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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCoaches take centre stage in the New Year
Challenge: Franco Smith has taken over the Italian national team Insets: Fabian Galthie, right Andy Farrell, below PICTURES: Getty Images Making...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJack’s the Lad as Drovers battle to draw
By ALEX BYWATER JACK Maynard’s 83rdminute penalty rescued a dramatic draw for Llandovery as Carmarthen Quins lost more ground on Cardiff...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoEagles must hope Irish don’t poach 20st man
THE US Eagles – slightly downcast at not doing themselves justice at RWC2019 but generally on an upward curve – are...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSwans glide to Turks league double
By PAUL HOPKINS SWANSEA secured a league double over old rivals Llanelli in a hard fought win at Parc y Scarlets....
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoOne-eyed heroes defy the ravages of war
EXACTLY 100 years ago this week the Five Nations championship cranked back into action after World War 1 and it kicked...
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Top 14
/ 6 years agoToulon let Webb off extension to contract
On way back to Wales: Rhys Webb is free to leave Toulon PICTURE: Getty Images Dec 29: La Rochelle v Agen,...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPonty flying high as Bird downs leaders
By ROB COLE CARDIFF’S 11-match unbeaten run was finally brought to an end as they ended a decade of trying to...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoSix Nations excitement can light up the New Year
MY wish list for the New Year starts with the teams competing for the 2020 Six Nations title to either play...
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Top 14
/ 6 years agoO’Brien grabs chance to jump Scarlets queue
By ALEX BYWATER Man of match: Angus O’Brien ANGUS O’Brien says the pain of the past will drive him forwards as...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBainton double inspires Bridge in One East
Welsh Division One round-up By CARL FIELD NEWBRIDGE moved six points clear in One East with a 29-12 win at Risca....
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Top 14
/ 6 years agoLewis-Hughes is using idol Sam as inspiration to excel
SHANE Lewis-Hughes has set his sights on reaching the very top – just like his idol Sam Warburton. Lewis-Hughes, 22, has...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoDiamond anger over ref’s late penalty call
By NEALE HARVEY NOT for the first time this season, Sale supremo Steve Diamond was left fuming at officialdom after a...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJOE CARPENTER SALE SHARKS FULL-BACK
Feature It takes a certain level of chutzpah to turn down the chance of joining Saracens but former Yorkshire Carnegie academy...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoFaletau lasts the entire 80 minutes
WHILE Sale felt aggrieved, Bath’s dogged forwards matched a powerful visiting pack, winning four lineout steals and forcing crucial scrum penalties....
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWeir leads Warriors to win before toothache
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL HEAVEN knows it was not pretty, but Worcester can at least satisfy themselves with the fact they have...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSolomons: Duncan’s lost a couple of teeth…but he’s tough
Late hit: Motu Matu’u WORCESTER fly-half Duncan Weir damaged a number of teeth in a dangerous late hit by Motu Matu’u...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoCarr crashes over to work a Wasps miracle
By ROGER PANTING WASPS director of rugby Dai Young missed Nizaam Carr’s last minute matchwinner as his side pulled off a...
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Premiership
/ 6 years ago‘They’re wolves in sheep’s clothing’
BRISTOL director of rugby Pat Lam had warned his side to expect a backlash from Wasps. “They are wolves in sheep’s...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoMy wish for 2020: A Grand Slam and a star scrum-half
THE Rugby World Cup saw South Africa and host nation Japan emerge as the big winners in 2019. South Africa’s third...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoA strong Gwent still makes strong Wales
Key man: Aaron Wainwright must stay with the Dragons PICTURE: Getty Images AS we head into 2020 there is a fair...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoCobus’ golden winter glows ever brighter
By NICK CAIN LOUIS Rees-Zammit is the hottest try-scoring property in the Premiership. Man-of-the-match: Cobus Reinach scores for Northampton But even...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoSalary cap? This is about forward scrap says Dennis
By NEALE HARVEY SKIPPER Dave Dennis insists Exeter are more concerned about the physicality Saracens will bring than salary cap breaches...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoTandy is great choice to help give Scots a lift
STEVE Tandy is a great guy and a good friend, but more importantly he’s a superb rugby coach and that’s why...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWe dug in and held our nerve – Boyd
NORTHAMPTON DoR Chris Boyd hit a lighthearted note when asked about the contribution of MOM Cobus Reinach during a second-half in...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRainbow nation got its colour from Chester
Obituaries: BRENDAN GALLAGHER PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT PLAYERS WHO DIED IN Star player: Chester Williams on the way to a...
