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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBailey calls the shots as Bath subdue Irish
By GARY FITZGERALD Bath ....................27pts Tries: Williams 34, Spencer 36, Muir 64 Conversions: Bailey 35, 37, 65 Penalties: Bailey 57, 74...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoKidney: It’s been tough for the boys
DECLAN Kidney spoke of his disappointment at the end of a tough week losing the Premiership Cup Final and then seeing...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEddie has to find the answers …and fast
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK IT was Eddie Jones’ first faceto-face press conference with the rugby media for...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoScrappy Sharks keep play-off hopes alive
By ROGER PANTING Wasps ..................7pts Tries: Oghre 24 Conversions: Gopperth 24 Sale ....................16pts Tries: Van der Merwe 46 Conversions: R du...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBlackett: We paid for scrum penalties
WASPS director of rugby Lee Blackett accepted that his side were out-muscled. “It was a frustrating evening as if you don’t...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoLeinster are taking Europe to next level
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is often argued, usually by politicians reneging on a manifesto promise, that “the perfect is the...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoHow Rassie helped pull the plug on water boys
CHRIS HEWETT UNINTENDED consequences? You can’t move for them in the Union game. World Rugby has just announced another of its...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPivac’s wrong on Jac, but I’m sure he’ll be back
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Ihave to confess I couldn’t believe it at first when I heard that Wayne Pivac...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLuke’s late show is silver lining for the Ospreys
By STEFFAN THOMAS Ospreys ............31pts Tries: J Morgan 38, L Morgan 57, 79, Parry 78 Conversions: Anscombe 38, 58, 78, 80...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoStormers edge it but Peel hails his troops
By STEFFAN THOMAS Scarlets ..........21pts Tries: J Williams 7, Conbeer 71 Conversions: Costelow 8 Penalties: Costelow 4, 17, 28 Stormers ........26pts...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoOut-of-puff Dragons fail to find home comfort
By DELME PARFITT Dragons ..............11pts Tries: Dyer 25 Penalties: Reed 37, 40 Lions ..................21pts Tries: Van der Merwe 34, Venter...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoEaling double up to sink gutsy Cov
By DAVID BALLHEIMER Ealing..................19pts Tries: Gordon 62 Conversions: Shingler 63 Penalties: Shingler 5, 23, 55, Willis 73 Coventry ............13pts Tries: Barton...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHow RWC cooked up pig’s ear of a draw
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Towards the end of the World Cup draw, a celebrated chef stepped forward...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLa Rochelle present a tougher test
PETER JACKSON LEO Cullen before last week’s semi-final against Toulouse in Dublin: “It doesn’t get any tougher.’’ Considering that the ex-champions...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFly-half Billy left the kicks to others
PETER JACKSON BILLY Griffiths rolled off the assembly line at the Welsh fly-half factory in the mid-1950s whereupon he set about...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoChampionship XV of the season: ‘Buzz’ hits six to bow out in style
Now that the Championship season has run its course, Jon Newcombe canvassed the views of the league’s directors of rugby and...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoKnox leaves it late to book final place
By MUHAMMED SHER East Midlands.......22 Staffordshire.........24 LONGTON winger Henry Knox was the Staffordshire hero with his try in added on time...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoDixon sets lively Cumbria on way
By MUHAMMED SHER Warwickshire........ 14 Cumbria...................43 A CARE-FREE Cumbria side cut loose against Warwickshire, bringing their campaign to a conclusion in...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoStreetwise Cornwall back for more glory
By BRIAN QUINN Hertfordshire.. 24pts Cornwall............ 50pts CORNWALL will contest yet another County Championship Final at Twickenham next month after out-muscling...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoDickinson leads by example as Cheshire sail through
By NATHAN EDWARDS Cheshire.................. 61 Northumberland..... 3 A NINE-TRY rout against Northumberland RFU helped Gareth Davies’ Cheshire side progress to the...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoMcCafferty treble goes unrewarded
By TRP REPORTER Dorset & Wilts.......56 Essex County......... 12 JOSH McCafferty’s hattrick wasn’t enough for Dorset and Wilts RFU as they...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 4 years agoHarvey’s the toast of the Cider boys
By DICK MACEY Somerset................. 71 Eastern Counties.. 21 SOMERSET needed one point from this game to ensure their place at Twickenham...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoResults
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoNew law variations do not ensure a level playing field
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Applying the brake: Hookers must keep one foot forward until the call...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoRacing 92 play down any move for Jones
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Try double: Matthieu Jalibert helped Bordeaux book their place in the play-offs England head coach Eddie Jones...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoHarlequins v Gloucester: Quins make one change ahead of Twickenham game
