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International Rugby
/ 1 month agoBen Earl: My journey to 50 England caps has been amazing
Cricket fan Ben Earl raised his bat for 50 England caps in Rome yesterday and colleagues insisted it was never in...
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International Rugby
/ 1 month agoEngland’s Alex Coles supports new contact rules
England’s Alex Coles has welcomed new rules over contact in training but insists he is well looked after anyway by club...
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International Rugby
/ 1 month agoMaro Itoje admits England’s Six Nations defeat to Ireland was ‘hard to switch off from’
Maro Itoje has revealed how the hangover from captaining England to two consecutive losses hit him in the aftermath of the...
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International Rugby
/ 1 month agoWales skipper Dewi Lake insists win is ‘just around the corner’ for Steve Tandy’s men
Wales’ losing Six Nations streak has stretched to 15 matches – the previous victory coming against Italy in March 2023 –...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoRamm on his way to Western Force
NORTHAMPTON winger James Ramm will join Australian Super Rugby side Western Force on a two-year deal at the end of the...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoLiebenberg leaves
BACK row Hanro Liebenberg will leave Leicester Tigers at the end of the season to rejoin South African side the Bulls....
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoNew role for Pivac
FORMER Wales and Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac will take charge of Benetton next season. The 63-year-old New Zealander has signed...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoNick Easter: The weight Maro Itoje has to carry is quite extraordinary
What Maro Itoje has dealt with in the last nine months is extraordinary. He captained the Lions, he captains England, he...
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoNick Easter: Tom Willis would have been in my team
I would have started Tom Willis in the back row for England yesterday, regardless of his decision to move to France...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoOur target now is a top six finish
AS head coach at Chinnor, if you had offered me our current position of eighth in The Championship at the start...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoFor me, Quins need to show clarity
IT HAS been a frustrating season for my old club Harlequins and I think a lot of that comes down to...
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Letters
/ 1 month agoGame has been betrayed
SO, Bill Sweeney`s grand plan for franchise rugby, which sees the abolishment of promotion and relegation (but with applications to join...
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Letters
/ 1 month agoSaara is a queen of broadcasting
SAARA Elgan is setting the benchmark for TV presenters in rugby union, across both the men’s and women’s game. She is...
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Letters
/ 1 month agoSupport for the whole community
HAVING read the comments by RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney, I await to see how his comment “capable of supporting the...
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Letters
/ 1 month agoPut Welsh clubs in Prem
THE money men have had their way and meritocracy in rugby is dead. It is not a decision I agree with,...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoFrance resist Scotland’s second-half fightback
By SAM JACKSON Scotland ...........26pts Tries: Roberts 47, McAughtrie 55, Waugh 65, Rennie 72 Conversions: Dalziel 56, 66, 73 France............... 45pts...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 month agoChris Hewett: Dave Rennie should leave Brodie Retallick where he is
Let the fun and games begin. Dave Rennie, freshly-appointed head coach of the All Blacks with a World Cup looming large...
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Chris Hewett
/ 1 month agoChris Hewett: Chris Boyd can transform Gloucester
An effigy of Francois Pienaar swinging from the roof of the Shed as the World Cup-winning Springbok captain made an early...
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Club Rugby
/ 1 month agoPaul Rees: RFU taking the corporate route with English rugby was inevitable
Paul Rees looks at the thinking behind the RFU’s changes and says that doing nothing was not a real option.
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News Extra
/ 1 month agoBristol’s Rubiolo sidelined with ACL surgery
NEWS EXTRA BRISTOL Bears will be without Pedro Rubiolo for the rest of the season after the Argentina lock had surgery...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 month agoMuir’s double puts Glos back on top
■ By LUKE JARMYN Gloucester-H ...38pts Tries: Heard 3, Jones 16, Muir 22, 28; Venner 45, Lewis 51 Conversions: George 17,...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 month agoSaracens too strong for London rivals
■ By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Harlequins .......26pts Tries: Konkel 12, Wafer, 28, Tuima 69, Cromack 76 Conversions: Cromack 29, 70, 77 Saracens...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 month agoBears pile further misery on Leicester
Bristol Bears ...68pts Tries: Short 1, 16; Lovibond 11, Woodman 23, Clarke 29, Herring 40+1, Burns 57, Hesketh 62, Gallagher 67,...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 month agoSharks revival makes it three in a row
■ By LUKE JARMYN Sale Sharks .....31pts Tries: Lloyd 21, Jarrell-Searcy 44, Cokayne 49, Childs 60, Pyrs 72 Conversions: Duffy 45,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 month agoBrendan Gallagher: Players love getting one over the referee
I’m intrigued, fascinated, perplexed, occasionally entertained, but mostly irritated by why sportsmen and women feel the need to subtly but deliberately...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 month agoAttacking full-back Lacaze was ahead of his time
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER FRANCE’S reputation for producing vibrant attacking full-backs almost matches their ability to uncover and nurture commanding Napoleonic-like...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 1 month agoPortugal’s clash with Spain will be classy
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER AWAY from the Six Nations, the Rugby Europe Championship is coming to the boil today with the...
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National Leagues
/ 1 month agoPriest settles thriller
National 1 B’ham Moseley..... 31 Rosslyn Park..........35 ■ By BEN MORRIS ROSSLYN Park edged a thrilling contest at Birmingham Moseley, running...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 month agoStortford see off Tykes
National 1 Leeds Tykes........... 19 Bishop’s S................ 31 ■ By HUW GRIFFIN BISHOP’S Stortford claimed an impressive bonus-point victory over Leeds...
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National Leagues
/ 1 month agoRowntree’s aiming high with Otley
NEWS EXTRA ■ By BEN JAYCOCK AT 34, Otley scrum-half Joe Rowntree knows every season in National Two North must be...
