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Six Nations
/ 3 years agoCan The French Go Back-to-Back in the 2023 Six Nations?
The 2023 Guinness Six Nations is right around the corner, with the opening fixtures taking place on the afternoons of February...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 3 years agoSale Sharks and Worcester Warriors granted access to Premier 15s
Sale Sharks Women and Worcester Warriors women have been given conditional offers to be the final two of the 10 teams...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: S2 Ep4 – Six Nations season preview with Jerry Guscott
As the guys bring up episode 50, fair to say they do it in the right way! The gang is back...
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Latest News
/ 3 years ago‘We want the crowd behind us’
By ADAM HATHAWAY Sam Simmonds has vowed to put the smiles back on the faces of the Twickenham faithful after England’s...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoCritics pile in as shell-shocked WRU faces ‘worst crisis ever’
By PETER JACKSON Wales kick the Six Nations off on Saturday with their employers ‘shellshocked’ by explosive public anger over the...
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Podcast
/ 3 years agoDay: New tackle laws musn’t spoil the game
By CAM STEPHENS General secretary of the Rugby Players Association (RPA) Christian Day has called for a common-sense approach regarding the...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBurns bids farewell to Tigers and joins Highlanders
Fly-half Freddie Burns made his 115th and final appearance for Leicester in yesterday’s East Midlands derby at Northampton. Burns, who has...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBrothers give Quins a lesson in power game
By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins players were humbled this week as the world’s strongest brothers visited their Surrey training ground to put...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe must string a few wins together – Davis
By JON NEWCOMBE Assistant coach Brad Davis hopes London Irish can maintain the momentum from the last month and kick on...
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International Rugby
/ 3 years agoLaunchbury: I won’t ever lose the desire to play for England
By BEN JAYCOCK Ambitious: Joe Launchbury in action for Wasps PICTURES: Getty Images Harlequins-bound lock Joe Launchbury claims the desire to...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoFrench fade away as Champions Cup heads to the business stage
By PAUL REES The Heineken Champions Cup is still occasionally referred to as Europe, but the presence of three South African...
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Features
/ 3 years agoI’m putting my Cornish roots first, says Moon
Jon Newcombe talks to Dickon Moon ahead of his 400th game in charge of London Cornish and finds a worried man...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoCockerill’s next gig is in France
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England boss Steve Borthwick will be losing another member of Eddie Jones’ backroom team at...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSharks pair set for exit
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Sale are poised to have a mini-clear out at the end of the season, with...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoChiefs and Saints battle for Moriarty
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER In demand: Welsh forward Ross Moriarty PICTURES: Getty Images Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Wales...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWoodburn agrees to stay at Exeter
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Exeter have agreed on a new deal that will keep winger Olly Woodburn at Sandy...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoRacing keeping tabs on Vunipola
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Off? Billy Vunipola Racing 92 could enter the race to land England No.8 Billy Vunipola...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Peter Walton
Peter Walton, the former Scotland, Newcastle & Northampton flanker, picks the best XV he's played with or against 1. Nick Popplewell...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoTwo fliers who can light up Borthwick’s England
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Everyone has questions about England, and no-one knows what to expect from Steve Borthwick‘s...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSaints show the wit to keep Tigers at bay
By PAUL REES Leicester ........................... 18pts Tries: Potter 7, 46 Conversions: Pollard 8 Penalties: Pollard 19, Burns 62 Northampton .................... 19pts...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRamm ‘lucky to stay on the pitch’
James Ramm was relieved to only receive a yellow card for a second-minute challenge on Harry Potter that involved contact with...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years ago‘New’ England need to take their chances
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK A SIX Nations slip-up on home turf to Scotland in his first match...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoTime this autocratic RFU is held to account
NICK CAIN The warning signs that the RFU’s administrative standards have plumbed the depths became a red flashing light on Friday...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoDespair for Bears as Saracens steal glory
By GARY FITZGERALD Saracens ...........................20pts Tries: Dann 59, Segun 77, Hougaard 80 Conversions: Goode 59 Penalties: Goode 52 Bristol ................................. 19pts...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoVersatile David takes his opportunity and makes the most of his switch to Harlequins
By PAUL REES PREVIEW... London Irish v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Brentford Community Stadium Nick David had to be patient after...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoGeorge looking good for England
Mark McCall revealed after Saracens win over Bristol that hooker Jamie George looks likely to be available for England selection in...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoAdvantage Chiefs but they need to improve
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Exeter ................................ 24pts Tries: Gray 10, Kata 17, Woodburn 34 Conversions: Skinner 11, 18, 35 Penalties: Skinner 54...
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Premiership
/ 3 years ago‘We need to put the hammer down’
Exeter coach Ali Hepher refuses to be gloomy about the stars leaving, instead focusing on their play-off push. “We have seven...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoReed has final say as Sharks snatch it
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Sale .....................................30pts Tries: Carpenter 2, Dugdale 17, Roebuck 25, Taylor 32, Reed 80+1 Conversions: Du Preez 18 Penalties:...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson: Final try shows how much it matters to players
ALEX SANDERSON hailed his Sale young guns after they combined to seal a dramatic victory which left Bath devastated. Sharks boss...
