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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBath’s Matt Garvey craving a trophy finish for mentor Booth
The early announcement of Booth and Darren Edwards' exit haven't destabilised the Bath dressing room
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoHuw Jones back for Scotland as Gregor Townsend makes six changes
See Scotland's squad to take on South Africa at Murrayfield
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoConnacht’s Kieran Marmion chasing selection for All Blacks clash
The battle is on for who will be Ireland's second-choice scrum-half
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoCain column: Don’t sacrifice Lions Tour for a duff cup competition
Killing off the Lions Tour is criminal, writes Nick Cain
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHuge boost for Bath as Anthony Watson and three other senior players agree new deals
Todd Blackadder talks about moves which sees key members of forward and backs sign
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoJapan head coach reveals players are paid £14-a-day ahead of match with England
England players receive £28,000 for each international they play in
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoScotland full-back Stuart Hogg to move to Exeter Chiefs at the end of the season
Rob Baxter admits to previous pursuit of Glasgow Warriors back
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoSeymour scores hat-trick as Scots gear up for Springboks
By GARY HEATLY GREGOR Townsend knows his side will have to step up a gear to compete with South Africa next...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoDuncan: Pirates must get physical
Preview Cornish Pirates v Bedford Blues Today, Kick-off 2.30pm TOM DUNCAN is on a revenge mission when the Cornish Pirates get...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoKeys fail to unlock defence in deluge
Cross Keys ……5 Llanelli ……………5 CROSS Keys stayed firmly in the bottom half of the Principality Premiership as Llanelli earned a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoAllan stars as Azzurri fight off Georgian strong men
By GARY FITZGERALD TOMASSO Allan inspired the Azzurri as they overcame bullish, resolute Georgian rivals in a real physical battle in...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoExeter’s young guns are too hot for Quins
By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER’S faith in the seemingly endless Sandy Park production line paid off as they over-ran a poor Harlequins...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoIrish defy the rain to hand brave Hartpury five-try defeat
By JENNY BATES IRISH got their Cup campaign off to a winning start with a five-try display despite the wet conditions...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoGogs squander advantage as Blue & Blacks on the rise
By STEFFAN THOMAS Cardiff …………25 RGC 1404 ………19 CARDIFF came from behind to beat RGC 1404 in atrocious weather conditions at...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoSchmidt: We must up level for All Blacks
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER IRELAND, by no means at their best, still showed enough quality when it mattered to account for Argentina...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPellow: We’ve just got stronger
EXETERskills coach Ricky Pellow declared himself “really pleased” after his predominently young side showed just what benefits fringe players can earn...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoOur season will start in Round 10 – Stirling
By WILL HOPPER YORKSHIRE Carnegie put their league woe to one side to run out comfortable winners over Nottingham by six...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoFive-star Quins leave the All Blacks feeling blue
By TIM LEWIS Carmarthen Q41 Neath ……………14 CARMARTHEN Quins scored five tries as they thrashed basement club Neath on a rain-soaked...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoFrench fall to Mbonambi’s late, late try as French losing streak goes on
By ANDY CARTWRIGHT Scroer: Bongi Mbonambi SOUTH AFRICAextended their winning streak to seven matches over France when hooker Bongi Mbonambi scored...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoSolomons calls on academy Warriors to build on impressive start to campaign
By SAM JACKSON WORCESTER Warriors have named three loan players in a much-changed squad for today’s match at Saracens as they...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoPenalties wreak havoc as Knights sneak in
By GUY WILLIAMS DONCASTER, out-scored by three tries to two at Castle Park, survived – just – relentless Coventry pressure late...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoHow’s Matt! Boot of O’Brien keeps Black & Ambers rolling
By ALEX BYWATER Newport …………9 Swansea ……….3 NEWPORT made it four wins in a row to keep Swansea deep in relegation...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoEagles soar over Samoa thanks to Hooley’s boot
Round Up A LAST-GASP penalty from Will Hooley sent the USA to their first-ever victory over Samoa at the sixth time...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoPenalty try earns Sale rare win over Tigers
By ROB WILDMAN Threat: Matt Postlethwaite makes a break for Sale PICTURES: Getty Images High rise: Tigers’ Graham Kitchener wins a...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoMorris hails resilience as 13-man Exiles hold the fort
By LUKE JARMYN ON A night when both clubs paid tribute to the 162 players lost between them in the Great...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoJarvis heroics show reigning champs joy of six
By ROB COLE Merthyr ……….20 Pontypridd ….14 TWO late penalties from Matthew Jarvis earned reigning champions Merthyr a sixth win in...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoPhillips: That’s the best performance since I took over
By STEFFAN THOMAS Wales W ……….19 South Africa W…5 ROWLAND PHILLIPS was delighted with his Wales women’s side as they comfortably...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoDeacon: Discipline gave us problems
LEICESTER’S assistant coach Brett Deacon praised fit-again Mike Fitzgerald after the back row returned from a knee injury which had sidelined...
