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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSaracens prop Mako Vunipola in new contract talks as Top 14 watch
Saracens are set to ask England prop Mako Vunipola to take a salary cut, TRP understands
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoVoters ‘No’ to Dexter and Carwyn | Peter Jackson
TED DEXTER would have been amused to be classed in the same bracket as Carwyn James and Clem Thomas. By standing...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRonan O’Gara’s diamonds can come up trumps | James Harrington
James Harrington previews the new Top 14 season and sees promise in La Rochell's hopes of banishing heartbreak in the final
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoI’m delighted for Cheslin Kolbe, he deserves all the riches | Jeremy Guscott
The newest member of rugby's One Millions Pounds Club, Cheslin Kolbe warrants the rich rewards for his entertaining skillset
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoSean Fitzpatrick is talking heresy and real sense | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett on Sean Fitzpatrick's comments of how rugby can lead itself to greater growth by reducing international fixtures
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoEaling Trailfinders 34-29 Gloucester: Uzokwe at the double to down Gloucester
First blood to Ealing ahead of their reverse fixture with Gloucester next week at Kingsholm
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Features
/ 5 years agoScots’ brains trust restoring Uppingham’s former glory
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby‘s great schools BACK in the dawn of rugby history Uppingham played their own...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoURC fixtures 2021-22: Leinster face Bulls first up
CHAMPIONS Leinster welcome the Bulls in Round 1 of the new United Rugby Champiosnhip which kicks off on September 24. Dates...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 5 years ago3 Brand Merchandising Lessons to Learn from Rugby World Cup Tournaments
Organised sports and competitions are an integral part of human civilisation. From the time of the earliest Olympics, men, women, and...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoLions lose their direction in more ways than one | Peter Jackson
As Lions tours grow shorter, their destinations are limited to big cities. Peter Jackson looks at some of the lesser known...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThe Scarlets rebuild under Dwayne Peel and Sean Fitzpatrick
By STEFFAN THOMAS SEAN Fitzpatrick is confident the Scarlets can turn their fortunes around under new head coach Dwayne Peel, but...
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Features
/ 5 years agoJP Doyle available ‘for a pie and a pint’ after return from Major League Rugby
What next for the former Premiership referee who spent 17 weeks officiating in Major League Rugby
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoHoward Packman will join Blackheath
Set to play National League One rugby this season after leaving Doncaster Knights
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoJoke isn’t on fun figure Cockerill any more | Chris Hewett
Richard Cockerill in as England's forwards coach? Chris Hewett on a bullish Midlander transitioning into coaching
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoI sat on the bench for four years unused! | Jeff Probyn
Substitutes, replacements, tactical subs, impact players or finishers... whatever you like to call them they are the bone of contention for...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMiddleton: Women’s Lions tour not far off
■By PAUL REES SIMON Middleton believes that the formation of a women’s Lions team is only a matter of time and...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeicester Tigers team with Lichfield
LEICESTER Tigers have launched a women’s team in a merger with Lichfield to compete in the second tier of English rugby....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPre-season round-up: Dave Ward gets Bristol Bears off to winning start
A look at some of the matches played by Premier 15s and National One teams this weekend
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoArgentina 10-29 South Africa: Handre Pollard puts boot into the misfiring Pumas telling
A penalty-ridden affair sees the Springboks beat the Pumas for the second-straight week
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Features
/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players LYDIA THOMPSON THIS WEEK... WORCESTER WINGER Winger Lydia Thompson has...
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Features
/ 5 years agoThe Baxter family have Exeter blood flowing in their veins
How the Baxters have impacted Exeter Chiefs since the 1960s
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoDave Rennie blazing over NZ snub
AUSTRALIA coach Dave Rennie says he is “bloody angry” about New Zealand cancelling the teams’ Bledisloe Cup match without telling the...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPre-season friendlies
RC Vannes..............28 Jersey Reds..........28 By TOM INNES A THRILLING pre-season ‘local derby’ finished with honours even as Jersey Reds battled back...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSurging Sale pack regain their pride
By CHRIS PAINE Sedgley Park ..14pts Sale ....................31pts SALE banished the issues which dogged their display a week ago to claim...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoRichmond 26-7 Ampthill: Richmond power too much for Amps
Match report from the all-Championship pre-season friendly
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBracken: Head injury ‘scandal’ must end
Rugby desperately needs its own seat belt when it comes to head injury, says Kyran Bracken
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMichael Hooper shows his class in best Wallaby tradition | Peter Jackson
Another Bledisloe Cup series leaves the Wallabies captain on the losing side
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWhy no fixtures out yet for URC?
