and women’s...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThorburn: Test rugby becoming a ‘circus’
By PETER JACKSON World Rugby stands accused of ‘ruining the international game’ by allowing Wales to pick England prop Henry Thomas....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSaracens on track for sixth Prem title
By GARY FITZGERALD Mark McCall hailed “outstanding and controlled” Owen Farrell after the England star pulled the strings at StoneX Stadium...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoMorgan: Move away from culture of debt
By LUKE JARMYN Jersey Reds chairman Mark Morgan has called for a complete refocus so rugby can move away from a...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPut an independent person in charge – Goode
Alex Goode, who this week signed a contract extension at Saracens, has called on Premiership Rugby to provide “clarity” and “certainty”....
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSalary cap hurting, not helping – Biggar
By BEN JAYCOCK Dan Biggar feels the Premiership’s exodus of players to France is a result of the league’s reduced salary...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoKelly ready to work hard for starting place
By LUKE JARMYN Newcastle's new recruit John Kelly has come a long way from working as a nightclub doorman in Plymouth,...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoBath battle back to grab elite spot
By PAUL REES The final round of the regular Premiership season boiled down to who would claim England’s final place in...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSteward: Wiggy’s the main driver
By ADAM HATHAWAY Richard Wigglesworth, the Leicester interim head coach, is not happy taking the plaudits for Tigers’ resurrection but Freddie...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSharks keen to get Veainu back in Prem
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Sale Sharks are set to bring former Leicester fullback Telusa...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLeicester swoop for Kata
NEIL FISSLER Leicester have snapped up Solomone Kata, who is leaving Exeter after only one season when his contract runs out...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoLawrence bounces back from adversity
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Most of the players who get awards are deserving, and I think that is...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLudlam: It hurts to miss out on history
Deflated Saints flanker Lewis Ludlam was left emotionally exhausted at the end of a pulsating but ultimately losing contest where the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBattling Saracens seize the moment
By PAUL REES Saracens .......................... 38pts Tries: Maitland 5, 21; van Zyl 29, Penalty 70, Malins 75 Conversions: Farrell 6, 22,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoFazzball too much for Jekyll and Hyde team
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Saracens might still be searching for their European mojo but domestically they were in regal form Sunday as the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRoebuck aims to rise high for Sale
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Sale v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3pm, AJ Bell Stadium IN-FORM Sale winger Tom Roebuck hopes to help...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI’m proud we stuck together, says Leicester’s Montoya
By PAUL REES Julian Montoya, who leads Leicester in today’s Premiership playoff semi-final at Sale, is proud the team stuck together...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCarpenter washes stress away
By PAUL REES SALE full-back Joe Carpenter only made his Premiership debut in October, but he starts today’s semifinal and has...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoCrowley has final say in epic contest
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster..............................15pts Tries: Jenkins 37, J McCarthy 62 Conversion: Byrne 38 Penalty: Byrne 2 Munster .............................16pts Tries: Beirne 45...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoConnacht go close but Stormers finish off in style
By JOHN FALLON Stormers.......... 43pts Tries: Libbok 28, 33, Davids 16, de Wet 65, Theunissen 77, Nel 80 Conversions: Libbok 17,...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoEngland need to get it right at scrum time
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Steve Borthwick’s decisionion to raid Leicester for his latest scrum coach – and...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoSecond tier clubs are ready to play tough
The Championship clubs have taken a long time to become a coherent collective voice for change – with promotion and relegation...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhy Ojomoh could be in with a shout
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST SO Bath won the big one against Saracens Under-12s and secured their Champions Cup qualification at the...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoSmith has vision to see through the fog
Wayne Smith, who secured a place in the pantheon of great coaches long before his astonishing triumph with the Black Ferns...
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Challenge Cup
/ 3 years agoMiotti can be the main man for Glasgow – McDowall
By BRYN PALMER Domingo Miotti can step up and fill the boots of banned fly-half Tom Jordan as Glasgow aim to...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoNow it’s Ealing’s turn to celebrate
By XANDER CHEVALLIER For the second year in the row, Ealing Trailfinders were crowned Championship Cup winners after a thrilling victory...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoFish is my kind of player – reliable and committed
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WAS gutted when I read that Dan Fish is going to miss Cardiff ’s...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoDoris looking for revenge against La Rochelle
By BEN JAYCOCK Caelan Doris is hellbent on inflicting revenge on Saturday when Leinster meet La Rochelle in a re-run of...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 3 years agoGott in charge to steer Navy home
By ROGER PANTING Jordan Gott produced the performance of his life to steer the Navy to the Inter-Services title with a...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 3 years agoTownsend staying on
GREGOR Townsend has signed a contract extension to remain Scotland head coach until April 2026. Townsend, 50, has been in charge...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 3 years agoStop Wasps, say fans
A WORCESTER Warriors fans’ group has urged the RFU to stop Wasps’ bid to play at Sixways. Wasps owner Chris Holland...
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Babcock Trophy
/ 3 years agoSorrowful shadow blights the game
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW FOR month after miserable month, Welsh rugby had been crying out for someone...
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