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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLes Bleus announce themselves to the world
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoBen Tameifuna is man with the golden tum | Peter Jackson
BEN Tameifuna, a big old unit if ever there was one, threw his weight around to jarring effect during Bordeaux’s barrage...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoLions pride runs deep in this Belfast powerhouse
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools ANY discussion on the best rugby schools in the UK and...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Wales captain and Bristol back row Siwan Lillicrap
Wales captain Siwan Lillicrap would love to see Welsh teams introduced into the Premier 15s when the league re-tenders in two years’...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoAlex Cuthbert signing to be confirmed by Ospreys
THE Ospreys will confirm tomorrow that they have signed Wales and British Lion Alex Cuthbert from Exeter Chiefs. Blindside revealed in...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEaling’s drubbing should not open ring-fence door | Jeff Probyn
Ealing Trailfinders’ dream didn’t so much fade away last week as completely collapse against the might of a fullstrength Saracens team, revealing...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWales fear more will follow Cory Hill to Japan
WALES run the risk of more senior players sacrificing their Test careers for pots of Japanese gold. Cory Hill’s abrupt removal...
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Latest News
/ 5 years ago20-try Sam Simmonds crowned Premiership player of the season
Sam Simmonds has scooped the Premiership player of the season award on the eve of Exeter‘s semi-final against Sale Sharks. The...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers confirm Kevin Sinfield will join coaching staff
Kevin Sinfield will make a sensational cross-code switch this summer to join Leicester Tigers as defence coach, the Premiership club has...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeanne Riley joins Abbie Ward is swapping Harlequins for Bristol
Bristol Bears have made a huge statement of intent with the signing of Leanne Riley ahead of the 2021-22 season. The...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTrevor Davison agrees contract extension at Newcastle Falcons
Trevor Davison will help anchor Newcastle Falcons‘ scrum for the next three seasons, having signed a new long-term deal to stay...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRed Roses lock Abbie Ward makes switch to Bristol Bears
Abbie Ward will leave Allianz Premier 15s champions Harlequins to move west to Bristol Bears ahead of the 2021-22 season. The...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoGuy Thompson to leave Ealing Trailfinders
Guy Thompson will leave Ealing Trailfinders and return to old club Jersey Reds this summer. The No.8 spent two years at...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBath lock Josh McNally called up to England squad
England head coach Eddie Jones has called up Bath lock Josh McNally to his summer training squad after Sean Robinson suffered...
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/ 5 years agoSam Skinner and Dave Ewers done for the season after bans
Exeter Chiefs back rows Sam Skinner and Dave Ewers will play no further part in the Premiership season after receiving four-week...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGloucester back row Ruan Ackermann goes under the knife
Gloucester back row Ruan Ackermann will undergo a rehabilitation programme over the close season after he required surgery on a toe...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSouth African teams will be eligible for Champions Cup in revamped ‘United Rugby Championship’
PRO14 have unveiled a new format for next season’s expanded league which will welcome four South African franchises and be renamed...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTom Homer opts to retire instead of Montauban stint
London Irish full-back Tom Homer has retired with immediate effect following the conclusion of the Premiership season. The 31-year-old was due...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Mike Ford out, Kevin Sinfield in at Leicester Tigers
LEICESTER Tigers are set to announce yet another coaching restructuring with Mike Ford leaving Welford Road to be replaced by Super...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWe’ll be the poor men of Europe say regions
WALES’ four regions fear they will be put at an even greater disadvantage next season with their English rivals being up...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSean O’Brien urges Ireland to blood players in Premiership
SEAN O’Brien believes Ireland should relax their rule which all but bars players being selected for the national squad if they...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoLeicester’s Zack Henry is off to Pau
ZACK Henry is set to make a quick return to France next season after being released from the final year of...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWayne’s got a way to put Wales out in front | Shane Williams
IN the northern hemisphere we have always been one or two steps behind teams in the south. That’s just a fact...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoDave Rennie may find principles changing | Chris Hewett
DAVE RENNIE is a New Zealander from the Tana Umaga corner of Wellington’s metropolitan area and like virtually ever other Kiwi...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoOne more signing expected by Rob Baxter
EXETER Chiefs boss Rob Baxter is after one more player for next season. He has recently signed Highlanders prop Josh Iosefa-Scott...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoEuropean Boks have inside gen on the Lions | Chris Hewett
Modern Springbok coaches fall into two camps: far-sighted progressives like Kitch Christie, Jake White and Rassie Erasmus – people who...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTom Wood expects reaction after disappointing Saints season
VETERAN flanker Tom Wood says tough times at Northampton can get the Saints marching in again like they did in the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 5 years agoRugby Matters: Malakai Fekitoa sprinkles his stardust on Monaco
WHAT with Covid doing its worst for the last 15 months or so, Sevens has rather disappeared off the radar with...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoChris Pennell deserved send-off | Peter Jackson
SET against the Covid cruelty suffered by untold millions on a global scale, Gloucester’s inability to fulfill their fixture at Worcester...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRhys Webb counts cost of that Toulon pay-day | Peter Jackson
At the end of the last Lions tour when the entire cast posed for a team photograph, Rhys Webb appeared to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoEddie calls back as Josh Bassett hits 150 for Wasps
JOSH BASSETT is set to become the oldest England winger to make his Test debut for 70 years after getting a...