ONE month to go and still no word of the fixtures for the opening round of the United Rugby Championship. At...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoI can’t wait for Gareth Anscombe to return, but go slowly! | Shane Williams
The Wales fly-half is back in full training at the Ospreys ahead of the autumn
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWelsh Championship Cup round-up: Wanderers beaten by driving lineout
YSTRAD Rhondda came out on top in a thrilling and engaging contest against Glamorgan Wanderers at the Memorial Ground in Ely....
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoThreat to pro rugby in Biarritz is very real | James Harrington
On paper, there was little out of the ordinary about Friday’s preseason friendly between impending Top 14 rivals Biarritz and Bordeaux....
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSale Sharks in deal to buy AJ Bell with Salford City
How a stadium carousel in Manchester could leave the Sharks ground-sharing the AJ Bell with Salford City FC
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoNational League shake-up may be on its way
Jon Newcombe provides the latest on the discussions within the new RFU think-tank
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCipriani magic can get Bath back in the title mix | Jeremy Guscott
Can Danny Cipriani marshal Bath's backline to its potential and a top-four finish in the Premiership?
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 5 years agoWho Were the Standout Lions Performers in the Latest Tour?
The overall tour of South Africa was a disappointment for the British and Irish Lions, as they ended up losing 2-1...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRed Roses to end 2021 with tests against Black Ferns, Canada and USA
Reigning world champions New Zealand will travel to England to face Red Roses in two Tests
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoShane Lewis-Hughes pushing for Cardiff recall after surgery
The Wales flanker is nearing a return after five months sidelined by a shoulder injury
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSouth Africa 32-12 Argentina: Boks grind out victory but fail to hit bonus
A new-look side get the Springboks off to a winning start in the Rugby Championship against Argentina
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoLions should have put pressure on Boks’ backs
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME What we hoped would be a successful Lions series turned into a...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPumas more physical than Lions says captain Kolisi
South Africa captain Siya Kolisi says Argentina were a tough obstacle to overcome with their physical pack
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoThe club hoping to make Scotland ace Finn Russell rugby’s richest man
Michael Cheika wants to bring the star of the third Lions Test to Japan
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoThis smearing of Gatland as conservative is claptrap | Nick Cain
Nick Cain fails to understand how people can question Warren Gatland as a coach given his record at the Test level
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoThe sterile Lions Tests are killing the game | Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett on how the boredom set in watching the three Lions Tests this summer
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 years agoJonathan Davies fighting for his future in Welsh midfield
Captain for Wales this summer, Jonathan Davies sees plenty of competition coming his way in the national team
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoCouncil steps in to take care of Beziers after Emirati takeover collapse | James Harrington
Thirteen months ago, you probably recall, a proposed mega-money takeover of French ProD2 side Béziers dominated the rugby headlines on the...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoChampionship 2021-22: All the summer ins and outs
Looking at all the summer activity at Championship clubs, with prop Alfie Petch heading to Cornish Pirates on dual-registered terms from...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoWales can feed off grassroots energy | Shane Williams
Can the feel-good return of rugby to the grassroots permeate to the top level of the game in Wales?
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoVisionary Alf Wyman was beaten to the punch
COVENTRY fixture secretary Alf Wyman was a rugby visionary, well before his time in many respects as a strong advocate of...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSilence over Erasmus punishment is deafening | Shane Williams
Mixed messages from World Rugby have given the wrong impression of what rugby's core values are, writes Shane Williams
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoHenry Trinder opts for Ampthill over top flight return
The Gloucester stalwart discusses his return to English rugby in the Championship with Ampthill, where he will start coaching as well...
International Rugby
Alex Coles encourages England team to fill Maro Itoje void
Autumn Internationals
Jamie George: Henry Pollock’s self-belief is inspiring for England
International Rugby
George North signs off with a try double for Barbarians against Wales
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