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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRae: Good to see promotion back
By BEN JAYCOCK WITH promotion a realistic possibility for Championship clubs heading into the new season it has created renewed excitement...
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoNorthampton given tough route in cup
PREMIERSHIP champions Northampton have been drawn alongside big rivals Leicester, Coventry and Nottingham in pool two of the 2024/25 Premiership Rugby...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 1 year agoTainton is right to highlight problems
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME TOM Tainton, Bristol Bears’ chief operating officer, has said that the professional...
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Features
/ 1 year agoThe culture of playing through pain has got to stop – it is so outdated
Barney Davies, a 24-year-old who retired from the game with concussion issues, is urging a new approach The stigma around toughness...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBBC will be covering all 32 World Cup games
By PAUL MARTIN On top: WXV champions England are favourotes to lift the World Cup WORLD Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin believes...
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James Harrington
/ 1 year agoCarbonel will add the flair for Stade
James Harrington French column Last season, Stade Francais finished second in the Top 14 to qualify directly for the semi-finals –...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoLa Rochelle hit lucky
It was a while ago, now, but French rugby watchers with longer memories may recall the other Top 14 semi-final between...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoYoungsters were quick to take their chances
Ben Jaycock caught up with England U18s assistant and backs coach Will Parkin Reaching out: Noah Caluori scores for England against...
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International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland can’t keep South Africa at bay
By BEN JAYCOCK South Africa.....39pts England.............. 17pts EXETER Chiefs scrum-half George Newman scored a first half wonder try but England U18s...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 1 year agoFinn Russell: I’d love to forge creative axis with Owen Farrell on Lions tour
The rivals butted heads for years as influential playmakers for Scotland and England but struck up a friendship during the 2021...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoJoe Marler faces race to be fit for England’s autumn internationals
Joe Marler will miss the start of Harlequins’ season with the broken foot sustained during England’s summer tour to place doubt...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 1 year agoDan Biggar sees promising signs with Warren Gatland’s Wales rebuild
Wales are on a run of nine successive Test match defeats. Dan Biggar believes Wales have something to build on after...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAll Blacks gear up for Springbok showdown
NEW Zealand inflicted revenge on Argentina after last week’s disappointing show in Wellington to set up a massive clash against South...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoNational League One sides show superiority in pre-season games
Newly promoted Rotherham Titans proved they are a force to be reckoned with this season with a dominant win over Leeds...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoLeatherbarrow banks on a third tier future
Teddy Leatherbarrow’s decision to drop down to the third tier of English rugby is very much a tale of the times...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoPremier Sports to cover Champions Cup
THE Champions Cup and Challenge Cup will be shown on Premier Sports in the UK next season, with tournament organisers EPCR...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 1 year agoEwers: I’m thrilled to be joining Stormers
AS the sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden hue over Cape Town’s iconic Table Mountain, Dave Ewers stepped off...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoMatt Gallagher Foundation: Charity cricket match entertains
Bumper crowds supported a charity all-star cricket match between The Matt Gallagher Foundation and Knowle & Dorridge Cricket Club last week.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoExeter Chiefs lose captain Dafydd Jenkins for start of Premiership
Exeter Chiefs have been dealt a second injury blow ahead of the new Premiership season with lock Dafydd Jenkins sidelined.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoUlster CEO Hugh McCaughey says Ireland Women are evolving
The Ireland women’s national team will be “unrecognisable” in the next three to five years says Ulster chief executive Hugh McCaughey.
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Premiership
/ 1 year ago13 years on and Yeandle’s fire is still burning bright
WHEN it comes to the Exeter Chiefs’ success story, Jack Yeandle has never been too far away from the main headlines.
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Premiership
/ 1 year agoI’m delighted we are opening title race against Saints, says Russell
BATH were inches away from Premiership glory despite playing almost an hour of the final with 14 men - and talismanic...
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English Championship
/ 1 year agoCoventry face rivals Birmingham Moseley in first pre-season game
Coventry are only a week out from their first pre-season game against Birmingham Moseley and the pulse is starting to quicken.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoAlex Lozowski, John Gallagher open rugby academy in Canterbury
Saracens centre Alex Lowzoski and ex-All Black John Gallagher will help launch an ambitious new rugby academy at Canterbury Rugby Club.
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Letters
/ 1 year agoLETTER: Twickenham name change to Allianz Stadium welcome
I wholeheartedly agree with Chris Hewett regarding the forthcoming Twickenham name change to the Allianz Stadium.
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Letters
/ 1 year agoLETTER: Premier Sports is not what rugby needs
Once again, the powers that be in rugby have decided to reduce the potential audience for our beloved sport.
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Letters
/ 1 year agoLETTER: Ten teams is perfect number in Premiership
With the start of the new Premiership season only a month away, we are all excited to see how it will...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoSouth American sides facing unfair hurdles
AFTER World Rugby confirmed the qualification process for the 2027 World Cup, frustration among South American nations was tempered only by...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland U20 star Zach Carr picks his career dream team
Harlequins, London Scottish & England U20 back row, Zach Carr, chooses the best XV he has played with or against.
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 1 year agoAussies on a long road to recovery
EXPECTATIONS in Australia will be pretty low after back-to-back defeats to South Africa in the opening rounds of the Rugby Championship,...
