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Letters
/ 3 years agoFarrell doesn’t work at 10
AT last a writer (Nick Cain) has said what I’ve said for the past year: England can’t win with Farrell at...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Tom Bristow
Tom Bristow, the former Hong Kong, Leicester, London Welsh, Narbonne & Sale prop chooses the best XV he has played with...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLyon are yet to give up on Adams
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Lyon haven’t given up hope that they will be able to tempt Wales and Lions...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSutherland eyes Japan
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Scotland and Lions loosehead prop Rory Sutherland is talking to Kobelco Kobe Steelers about a...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoDiamond still in the running
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Steve Diamond is still willing to discuss a potential rescue bid for Worcester Warriors if...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoFrench clubs tracking lively Frisch
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FORMER Bristol Bears centre Antoine Frisch could be moving back to France next season...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWilliams agrees deal to join his Montpellier mates
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER New deal: Harry Williams is on his way to France PICTURE: Getty Images TIGHTHEAD Harry...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSpringbok Erasmus on Tigers’ shortlist
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Leicester have sounded out Springbok boss Rassie Erasmus about taking over at Welford Road. Blindside...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoBears may turn to Blackett if Lam fails
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Pat Lam is under pressure to turn around Bristol Bears fortunes between now and the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRussell not a good signing for Bath, says Abendanon
By TOM BRADSHAW Bath‘s decision to splash out on signing Scotland playmaker Finn Russell could turn out to be an expensive...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoKing keeps his cool to seal it for Scotland
By CAMERON STEPHENS Scotland ......................... 18pts Tries: Brown 10, Penalty 50 Penalties: Afshar 31, King 70 Wales ............................... 17pts Tries: Morse...
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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoEngland have to work hard to overcome battling Italians
By BEN JAYCOCK England ................ 32pts Tries: Harris 8, Ma’asi-White 12, Elliott 38, Cunningham-South 55, Fasogbon 75 Conversions: Harris 13, 57...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoIreland keep on right track thanks to Prendergast
By SAM JACKSON Ireland...............33pts Tries: McCarthy 12, Gavin 29, Gleeson 69 Conversions: Prendergast 13, 30, 70 Penalties: Prendergast 10, 24, 42,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoIrish get their mojo back to sink Saints
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER London Irish .....................30pts Tries: Cinti 13, Basham 45, Poolman 79 Conversions: Jennings 14, 47, 79 Penalties: Jennings 36,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCaulfield: We need to keep pushing
Man of the match Josh Caulfield urged his Irish side to go one better than last season and clinch the title....
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoParisse, a tower of strength at No.8
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It stank to high heaven at the time, as sins against sporting justice always do, and the...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhy Coles deserves place at top table
CHRIS HEWETT ON the subject of retirements, the All Blacks hooker Dane Coles says he will call it quits after this...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCurtis keen to make a difference for Sharks
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Exeter v Sale Today. Kick-off 1pm, Sandy Park VERSATILE back Tom Curtis is hoping it will be...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe have some good young talent coming through -Cairns
By PAUL REES THE ravages of the salary cap mean Exeter will be losing more of the players who were part...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoItaly benefit from the brotherhood
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I have a half-baked theory that the comparative...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoGone too soon, a young man destined to be England’s No 1
RUGBY MATTERS Can it really be 20 years since young Harlequins and England scrum-half Nick Duncombe passed away – Friday, February...
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoScotland’s ‘complete’ display delights Hastings
By CAMERON STEPHENS Scott Hastings classed Scotland’s win over England last weekend as their most complete performance in a long time....
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDanaher: I saw Ollie’s power from Day One
By JON NEWCOMBE London Irish assistant coach Declan Danaher admits he was taken aback by England new boy Ollie Hassell-Collins’ raw...
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National League One
/ 3 years agoNational One standard is rising all the time -Rossiter
By BEN JAYCOCK Jak Rossiter believes the standard of National One is increasing so much that any of the current top...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoCharlie’s move to roll back the years
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Charlie Faulkner will be remembered for his many achievements; from judo black belt...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoPilgrimage to Murrayfield which is still going after 60 years
PETER JACKSON At six o’clock last Wednesday morning a bus pulled away from the Miners Arms out into Lewis Street on...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoBorthwick puts faith in blitz squad
PREVIEW England v Italy PAUL REES SOUTH Africa have the bomb squad but Steve Borthwick has opted for the blitz squad...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoWe should have been out of sight says Rae
By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ...........33pts Tries: Ma’asi 9, 20; Wilson 33, Ball 40, Penalty 56 Conversions: Mitchell 9, 20, 33 Bedford...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoRichmond fight back to push Ampthill all the way
BY TIM FORRESTER Richmond ........ 19pts Tries: Spring 19, Monson 55, Caddy 67 Conversions: Johnston 20, 68 Ampthill ...........26pts Tries: Blackmore...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoDoncaster power is too much for Scots
By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster Knights ........ 66pts Tries: Ehizode 2, Dolly 5, Spittle 15, 23, Edgson 49, 57, Holden 51, 63,...














