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Latest News
/ 2 months agoUS backer eyes Chiefs
EXETER Chiefs have finalised a proposed takeover by an American backer and will now put the offer to a vote by...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoElizalde to Newcastle
NEWCASTLE have signed Bristol full-back Benjamin Elizalde on a two-year deal. The 21-year-old Argentina flyer scored five tries in 27 games...
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Champions Cup
/ 2 months agoBath embrace Premiership title defence and Champions Cup semi-final challenge
Defending Prem champions Bath are embracing the challenge of fighting on two fronts at the busy business end of another season.
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Women's Six Nations
/ 2 months agoClassy Parsons hat-trick has Ireland back on right track
■By JESS PORTER GALWAY-native Beibhinn Parsons scored a hat-trick in her own backyard as Ireland delivered a statement victory to see...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 2 months agoWales have no answer to French power show
■By RACHEL EVANS Wales ................... 7pts Tries: Penalty 15 France................38pts Tries: Fall Raclot 22, Feleu 46, Murie 54, Bourdon-Sansus 59, Grando...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoMitchell’s right to bring in Sing at 15
It took a show of bravery from Mitchell to implement this change, and it will require patience to nurture it. JOHN...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoChamp teams deserve better
IT IS time counties like Cornwall and clubs like Camborne, Cornish Pirates, Redruth, Ealing, Bedford and Coventry made their voices heard....
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Letters
/ 2 months agoSupport for Red Roses was superb
HOW marvellous that the Red Roses could attract more than 77,000 fans to Twickenham last week for their win against Ireland....
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Letters
/ 2 months agoSlade shows his worth
HENRY Slade proved once again last week what a top player he is for Exeter in their win against Benetton. He’s...
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Letters
/ 2 months agoDon’t forget Newent RFC
CONGRATULATIONS to North Ribblesdale RUFC on their achievement of securing a third consecutive promotion, to Regional 1 North West (level 5)....
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Letters
/ 2 months agoIt’s time to limit all this ‘trench warfare’
LIKE many fans, we have recently enjoyed a thrilling men’s Six Nations Championship. What a great advert for the modern game...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoSeason’s still in our hands – Baxter
EXETER Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter insisted his side’s Premiership fate remains firmly in their own hands despite this heartbreaking...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoNick Cain: When it comes to self-harm, rugby union’s in a league of its own
Anyone in doubt about the magical properties promotion-relegation can have in galvanising a sport need look no further than the sensational...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBath 48-15 Harlequins: Jason Gilmore’s side find Santi Carreras is too hot to handle
Santi Carreras led the way as Bath put eight tries on hapless Harlequins and continued their pursuit of Northampton Saints at...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoGrowing injury list worries Gilmore
HARLEQUINS head coach Jason Gilmore fears he will struggle to get a team together for next weekend’s Prem clash with Sale...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoIslands in the sun are left to suffer
THE sorry collapse of the Super Rugby franchise Moana Pasifika – entirely predictable, but no less depressing for that – is...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoLam: We looked more like ourselves
BRISTOL Bears director of rugby Pat Lam was glad to achieve the objective to keep alive their play-off hopes. He said:...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoSale Sharks vs Saracens: Olly Hartley urges Sarries to make a statement against Sharks
Olly Hartley is under no illusions about the significance of Saracens’ return to Prem action today against Sale Sharks.
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoBristol Bears 53-12 Gloucester: Fitz Harding directs a demolition derby
Bristol Bears breathed life back into their faltering Premiership campaign with a record victory over West Country rivals Gloucester, whose abysmal...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoI should have had six, says winger
GABRIEL Hamer-Webb might have scored five tries but he still got stick afterwards for missing out on a sixth. “I’m going...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoLeicester Tigers 62-3 Newcastle Red Bulls: Gabriel Hamer-Webb puts on a five-star show
Leicester Tigers wing Gabriel Hamer-Webb raced in for five tries against Newcastle Red Bulls on a memorable afternoon for the much-travelled...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 months agoBulls turn on the power to halt Dragons momentum
■By ROGER PANTING Dragons ..............7pts Try: Inisi 22 Conversion: Evans 22 Bulls ................. 47pts Tries: Papier 10, Grobbelaar 37, Coetze 43,...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 months agoOspreys hold their nerve to keep the pressure up
■By JOHN CLEMENCE Ospreys .............21pts Tries: Edwards 11, J Morgan 33, Phillips 55 Conversions: Edwards 12, 33, 55 Sharks ...............17pts Tries:...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoScarlets 24-28 Cardiff: Javar Sebastian late show stuns Dwayne Peel’s side
Javar Sebastian was the unlikely hero as Cardiff staged a remarkable comeback against Scarlets to keep their hopes alive of a...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 months agoLeinster quell Ulster revival
■By GEORGE LAWRENCE Leinster ...........29 Ulster ..............21 LEINSTER climbed to third in the table after holding off a spirited Ulster comeback...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 months agoGlasgow suffer a Lions mauling
■By PETER GOODMAN Lions ............... 54 Glasgow ..........12 LIONS produced a devastating attacking display to thrash Glasgow at Ellis Park, scoring...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 months agoMunster stay cool to down Benetton
■By PHIL RILEY Benetton ........ 10 Munster ......... 43 MUNSTER kept their play-off push on track with a ruthless victory at...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 months agoStormers stunned by feisty Connacht
■By BRIAN KELLY Stormers ........ 24 Connacht .........33 CONNACHT clinched a thriller in Cape Town with three tries in the final...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 months agoHotshot Scott kills off Zebre
■By SAM JACKSON Edinburgh ......31 Zebre ................30 REPLACEMENT prop Boan Venter’s late try, converted by Cammy Scott, sealed a thrilling victory...
