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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoSinfield will help instil belief and calm focus
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK AS an England head coach you are judged above all on winning, although performance...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe need to get moving – Baxter
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Saracens v Exeter Saturday December 31. Kick-off 3pm, StoneX Stadium Rob Baxter believes the next month will...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSkivington: We beat ourselves up over Leicester
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Gloucester v London Irish Saturday December 31. Kick-off 3pm, Kingsholm Limped off: Rees-Zammit GEORGE Skivington hopes the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTime to use technology to help out referees
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The noxious abuse of referees is one of the most urgent issues confronting...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoChristmas gift which shows soft mentality
NICK CAIN In a league with a genuine competitive edge teams do not throw away points in the way that Harlequins...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWalder delight as Carreras finds his feet to lift Falcons
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Bath v Newcastle Saturday December 31. Kick-off 3pm, The Rec Top form: Mateo Carreras scores the winner...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawes back and ready to rumble
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... Northampton v Harlequins Sunday January 1. Kick-off 3pm, Franklin’s Gardens Key player: Courtney Lawes in action for...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years ago15 sparklers shining out of a tough year for rugby
CHRIS HEWETT Bernard Laporte, Wasps and Worcester, the online victimisation of Wayne Barnes, the financial trials of the English Premiership, the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoQuartet hoping to impress Gatland
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It doesn’t take much to change the mood of Welsh rugby. A win here, a...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoFirst defeat for Saracens as Irish come good at last
London Irish ....29pts Tries: Hassell-Collins 1, Cunningham-South 77 Conversions: Jackson 3, 79 Penalties: Jackson 19, 27, 30, 44, 57 Saracens .............
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBristol stand firm as heroic defence keeps Quins out
■ By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins ....................12pts Tries: Bassett 19, Murley 57 Conversions: Allan 59 Bristol .............................15pts Tries: Thacker 15, Ibitoye 38...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoResurgent Falcons fight back as Sale lose discipline
Newcastle........ 20pts Tries: Carreras 54, Stuart 61 Conversions: Connon 55, 62 Penalties: Connon 42, 68 Sale .................... 14pts Tries: Ashman 10,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoChiefs keep their cool to hold off late Bath revival
Exeter ................ 20pts Tries: Ewers 15, Slade 30 Conversions: J Simmonds 16, 31 Penalties: J Simmonds 1, 40 Bath .................... 15pts...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWigglesworth off to a flier as Leicester cruise home
@therugbypaper Leicester ..........28pts Tries: Porter 43, Watson 57, 65 Conversions: Burns 44, 58 Penalties: Burns 12, 19, 53 Gloucester ....... 13pts...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoWhy it’s time for a world in union
Paul Rees says this season's Heineken Champions Cup highlights the need for a Global, joined up season Nothing highlights the need...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Joe Simpson: I loved Adams Park when it was rocking
The former England, Wasps, Gloucester, Saracens, Bath & Sale Sharks scrum-half My professional career has now come to an end and...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoTake five: Looking back, and forward
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER FIVE BEST MEMORIES OF 2022 1: Italy’s Ange...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoTurnbull calls for another Welsh scalp as rivals clash
CARDIFF back row Josh Turnbull has been impressed with his side’s strength of character in recent weeks and wants more of...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoDomachowski try kills off Dragons
By BEN JAYCOCK Match winner: Cardiff celebrate after Corey Domachowski’s late try downed the Dragons COREY Domachowski proved the unlikely match-winner...
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Peter Jackson
/ 3 years agoSign of the times may cause a hulabaloo
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Any day now, tradesmen will move into six of Europe’s most famous stadia...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSad to hear laughter over Traore incident
PETER JACKSON WHEN those at the ‘Secret Santa’ party hosted by the Benetton squad laughed at Cherif Traore unwrapping an over-ripe...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoDoddie and Benny lead list of heroes we have lost
Brendan Gallagher remembers those the game has lost over the last 12 months Phil Bennett (Felinfoel, Llanelli, Wales, Barbarians, British and...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHill: It’s biggest game of season
Preview Richmond v London Scottish December 31. Kick-off 2.30pm RICHMOND director of rugby Steve Hill says the showdown with local rivals...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoTrailfinders hit six for perfect 10 out of 10
By BEN JAYCOCK Ealing................ 43pts Tries: Bird-Tulloch 3, Kelleher 19, Hampson 30, 47; Kane 65, Willis 74 Conversions: Willis 3, 30,...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoKnights demolition job
Doncaster................. 52 Caldy .......................... 14 DONCASTER demolished Championship new boys Caldy in the first ever meeting between the sides. The Knights...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoCoventry in cruise control
Nottingham.............. 17 Coventry ...................45 COVENTRY secured back to back wins with a dominant eight-try performance at Nottingham. Nottingham scored the opening...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoIt’s derby delight for delirious Blues
Bedford ..................38 Ampthill .................. 14 BEDFORD claimed the drby spoils in front of a sold-out Goldington Road to continue their unbeaten...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoHartpury make it three on the spin
Hartpury..................22 Cornish Pirates .... 16 HARTPURY sealed a third consecutive win to down the Pirates in tricky conditions. Hartpury came out...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 3 years agoYoung Guns: Cardiff Met University lock Brandon Harvey
American second row Brandon Harvey was hurt by his country of birth’s failure to qualify for the 2023 World Cup but...
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Moment In Time
/ 3 years agoNo stopping the Baa-Baas’ game
MOMENT IN TIME SPECIAL REPORT BY NEIL FISSLER LEICESTER vs THE BARBARIANS, 1973 Where are they now? BACK ROW Chalky White:...