Harlequins have made one change ahead of their fixture with Gloucester at Twickenham. Sat third in the table, Harlequins look to...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBath v London Irish preview: Win can move Bath off the foot of Premiership table
Max Clark, Taulupe Faletau and Semesa Rokoduguni will all start their farewell match at the Rec when Bath Rugby take on...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSemesa Rokoduguni to leave Bath after decade at Recreation Ground
England international winger Semesa Rokoduguni will leave Bath Rugby at the end of the current Premiership season, ending a 10-year stay...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSebastian de Chaves joins Newcastle Falcons
Sebastian de Chaves will return for a second spell at Newcastle Falcons, with the experienced lock-forward signing a two-year deal starting...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoGeorge North surprised but ‘chuffed’ to get Wales call after long injury lay-off
George North says he was surprised by his Wales call-up after playing just two hours of rugby following a 12-month injury...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWales prop Rob Evans to swap Scarlets for Dragons
Wales prop Rob Evans will move to Dragons from Scarlets at the end of the season. The 30-year-old has made over...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoNewcastle Falcons sign Josh Thomas
Newcastle Falcons have signed Ospreys fly-half Josh Thomas for next season on a two-year contract. The 21-year-old can also play at...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoJoe Gray announced as London Scottish head coach
After announcing his retirement earlier this week, Harlequins hooker Joe Gray has been named the new head coach of London Scottish...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoScotland centre Huw Jones to rejoin Glasgow in the summer
Scotland centre Huw Jones will rejoin Glasgow at the end of the season. Last summer, the 28-year-old joined Harlequins from Glasgow...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWales call on uncapped Leicester flanker Tommy Reffell for South Africa tour
Uncapped Leicester flanker Tommy Reffell has been named in the Wales squad for this summer’s South Africa tour. Bridgend-born Reffell, a...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWorcester Warriors beat London Irish to win Premiership Rugby Cup
London Irish: (16) 25Tries: White Con: Jackson Pens: Jackson 6Worcester: (18) 25Tries: Kvesic, Humphreys, Hatherell Cons: Smith 2 Pens: Smith 2...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoExeter’s Sam Simmonds unlikely to be fit for England’s summer tour of Australia
England look set to be without Exeter number eight Sam Simmonds for the summer tour of Australia. Exeter boss Rob Baxter...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoQuins hooker Joe Gray to retire at the end of the season
Harlequins hooker Joe Gray has announced that he will retire at the end of the season. Gray was the first player...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLate Ihaia West try sends La Rochelle to Champions Cup final
A late Ihaia West try ended Racing 92's stiff resistance as La Rochelle booked their place in a second successive Champions...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFalcons swoop in for two Championship stars
By JON NEWCOMBE NEWCASTLE Falcons have added a second Championship player to their ranks for next season by signing Coventry scrum-half,...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoLet Arundell show what he’s got against Australia
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK HENRY Arundell played junior rugby for Bradford-on-Avon, and all I can say after seeing...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoSexton leads the way as Leinster gun for fifth star
By JOHN FALLON Leinster …………40pts Tries: Lowe 15, 50; Van der Flier 20, Keenan 79 Conversions: Sexton 16, 21, 52; Byrne...
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Challenge Cup
/ 4 years agoKpoku chasing dream finish
FORMER Saracens lock Joel Kpoku is dreaming of lifting some silverware with Lyon after a powerful performance in the victory over...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHigh-scoring hookers not good for the game
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ONE of the strangest signs of the times is that this season hookers...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEurope’s best too hot for England
NICK CAIN IT took the 2022 European Cup until the quarter-finals before it delivered in terms of the quality and drama...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMatt Garvey: I preferred the game when it was slower!
PAUL REES speaks to Worcester Warriors lock Matt Garvey about why the time is right to step away from rugby Matt...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoThe Boks are here, there and everywhere
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Some things in rugby are so difficult to find, they drive astrophysicists to drink. Scientists operating the Giant...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoNow’s the time for the French revolution
CHRIS HEWETT AS a rule of thumb, English teams good enough to fight their way into a Champions Cup final eventually...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCardiff scrape home in fiery Welsh derby
By ROGER PANTING Dragons..............18pts Tries: Griffiths 39, Dixon 63 Conversions: S Davies 39 Penalties: Reed 24, 74 Cardiff ................19pts Tries: Williams...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWayne will need all his big guns to battle Boks
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It is going to be a big week for Wayne Pivac as he emerges from...