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Nick Cain
/ 6 years agoWigglesworth: Saracens spirit has been immense
Experienced head: Richard Wigglesworth SARACENS scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth says Exeter will provide the acid test of his side’s ability to overturn...
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Shane Williams
/ 6 years agoFamily matters as Blues have proved so well
WE TALK a lot about the rugby family. It’s what makes our game what it is and the Cardiff Blues have...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoWhy some Premiership clubs are angling for a format change to the Champions Cup
Saracens owner Nigel Wray details how player welfare grounds affect Premiership clubs in the Champions Cup
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoThe most spectacular tries of the 2019 Rugby World Cup
Josh Adam – WALES v Fiji In a breakthrough year for the former Worcester Warriors wing, the highlight arguably came against...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI can still cut it at Test level insists Bath and Wales centre Jamie Roberts
The two-time Lions tourist is eager to play a role for Bath to ease the pressure on Stuart Hooper
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoRugby Matters: Macho Makis can make their mark in Sevens
Brendan Gallagher marks Madagascar as one of rugby's growing nations who can utilise the creation of the Challenger Sevens Series
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTEAMS: Taulupe Faletau back for Bath to start at No.8
Full team news for Round Seven of the Gallagher Premiership, as Bath welcome back Taulupe Faletau
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Featured
/ 6 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s team of the 2010s
Brendan Gallagher has watched a lot - and we mean, a lot - of rugby this decade. So we asked him...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSimmonds: Put me in the back row with Tom Curry
The Exeter Chiefs no.8 reveals when Eddie Jones last spoke to him
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Ross Moriarty should stay in Wales with Dragons
Shane Williams praises the back-row forward for filling in for Taulupe Faletau, but that he should turn down interest from overseas
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: We got over 1991 – now the class of 2019 must develop
Jeremy Guscott on how Owen Farrell can lead England to a new level in the Six Nations
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI’m ready to challenge Big Billy again says Nathan Hughes
The move to Bristol Bears has fired up the no.8 to reclaim his England spot
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCain column: Rugby is forgiving and Rob Howley deserves that
Corruption had nothing to do with Howley's suspension handed by World Rugby, writes Nick Cain
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoJonny May is latest Leicester Tigers star to be targetted
SARACENS are weighing up a move for England winger Jonny May who is coming into the last six months of his...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoSix Nations aim to draw £750m TV mega deal as CVC near stakeholding
Could the era of free-to-air Six Nations viewing be coming to an end?
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Rugby as Wales’ national sport? Not with these crowd numbers!
Can we expect a full house at any of the regions' this festive period?
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 6 years agoBaldwin backed to be Wales’ new star in midfield
By STEFFAN THOMAS COREY Baldwin has been told he has the potential to be Wales star Jonathan Davies’ long-term successor in...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoLucs pile more pressure on rivals Stour
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge ..10 Luctonians ..14 LUCS pulled off a prized victory at arch-rivals Stourbridge whose alarming slide down the...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoRavens secure crucial victory to ease fears
By PAUL HOPKINS BRIDGEND eased their relegation concerns with a determined win over regional rivals Swansea. In the opening exchanges a...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoSweet 16 for Hodgson as Chinnor finally beaten
By JACK JOHNSON RICHMOND ended Chinnor’s unbeaten run as they left Oxfordshire with a hard-earned victory. Sixteen points from Tom Hodgson...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoFour-year ban for Hull wing
HULL RUFC winger Stephen Hihetah has been suspended from all sport for four years after he tested positive for banned substances....
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Sevens World Series
/ 6 years agoEngland flop in Cape Town cauldron
Front runners: Kiwis got revenge on South Africa By ADAM ELLIS MEN ENGLAND equalled their worst ever finish in Cape Town...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoSimple Simon on the money for Hull
Tynedale ........12 Hull ....................16 By BRIAN TILLEY TYNEDALE crashed to their fourth successive defeat before a bumper Christmas crowd. Visitors Hull...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBlue & Blacks break Church Bank curse in epic
By MATTHEW DAVIES CARDIFF broke their Church Bank voodoo to move 15 points clear at the top of the table as...
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National League One
/ 6 years agoFry Cookes up a treat in bonuspoint victory
By GRAHAM COX A CONTROLLED and disciplined performance saw Blackheath to this comfortable win in a match dominated by the conditions....
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