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English Championship
/ 7 years agoJones gets chance to state case in midfield
By JON NEWCOMBE LEWIS JONES is itching to show what he can do as Ealing look to burst Jersey’s bubble and...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPowerful pack has Wizards feeling magic once again
By HOWARD EVANS Bedwas …………5 Aberavon ………19 TWO penalty tries not only demonstrated the power of the Aberavon pack but also...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years ago‘Superb’ Katy brings her ton up in style
By SAM JACKSON Star turn: Katie Daley-Mclean starred for England on her 100th appearance PICTURE: Gedtty Images KATY Daley-Mclean earned her...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoGrobler’s late TMO try drama seals it for Gloucester
By ROGER PANTING GERAINT Grobler sneaked over in the last minute to save Gloucester’s blushes as Saints looked set to remain...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRhodri on song to make it three straight for Drovers
By CARL FIELD Llandovery ….15 Ebbw Vale ………9 LLANDOVERY battled back from behind to beat Ebbw Vale at Church Bank and...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoBlack Ferns stretch unbeaten run to 9 games
France Women…0 NZ Women ……14 LES Bleues – hosting the Black Ferns for the first time – pushed New Zealand took...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoJan keen for more as Chester climbing
By STEVE SMITH Chester …………….33pts Tynedale……………22pts CHESTER took advantage of their game in hand to move up to second in National...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoBoyd: We had guts but little composure
NORTHAMPTON’S director of rugby Chris Boyd said: “It’s disappointing to lose it at the end but at times we were not...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoPooler on cloud nine as Crows downed
By CARL FIELD Welsh Championship round-up PONTYPOOL went six points clear in the WRU National Championship with a 29-24 bonus-point victory...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoThis All Black attack on Shields is just hogwash
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE prospect of Brad Shields lining up to play for England against New...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoNorthmore score sets wet Met on their way
By JOE BYRNES BUCS ROUND-UP ONLY four teams were in action on Wednesday for the rearranged round of fixtures. Cardiff Met...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoCostello’s crusade to bring better balance to Wasps’ attack and defence
By GEORGE LAWRENCE WASPS have recalled a host of big names for the showdown with Bristol following last Sunday’s 15-14 defeat...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSquirrels edge to victory to stay at summit
By CARL FIELD Welsh Division One round-up RHIWBINA made it six wins out of seven in One East Central with a...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoThat Lions’ share of money is enough for All Blacks
THE idea that New Zealand should share the gate takings at Twickenham, and elsewhere in Europe, when they come north is...
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National League 2N
/ 7 years agoFarrell debate rages on, but no doubt over scrum frailty
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Aweek has passed but the controversy continues, was it or wasn’t it?...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoFalcons’ rain dance puts Bath under the weather
By GARY FITZGERALD SCOTT MacLeod believes Dean Richards has been given a selection headache by the Falcons who defied a wet...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoNoves loads the guns for epic finale with Laporte
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Sacked France team boss Guy Noves is preparing an explosive dossier in support of his £2m claim...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoHome rule mars Top 14
AWAY wins are still hard to come by in the Top 14. Last weekend out of seven fixtures there was one...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoWe lost our way admits Clark
MAX Clark refused to blame the bad weather for Bath being comprehensively swept aside. Falcons put out a much more experienced...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoNo sweet victory, but World Cup lives again
From NICK CAIN at Twickenham AT THE end of this great Test match although England had lost by a sliver to...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoAshton: It’s been a long road back to England
CHRIS Ashton was left with mixed emotions after grabbing a dream try on his long-awaited retur n to the England set-up...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 years agoTenacity, courage, the belief is building again
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK JEREMY GUSCOTT Standout player: Sam Underhill breaks past Sam Whitelock Without a TMO England would have won...