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Columnists
/ 5 years ago‘Little fellow’ Bleddyn gets giant farewell from Tigers | Peter Jackson
THEY sat alone with their memories in Leicester Cathedral as the St Anne’s church choir brought Cwm Rhondda to a crescendo,...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoSpringboks have electric backs, it won’t all be route one – Sean O’Brien
DON’T be surprised if this summer’s Lions series against South Africa turns into something more captivating than an uncompromising, physical slog....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWhirlwind year for ex-Quin Harry Barlow, now starting anew with the Free Jacks
HARRY Barlow thought his rugby career was over last season following his release from Harlequins, with the country in lockdown. So...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoBig Joe Cokanasiga must seize his England chance this time | Jeremy Guscott
JOE Cokanasiga on top form is quite simply a lethal rugby player. That is why it is so good to see...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWasps 31-38 Leicester: Wasps pay for their spirit of adventure
LEICESTER outstayed Wasps in an all-action finale to clinch a European Champions Cup place next season and reward Steve Borthwick’s squad...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarry Wells is the epitome of Borthwick’s new Tigers
HARRY Wells has enjoyed his breakthrough season at the age of 27, an almost ever-present in an improving Leicester side the...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoTouchline fiasco should never have happened
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE touchline row between Steve Borthwick and Pat Lam in the clash between Leicester...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWe learned a lot from Ricoh thrashing says Borthwick
BOSS Lee Blackett praised Wasps for how they had “scrapped and worked” to salvage their season. After reaching the Premiership final...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoCuthbert: Winners’ medal would ease pain of last season
ALEX Cuthbert would love nothing more than to leave Exeter Chiefs this summer with a Premiership winner’s medal safely tucked into...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWake-up call will be good for Kyle Sinckler says Eddie
KYLE Sinckler’s late call up for the Lions tour after the injury to Irish tighthead Andrew Porter has been give the...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoRichards: Players need fully pro Championship
DEAN Richards says he is “staggered” by the number of Premiership players who have not secured contracts for next season. And...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBath 30-24 Northampton: Bath stars take final curtain in real style
RHYS Priestland delivered his parting gift to Bath by inspiring the victory which ensures European Champions Cup rugby at...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoExeter 20-19 Sale: 14-man Chiefs secure semi-final advantage
EXETER booked their sixth Premiership home play-off on the trot but the reigning champions had to dig deep against a Sale...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship final 1st leg preview: Pack must peak for miracle challenge
DANIEL GALLAN talks to Ben Ward ahead of Ealing Trailfinders’ battle with Goliath Today. Kick-off 4.30pm, Trailfinders Sportsground In any other...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThat was such a buzz says happy Tom de Glanville
FULL-BACK Tom de Glanville, delighted to give Bath’s departing contingent a winning farewell, said: “It was a big emotional feeling and...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSanderson: We ‘had the game but blew it’
SALE director of rugby Alex Sanderson was accentuating the positives despite insisting his side blew the chance of winning at Sandy...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSiale Piutau hopes Bears’ love will conquer all in Premiership
“LOVE” is the answer to Bristol’s prayers to be crowned English champions for the first time. And departing centre Siale Piutau...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarlequins 54-26 Newcastle: Eight-try Quins tune up for their Bear hunt
NICK Evans is confident Quins can cause a major upset when they enter the Bears’ backyard next weekend after seeing them...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSuper Rugby TT: Blues and Highlanders book final showdown
THE Blues and the Highlanders secured their places in next Saturday’s showpiece final with victories in another week dominated by New...
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